Merge branch 'fancypodcast' of github.com:schmonz/ikiwiki into fancypodcast

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins / contrib / report / ikiwiki / directive / report.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/report/ikiwiki/directive/report.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/report/ikiwiki/directive/report.mdwn
index 8f8e6b4e8fed0e0b5ec5ee44c94214675963ef48..4a740f97fd1af59606d765869bcc4c1ef6aad23f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/contrib/report/ikiwiki/directive/report.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/report/ikiwiki/directive/report.mdwn
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ them work as wiki pages.
 
 **pages**: A PageSpec to determine the pages to report on.
 
 
 **pages**: A PageSpec to determine the pages to report on.
 

+**pagenames**: If given instead of pages, this is interpreted as a
+space-separated list of links to pages, and they are shown in exactly the order
+given: the sort and pages parameters cannot be used in conjunction with this
+one.  If they are used, they will be ignored.
+

 **trail**: A page or pages to use as a "trail" page.
 
 When a trail page is used, the matching pages are limited to (a subset
 **trail**: A page or pages to use as a "trail" page.
 
 When a trail page is used, the matching pages are limited to (a subset


@@ -45,6 +50,11 @@ For example:
 This will take the links from both the "animals/cats" page and the
 "animals/dogs" page as the set of pages to apply the PageSpec to.
 
 This will take the links from both the "animals/cats" page and the
 "animals/dogs" page as the set of pages to apply the PageSpec to.
 

+**start**: Start the report at the given page-index; the index starts
+from zero.
+
+**count**: Report only on N pages where count=N.
+

 **sort**: A SortSpec to determine how the matching pages should be sorted.
 
 **here_only**: Report on the current page only.
 **sort**: A SortSpec to determine how the matching pages should be sorted.
 
 **here_only**: Report on the current page only.


@@ -86,20 +96,33 @@ The "mood_summary" template might be like this:
     ### <TMPL_VAR NAME="TITLE">
     (<TMPL_VAR NAME="DATE">) \[[<TMPL_VAR NAME="PAGE">]]
     <TMPL_VAR NAME="DESCRIPTION">
     ### <TMPL_VAR NAME="TITLE">
     (<TMPL_VAR NAME="DATE">) \[[<TMPL_VAR NAME="PAGE">]]
     <TMPL_VAR NAME="DESCRIPTION">

-    
+ 
+### Multi-page Reports
+
+Reports can now be split over multiple pages, so that there aren't
+too many items per report-page.
+
+**per_page**: how many items to show per report-page.
+
+**first_page_is_index**: If true, the first page of the report is just
+an index which contains links to the other report pages.
+If false, the first page will contain report-content as well as links
+to the other pages.
+

 ### Advanced Options
 
 The following options are used to improve efficiency when dealing
 with large numbers of pages; most people probably won't need them.
 
 ### Advanced Options
 
 The following options are used to improve efficiency when dealing
 with large numbers of pages; most people probably won't need them.
 

-**doscan**:
+**maketrail**:
+
+Make a trail; if true, then this report is called in "scan" mode and the
+pages which match the pagespec are added to the list of links from this
+page.  This can be used by *another* report by setting this page to be a
+"trail" page in *that* report.

 
 

-Whether this report should be called in "scan" mode; if it is, then
-the pages which match the pagespec are added to the list of links from
-this page.  This can be used by *another* report by setting this
-page to be a "trail" page in *that* report.
-It is not possible to use "trail" and "doscan" at the same time.
-By default, "doscan" is false.
+It is not possible to use "trail" and "maketrail" at the same time.
+By default, "maketrail" is false.

 
 ## TEMPLATE PARAMETERS
 
 
 ## TEMPLATE PARAMETERS
 


@@ -113,8 +136,18 @@ The structured data from the current matching page.  This includes
 
 ### Common values
 
 
 ### Common values
 

-Values known for all pages: "page", "destpage".  Also "basename" (the
-base name of the page).
+Values known for all pages:
+
+* page (the current page)
+* destpage (the destination page)
+* basename (the base name of the page)
+* recno (N if the page is the Nth page in the report)
+
+### Prev_Page And Next_Page
+
+The "prev_page" and "next_page" variables will give the value of the
+previous page in the matching pages, or the next page in the matching pages.
+This is mainly useful for a "here_only" report.

 
 ### Passed-in values
 
 
 ### Passed-in values
 


@@ -132,13 +165,6 @@ For example, one could have a "hide_mood" parameter which would hide
 the "Mood" section of your template when it is true, which one could
 use when the Mood is one of the headers.
 
 the "Mood" section of your template when it is true, which one could
 use when the Mood is one of the headers.
 

-### Prev_ And Next_ Items
-
-Any of the above variables can be prefixed with "prev_" or "next_"
-and that will give the previous or next value of that variable; that is,
-the value from the previous or next page that this report is reporting on.
-This is mainly useful for a "here_only" report.
-

 ### Headers
 
 See the section on Headers.
 ### Headers
 
 See the section on Headers.