>
> --[[smcv]]
->> [[!template id=gitbranch author="[[smcv]]" branch=smcv/definetemplate]]
->> [[!tag patch]]
>> OK, here is a branch implementing what I said. It adds the `definetemplate`
>> directive to [[plugins/goodstuff]] as its last commit.
>>
>>>> wants me to, but I think the current approach is simpler,
>>>> so I'll stick with the current approach if it isn't vetoed.
>>>> --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>>> @name: even outside `/templates`, `\[[!templatebody]]` would be
+>>>>> interpreted as "when this page is used as a template, this is what its
+>>>>> contents should be", and be suitable.
+>>>>>
+>>>>> @`%templates`: my surprise wasn't to it not being in `%pagestate`, but
+>>>>> rather that the `scan` function was used for it at all, rather than plain
+>>>>> directive parsing that ignores everything else -- but i agree that it's
+>>>>> the right thing to do in this situation.
+>>>>>
+>>>>> --[[chrysn]]
+
+>>>>>> [[!template id=gitbranch author="[[smcv]]" branch=smcv/ready/templatebody
+ browse=http://git.pseudorandom.co.uk/smcv/ikiwiki.git/shortlog/refs/heads/ready/templatebody]]
+>>>>>> [[!tag patch]]
+>>>>>> Branch and directive renamed to `ready/templatebody` as chrysn suggested.
+>>>>>> It's on-by-default now (or will be if that branch is merged).
+>>>>>> Joey, any chance you could review this?
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> There is one known buglet: `template_syntax.t` asserts that the entire
+>>>>>> file is a valid HTML::Template, whereas it would ideally be doing the
+>>>>>> same logic as IkiWiki itself. I don't think that's serious. --[[smcv]]