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[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins / write.mdwn

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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ that can be fleshed out to make a useful plugin.
 `IkiWiki::Plugin::pagecount` is another simple example. All perl plugins
 should `use IkiWiki` to import the ikiwiki plugin interface. It's a good
 idea to include the version number of the plugin interface that your plugin
-expects: `use IkiWiki 2.00`.
+expects: `use IkiWiki 3.00`.
 
 An external plugin is an executable program. It can be written in any
 language. Its interface to ikiwiki is via XML RPC, which it reads from
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ plugin, and a "call" parameter, which tells what function to call for the
 hook.
 
 An optional "last" parameter, if set to a true value, makes the hook run
-after all other hooks of its type. Useful if the hook depends on some other
-hook being run first.
+after all other hooks of its type, and an optional "first" parameter makes
+it run first. Useful if the hook depends on some other hook being run first.
 
 ## Types of hooks
 
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example:
 
 To import the ikiwiki plugin interface:
 
-       use IkiWiki '2.00';
+       use IkiWiki '3.00';
 
 This will import several variables and functions into your plugin's
 namespace. These variables and functions are the ones most plugins need,
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ use the following hashes, using a page name as the key:
   destination file.
 * `%pagesources` contains the name of the source file for each page.
 
-Also, the %IkiWiki::version variable contains the version number for the
+Also, the `%IkiWiki::version` variable contains the version number for the
 ikiwiki program.
 
 ### Library functions
@@ -696,11 +696,15 @@ This can be called when creating a new page, to determine what filename
 to save the page to. It's passed a page name, and its type, and returns
 the name of the file to create, relative to the srcdir.
 
-#### `targetpage($$)`
+#### `targetpage($$;$)`
 
 Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be
 rendered to.
 
+Optionally, a third parameter can be passed, to specify the preferred
+filename of the page. For example, `targetpage("foo", "rss", "feed")`
+will yield something like `foo/feed.rss`.
+
 ## Miscellaneous
 
 ### Internal use pages
@@ -823,19 +827,22 @@ It's ok if this is not implemented, and throws an error.
 #### `rcs_receive()`
 
 This is called when ikiwiki is running as a pre-receive hook (or
-equivilant), and is testing if changes pushed into the RCS from an
+equivalent), and is testing if changes pushed into the RCS from an
 untrusted user should be accepted. This is optional, and doesn't make
 sense to implement for all RCSs.
 
 It should examine the incoming changes, and do any sanity 
 checks that are appropriate for the RCS to limit changes to safe file adds,
-removes, and renames. If something bad is found, it should exit
+removes, and changes. If something bad is found, it should exit
 nonzero, to abort the push. Otherwise, it should return a list of
 files that were changed, in the form:
 
        {
                file => # name of file that was changed
                action => # either "add", "change", or "remove"
+               path => # temp file containing the new file content, only
+                       # needed for "add"/"change", and only if the file
+                       # is an attachment, not a page
        }
 
 The list will then be checked to make sure that each change is one that