need_global_renamepage_hook: proposed solution implemented in my po branch

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

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 9f096e4f75243578426cfed39730e6901e686a37..9b5cf27f7c91028066cea797f197a8a5cc8601a1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -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
 
@@ -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