don't render internal-use pages, and document them

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

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 0da425402fb53b826eab803fb619e3daa8ed97c6..76fa3f0d7e028be4a0272749528d08dbd77e79ad 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ specifies the filename extension that a file must have to be htmlized using
 this plugin. This is how you can add support for new and exciting markup
 languages to ikiwiki.
 
+Note that if you choose a filename extension that starts with "_",
+ikiwiki will not render the page, or allow the page to be edited with the
+web interface. This is useful for certian types of internal-use pages, but
+should generally be avoided.
+
 The function is passed named parameters: "page" and "content" and should
 return the htmlized content.