* If a userdir is configured, links to pages in it can be made without

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@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
   In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl
   program that can call ikiwiki internal functions.
 
+  [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file.
+
   The default action when --setup is specified is to automatically generate
   wrappers for a wiki based on data in a config file, and rebuild the wiki.
-
-  [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file.
+  If you only want to build any changed pages, you can use --refresh with
+  --setup.
 
 * --wrappers
 
@@ -75,6 +77,15 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
   along with this one. --rebuild will also force feeds to be polled even if
   they were polled recently.
 
+* --render file
+
+  Renders a single file, outputting the resulting html. Does not save state,
+  so this cannot be used for building whole wikis, but it is useful for
+  previewing an edited file at the command line. Generally used in conjunction
+  with --setup to load in a wiki's setup:
+
+       ikiwiki --setup ~/ikiwiki.setup --render foo.mdwn
+
 * --version
 
   Print ikiwiki version number.
@@ -120,6 +131,11 @@ configuration options of their own.
   If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
   [[git]] repository.
 
+  If you use tla, the `source` directory is assumed to be a tla import.
+
+  If you use mercurial, the `source` directory is assumed to be the
+  [[mercurial]] repository.
+
   In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled pages edited via
   the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
   on pages.
@@ -145,7 +161,12 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --rss, --norss
 
-  If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline
+  If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate RSS feeds for pages that inline
+  a [[blog]].
+
+* --atom, --noatom
+
+  If atom is set, ikiwiki will generate Arom feeds for pages that inline
   a [[blog]].
 
 * --pingurl url
@@ -209,6 +230,12 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
   every page. The links are enabled by default.
 
+* --userdir subdir
+
+  Optionally, allows links to users of the wiki to link to pages inside a
+  subdirectory of the wiki. The default is to link to pages in the toplevel
+  directory of the wiki.
+
 * --timeformat format
 
   Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the
@@ -216,7 +243,7 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --verbose, --no-verbose
 
-  Be vebose about what is being done.
+  Be verbose about what is being done.
 
 * --syslog, --no-syslog
 
@@ -227,6 +254,12 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Enable [[w3mmode]], which allows w3m to use ikiwiki as a local CGI script,
   without a web server.
 
+* --sslcookie
+
+  Only send cookies over an SSL connection. This should prevent them being
+  intercepted. If you enable this option then you must run at least the 
+  CGI portion of ikiwiki over SSL.
+
 * --getctime
 
   Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control