creole: New plugin from Bernd Zeimetz. Closes: #486930

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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ikiwiki --setup configfile
 # DESCRIPTION
 
 `ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static HTML pages for a wiki, from
-`source` in the [[Markdown]] language (or others), and writes it out to
+`source` in the [[ikiwiki/Markdown]] language (or others), and writes it out to
 `destination`.
 
 Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki operates in.
 * --cgi
 
   Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and
-  supports editing pages, signing in, registration, and displaying
-  [[RecentChanges]].
+  supports editing pages, signing in, and registration.
 
   To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper or --setup
   to generate a wrapper. The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755 to
@@ -114,6 +113,11 @@ configuration options of their own.
   build time. If the templatedir is changed, missing templates will still
   be searched for in the default location as a fallback.
 
+  Note that if you choose to copy and modify ikiwiki's templates, you will need
+  to be careful to keep them up to date when upgrading to new versions of
+  ikiwiki. Old versions of templates do not always work with new ikiwiki
+  versions.
+
 * --underlaydir
 
   Specify the directory that is used to underlay the source directory.
@@ -125,10 +129,13 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
   Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
 
-* --notify, --no-notify
+* --wrappergroup group
 
-  Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
-  ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook.
+  Specify what unix group the wrapper should be owned by. This can be
+  useful if the wrapper needs to be owned by a group other than the default.
+  For example, if a project has a repository with multiple committers with
+  access controlled by a group, it makes sense for the ikiwiki wrappers
+  to run setgid to that group.
 
 * --rcs=svn|git|.., --no-rcs
 
@@ -138,15 +145,13 @@ configuration options of their own.
   whatever the revision control system you select uses.
 
   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.
+  the web will be committed.
 
   No revision control is enabled by default.
 
 * --svnrepo /svn/wiki
 
-  Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki. This is required
-  for using --notify with [[Subversion|rcs/svn]].
+  Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki.
 
 * --svnpath trunk
 
@@ -157,13 +162,25 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --rss, --norss
 
-  If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate RSS feeds for pages that inline
-  a [[blog]].
+  If rss is set, ikiwiki will default to generating RSS feeds for pages
+  that inline a [[ikiwiki/blog]].
+
+* --allowrss
+
+  If allowrss is set, and rss is not set, ikiwiki will not default to
+  generating RSS feeds, but setting `rss=yes` in the blog can override
+  this default and generate a feed.
 
 * --atom, --noatom
 
-  If atom is set, ikiwiki will generate Atom feeds for pages that inline
-  a [[blog]].
+  If atom is set, ikiwiki will default to generating Atom feeds for pages
+  that inline a [[ikiwiki/blog]].
+
+* --allowatom
+
+  If allowatom is set, and rss is not set, ikiwiki will not default to
+  generating Atom feeds, but setting `atom=yes` in the blog can override
+  this default and generate a feed.
 
 * --pingurl URL
 
@@ -207,10 +224,13 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --adminuser name
 
-  Specifies a username of a user who has the powers of a wiki admin.
-  Currently allows locking of any page; other powers may be added later.
+  Specifies a username of a user (or, if openid is enabled, an openid) 
+  who has the powers of a wiki admin. Currently allows locking of any page,
+  and [[banning|banned_users]] users; other powers may be added later.
   May be specified multiple times for multiple admins.
 
+  For an openid user specify the full URL of the login, including "http://".
+
 * --plugin name
 
   Enables the use of the specified [[plugin|plugins]] in the wiki. 
@@ -266,6 +286,11 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
   Toggle creating output files named page/index.html (default) instead of page.html.
 
+* --prefix-directives, --no-prefix-directives
+
+  Toggle new '!'-prefixed syntax for preprocessor directives.  ikiwiki currently
+  defaults to --no-prefix-directives.
+
 * --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
 
   Enable [[w3mmode]], which allows w3m to use ikiwiki as a local CGI script,
@@ -292,6 +317,18 @@ configuration options of their own.
   using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this, but it can be
   useful for the odd option that lacks a command-line switch.
 
+# ENVIRONMENT
+
+* CC
+
+  This controls what C compiler is used to build wrappers. Default is 'cc'.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+* [[ikiwiki-mass-rebuild]](8)
+* [[ikiwiki-update-wikilist]](1)
+* [[ikiwiki-transition]](1)
+
 # AUTHOR
 
 Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>