## Uses a real RCS
Rather than implement its own system for storing page histories etc,
-ikiwiki uses a real RCS. This isn't because we're lazy, it's because a
-real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are advantages to using one
-that are not possible with a standard wiki.
+ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't because we're
+lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are
+advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard wiki.
Instead of editing pages in a stupid web form, you can use vim and commit
-changes via svn. Or work disconnected using svk and push your changes out
-when you come online. Or use git to work in a distributed fashion all the
-time. (It's also possible to [[plugins/write]] a plugin to support other
-systems.)
+changes via [[Subversion]]. Or work disconnected using svk and push your
+changes out when you come online. Or use [[git]], [[tla]], or [[mercurial]]
+to work in a distributed fashion all the time. (It's also possible to
+[[plugins/write]] a plugin to support other systems.)
ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki
-immediately whenever you commit.
+immediately whenever you commit a change using the RCS.
Note that ikiwiki does not require a RCS to function. If you want to
run a simple wiki without page history, it can do that too.
## A wiki compiler
-ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds static website for your wiki, and
+ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds a static website for your wiki, and
updates it as pages are edited. It is fast and smart about updating a wiki,
it only builds pages that have changed (and tracks things like creation of
new pages and links that can indirectly cause a page to need a rebuild)
the wiki. This can be used to create a Planet type site that aggregates
interesting feeds.
-## Valid html and css
+## Valid html and [[css]]
ikiwiki aims to produce
[valid XHTML 1.0](http://validator.w3.org/check?url=referer).
-ikiwiki generates html using [[templates]], and uses css, so you can
+ikiwiki generates html using [[templates]], and uses [[css]], so you can
change the look and layout of all pages in any way you would like.
## [[Plugins]]