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

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 6b49ec58d9379b86b8fc6c842bce8479401681d8..b4acb237dd8a1f5612e34c136cd95823a152bcde 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -216,6 +216,17 @@ modify the body of a page after it has been fully converted to html.
 The function is passed named parameters: "page", "destpage", and "content",
 and should return the sanitized content.
 
+### postscan
+
+       hook(type => "postscan", id => "foo", call => \&postscan);
+
+This hook is called once the full page body is available (but before the
+format hook). The most common use is to update search indexes. Added in
+ikiwiki 2.54.
+
+The function is passed named parameters "page" and "content". Its return
+value is ignored.
+
 ### format
 
        hook(type => "format", id => "foo", call => \&format);
@@ -412,12 +423,13 @@ Aborts with an error message. If the second parameter is passed, it is a
 function that is called after the error message is printed, to do any final
 cleanup.
 
-Note that while any plugin can use this for a fatal error, plugins should
-try to avoid dying on bad input when building a page, as that will halt
-the entire wiki build and make the wiki unusable. So for example, if a
-[[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]] is passed bad parameters, it's better to
-return an error message, which can appear on the wiki page, rather than
-calling error().
+If called inside a preprocess hook, error() does not abort the entire
+wiki build, but instead replaces the [[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]] with
+a version containing the error message.
+
+In other hooks, error() is a fatal error, so use with care. Try to avoid
+dying on bad input when building a page, as that will halt
+the entire wiki build and make the wiki unusable.
 
 #### `template($;@)`