* Patch from James Westby to allow a description to be set for rss feeds.

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@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ ikiwiki --setup configfile
 # DESCRIPTION
 
 `ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static html pages for a wiki, from
 # DESCRIPTION
 
 `ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static html pages for a wiki, from

-`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language, and writes it out to `destination`.
+`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language (or others), and writes it out to
+`destination`.

 
 Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean
 flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose.
 
 Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean
 flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose.


@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
 
 * --refresh
 
 
 * --refresh
 

-  Refresh the wiki, updating any changes pages. This is the default
+  Refresh the wiki, updating any changed pages. This is the default

   behavior so you don't normally need to specify it.
 
 * --rebuild
   behavior so you don't normally need to specify it.
 
 * --rebuild


@@ -41,12 +42,12 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
 
 * --wrapper [file]
 
 
 * --wrapper [file]
 

-  Generate a [[wrapper]] binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by
+  Generate a wrapper binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by

   the other options, using the specified input files and `destination`
   directory. The filename to use for the wrapper is optional.
 
   The wrapper is designed to be safely made suid and be run by untrusted
   the other options, using the specified input files and `destination`
   directory. The filename to use for the wrapper is optional.
 
   The wrapper is designed to be safely made suid and be run by untrusted

-  users, as a [[Subversion]] [[post-commit]] hook, or as a [[CGI]].
+  users, as a [[post-commit]] hook, or as a [[CGI]].

 
   Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters.
 
 
   Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters.
 


@@ -57,48 +58,84 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in.
 
   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.
 
   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.

-  If you also pass the --refresh option, ikiwiki will instead just refresh
-  the wiki described in the setup file.

 
   [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file.
 
 
   [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file.
 

+* --wrappers
+
+  If used with --setup --refresh, this makes it also update any configured
+  wrappers.
+
+* --aggregate
+
+  If the aggregate plugin is enabled, this makes ikiwiki poll configured
+  feeds and save new posts to the srcdir.
+
+  Note that to rebuild previously aggregated posts, use the --rebuild option
+  along with this one. --rebuild will also force feeds to be polled even if
+  they were polled recently.
+
+* --version
+
+  Print ikiwiki version number.
+

 # CONFIG OPTIONS
 
 # CONFIG OPTIONS
 

-These options configure the wiki.
+These options configure the wiki. Note that plugins can add additional
+configuration options of their own.

 
 * --wikiname
 
   The name of the wiki, default is "wiki".
 
 
 * --wikiname
 
   The name of the wiki, default is "wiki".
 

-* --fixctime
-
-  Pull last changed time for all pages out of the revision control system.
-  This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation times of
-  items in weblogs, for example when building a wiki from a new subversion
-  checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow.
-

 * --templatedir
 
   Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in.
 * --templatedir
 
   Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in.

-  Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`.
+  Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as
+  configured at build time.

 
 * --underlaydir
 
   Specify the directory that is used to underlay the source directory.
   Source files will be taken from here unless overridden by a file in the
 
 * --underlaydir
 
   Specify the directory that is used to underlay the source directory.
   Source files will be taken from here unless overridden by a file in the

-  source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki`.
+  source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki` or another
+  location as configured at build time.

 
 * --wrappermode mode
 
   Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
 
 
 * --wrappermode mode
 
   Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
 

-* --svn, --nosvn
+* --notify

 
 

-  Enable or disable use of [[subversion]]. If subversion is enabled, the `source` directory is assumed to be a working copy, and is automatically updated before building the wiki. 
+  Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
+  ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook.

 
 

-  In [[CGI]] mode, with subversion enabled pages edited via the web will be committed to subversion. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed on pages.
+* --rcs=svn, --no-rcs

 
 

-  Subversion is enabled by default.
+  Enable or disable use of a revision control system.
+
+  If you use svn, the `source` directory is assumed to be
+  a [[Subversion]] working copy.
+
+  If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
+  [[git]] 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.
+
+  svn 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]].
+
+* --svnpath trunk
+
+  Specify the path inside your svn reporistory where the wiki is located.
+  This defaults to trunk; change it if your wiki is at some other location
+  inside the repository.

 
 * --anonok, --noanonok
 
 
 * --anonok, --noanonok
 


@@ -109,23 +146,37 @@ These options configure the wiki.
 * --rss, --norss
 
   If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline
 * --rss, --norss
 
   If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline

-  a blog.
+  a [[blog]].
+
+* --pingurl url

 
 

-* --url http://someurl/
+  Set this to the url to an XML-RPC service to ping when an RSS feed is
+  updated. For example, to ping Technorati, use the url
+  http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
+
+  This parameter can be specified multiple times to specify more than one
+  url to ping.
+
+* --url url

 
   Specifies the url to the wiki. This is a required parameter in [[CGI]] mode.
 
 
   Specifies the url to the wiki. This is a required parameter in [[CGI]] mode.
 

-* --cgiurl http://someurl/ikiwiki.cgi
+* --cgiurl http://url/ikiwiki.cgi

 
 

-  Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script [[wrapper]]. Required when building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.
+  Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script wrapper. Required when
+  building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated.

 
 

-* --historyurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki
+* --historyurl url

 
   Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url,
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse. It's common to use
   [[ViewCVS]] for this.
 
 
   Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url,
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse. It's common to use
   [[ViewCVS]] for this.
 

-* --diffurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki&r1=\[[r1]]&r2=\[[r2]]
+* --adminemail you@yourhost
+
+  Specifies the email address that ikiwiki should use for sending email.
+
+* --diffurl url

 
   Specifies the url to link to for a diff of changes to a page. In the url,
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse, "\[[r1]]" is the old
 
   Specifies the url to link to for a diff of changes to a page. In the url,
   "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse, "\[[r1]]" is the old


@@ -143,9 +194,46 @@ These options configure the wiki.
   Currently allows locking of any page, other powers may be added later.
   May be specified multiple times for multiple admins.
 
   Currently allows locking of any page, other powers may be added later.
   May be specified multiple times for multiple admins.
 

-* --verbose
+* --plugin name
+
+  Enables the use of the specified [[plugin|plugins]] in the wiki. 
+  Note that plugin names are case sensative.
+
+* --disable-plugin name
+
+  Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"
+  to do away with html sanitization.
+
+* --discussion, --no-discussion
+
+  Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
+  every page. The links are enabled by default.
+
+* --timeformat format
+
+  Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the
+  strftime(3) function.
+
+* --verbose, --no-verbose
+
+  Be vebose about what is being done.
+
+* --syslog, --no-syslog
+
+  Log to syslog.
+
+* --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
+
+  Enable [[w3mmode]], which allows w3m to use ikiwiki as a local CGI script,
+  without a web server.
+
+* --getctime

 
 

-  Be vebose about what it's doing.
+  Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control
+  system. This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation
+  times of items in weblogs, for example when building a wiki from a new
+  subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
+  with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.

 
 # AUTHOR
 
 
 # AUTHOR