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

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@@ -467,6 +467,15 @@ When pages are deleted, ikiwiki automatically deletes their pagestate too.
 Note that page state does not persist across wiki rebuilds, only across
 wiki updates.
 
 Note that page state does not persist across wiki rebuilds, only across
 wiki updates.
 

+### %wikistate
+
+The `%wikistate` hash can be used by a plugin to store persistant state
+that is not bound to any one page. To set a value, use
+`$wikistate{$id}{$key}=$value, where `$value` is anything Storable can
+serialize, `$key` is any string you like, and `$id` must be the same as the
+"id" parameter passed to `hook()` when registering the plugin, so that the
+state can be dropped if the plugin is no longer used.
+

 ### Other variables
 
 If your plugin needs to access data about other pages in the wiki. It can
 ### Other variables
 
 If your plugin needs to access data about other pages in the wiki. It can


@@ -682,6 +691,12 @@ destination file, as registered by `will_render`.
 If the third parameter is passed and is true, an absolute url will be
 constructed instead of the default relative url.
 
 If the third parameter is passed and is true, an absolute url will be
 constructed instead of the default relative url.
 

+#### `newpagefile($$)`
+
+This can be called when creating a new page, to determine what filename
+to save the page to. It's passed a page name, and its type, and returns
+the name of the file to create, relative to the srcdir.
+

 #### `targetpage($$)`
 
 Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be
 #### `targetpage($$)`
 
 Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be