+sub get_sort_key {
+ my $page = $_[0];
+ my $meta = $_[1];
+
+ # e.g. titlesort (also makes sense for author)
+ my $key = $pagestate{$page}{meta}{$meta . "sort"};
+ return $key if defined $key;
+
+ # e.g. title
+ $key = $pagestate{$page}{meta}{$meta};
+ return $key if defined $key;
+
+ # fall back to closer-to-core things
+ if ($meta eq 'title') {
+ return pagetitle(IkiWiki::basename($page));
+ }
+ elsif ($meta eq 'date') {
+ return $IkiWiki::pagectime{$page};
+ }
+ elsif ($meta eq 'updated') {
+ return $IkiWiki::pagemtime{$page};
+ }
+ else {
+ return '';
+ }
+}
+