[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
-Directives are similar to a [[WikiLink]] in form, except they
+Directives are similar to a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] in form, except they
begin with `!` and may contain parameters. The general form is:
\[[!directive param="value" param="value"]]
Also, multiple lines of *quoted* text can be used for a value.
To allow quote marks inside the quoted text, delimit the block
-of text with triple-quotes:
+of text with triple-double-quotes or triple-single-quotes:
\[[!directive text="""
1. "foo"
2. "bar"
3. "baz"
- """]]
-
-ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a
-space in directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|wikilink]]. This
-syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives with no
-parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in
-[[wikilinks|wikilink]]. ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed syntax shown
-above as the preferred alternative. However, ikiwiki still supports wikis
-using the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is not enabled.
-For backward compatibility with existing wikis, this option currently
-defaults to off, so ikiwiki supports the old syntax.
-
-[[!if test="enabled(shortcut)" then="""
-The [[/ikiwiki/directive/shortcut]] directive allows defining simple wikilinks to
-remote wikis. See the [[shortcuts]] page for a list of these shortcuts.
-"""]]
+ """ othertext='''
+ 1. 'quux'
+ 2. "foo"
+ ''']]
+
+If you want to put text with triple quotes into a parameter value, you can
+use perl-style here-doc syntax, even nesting it like this:
+
+ \[[!directive text=<<OUTER
+ [[!otherdirective <<INNER
+ inner text
+ INNER]]
+ outer text
+ OUTER]]
+
+ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a space in
+directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. This
+syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives with
+no parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in
+[[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed
+syntax shown above as default. However, ikiwiki still supports wikis using
+the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is disabled.
[[!if test="enabled(listdirectives)" then="""
-Here is a list of available (non-[[shortcut|shortcuts]]) directives:
+Here is a list of currently available directives in this wiki:
-[[!listdirectives]]
+[[!listdirectives ]]
"""]]
-