[[!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"]]
"""]]
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.
+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 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.
-"""]]
-
[[!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 ]]
"""]]
-