edittemplate: only generate a UUID on-demand

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / ikiwiki / directive / edittemplate.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
index 569c2818f01835fcbacb24e5d873059c990a8ed4..151fd203ac4e124ccc42fdaf36eca8ee08aab13a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate desc
 
 This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default
 content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a
-template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other
+template, insert an [[ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate]] directive on some other
 page.
 
        \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]]
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ something like:
        Details:
 
 The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
-like other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is
-set: `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
-created.
+like other ikiwiki [[templates]].
+
+Two variables might be set:
+
+* `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
+  created.
+  
+* `<TMPL_VAR uuid>` is replaced with a version 4 (random) UUID.
+  (Requires the `UUID::Tiny` Perl module.)
 
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