[[!template id=plugin name=testpagespec author="[[Joey]]"]]
-[[!tag type/useful]]
+[[!tag type/special-purpose]]
-This plugin allows testing a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] to see if it matches a
+This plugin provides a [[ikiwiki/directive/testpagespec]] [[ikiwiki/directive]].
+The directive allows testing a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] to see if it matches a
page, and to see the part that matches, or causes the match to fail.
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-Example uses:
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- \[[!testpagespec pagespec="foopage and barpage" match="foopage"]]
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-This will print out something like "no match: barpage does not match
-foopage", highlighting which part of the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] is causing
-the match to fail.
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- \[[!testpagespec pagespec="foopage or !bar*" match="barpage"]]
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-This will print out something like "no match: bar* matches barpage", since
-the part of the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] that fails is this negated match.
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- \[[!testpagespec pagespec="foopage or barpage" match="barpage"]]
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-This will print out something like "match: barpage matches barpage",
-indicating the part of the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] that caused it to match.