An overview of some of ikiwiki's features:
-[[toc ]]
+[[!toc ]]
## Uses a real RCS
Rather than implement its own system for storing page histories etc,
-ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't because we're
+ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't (just) because we're
lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are
advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard wiki.
Instead of editing pages in a stupid web form, you can use vim and commit
-changes via [[Subversion]]. Or work disconnected using svk and push your
-changes out when you come online. Or use [[git]], [[tla]], or [[mercurial]]
-to work in a distributed fashion all the time. (It's also possible to
-[[plugins/write]] a plugin to support other systems.)
+changes via [[Subversion|rcs/svn]], [[rcs/git]], or any of a number of other
+[[Revision_Control_Systems|rcs]].
ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki
immediately whenever you commit a change using the RCS.
## Supports many markup languages
-By default, pages in the wiki are written using the [[MarkDown]] format.
+By default, pages in the wiki are written using the [[ikiwiki/MarkDown]] format.
Any page with a filename ending in ".mdwn" is converted from markdown to html
by ikiwiki. Markdown understands text formatted as it would be in an email,
and is quite smart about converting it to html. The only additional markup
-provided by ikiwiki on top of regular markdown is the [[WikiLink]] and
-[[PreprocessorDirective]].
+provided by ikiwiki on top of regular markdown is the [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] and
+[[ikiwiki/PreprocessorDirective]].
If you prefer to use some other markup language, ikiwiki allows others to
easily be added by [[plugins]]. For example it also supports traditional
unchanged by ikiwiki as it builds your wiki. So you can check in an image,
program, or other special file and link to it from your wiki pages.
-## [[Blogging|blog]]
+## Blogging
-You can turn any page in the wiki into a [[blog]]. Pages matching a
-specified [[PageSpec]] will be displayed as a weblog within the blog
+You can turn any page in the wiki into a [[ikiwiki/blog]]. Pages matching a
+specified [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] will be displayed as a weblog within the blog
page. And RSS or Atom feeds can be generated to follow the blog.
Ikiwiki's own [[TODO]], [[news]], and [[plugins]] pages are good examples
Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. The interface
is quite flexible, allowing plugins to implement additional markup
-languages, register [[PreProcessorDirective]]s, hook into [[CGI]] mode,
+languages, register [[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]]s, hook into [[CGI]] mode,
and more. Most of ikiwiki's features are actually provided by plugins.
Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new
revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki.
+The standard language for ikiwiki plugins is perl, but ikiwiki also supports
+[[plugins/write/external]] plugins: Standalone programs that can be written in
+any language and communicate with ikiwiki using XML RPC.
+
## [[todo/utf8]]
After rather a lot of fiddling, we think that ikiwiki correctly and fully
up in the ways you'd expect, like at the bottom of pages, in blogs, and
in RSS and Atom feeds.
-### [[SubPages|SubPage]]
+### [[SubPages|ikiwiki/SubPage]]
Arbitrarily deep hierarchies of pages with fairly simple and useful
-[[SubPage/LinkingRules]]
+[[ikiwiki/SubPage/LinkingRules]]
### [[BackLinks]]
Nearly the definition of a wiki, although perhaps ikiwiki challenges how
much of that web gunk a wiki really needs. These features are optional
-and can be enabled by enabling [[CGI]].
+and can be enabled by enabling [[CGI]] and a [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]].
### User registration
### Full text search
-ikiwiki can use the [[HyperEstraier]] search engine to add powerful
-full text search capabilities to your wiki.
-
-### Commit mails
-
-ikiwiki can be configured to send you commit mails with diffs of changes
-to selected pages.
+ikiwiki can use the xapian search engine to add powerful
+full text [[plugins/search]] capabilities to your wiki.
### [[w3mmode]]