+
+Inline below is a [[patch]] that implements this:
+
+----
+
+ diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
+ index bb21ed2..10c985c 100644
+ --- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
+ +++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
+ @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) {
+
+ decode_cgi_utf8($q);
+
+ - my @fields=qw(do rcsinfo subpage from page type editcontent comments);
+ + my @fields=qw(do rcsinfo subpage from page type editcontent comments templatepage);
+ my @buttons=("Save Page", "Preview", "Cancel");
+ eval q{use CGI::FormBuilder};
+ error($@) if $@;
+ @@ -117,9 +117,20 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) {
+ }
+ else {
+ $type=$form->param('type');
+ +
+ + my $defaultContent = "";
+ + my $templatepage = $form->param('templatepage');
+ + if ($templatepage && $pagesources{$templatepage}) {
+ + $defaultContent = readfile(IkiWiki::srcfile($pagesources{$templatepage}));
+ + }
+ +
+ if (defined $type && length $type && $hooks{htmlize}{$type}) {
+ $type=possibly_foolish_untaint($type);
+ }
+ + elsif ($templatepage && $pagesources{$templatepage}) {
+ + # favor the type of the template page
+ + $type=pagetype($pagesources{$templatepage});
+ + }
+ elsif (defined $from && exists $pagesources{$from}) {
+ # favor the type of linking page
+ $type=pagetype($pagesources{$from});
+ @@ -129,7 +140,7 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) {
+ if (! $form->submitted) {
+ $form->field(name => "rcsinfo", value => "", force => 1);
+ }
+ - $form->field(name => "editcontent", validate => '/.+/');
+ + $form->field(name => "editcontent", value => $defaultContent, force => 0, validate => '/.+/');
+ }
+
+ $form->field(name => "do", type => 'hidden');
+ diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+ index 8efef3f..075d7d8 100644
+ --- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+ +++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+ @@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ sub preprocess_inline (@) {
+ $rootpage=$params{page};
+ }
+ $formtemplate->param(rootpage => $rootpage);
+ + $formtemplate->param(templatepage => $params{newposttemplate}) if $params{newposttemplate};
+ $formtemplate->param(rssurl => $rssurl) if $feeds && $rss;
+ $formtemplate->param(atomurl => $atomurl) if $feeds && $atom;
+ if (exists $params{postformtext}) {
+ diff --git a/templates/blogpost.tmpl b/templates/blogpost.tmpl
+ index 7eeede6..5c8b34c 100644
+ --- a/templates/blogpost.tmpl
+ +++ b/templates/blogpost.tmpl
+ @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
+ </TMPL_IF>
+ <input type="hidden" name="do" value="blog" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="from" value="<TMPL_VAR ROOTPAGE>" />
+ +<TMPL_IF NAME="TEMPLATEPAGE">
+ +<input type="hidden" name="templatepage" value="<TMPL_VAR TEMPLATEPAGE>" />
+ +</TMPL_IF>
+ <input type="hidden" name="subpage" value="1" />
+ <TMPL_VAR POSTFORMTEXT>
+ <input name="title" size="40" />
+
+---
+
+Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something, but can't you use already existing
+in-house means instead of this patch; use a procedure as I do in the Hurd wiki?
+<http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/config_edittemplate/> with one template:
+<http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/config_edittemplate/regular_page/>.
+-- [[tschwinge]]
+
+> You are entirely correct. I thought I'd seen it somewhere, but then couldn't
+> find it when I came to use it. If the patch isn't applied (and I can see arguments
+> on both sides of that debate), then at least a pointer to
+> [[ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate]] should be added to [[ikiwiki/directive/inline]]
+> (and I'd make that change myself, but the edit needs to happen in the underlay,
+> not in the online docs). -- [[Will]]
+
+>> Go ahead and make the edit, ikiwiki's source is arranged such that edits
+>> on this wiki to files that form the underlay will affect the underlay.
+>> (Clearly I won't be adding duplicate functionality.)
+>> --[[Joey]]
+
+>>> Edit made. [[done]] -- [[Will]]