* --templatedir dir
- Specify the directory that the page [[templates|wikitemplates]] are stored in.
+ Specify the directory that [[templates|templates]] are stored in.
Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as configured at
build time. If the templatedir is changed, missing templates will still
- be searched for in the default location as a fallback.
+ be searched for in the default location as a fallback. Templates can also be
+ placed in the "templates/" subdirectory of the srcdir.
Note that if you choose to copy and modify ikiwiki's templates, you will need
to be careful to keep them up to date when upgrading to new versions of
* --set var=value
This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it
- were set via a setup file. Since most options commonly used options can be
+ were set via a setup file. Since most commonly used options can be
configured using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this.
* --set-yaml var=value