I just implemented this. There is one [[patch]] to the default page template, and a new plugin. -- [[Will]]
+All of this code is licensed under the GPLv2+. -- [[Will]]
+
> The use of sessioncgi here seems undesirable: on wikis where anonymity is
> not allowed, you'll be asked to log in. Couldn't you achieve the same thing
> by loading the index with IkiWiki::loadindex, like [[plugins/goto]] does?
> --[[smcv]]
+[[done]]
+
+>> I've applied the patch below in a git branch, fixed my earlier criticism,
+>> and also fixed a couple of other issues I noticed:
+>>
+>> * missing pages could be presented better as a real 404 page
+>> * the default Content-type should probably be UTF-8 since the rest of
+>> IkiWiki tends to assume that
+>> * emitting attachments (images, etc.) as text/plain isn't going to work :-)
+>>
+>> Any opinions on my branch? I think it's ready for merge, if Joey approves.
+>>
+>> --[[smcv]]
+
+>>> I need a copyright&license statement, so debian/copyright can be updated for
+>>> the plugin, before I can merge this. Otherwise ready. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>> That looks like a nice set of fixes. One more that might be worthwhile: instead of reading the page source into a var, and then writing it out later, it might be nice to just
+>>> `print readfile(srcfile(pagesources{$page}));` at the appropriate point. -- [[Will]]
+
+>>>> OK, I've committed that. --[[smcv]]
+
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