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