This hook is called early in the process of building the wiki, and is used
as a first pass scan of the page, to collect metadata about the page. It's
-mostly used to scan the page for WikiLinks, and add them to `%links`.
+mostly used to scan the page for [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]], and add them to `%links`.
Present in IkiWiki 2.40 and later.
The function is passed named parameters "page" and "content". Its return
hook(type => "linkify", id => "foo", call => \&linkify);
-This hook is called to convert [[WikiLinks|WikiLink]] on the page into html
+This hook is called to convert [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]] on the page into html
links. The function is passed named parameters "page", "destpage", and
"content". It should return the linkified content. Present in IkiWiki 2.40
and later.
return the htmlized content.
If `hook` is passed an optional "keepextension" parameter, set to a true
-value, then this extension will not be stripped from the source filename when
+value, then the extension will not be stripped from the source filename when
generating the page.
+If `hook` is passed an optional "noextension" parameter, set to a true
+value, then the id parameter specifies not a filename extension, but
+a whole filename that can be htmlized. This is useful for files
+like `Makefile` that have no extension.
+
### pagetemplate
hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "foo", call => \&pagetemplate);
hook(type => "canremove", id => "foo", call => \&canremove);
-This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control when
-a page can be removed using the web interface (commits from revision control
-bypass it). It works exactly like the `canedit` hook.
+This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control
+when a page can be removed using the web interface (commits from
+revision control bypass it). It works exactly like the `canedit` hook,
+but is passed the named parameters `cgi` (a CGI object), `session`
+(a session object) and `page` (the page subject to deletion).
### canrename
This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control when
a page can be renamed using the web interface (commits from revision control
-bypass it). It works exactly like the `canedit` and `canremove` hook,
-but is passed:
-* a CGI object
-* a session object
-* the named parameters `src`, `srcfile`, `dest` and `destfile`.
+bypass it). It works exactly like the `canedit` hook,
+but is passed the named parameters `cgi` (a CGI object), `session` (a
+session object), `src`, `srcfile`, `dest` and `destfile`.
### checkcontent
the state is saved. The function can save other state, modify values before
they're saved, etc.
-### renamelink
+### renamepage
- hook(type => "renamelink", id => "foo", call => \&renamelink);
+ hook(type => "renamepage", id => "foo", call => \&renamepage);
This hook is called by the [[plugins/rename]] plugin when it renames
something, once per page linking to the renamed page's old location.
### rename
- hook(type => "rename", id => "foo", call => \&renamepages);
+ hook(type => "rename", id => "foo", call => \&rename);
When a page or set of pages is renamed, the referenced function is
-called, and is passed:
+called for every page, and is passed named parameters:
-* a reference to an array of hashes with keys: `src`, `srcfile`,
- `dest`, `destfile`, `required`. Such a hook function can modify
- the array.
-* a CGI object
-* a session object
+* `torename`: a reference to a hash with keys: `src`, `srcfile`,
+ `dest`, `destfile`, `required`.
+* `cgi`: a CGI object
+* `session`: a session object.
+
+Such a hook function returns any additional rename hashes it wants to
+add. This hook is applied recursively to returned additional rename
+hashes, so that it handles the case where two plugins use the hook:
+plugin A would see when plugin B adds a new file to be renamed.
### getsetup
* `example` can be set to an example value.
* `description` is a short description of the option.
* `link` is a link to further information about the option. This can either
- be a wikilink, or an url.
+ be a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]], or an url.
* `advanced` can be set to true if the option is more suitable for advanced
users.
* `safe` should be false if the option should not be displayed in unsafe
If the destination directory doesn't exist, it will first be created.
+The filename and directory are separate parameters because of
+some security checks done to avoid symlink attacks. Before writing a file,
+it checks to make sure there's not a symlink with its name, to avoid
+following the symlink. If the filename parameter includes a subdirectory
+to put the file in, it also checks if that subdirectory is a symlink, etc.
+The directory parameter, however, is not checked for symlinks. So,
+generally the directory parameter is a trusted toplevel directory like
+the srcdir or destdir, and any subdirectories of this are included in the
+filename parameter.
+
#### `will_render($$)`
Given a page name and a destination file name (not including the base
#### `linkpage($)`
This converts text that could have been entered by the user as a
-[[WikiLink]] into a wiki page name.
+[[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] into a wiki page name.
#### `srcfile($;$)`
To make an internal use page, register a filename extension that starts
with "_". Internal use pages cannot be edited with the web interface,
-generally shouldn't contain wikilinks or preprocessor directives (use
+generally shouldn't contain [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]] or preprocessor directives (use
either on them with extreme caution), and are not matched by regular
PageSpecs glob patterns, but instead only by a special `internal()`
[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
For example, your plugin might want to override `displaytime`, to change
the html markup used when displaying a date. Or it might want to override
`IkiWiki::formattime`, to change how a date is formatted. Or perhaps you
-want to override `bestlink` and change how ikiwiki deals with WikiLinks.
+want to override `bestlink` and change how ikiwiki deals with [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]].
By venturing into this territory, your plugin is becoming tightly tied to
ikiwiki's internals. And it might break if those internals change. But