X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/1478bab0cdf13b0a1ed09e5247bada907d245a47..2379299a24c83b95f21a390b754f6aaafa2484f9:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 165627f99..5be90efdf 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ lowercase, such as `IkiWiki::Plugin::inline`. Ikiwiki includes a `IkiWiki::Plugin::skeleton` that can be fleshed out to make a useful plugin. `IkiWiki::Plugin::pagecount` is another simple example. -## Note +# Note One thing to keep in mind when writing a plugin is that ikiwiki is a wiki *compiler*. So plugins influence pages when they are built, not when they @@ -15,61 +15,131 @@ random or changing thing on a page will generate a static page that won't change until ikiwiki rebuilds the page for some other reason, like the page being edited. -## Registering plugins +# Registering plugins -Plugins should, when imported, call IkiWiki::hook to hook into -ikiwiki's processing. The function uses named parameters, and use varies depending on the type of plugin being registered. Note that a plugin can call the function more than once to register multiple hooks. All calls to IkiWiki::hook should be passed a "type" parameter, which gives the type of hook, a "id" paramter, which should be a unique string for this plugin, and a "call" parameter, which is a reference to a function to call for the hook. +Plugins should, when imported, call IkiWiki::hook to hook into ikiwiki's +processing. The function uses named parameters, and use varies depending on +the type of plugin being registered. Note that a plugin can call the +function more than once to register multiple hooks. All calls to +IkiWiki::hook should be passed a "type" parameter, which gives the type of +hook, a "id" paramter, which should be a unique string for this plugin, and +a "call" parameter, which is a reference to a function to call for the +hook. -## Writing a [[PreProcessorDirective]] +# Writing a [[PreProcessorDirective]] This is probably the most common use of a plugin. IkiWiki::hook(type => "preprocess", id => "foo", call => \&preprocess); -Replace "foo" with the command name that will be used inside brackers for the preprocessor directive. +Replace "foo" with the command name that will be used inside brackers for +the preprocessor directive. -Each time the directive is processed, the referenced function (`preprocess` in the example above) is called, and is passed named parameters. A -"page" parameter gives the name of the page that embedded the preprocessor directive. All parameters included in the directive are included -as named parameters as well. Whatever the function returns goes onto the -page in place of the directive. +Each time the directive is processed, the referenced function (`preprocess` +in the example above) is called, and is passed named parameters. A "page" +parameter gives the name of the page that embedded the preprocessor +directive. All parameters included in the directive are included as named +parameters as well. Whatever the function returns goes onto the page in +place of the directive. -## Other types of hooks +## Error handing -Beyond PreProcessorDirectives, Other types of hooks that can be used by plugins include: +While a plugin can call ikiwiki's error routine for a fatal error, for +errors that aren't intended to halt the entire wiki build, including bad +parameters passed to a [[PreProcessorDirective]], etc, it's better to just +return the error message as the output of the plugin. -### delete +## Html issues - IkiWiki::hook(type => "delete", id => "foo", call => \&deletion); +Note that if the [[htmlscrubber]] is enabled, html in +[[PreProcessorDirective]] output is sanitised, which may limit what your +plugin can do. Also, the rest of the page content is not in html format at +preprocessor time. Text output by a preprocessor directive will be passed +through markdown (or whatever engine is used to htmlize the page) along +with the rest of the page. -Each time a page or pages is removed from the wiki, the referenced function is called, and passed the names of the source files that were removed. +# Other types of hooks -### render +Beyond PreProcessorDirectives, Other types of hooks that can be used by +plugins include: - IkiWiki::hook(type => "render", id => "foo", call => \&update); +## checkconfig -Each time ikiwiki renders a change or addition (but not deletion) of a page to the wiki, the referenced function is called, and passed the name of the source file that was rendered. + IkiWiki::hook(type => "checkconfig", id => "foo", call => \&checkconfig); -## Error handing in plugins +This is useful if the plugin needs to check for, or modify ikiwiki's +configuration. It's called early in the ikiwiki startup process. The +function is passed no values. It's ok for the function to call +IkiWiki::error if something isn't configured right. -While a plugin can call ikiwiki's error routine for a fatal error, for -errors that aren't intended to halt the entire wiki build, including bad -parameters passed to a [[PreProcessorDirective]], etc, it's better to just -return the error message as the output of the plugin. +## filter -## Html issues + IkiWiki::hook(type => "filter", id => "foo", call => \&filter); -Note that if [[HTMLSanitization]] is enabled, html in -[[PreProcessorDirective]] output is sanitised, which may limit what your -plugin can do. Also, the rest of the page content is not in html format at -preprocessor time. Text output by a preprocessor directive will be passed through markdown along with the rest of the page. +Runs on the raw source of a page, before anything else touches it, and can +make arbitrary changes. The function is passed named parameters `page` and +`content` and should return the filtered content. + +## htmlize + + IkiWiki::hook(type => "htmlize", id => "ext", call => \&filter); + +Runs on the raw source of a page and turns it into html. The id parameter +specifies the filename extension that a file must have to be htmlized using +this plugin. This is how you can add support for new and exciting markup +languages to ikiwiki. -## Wiki configuration +## pagetemplate -A plugin can access the wiki's configuration via the `%IkiWiki::config` hash. -The best way to understand the contents of the hash is to look at + IkiWiki::hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "foo", call => \&pagetemplate); + +Each time a page is rendered, a [[template|templates]] is filled out. +This hook allows modifying that template. The function is passed the name +of the page, and a `HTML::Template` object that is the template that will +be used to generate the page. It can manipulate that template, the most +common thing to do is probably to call $template->param() to add a new +custom parameter to the template. + +## sanitize + + IkiWiki::hook(type => "sanitize", id => "foo", call => \&sanitize); + +Use this to implement html sanitization or anything else that needs to +modify the content of a page after it has been fully converted to html. +The function is passed the page content and should return the sanitized +content. + +## delete + + IkiWiki::hook(type => "delete", id => "foo", call => \&dele); + +Each time a page or pages is removed from the wiki, the referenced function +is called, and passed the names of the source files that were removed. + +## change + + IkiWiki::hook(type => "change", id => "foo", call => \&render); + +Each time ikiwiki renders a change or addition (but not deletion) to the +wiki, the referenced function is called, and passed the names of the +source files that were rendered. + +## cgi + + IkiWiki::hook(type => "cgi", id => "foo", call => \&cgi); + +Use this to hook into ikiwiki's cgi script. Each registered cgi hook is +called in turn, and passed a CGI object. The hook should examine the +parameters, and if it will handle this CGI request, output a page and +terminate the program. + +# Wiki configuration + +A plugin can access the wiki's configuration via the `%IkiWiki::config` +hash. The best way to understand the contents of the hash is to look at [[ikiwiki.setup]], which sets the hash content to configure the wiki. -## Wiki data +# Wiki data If your plugin needs to access data about other pages in the wiki. It can use the following hashes, using a page name as the key: @@ -89,12 +159,14 @@ use the following hashes, using a page name as the key: it is by using the IkiWiki::add_depends function, which takes as its parameters the page name and a [[GlobList]] of dependencies to add. -## RCS plugins +# RCS plugins ikiwiki's support for revision control systems also uses pluggable perl modules. These are in the `IkiWiki::RCS` namespace, for example `IkiWiki::RCS::svn`. -Each RCS plugin must support all the IkiWiki::rcs_* functions. +Each RCS plugin must support all the IkiWiki::rcs\_* functions. See IkiWiki::RCS::Stub for the full list of functions. It's ok if -rcs_getctime does nothing except for throwing an error. +rcs\_getctime does nothing except for throwing an error. + +See [[about_RCS_backends]] for some more info.