X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/238e8b95a5b084e7131d3314b78419b9404cba4c..50a88d2399ca15c3976d59be5c1a6cac1dafe60c:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index dbbe83851..3cab7588e 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Ikiwiki's plugin interface allows all kinds of useful [[plugins]] to be +lkiwiki's plugin interface allows all kinds of useful [[plugins]] to be written to extend ikiwiki in many ways. Despite the length of this page, it's not really hard. This page is a complete reference to everything a plugin might want to do. There is also a quick [[tutorial]]. @@ -982,14 +982,19 @@ This is the standard gettext function, although slightly optimised. This is the standard ngettext function, although slightly optimised. -### `urlto($$;$)` +### `urlto($;$$)` Construct a relative url to the first parameter from the page named by the second. The first parameter can be either a page name, or some other destination file, as registered by `will_render`. -If the third parameter is passed and is true, an absolute url will be -constructed instead of the default relative url. +If the second parameter is not specified (or `undef`), the URL will be +valid from any page on the wiki, or from the CGI; if possible it'll +be a path starting with `/`, but an absolute URL will be used if +the wiki and the CGI are on different domains. + +If the third parameter is passed and is true, the url will be a fully +absolute url. This is useful when generating an url to publish elsewhere. ### `newpagefile($$)` @@ -1154,8 +1159,6 @@ context, and the whole diff in scalar context. This is used to get the page creation time for a file from the RCS, by looking it up in the history. -It's ok if this is not implemented, and throws an error. - If the RCS cannot determine a ctime for the file, return 0. #### `rcs_getmtime($)` @@ -1210,6 +1213,9 @@ It should try to revert the specified rev, and leave the reversion staged so `rcs_commit_staged` will complete it. It should return undef on _success_ and an error message on failure. +This hook and `rcs_preprevert` are optional, if not implemented, no revert +web interface will be available. + ### PageSpec plugins It's also possible to write plugins that add new functions to