X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/2794d7ef5abc4fa8fc2eb42d5c85ada197df0767..74f983d7f0771425e1384ab08b3656f8000a1188:/basewiki/pagespec.mdwn diff --git a/basewiki/pagespec.mdwn b/basewiki/pagespec.mdwn index 318be42f9..b2b913537 100644 --- a/basewiki/pagespec.mdwn +++ b/basewiki/pagespec.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ To select a set of pages, such as pages that are locked, pages whose commit emails you want subscribe to, or pages to combine into a -[[blog]], the wiki uses a PageSpec. This is an expression that matches +blog, the wiki uses a PageSpec. This is an expression that matches a set of pages. The simplest PageSpec is a simple list of pages. For example, this matches @@ -21,19 +21,23 @@ match all pages except for Discussion pages and the SandBox: * and !SandBox and !*/Discussion -It's also possible to match pages that link to a given page, by writing -"`link(page)`". Or, match pages that a given page links to, by -writing "`backlink(page)`". Or match pages created in a given month, year, -or day of the month by writing "`creation_month(month)`", -"`creation_year(year)`" or "`creation_day(mday)`". +Some more elaborate limits can be added to what matches using any of these +functions: -For example, to match all pages in a blog that link to the page about music -and were written on Mondays in 2005: +* "`link(page)`" - match only pages that link to a given page +* "`backlink(page)`" - match only pages that a given page links to +* "`creation_month(month)`" - match only pages created on the given month +* "`creation_day(mday)`" - or day of the month +* "`creation_year(year)`" - or year +* "`created_after(page)`" - match only pages created after the given page + was created +* "`created_before(page)`" - match only pages created before the given page + was created - blog/* and link(music) and creation_year(2005) and creation_day(0) +For example, to match all pages in a blog that link to the page about music +and were written in 2005: -Matches can also be used to limit matching to pages created before or after -a given date. + blog/* and link(music) and creation_year(2005) More complex expressions can also be created, by using parentheses for grouping. For example, to match pages in a blog that are tagged with either