X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/318134174f62a598ae77e2e50f53518fbd673a19..8728a79226896b2909f60753dc17978c065cfc57:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 404c3b44f..d5bd1dd76 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ built. Now that it knows what pages it needs to build, ikiwiki runs two compile passes. First, it runs `scan` hooks, which collect metadata about the pages. Then it runs a page rendering pipeline, by calling in turn these -hooks: `filter`, `preprocess`, `linkify`, `htmlize`, `postscan`, +hooks: `filter`, `preprocess`, `linkify`, `htmlize`, `indexhtml`, `pagetemplate`, `sanitize`, `format`. After all necessary pages are built, it calls the `change` hook. Finally, @@ -177,10 +177,15 @@ function is passed no values. hook(type => "needsbuild", id => "foo", call => \&needsbuild); -This allows a plugin to manipulate the list of files that need to be -built when the wiki is refreshed. The function is passed a reference to an -array of files that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either -adding or removing files from it. +This allows a plugin to observe or even manipulate the list of files that +need to be built when the wiki is refreshed. + +As its first parameter, the function is passed a reference to an array of +files that will be built. It should return an array reference that is a +modified version of its input. It can add or remove files from it. + +The second parameter passed to the function is a reference to an array of +files that have been deleted. ### scan @@ -198,8 +203,8 @@ value is ignored. hook(type => "filter", id => "foo", call => \&filter); -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", +Runs on the full raw source of a page, before anything else touches it, and +can make arbitrary changes. The function is passed named parameters "page", "destpage", and "content". It should return the filtered content. ### preprocess @@ -282,22 +287,22 @@ like `Makefile` that have no extension. If `hook` is passed an optional "longname" parameter, this value is used when prompting a user to choose a page type on the edit page form. -### postscan +### indexhtml - hook(type => "postscan", id => "foo", call => \&postscan); + hook(type => "indexhtml", id => "foo", call => \&indexhtml); This hook is called once the page has been converted to html (but before the generated html is put in a template). The most common use is to update search indexes. Added in ikiwiki 2.54. -The function is passed named parameters "page" and "content". Its return -value is ignored. +The function is passed named parameters "page", "destpage", and "content". +Its return value is ignored. ### pagetemplate hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "foo", call => \&pagetemplate); -[[Templates|wikitemplates]] are filled out for many different things in +[[Templates]] are filled out for many different things in ikiwiki, like generating a page, or part of a blog page, or an rss feed, or a cgi. This hook allows modifying the variables available on those templates. The function is passed named parameters. The "page" and @@ -313,11 +318,20 @@ a new custom parameter to the template. hook(type => "templatefile", id => "foo", call => \&templatefile); -This hook allows plugins to change the [[template|wikitemplates]] that is +This hook allows plugins to change the [[template|templates]] that is used for a page in the wiki. The hook is passed a "page" parameter, and -should return the name of the template file to use, or undef if it doesn't -want to change the default ("page.tmpl"). Template files are looked for in -/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates by default. +should return the name of the template file to use (relative to the +template directory), or undef if it doesn't want to change the default +("page.tmpl"). + +### pageactions + + hook(type => "pageactions", id => "foo", call => \&pageactions); + +This hook allows plugins to add arbitrary actions to the action bar on a +page (next to Edit, RecentChanges, etc). The hook is passed a "page" +parameter, and can return a list of html fragments to add to the action +bar. ### sanitize @@ -586,7 +600,17 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example: hook(type => "genwrapper", id => "foo", call => \&genwrapper); This hook is used to inject C code (which it returns) into the `main` -function of the ikiwiki wrapper when it is being generated. +function of the ikiwiki wrapper when it is being generated. + +The code runs before anything else -- in particular it runs before +the suid wrapper has sanitized its environment. + +### disable + + hook(type => "disable", id => "foo", call => \&disable); + +This hook is only run when a previously enabled plugin gets disabled +during ikiwiki setup. Plugins can use this to perform cleanups. ## Exported variables @@ -701,10 +725,31 @@ the entire wiki build and make the wiki unusable. ### `template($;@)` -Creates and returns a [[!cpan HTML::Template]] object. The first parameter -is the name of the file in the template directory. The optional remaining +Creates and returns a [[!cpan HTML::Template]] object. (In a list context, +returns the parameters needed to construct the obhect.) + +The first parameter is the name of the template file. The optional remaining parameters are passed to `HTML::Template->new`. +Normally, the template file is first looked for in the templates/ subdirectory +of the srcdir. Failing that, it is looked for in the templatedir. + +Wiki pages can be used as templates. This should be done only for templates +which it is safe to let wiki users edit. Enable it by passing a filename +with no ".tmpl" extension. Template pages are normally looked for in +the templates/ directory. If the page name starts with "/", a page +elsewhere in the wiki can be used. + +If the template is not found, or contains a syntax error, an error is thrown. + +### `template_depends($$;@)` + +Use this instead of `template()` if the content of a template is being +included into a page. This causes the page to depend on the template, +so it will be updated if the template is modified. + +Like `template()`, except the second parameter is the page. + ### `htmlpage($)` Passed a page name, returns the base name that will be used for a the html @@ -919,13 +964,16 @@ search for files. If the directory name is not absolute, ikiwiki will assume it is in the parent directory of the configured underlaydir. -### `displaytime($;$)` +### `displaytime($;$$)` Given a time, formats it for display. The optional second parameter is a strftime format to use to format the time. +If the third parameter is true, this is the publication time of a page. +(Ie, set the html5 pubdate attribute.) + ### `gettext` This is the standard gettext function, although slightly optimised. @@ -1020,16 +1068,20 @@ token, that will be passed into `rcs_commit` when committing. For example, it might return the current revision ID of the file, and use that information later when merging changes. -#### `rcs_commit($$$;$$)` +#### `rcs_commit(@)` + +Passed named parameters: `file`, `message`, `token` (from `rcs_prepedit`), +and `session` (optional). -Passed a file, message, token (from `rcs_prepedit`), user, and ip address. Should try to commit the file. Returns `undef` on *success* and a version of the page with the rcs's conflict markers on failure. -#### `rcs_commit_staged($$$)` +#### `rcs_commit_staged(@)` + +Passed named parameters: `message`, and `session` (optional). -Passed a message, user, and ip address. Should commit all staged changes. -Returns undef on success, and an error message on failure. +Should commit all staged changes. Returns undef on success, and an +error message on failure. Changes can be staged by calls to `rcs_add`, `rcs_remove`, and `rcs_rename`. @@ -1072,7 +1124,9 @@ The data structure returned for each change is: { rev => # the RCSs id for this commit - user => # name of user who made the change, + user => # user who made the change (may be an openid), + nickname => # short name for user (optional; not an openid), + committype => # either "web" or the name of the rcs, when => # time when the change was made, message => [