X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/3f3aab3793fb471f8a99ed12df1bbad7abdc3455..c43f5308ff5b27fd9174f880f50fa2eb5ff7d150:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 1bd3b0f87..9a5ca60a0 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]]. @@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example: * `description` is a short description of the option. * `link` is a link to further information about the option. This can either be a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]], or an url. +* `htmldescription` is displayed instead of the description by websetup. * `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 @@ -982,14 +983,22 @@ 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. +Provide a second parameter whenever possible, since this leads to better +behaviour for the [[plugins/po]] plugin and `file:///` URLs. + +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($$)` @@ -1143,19 +1152,19 @@ The data structure returned for each change is: ], } -#### `rcs_diff($)` +#### `rcs_diff($;$)` + +The first parameter is the rev from `rcs_recentchanges`. +The optional second parameter is how many lines to return (default: all). -The parameter is the rev from `rcs_recentchanges`. Should return a list of lines of the diff (including \n) in list -context, and the whole diff in scalar context. +context, and a string containing the whole diff in scalar context. #### `rcs_getctime($)` 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($)` @@ -1201,22 +1210,17 @@ Like `rcs_receive`, it should do whatever sanity checks are appropriate for the RCS to limit changes to safe changes, and die if a change would be unsafe to revert. -#### `rcs_revert(@)` +#### `rcs_revert($)` This is called by the revert web interface. It is passed a named parameter rev that is the RCS-specific change ID to revert. -Addition named parameters: `message`, and `session` (optional). - -It should try to revert the specified rev, which includes committing -the reversion, and returns undef on _success_ and an error message -on failure. - -#### `rcs_showpatch(@)` +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 is passed a named parameter rev that is a RCS-specific -change ID. It should generate a diff-style patch showing the changes -made and return it. +This hook and `rcs_preprevert` are optional, if not implemented, no revert +web interface will be available. ### PageSpec plugins