X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/4528b95d2562831208d490ef378a089631000767..43a1640345e5af8f173a9d3669a4c9e0dfb0a512:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 8e8c3311e..2f179d46f 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -201,6 +201,17 @@ 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 + + hook(type => "postscan", id => "foo", call => \&postscan); + +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. + ### pagetemplate hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "foo", call => \&pagetemplate); @@ -237,17 +248,6 @@ modify the body of a page after it has been fully converted to html. The function is passed named parameters: "page", "destpage", and "content", and should return the sanitized content. -### postscan - - hook(type => "postscan", id => "foo", call => \&postscan); - -This hook is called once the full page body is available (but before the -format hook). 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. - ### format hook(type => "format", id => "foo", call => \&format); @@ -609,21 +609,60 @@ page created from it. (Ie, it appends ".html".) Use this when constructing the filename of a html file. Use `urlto` when generating a link to a page. -#### `add_depends($$;@)` +### `deptype(@)` + +Use this function to generate ikiwiki's internal representation of a +dependency type from one or more of these keywords: + +* `content` is the default. Any change to the content + of a page triggers the dependency. +* `presence` is only triggered by a change to the presence + of a page. +* `links` is only triggered by a change to the links of a page. + This includes when a link is added, removed, or changes what + it points to due to other changes. It does not include the + addition or removal of a duplicate link. + +If multiple types are specified, they are combined. + +#### `pagespec_match_list($$;@)` + +Passed a page name, and [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], returns a list of pages +in the wiki that match the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. + +The page will automatically be made to depend on the specified +[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], so `add_depends` does not need to be called. This +is often significantly more efficient than calling `add_depends` and +`pagespec_match` in a loop. You should use this anytime a plugin +needs to match a set of pages and do something based on that list. + +Unlike pagespec_match, this may throw an error if there is an error in +the pagespec. + +Additional named parameters can be specified: + +* `deptype` optionally specifies the type of dependency to add. Use the + `deptype` function to generate a dependency type. +* `filter` is a reference to a function, that is called and passed a page, + and returns true if the page should be filtered out of the list. +* `sort` specifies a sort order for the list. See + [[ikiwiki/PageSpec/sorting]] for the avilable sort methods. +* `reverse` if true, sorts in reverse. +* `num` if nonzero, specifies the maximum number of matching pages that + will be returned. +* `list` makes it only match amoung the specified list of pages. + Default is to match amoung all pages in the wiki. + +Any other named parameters are passed on to `pagespec_match`, to further +limit the match. + +#### `add_depends($$;$)` Makes the specified page depend on the specified [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. By default, dependencies are full content dependencies, meaning that the page will be updated whenever anything matching the PageSpec is modified. -This default can be overridden by additional named parameters, which can be -used to indicate weaker types of dependencies: - -* `presence` if set to true, only the presence of a matching page triggers - the dependency. -* `links` if set to true, any change to links on a matching page - triggers the dependency. This includes when a link is added, removed, - or changes what it points to due to other changes. It does not include - the addition or removal of a duplicate link. +This can be overridden by passing a `deptype` value as the third parameter. #### `pagespec_match($$;@)` @@ -639,19 +678,6 @@ The most often used is "location", which specifies the location the PageSpec should match against. If not passed, relative PageSpecs will match relative to the top of the wiki. -#### `pagespec_match_list($$;@)` - -Passed a reference to a list of page names, and [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], -returns the set of pages that match the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. - -Additional named parameters can be passed, to further limit the match. -The most often used is "location", which specifies the location the -PageSpec should match against. If not passed, relative PageSpecs will match -relative to the top of the wiki. - -Unlike pagespec_match, this may throw an error if there is an error in -the pagespec. - #### `bestlink($$)` Given a page and the text of a link on the page, determine which @@ -982,6 +1008,15 @@ an IkiWiki::FailReason object if the match fails. If the match cannot be attempted at all, for any page, it can instead return an IkiWiki::ErrorReason object explaining why. +When constructing these objects, you should also include information about +of any pages whose contents or other metadata influenced the result of the +match. Do this by passing a list of pages, followed by `deptype` values. + +For example, "backlink(foo)" is influenced by the contents of page foo; +"link(foo)" and "title(bar)" are influenced by the contents of any page +they match; "created_before(foo)" is influenced by the metadata of foo; +while "glob(*)" is not influenced by the contents of any page. + ### Setup plugins The ikiwiki setup file is loaded using a pluggable mechanism. If you look