X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/584391aedd2f5392db7e9d3d46cf202d6cb8e951..e8a23c299e0ec548110283516b8413cdaff8737e:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 9e8c59f63..9128c7f54 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ value is ignored.
 
 	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
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ 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 (relative to the
 template directory), or undef if it doesn't want to change the default
@@ -702,8 +702,25 @@ 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
-parameters are passed to `HTML::Template->new`.
+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.
+
+### `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($)`