X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/58474c3f37f9358b7f6f12d354ec40adbbb1bf3b..0497b6379285df3c505c701ddfc9886922e85054:/doc/plugins/rst/discussion.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/plugins/rst/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/rst/discussion.mdwn index a792b670f..3c3b03275 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/rst/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/rst/discussion.mdwn @@ -29,4 +29,45 @@ An exhaustive list of differences between prest and "standard" reST follows: * csv directive doesn't require csv.py * references directive doesn't allow options -There may be a few others; my eyes glazed over. --Ethan \ No newline at end of file +There may be a few others; my eyes glazed over. --Ethan + +rst support for ikiwiki seems to be on hold. rst is much more elegant +than markdown in my opinion, so I tried it out in ikiwiki. I found out +in other places that some directives work just fine, like [[meta]] and +[[tag]], others work fine if you wrap them in `.. raw::`, like [[inline]]. + +But to make a wiki we need [[WikiLinks]]; they can't be escape-inserted or +such since they are inline elements in the text.. But images work fine in +rst's syntax.. what about using rst syntax for wikilinks as well? +Is it possible to inject something into the parser to turn unmached links +``WikiLink`_` into ikiwiki links? --ulrik + +------ + +Resolving WikiLinks in rst +========================== + +I wanted to look into if we can hook into rst and influence how links are resolved. +It turns out it is possible, and I have a working WIP for the rst plugin that does this. + +My work in progress for `/usr/lib/ikiwiki/plugins/rst` is here: +[[todo/Resolve native reStructuredText links to ikiwiki pages]] + +It basically matches normal rst links just like ikiwiki would match a wikilink +if it existed. +I can't read perl so I haven't found out so much. The plugin successfully registers backlinks using +`proxy.rpc('add_link', on_page, bestlink)` (since the destination page will be rebuilt to update), +but the backlinks don't show up. + +I converted one of my pages to rst: + +Before: +After: + +I need help on a couple of points + +* How to fix the backlinks with `add_link`? +* How to generate NonExistingLinks using the plugin API? +* Can we include this in ikiwiki's rst if it is not too hairy? + +--ulrik