X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/5f162cfd344f6b75fa39a57be4b3d488cadd1535..4a10f694c4e0895df9145b46c18a8b9633e68926:/doc/features.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/features.mdwn b/doc/features.mdwn index 58d6d09cd..0ecd1f7f3 100644 --- a/doc/features.mdwn +++ b/doc/features.mdwn @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ An overview of some of ikiwiki's features: ## Uses a real RCS Rather than implement its own system for storing page histories etc, -ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't because we're +ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't (just) because we're lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard wiki. @@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ you would care to syndicate. ## Valid html and [[css]] ikiwiki aims to produce -[valid XHTML 1.0](http://validator.w3.org/check?url=referer). -ikiwiki generates html using [[templates]], and uses [[css]], so you can -change the look and layout of all pages in any way you would like. +[valid XHTML 1.0](http://validator.w3.org/check?url=referer). ikiwiki +generates html using [[templates|wikitemplates]], and uses [[css]], so you +can change the look and layout of all pages in any way you would like. ## [[Plugins]] @@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ and more. Most of ikiwiki's features are actually provided by plugins. Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki. +The standard language for ikiwiki plugins is perl, but ikiwiki also supports +[[plugins/write/external]] plugins: Standalone programs that can be written in +any language and communicate with ikiwiki using XML RPC. + ## [[todo/utf8]] After rather a lot of fiddling, we think that ikiwiki correctly and fully @@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ possibilities, since page edit controls can be changed via plugins. ### [[PageHistory]] Well, sorta. Rather than implementing YA history browser, it can link to -[[ViewCVS]] or the like to browse the history of a wiki page. +[[ViewVC]] or the like to browse the history of a wiki page. ### Full text search