X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/663a87442788d2a5db38cf2f3056383e0915a4d7..f7f1cb80503a775f3b20ea1df67f0c72575b53c4:/doc/tips.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips.mdwn b/doc/tips.mdwn index 4bbb065ea..c5faa45b3 100644 --- a/doc/tips.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ This page is a place to document tips and techniques for using ikiwiki. +[[toc ]] + ## wikiannounce One thing I use ikiwiki for is the web pages for software projects I @@ -14,7 +16,27 @@ somewhat specific to dealing with Debian packages, and uses a special ## blog script I should mention that I also have a -[blog](http://svn.kitenet.net/trunk/bin/wikiannounce) program that I use to +[blog](http://svn.kitenet.net/trunk/bin/blog) program that I use to write blog posts in a text editor. The first line I enter is used as the title, and it automatically comes up with a unique page name based on the title and handles all the details of posting to my blog. --[[Joey]] + +## using the web interface with a real text editor + +If you use Firefox or Iceweasel, the [It's All +Text](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4125) extension allows +you to use a real text editor like Emacs or Vim to edit the contents of text +areas. This allows you to edit ikiwiki pages with a real text editor through +the ikiwiki web interface, rather than only with direct commit +access. --[[JoshTriplett]] + +## using ikiwiki as an issue tracker + +[[This_article|issue_tracking]] has some thoughts and tips on using ikiwiki +as a BTS, as is done on this very wiki to track [[bugs]] and [[todo]] items +for ikiwiki. + +## redirections for usedirs + +Want to turn on the `usedirs` setting on an existing wiki without breaking +all the links into it? Here's [[how|usedirs_redirections]].