X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/8c0d441fee35d6d5ba50d8cae65d9166aeecabfd..db15adb019142cc5e6c17bf5f90e9544f758cee1:/doc/features.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/features.mdwn b/doc/features.mdwn index 2b06a7917..999b6749a 100644 --- a/doc/features.mdwn +++ b/doc/features.mdwn @@ -4,25 +4,25 @@ 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 RCS. This isn't 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. +ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't 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. Instead of editing pages in a stupid web form, you can use vim and commit -changes via svn. Or work disconnected using svk and push your changes out -when you come online. Or use git to work in a distributed fashion all the -time. (It's also possible to [[plugins/write]] a plugin to support other -systems.) +changes via [[Subversion]]. Or work disconnected using svk and push your +changes out when you come online. Or use [[git]], [[tla]], or [[mercurial]] +to work in a distributed fashion all the time. (It's also possible to +[[plugins/write]] a plugin to support other systems.) ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki -immediately whenever you commit. +immediately whenever you commit a change using the RCS. Note that ikiwiki does not require a RCS to function. If you want to run a simple wiki without page history, it can do that too. ## A wiki compiler -ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds static website for your wiki, and +ikiwiki is a wiki compiler; it builds a static website for your wiki, and updates it as pages are edited. It is fast and smart about updating a wiki, it only builds pages that have changed (and tracks things like creation of new pages and links that can indirectly cause a page to need a rebuild)