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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ that can be fleshed out to make a useful plugin.
 `IkiWiki::Plugin::pagecount` is another simple example. All perl plugins
 should `use IkiWiki` to import the ikiwiki plugin interface. It's a good
 idea to include the version number of the plugin interface that your plugin
-expects: `use IkiWiki 2.00`.
+expects: `use IkiWiki 3.00`.
 
 An external plugin is an executable program. It can be written in any
 language. Its interface to ikiwiki is via XML RPC, which it reads from
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ plugin, and a "call" parameter, which tells what function to call for the
 hook.
 
 An optional "last" parameter, if set to a true value, makes the hook run
-after all other hooks of its type. Useful if the hook depends on some other
-hook being run first.
+after all other hooks of its type, and an optional "first" parameter makes
+it run first. Useful if the hook depends on some other hook being run first.
 
 ## Types of hooks
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function is passed no values.
 
 This allows a plugin to manipulate the list of files that need to be
 built when the wiki is refreshed. The function is passed a reference to an
-array of pages that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either
+array of files that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either
 adding or removing files from it.
 
 ### scan
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ adding or removing files from it.
 
 This hook is called early in the process of building the wiki, and is used
 as a first pass scan of the page, to collect metadata about the page. It's
-mostly used to scan the page for WikiLinks, and add them to `%links`.
-Present in IkiWiki 2.40 and later.
+mostly used to scan the page for [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]], and add
+them to `%links`. Present in IkiWiki 2.40 and later.
 
 The function is passed named parameters "page" and "content". Its return
 value is ignored.
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ parameter is set to a true value if the page is being previewed.
 If `hook` is passed an optional "scan" parameter, set to a true value, this
 makes the hook be called during the preliminary scan that ikiwiki makes of
 updated pages, before begining to render pages. This should be done if the
-hook modifies data in `%links`. Note that doing so will make the hook be
-run twice per page build, so avoid doing it for expensive hooks. (As an
-optimisation, if your preprocessor hook is called in a void context, you
-can assume it's being run in scan mode, and avoid doing expensive things at
-that point.)
+hook modifies data in `%links` (typically by calling `add_link`). Note that
+doing so will make the hook be run twice per page build, so avoid doing it
+for expensive hooks. (As an optimisation, if your preprocessor hook is
+called in a void context, you can assume it's being run in scan mode, and
+avoid doing expensive things at that point.)
 
 Note that if the [[htmlscrubber]] is enabled, html in
 preprocessor [[ikiwiki/directive]] output is sanitised, which may limit what
@@ -168,13 +168,14 @@ htmlize the page) along with the rest of the page.
 
 	hook(type => "linkify", id => "foo", call => \&linkify);
 
-This hook is called to convert [[WikiLinks|WikiLink]] on the page into html
+This hook is called to convert [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]] on the page into html
 links. The function is passed named parameters "page", "destpage", and
 "content". It should return the linkified content.  Present in IkiWiki 2.40
 and later.
 
 Plugins that implement linkify must also implement a scan hook, that scans
-for the links on the page and adds them to `%links`.
+for the links on the page and adds them to `%links` (typically by calling
+`add_link`).
 
 ### htmlize
 
@@ -189,9 +190,17 @@ The function is passed named parameters: "page" and "content" and should
 return the htmlized content.
 
 If `hook` is passed an optional "keepextension" parameter, set to a true
-value, then this extension will not be stripped from the source filename when
+value, then the extension will not be stripped from the source filename when
 generating the page.
 
+If `hook` is passed an optional "noextension" parameter, set to a true
+value, then the id parameter specifies not a filename extension, but
+a whole filename that can be htmlized. This is useful for files
+like `Makefile` that have no extension.
+
+If `hook` is passed an optional "longname" parameter, this value is used
+when prompting a user to choose a page type on the edit page form.
+
 ### pagetemplate
 
 	hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "foo", call => \&pagetemplate);
@@ -303,7 +312,7 @@ can check if the session object has a "name" parameter set.
 
 ### canedit
 
-	hook(type => "canedit", id => "foo", call => \&pagelocked);
+	hook(type => "canedit", id => "foo", call => \&canedit);
 
 This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control when
 a page can be edited using the web interface (commits from revision control
@@ -321,6 +330,26 @@ This hook should avoid directly redirecting the user to a signin page,
 since it's sometimes used to test to see which pages in a set of pages a
 user can edit.
 
+### checkcontent
+	
+	hook(type => "checkcontent", id => "foo", call => \&checkcontent);
+
+This hook is called to check the content a user has entered on a page,
+before it is saved, and decide if it should be allowed.
+
+It is passed named parameters: `content`, `page`, `cgi`, and `session`. If
+the content the user has entered is a comment, it may also be passed some
+additional parameters: `author`, `url`, and `subject`. The `subject`
+parameter may also be filled with the user's comment about the change.
+
+Note: When the user edits an existing wiki page, the passed `content` will
+include only the lines that they added to the page, or modified.
+
+The hook should return `undef` on success. If the content is disallowed, it
+should return a message stating what the problem is, or a function
+that can be run to perform whatever action is necessary to allow the user
+to post the content.
+
 ### editcontent
 
 	hook(type => "editcontent", id => "foo", call => \&editcontent);
@@ -414,7 +443,7 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example:
 * `example` can be set to an example value.
 * `description` is a short description of the option.
 * `link` is a link to further information about the option. This can either
-  be a wikilink, or an url.
+  be a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]], or an url.
 * `advanced` can be set to true if the option is more suitable for advanced
   users.
 * `safe` should be false if the option should not be displayed in unsafe
@@ -431,7 +460,7 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example:
 
 To import the ikiwiki plugin interface:
 
-	use IkiWiki '2.00';
+	use IkiWiki '3.00';
 
 This will import several variables and functions into your plugin's
 namespace. These variables and functions are the ones most plugins need,
@@ -486,7 +515,7 @@ use the following hashes, using a page name as the key:
   destination file.
 * `%pagesources` contains the name of the source file for each page.
 
-Also, the %IkiWiki::version variable contains the version number for the
+Also, the `%IkiWiki::version` variable contains the version number for the
 ikiwiki program.
 
 ### Library functions
@@ -547,6 +576,19 @@ The most often used is "location", which specifies the location the
 PageSpec should match against. If not passed, relative PageSpecs will match
 relative to the top of the wiki.
 
+#### `pagespec_match_list($$;@)`
+
+Passed a reference to a list of page names, and [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]],
+returns the set of pages that match the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
+
+Additional named parameters can be passed, to further limit the match.
+The most often used is "location", which specifies the location the
+PageSpec should match against. If not passed, relative PageSpecs will match
+relative to the top of the wiki.
+
+Unlike pagespec_match, this may throw an error if there is an error in
+the pagespec.
+
 #### `bestlink($$)`
 
 Given a page and the text of a link on the page, determine which
@@ -609,6 +651,16 @@ A failure to write the file will result in it dying with an error.
 
 If the destination directory doesn't exist, it will first be created.
 
+The filename and directory are separate parameters because of
+some security checks done to avoid symlink attacks. Before writing a file,
+it checks to make sure there's not a symlink with its name, to avoid
+following the symlink. If the filename parameter includes a subdirectory
+to put the file in, it also checks if that subdirectory is a symlink, etc.
+The directory parameter, however, is not checked for symlinks. So,
+generally the directory parameter is a trusted toplevel directory like
+the srcdir or destdir, and any subdirectories of this are included in the
+filename parameter.
+
 #### `will_render($$)`
 
 Given a page name and a destination file name (not including the base
@@ -650,7 +702,7 @@ a wiki page name.
 #### `linkpage($)`
 
 This converts text that could have been entered by the user as a
-[[WikiLink]] into a wiki page name.
+[[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] into a wiki page name.
 
 #### `srcfile($;$)`
 
@@ -705,6 +757,11 @@ Optionally, a third parameter can be passed, to specify the preferred
 filename of the page. For example, `targetpage("foo", "rss", "feed")`
 will yield something like `foo/feed.rss`.
 
+#### `add_link($$)`
+
+This adds a link to `%links`, ensuring that duplicate links are not
+added. Pass it the page that contains the link, and the link text.
+
 ## Miscellaneous
 
 ### Internal use pages
@@ -715,7 +772,7 @@ are collected together to form the RecentChanges page, for example.
 
 To make an internal use page, register a filename extension that starts
 with "_". Internal use pages cannot be edited with the web interface,
-generally shouldn't contain wikilinks or preprocessor directives (use
+generally shouldn't contain [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]] or preprocessor directives (use
 either on them with extreme caution), and are not matched by regular
 PageSpecs glob patterns, but instead only by a special `internal()`
 [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
@@ -855,9 +912,12 @@ It's also possible to write plugins that add new functions to
 IkiWiki::PageSpec package, that is named `match_foo`, where "foo()" is
 how it will be accessed in a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. The function will be passed
 two parameters: The name of the page being matched, and the thing to match
-against. It may also be passed additional, named parameters. It should return
-a IkiWiki::SuccessReason object if the match succeeds, or an
-IkiWiki::FailReason object if the match fails.
+against. It may also be passed additional, named parameters.
+
+It should return a IkiWiki::SuccessReason object if the match succeeds, or
+an IkiWiki::FailReason object if the match fails. If the match cannot be
+attempted at all, for any page, it can instead return an
+IkiWiki::ErrorReason object explaining why.
 
 ### Setup plugins
 
@@ -884,7 +944,7 @@ or wrap one of the functions.
 For example, your plugin might want to override `displaytime`, to change
 the html markup used when displaying a date. Or it might want to override
 `IkiWiki::formattime`, to change how a date is formatted. Or perhaps you
-want to override `bestlink` and change how ikiwiki deals with WikiLinks.
+want to override `bestlink` and change how ikiwiki deals with [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]].
 
 By venturing into this territory, your plugin is becoming tightly tied to
 ikiwiki's internals. And it might break if those internals change. But