X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/dee2940c0bc97080088c99f399cd0ff0df3bec23..9be7d1490e9be2141e23b1e12b14ad2ccd0ed461:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 0bf6fcf48..4c66e51f8 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ built. Now that it knows what pages it needs to build, ikiwiki runs two compile passes. First, it runs `scan` hooks, which collect metadata about the pages. Then it runs a page rendering pipeline, by calling in turn these -hooks: `filter`, `preprocess`, `linkify`, `htmlize`, `postscan`, +hooks: `filter`, `preprocess`, `linkify`, `htmlize`, `indexhtml`, `pagetemplate`, `sanitize`, `format`. After all necessary pages are built, it calls the `change` hook. Finally, @@ -177,10 +177,15 @@ function is passed no values. hook(type => "needsbuild", id => "foo", call => \&needsbuild); -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 files that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either -adding or removing files from it. +This allows a plugin to observe or even manipulate the list of files that +need to be built when the wiki is refreshed. + +As its first parameter, the function is passed a reference to an array of +files that will be built. It should return an array reference that is a +modified version of its input. It can add or remove files from it. + +The second parameter passed to the function is a reference to an array of +files that have been deleted. ### scan @@ -198,8 +203,8 @@ value is ignored. hook(type => "filter", id => "foo", call => \&filter); -Runs on the raw source of a page, before anything else touches it, and can -make arbitrary changes. The function is passed named parameters "page", +Runs on the full raw source of a page, before anything else touches it, and +can make arbitrary changes. The function is passed named parameters "page", "destpage", and "content". It should return the filtered content. ### preprocess @@ -282,22 +287,22 @@ 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. -### postscan +### indexhtml - hook(type => "postscan", id => "foo", call => \&postscan); + hook(type => "indexhtml", id => "foo", call => \&indexhtml); This hook is called once the page has been converted to html (but before the generated html is put in a template). The most common use is to update search indexes. Added in ikiwiki 2.54. -The function is passed named parameters "page" and "content". Its return -value is ignored. +The function is passed named parameters "page", "destpage", and "content". +Its return value is ignored. ### pagetemplate hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "foo", call => \&pagetemplate); -[[Templates|wikitemplates]] are filled out for many different things in +[[Templates]] are filled out for many different things in ikiwiki, like generating a page, or part of a blog page, or an rss feed, or a cgi. This hook allows modifying the variables available on those templates. The function is passed named parameters. The "page" and @@ -313,11 +318,20 @@ a new custom parameter to the template. hook(type => "templatefile", id => "foo", call => \&templatefile); -This hook allows plugins to change the [[template|wikitemplates]] that is +This hook allows plugins to change the [[template|templates]] that is used for a page in the wiki. The hook is passed a "page" parameter, and -should return the name of the template file to use, or undef if it doesn't -want to change the default ("page.tmpl"). Template files are looked for in -/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates by default. +should return the name of the template file to use (relative to the +template directory), or undef if it doesn't want to change the default +("page.tmpl"). + +### pageactions + + hook(type => "pageactions", id => "foo", call => \&pageactions); + +This hook allows plugins to add arbitrary actions to the action bar on a +page (next to Edit, RecentChanges, etc). The hook is passed a "page" +parameter, and can return a list of html fragments to add to the action +bar. ### sanitize @@ -342,21 +356,48 @@ when the page is being previewed.) The function is passed named parameters: "page" and "content", and should return the formatted content. +### build_affected + + hook(type => "build_affected", id => "foo", call => \&build_affected); + +This hook is called after the directly changed pages have been built, +and can cause extra pages to be built. If links and backlinks were provided +by a plugin, this would be where that plugin would rebuild pages whose +backlinks have changed, for instance. The [[trail]] plugin uses this hook +to rebuild pages whose next or previous page has changed. + +The function should currently ignore its parameters. It returns a list with +an even number of items (a hash in list context), where the first item of +each pair is a page name to be rebuilt (if it was not already rebuilt), and +the second is a log message resembling +`building plugins/write because the phase of the moon has changed`. + ### delete hook(type => "delete", id => "foo", call => \&delete); -Each time a page or pages is removed from the wiki, the referenced function +After a page or pages is removed from the wiki, the referenced function is called, and passed the names of the source files that were removed. -### change +### rendered - hook(type => "change", id => "foo", call => \&render); + hook(type => "rendered", id => "foo", call => \&rendered); -Each time ikiwiki renders a change or addition (but not deletion) to the +After ikiwiki renders a change or addition (but not deletion) to the wiki, the referenced function is called, and passed the names of the source files that were rendered. +(This hook used to be called "change", but that was not accurate. +For now, plugins using the old hook name will still work.) + +### changes + + hook(type => "changes", id => "foo", call => \&changes); + +After ikiwiki renders changes to the wiki, the referenced function is +called, and passed the names of the source files that were added, modified, +or deleted. + ### cgi hook(type => "cgi", id => "foo", call => \&cgi); @@ -566,6 +607,7 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example: * `description` is a short description of the option. * `link` is a link to further information about the option. This can either be a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]], or an url. +* `htmldescription` is displayed instead of the description by websetup. * `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 @@ -586,7 +628,17 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example: hook(type => "genwrapper", id => "foo", call => \&genwrapper); This hook is used to inject C code (which it returns) into the `main` -function of the ikiwiki wrapper when it is being generated. +function of the ikiwiki wrapper when it is being generated. + +The code runs before anything else -- in particular it runs before +the suid wrapper has sanitized its environment. + +### disable + + hook(type => "disable", id => "foo", call => \&disable); + +This hook is only run when a previously enabled plugin gets disabled +during ikiwiki setup. Plugins can use this to perform cleanups. ## Exported variables @@ -701,10 +753,31 @@ the entire wiki build and make the wiki unusable. ### `template($;@)` -Creates and returns a [[!cpan HTML::Template]] object. The first parameter -is the name of the file in the template directory. The optional remaining +Creates and returns a [[!cpan HTML::Template]] object. (In a list context, +returns the parameters needed to construct the obhect.) + +The first parameter is the name of the template file. The optional remaining parameters are passed to `HTML::Template->new`. +Normally, the template file is first looked for in the templates/ subdirectory +of the srcdir. Failing that, it is looked for in the templatedir. + +Wiki pages can be used as templates. This should be done only for templates +which it is safe to let wiki users edit. Enable it by passing a filename +with no ".tmpl" extension. Template pages are normally looked for in +the templates/ directory. If the page name starts with "/", a page +elsewhere in the wiki can be used. + +If the template is not found, or contains a syntax error, an error is thrown. + +### `template_depends($$;@)` + +Use this instead of `template()` if the content of a template is being +included into a page. This causes the page to depend on the template, +so it will be updated if the template is modified. + +Like `template()`, except the second parameter is the page. + ### `htmlpage($)` Passed a page name, returns the base name that will be used for a the html @@ -919,13 +992,16 @@ search for files. If the directory name is not absolute, ikiwiki will assume it is in the parent directory of the configured underlaydir. -### `displaytime($;$)` +### `displaytime($;$$)` Given a time, formats it for display. The optional second parameter is a strftime format to use to format the time. +If the third parameter is true, this is the publication time of a page. +(Ie, set the html5 pubdate attribute.) + ### `gettext` This is the standard gettext function, although slightly optimised. @@ -934,14 +1010,22 @@ This is the standard gettext function, although slightly optimised. This is the standard ngettext function, although slightly optimised. -### `urlto($$;$)` +### `urlto($;$$)` Construct a relative url to the first parameter from the page named by the second. The first parameter can be either a page name, or some other destination file, as registered by `will_render`. -If the third parameter is passed and is true, an absolute url will be -constructed instead of the default relative url. +Provide a second parameter whenever possible, since this leads to better +behaviour for the [[plugins/po]] plugin and `file:///` URLs. + +If the second parameter is not specified (or `undef`), the URL will be +valid from any page on the wiki, or from the CGI; if possible it'll +be a path starting with `/`, but an absolute URL will be used if +the wiki and the CGI are on different domains. + +If the third parameter is passed and is true, the url will be a fully +absolute url. This is useful when generating an url to publish elsewhere. ### `newpagefile($$)` @@ -966,6 +1050,23 @@ added. Pass it the page that contains the link, and the link text. An optional third parameter sets the link type. If not specified, it is an ordinary [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]]. +### `add_autofile($$$)` + +Sometimes you may want to add a file to the `srcdir` as a result of content +of other pages. For example, [[plugins/tag]] pages can be automatically +created as needed. This function can be used to do that. + +The three parameters are the filename to create (relative to the `srcdir`), +the name of the plugin, and a callback function. The callback will be +called if it is appropriate to automatically add the file, and should then +take care of creating it, and doing anything else it needs to (such as +checking it into revision control). Note that the callback may not always +be called. For example, if an automatically added file is deleted by the +user, ikiwiki will avoid re-adding it again. + +This function needs to be called during the scan hook, or earlier in the +build process, in order to add the file early enough for it to be built. + ## Miscellaneous ### Internal use pages @@ -1003,16 +1104,20 @@ token, that will be passed into `rcs_commit` when committing. For example, it might return the current revision ID of the file, and use that information later when merging changes. -#### `rcs_commit($$$;$$)` +#### `rcs_commit(@)` + +Passed named parameters: `file`, `message`, `token` (from `rcs_prepedit`), +and `session` (optional). -Passed a file, message, token (from `rcs_prepedit`), user, and ip address. Should try to commit the file. Returns `undef` on *success* and a version of the page with the rcs's conflict markers on failure. -#### `rcs_commit_staged($$$)` +#### `rcs_commit_staged(@)` -Passed a message, user, and ip address. Should commit all staged changes. -Returns undef on success, and an error message on failure. +Passed named parameters: `message`, and `session` (optional). + +Should commit all staged changes. Returns undef on success, and an +error message on failure. Changes can be staged by calls to `rcs_add`, `rcs_remove`, and `rcs_rename`. @@ -1032,9 +1137,7 @@ to version control; the subdir can be added if so. Remove a file. The filename is relative to the root of the srcdir. Note that this should not commit the removal, it should only prepare for it -to be committed when `rcs_commit` (or `rcs_commit_staged`) is called. Note -that the new file may be in a new subdir that is not yet in version -control; the subdir can be added if so. +to be committed when `rcs_commit` (or `rcs_commit_staged`) is called. #### `rcs_rename($$)` @@ -1055,7 +1158,9 @@ The data structure returned for each change is: { rev => # the RCSs id for this commit - user => # name of user who made the change, + user => # user who made the change (may be an openid), + nickname => # short name for user (optional; not an openid), + committype => # either "web" or the name of the rcs, when => # time when the change was made, message => [ @@ -1072,19 +1177,19 @@ The data structure returned for each change is: ], } -#### `rcs_diff($)` +#### `rcs_diff($;$)` + +The first parameter is the rev from `rcs_recentchanges`. +The optional second parameter is how many lines to return (default: all). -The parameter is the rev from `rcs_recentchanges`. Should return a list of lines of the diff (including \n) in list -context, and the whole diff in scalar context. +context, and a string containing the whole diff in scalar context. #### `rcs_getctime($)` This is used to get the page creation time for a file from the RCS, by looking it up in the history. -It's ok if this is not implemented, and throws an error. - If the RCS cannot determine a ctime for the file, return 0. #### `rcs_getmtime($)` @@ -1105,9 +1210,9 @@ sense to implement for all RCSs. It should examine the incoming changes, and do any sanity checks that are appropriate for the RCS to limit changes to safe file adds, -removes, and changes. If something bad is found, it should exit -nonzero, to abort the push. Otherwise, it should return a list of -files that were changed, in the form: +removes, and changes. If something bad is found, it should die, to abort +the push. Otherwise, it should return a list of files that were changed, +in the form: { file => # name of file that was changed @@ -1120,6 +1225,28 @@ files that were changed, in the form: The list will then be checked to make sure that each change is one that is allowed to be made via the web interface. +#### `rcs_preprevert($)` + +This is called by the revert web interface. It is passed a RCS-specific +change ID, and should determine what the effects would be of reverting +that change, and return the same data structure as `rcs_receive`. + +Like `rcs_receive`, it should do whatever sanity checks are appropriate +for the RCS to limit changes to safe changes, and die if a change would +be unsafe to revert. + +#### `rcs_revert($)` + +This is called by the revert web interface. It is passed a named +parameter rev that is the RCS-specific change ID to revert. + +It should try to revert the specified rev, and leave the reversion staged +so `rcs_commit_staged` will complete it. It should return undef on _success_ +and an error message on failure. + +This hook and `rcs_preprevert` are optional, if not implemented, no revert +web interface will be available. + ### PageSpec plugins It's also possible to write plugins that add new functions to