X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/e49ff966a39d1037ccbf168b8dbd12618cf1b41e..5df2020295bc899f3d644c6caa6e51804e3011b1:/doc/usage.mdwn diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index a6ded5ec2..aa352736c 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -68,12 +68,29 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in. * --aggregate - If the aggregate plugin is enabled, this makes ikiwiki poll configured - feeds and save new posts to the srcdir. + If the [[plugins/aggregate]] plugin is enabled, this makes ikiwiki poll + configured feeds and save new posts to the srcdir. + + Note that to rebuild previously aggregated posts, use the --rebuild option + along with this one. --rebuild will also force feeds to be polled even if + they were polled recently. + +* --render file + + Renders a single file, outputting the resulting html. Does not save state, + so this cannot be used for building whole wikis, but it is useful for + previewing an edited file at the command line. Generally used in conjunction + with --setup to load in a wiki's setup: + + ikiwiki --setup ~/ikiwiki.setup --render foo.mdwn + +* --version + + Print ikiwiki version number. # CONFIG OPTIONS -These options configure the wiki. Note that plugins can add additional +These options configure the wiki. Note that [[plugins]] can add additional configuration options of their own. * --wikiname @@ -83,13 +100,15 @@ configuration options of their own. * --templatedir Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in. - Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`. + Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as + configured at build time. * --underlaydir Specify the directory that is used to underlay the source directory. Source files will be taken from here unless overridden by a file in the - source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki`. + source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki` or another + location as configured at build time. * --wrappermode mode @@ -110,6 +129,11 @@ configuration options of their own. If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the [[git]] repository. + If you use tla, the `source` directory is assumed to be a tla import. + + If you use mercurial, the `source` directory is assumed to be the + [[mercurial]] repository. + In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled pages edited via the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed on pages. @@ -156,7 +180,7 @@ configuration options of their own. Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script wrapper. Required when building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated. -* --historyurl http://url/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki +* --historyurl url Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url, "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse. It's common to use @@ -166,7 +190,7 @@ configuration options of their own. Specifies the email address that ikiwiki should use for sending email. -* --diffurl http://url/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki&r1=\[[r1]]&r2=\[[r2]] +* --diffurl url Specifies the url to link to for a diff of changes to a page. In the url, "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse, "\[[r1]]" is the old @@ -204,15 +228,25 @@ configuration options of their own. Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the strftime(3) function. -* --verbose +* --verbose, --no-verbose Be vebose about what is being done. +* --syslog, --no-syslog + + Log to syslog. + * --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode Enable [[w3mmode]], which allows w3m to use ikiwiki as a local CGI script, without a web server. +* --sslcookie + + Only send cookies over an SSL connection. This should prevent them being + intercepted. If you enable this option then you must run at least the + CGI portion of ikiwiki over SSL. + * --getctime Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control