X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/f60f15704e1f98ceea023561c9e411b6fc3ac4ea..eeb0ec1862c855378a2d53701464304111a7ff05:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 726ace8d3..adc20af72 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Ikiwiki's plugin interface allows all kinds of useful [[plugins]] to be +lkiwiki's plugin interface allows all kinds of useful [[plugins]] to be written to extend ikiwiki in many ways. Despite the length of this page, it's not really hard. This page is a complete reference to everything a plugin might want to do. There is also a quick [[tutorial]]. @@ -982,19 +982,22 @@ 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 second parameter is `undef` (or not specified), the URL will be +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, an absolute url will be -constructed instead of the default relative url. +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($$)`