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+I have completely overhauled the Asciidoc plugin for ikiwiki that was created by [[Karl Mowson|http://www.mowson.org/karl/colophon/]]. The source can be downloaded from my [[Dropbox|http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11256359/asciidoc.pm]].
+
+### Features
+
+* Uses a filter hook to escape WikiLinks and Directives using Asciidoc `+++` passthrough macros, to avoid them being processed by Asciidoc. This behavior is configurable in the wiki setup file.
+* Adds a preprocessor directive 'asciidoc' which allows extra Asciidoc command-line options to be passed on a per-page basis. Each parameter name is the option name (the leading `--` will be inserted automatically), and the parameter value is the option value. Currently, only 'conf-file' and 'doctype' are allowed (or even useful).
+* Sets the page title from the first line in the Asciidoc file using a meta directive. This behavior is configurable in the wiki setup file.
+* Searches for an Asciidoc configuration file named the same as the wiki if none is specified in the setup file.
+* Asciidoc configuration files are stored in the wiki. They should be named `._conf` to avoid publishing them.
+
+### Problems
+
+* Escaping Directives is not optimal. It prevents markup from being used in Directives, and the passthrough macros have to include extra spaces to avoid having directives that return an empty string collapse to `++++++`. In addition, I had to borrow the regexps from the Ikiwiki source code; it would be nice if this were available as part of the API.
+* Handling of Asciidoc errors is suboptimal; they are simply inserted into the returned page. This could be fixed in Perl 5.12 by using the run_forked() in IPC::Cmd.
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+[[!toggle id="smcv-https" text="Some discussion of a rejected implementation, smcv/https."]]
+[[!toggleable id="smcv-https" text="""
+
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For a while I've been using a configuration where each wiki has a HTTP and
>> making it easier to run two mostly-synched copies like I was previously
>> doing is the only solution... --s
+"""]]
+
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+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/localurl author="[[smcv]]"]]
OK, here's an alternative approach, closer in spirit to what was initially
-requested. I haven't tested this at all (it's getting rather late in UK time)
-and it will probably be rebased later, but I've referenced it here as a proof of
-concept.
+requested. I haven't tested this on a full website with the CGI yet.
The idea is that in the common case, the CGI and the pages will reside on the
same server, so they can use "semi-absolute" URLs (`/ikiwiki.cgi`, `/style.css`,
-`/bugs/done`) to refer to each other. My branch adds config options which
-could be set as follows for ikiwiki.info or any branchable.com site:
-
-* local_url: /
-* local_cgiurl: /ikiwiki.cgi
-
-Most redirects, form actions, links etc. can safely use this form rather than
-the fully-absolute URL. If not configured, these options default to the
-corresponding absolute URL, which is would also be correct for unusual sites
-where the CGI and the pages aren't on the same server.
-
-(In theory you could use things like `//static.example.com/wiki/` and
-`//dynamic.example.com/ikiwiki.cgi` to preserve choice of http/https
+`/bugs/done`) to refer to each other. Most redirects, form actions, links etc.
+can safely use this form rather than the fully-absolute URL.
+
+The initial version of the branch had config options `local_url` and
+`local_cgiurl`, but they're now automatically computed by checking
+whether `url` and `cgiurl` are on the same server with the the same URL
+scheme. In theory you could use things like `//static.example.com/wiki/`
+and `//dynamic.example.com/ikiwiki.cgi` to preserve choice of http/https
while switching server, but I don't know how consistently browsers
-suppot that.)
+suppot that.
"local" here is short for "locally valid", because these URLs are neither
fully relative nor fully absolute, and there doesn't seem to be a good name
for them...
+
+New API added by this branch:
+
+* `urlto(x, y, 'local')` uses `$local_url` instead of `$config{url}`
+
+* `IkiWiki::baseurl` has a new second argument which works like the
+ third argument of `urlto`
+
+* `IkiWiki::cgiurl` uses `$local_cgiurl` if passed `local_cgiurl => 1`
+
+* `IkiWiki::cgiurl` omits the trailing `?` if given no named parameters
+ except `cgiurl` and/or `local_cgiurl`
+
+Bugs:
+
+* I don't think anything except `openid` calls `cgiurl` without also
+ passing in `local_cgiurl => 1`, so perhaps that should be the default;
+ `openid` uses the `cgiurl` named parameter anyway, so there doesn't even
+ necessarily need to be a way to force absolute URLs? Any other module
+ that really needs an absolute URL could use
+ `cgiurl(cgiurl => $config{cgiurl}, ...)`,
+ although that does look a bit strange
+
+* It occurs to me that `IkiWiki::cgiurl` could probably benefit from being
+ exported? Perhaps also `IkiWiki::baseurl`?
+
+* Or, to reduce use of the unexported `baseurl` function, it might make
+ sense to give `urlto` a special case that references the root of the wiki,
+ with a trailing slash ready to append stuff: perhaps `urlto('/')`,
+ with usage like this?
+
+ do_something(baseurl => urlto('/', undef, local)`);
+ do_something_else(urlto('/').'style.css');
+ IkiWiki::redirect(urlto('/', undef, 1));
> structure that `rcs_recieve` does. This could be done by using `git revert
> --no-commit`, and then examining the changes, and then `git reset` to drop
> them.
+>> We can use the existing `git_commit_info` with the patch ID - no need to touch the working directory. -- [[peteg]]
>
> Then the code that is currently in IkiWiki/Receive.pm, that calls
> `check_canedit` and `check_canremove` to test the change, can be
> straightforwardly refactored out, and used for checking reverts too.
+>> Wow, that was easy. :-) -- [[peteg]]
>
> (The data from `rcs_preprevert` could also be used for a confirmation
> prompt -- it doesn't currently include enough info for diffs, but at
> least could have a list of changed files.)
->
+>> I added `rcs_showpatch` which simply yields the output of `git show <patch-id>`. -- [[peteg]]
+>
> Note that it's possible for a git repo to have commits that modify wiki
> files in a subdir, and code files elsewhere. `rcs_preprevert` should
> detect changes outside the wiki dir, and fail, like `rcs_receive` does.
+>> Taken care of by refactoring `rcs_receive` in `git.pm`
+>> I've tested it lightly in my single-user setup. It's a little nasty that the `attachment` plugin
+>> gets used to check whether attachments are allowed -- there really should be a hook for that.
+>>
+>> Please look it over and tell me what else needs fixing... -- [[peteg]]