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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+package IkiWiki::Plugin::cutpaste;
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use IkiWiki 2.00;
+use UNIVERSAL;
+
+my %savedtext;
+
+sub import { #{{{
+ hook(type => "preprocess", id => "cut", call => \&preprocess_cut, scan => 1);
+ hook(type => "preprocess", id => "copy", call => \&preprocess_copy, scan => 1);
+ hook(type => "preprocess", id => "paste", call => \&preprocess_paste);
+} # }}}
+
+sub preprocess_cut (@) { #{{{
+ my %params=@_;
+
+ foreach my $param (qw{id text}) {
+ if (! exists $params{$param}) {
+ return "[[cut ".sprintf(gettext('%s parameter is required'), $param)."]]";
+ }
+ }
+
+ $savedtext{$params{page}} = {} if not exists $savedtext{$params{"page"}};
+ $savedtext{$params{page}}->{$params{id}} = $params{text};
+
+ return "" if defined wantarray;
+} # }}}
+
+sub preprocess_copy (@) { #{{{
+ my %params=@_;
+
+ foreach my $param (qw{id text}) {
+ if (! exists $params{$param}) {
+ return "[[copy ".sprintf(gettext('%s parameter is required'), $param)."]]";
+ }
+ }
+
+ $savedtext{$params{page}} = {} if not exists $savedtext{$params{"page"}};
+ $savedtext{$params{page}}->{$params{id}} = $params{text};
+
+ return IkiWiki::preprocess($params{page}, $params{destpage},
+ IkiWiki::filter($params{page}, $params{destpage}, $params{text})) if defined wantarray;
+} # }}}
+
+sub preprocess_paste (@) { #{{{
+ my %params=@_;
+
+ foreach my $param (qw{id}) {
+ if (! exists $params{$param}) {
+ return "[[paste ".sprintf(gettext('%s parameter is required'), $param)."]]";
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (! exists $savedtext{$params{page}}) {
+ return "[[paste ".gettext('no text was copied in this page')."]]";
+ }
+ if (! exists $savedtext{$params{page}}->{$params{id}}) {
+ return "[[paste ".sprintf(gettext('no text was copied in this page with id %s'), $params{id})."]]";
+ }
+
+ return IkiWiki::preprocess($params{page}, $params{destpage},
+ IkiWiki::filter($params{page}, $params{destpage}, $savedtext{$params{page}}->{$params{id}}));
+} # }}}
+
+1;
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+[[!template id=plugin name=toggle author="[[Enrico]]"]]
+[[!tag type/chrome]]
+
+With this plugin you can store and recall pieces of text. It defines three
+preprocessing commands:
+
+ * `\[[!cut id=name text="text"]]` memorizes the text allowing to recall it
+ using the given ID. The text being cut is not included in the output.
+ * `\[[!copy id=name text="text"]]` memorizes the text allowing to recall it
+ using the given ID. The text being cut *is* included in the output.
+ * `\[[!paste id=name]]` is replaced by the previously memorized text.
+
+The text being cut, copied and pasted can freely include wiki markup, including
+more calls to cut, copy and paste.
+
+You do not need to memorize the text before using it: a cut directive can
+follow the paste directive that uses its text. In fact, this is quite useful
+to postpone big blocks of text like long annotations and have a more natural
+flow. For example:
+
+ This plugin provides three directives:
+
+ * \[[!toggle id="cut" text="cut"]] that cuts text
+ * \[[!toggle id="copy" text="copy"]] that copies text
+ * \[[!toggle id="paste" text="paste"]] that pastes text
+
+ \[[!toggleable id="cut" text="\[[!paste id=cutlongdesc]]"]]
+ \[[!toggleable id="copy" text="\[[!paste id=copylongdesc]]"]]
+ \[[!toggleable id="paste" text="\[[!paste id=pastelongdesc]]"]]
+
+ \[...some time later...]
+
+ \[[!cut id=cutlongdesc text="""
+ blah blah blah
+ """]]
+ \[[!cut id=copylongdesc text="""
+ blah blah blah
+ """]]
+ \[[!cut id=pastelongdesc text="""
+ blah blah blah
+ """]]
+
+This can potentially be used to create loops, but ikiwiki is clever and breaks
+them.
+
+Since you can paste without using double quotes, copy and paste can be used to
+nest directive that require multiline parameters inside each other:
+
+ \[[!toggleable id=foo text="""
+ \[[!toggleable id=bar text="\[[!paste id=baz]]"]]
+ """]]
+
+ [[!cut id=baz text="""
+ multiline parameter!
+ """]]