inline: add pagenames parameter

If given instead of pages, this is interpreted as a space-separated
list of links to pages (with the same LinkingRules as in a WikiLink),
and they are inlined in exactly the order given. The sort and pages
parameters cannot be used in conjunction with this one.

2 files changed, 43 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
index 9d5ebc34d..e7d6f250e 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ my %feedlinks;
 sub preprocess_inline (@) {
 	my %params=@_;
 	
-	if (! exists $params{pages}) {
+	if (! exists $params{pages} && ! exists $params{pagenames}) {
 		error gettext("missing pages parameter");
 	}
 	my $raw=yesno($params{raw});
@@ -183,28 +183,47 @@ sub preprocess_inline (@) {
 		$params{template} = $archive ? "archivepage" : "inlinepage";
 	}
 
-	my @list=pagespec_match_list(
-		[ grep { $_ ne $params{page} } keys %pagesources ],
-		$params{pages}, location => $params{page});
+	my @list;
 
-	if (exists $params{sort} && $params{sort} eq 'title') {
-		@list=sort { pagetitle(basename($a)) cmp pagetitle(basename($b)) } @list;
-	}
-	elsif (exists $params{sort} && $params{sort} eq 'title_natural') {
-		eval q{use Sort::Naturally};
-		if ($@) {
-			error(gettext("Sort::Naturally needed for title_natural sort"));
+	if (exists $params{pagenames}) {
+
+		foreach my $p (qw(sort pages)) {
+			if (exists $params{$p}) {
+				error sprintf(gettext("the %s and %s parameters cannot be used together"),
+					"pagenames", $p);
+			}
 		}
-		@list=sort { Sort::Naturally::ncmp(pagetitle(basename($a)), pagetitle(basename($b))) } @list;
-	}
-	elsif (exists $params{sort} && $params{sort} eq 'mtime') {
-		@list=sort { $pagemtime{$b} <=> $pagemtime{$a} } @list;
-	}
-	elsif (! exists $params{sort} || $params{sort} eq 'age') {
-		@list=sort { $pagectime{$b} <=> $pagectime{$a} } @list;
+
+		@list = split ' ', $params{pagenames};
+		my $_;
+		@list = map { bestlink($params{page}, $_) } @list;
+
+		$params{pages} = join(" or ", @list);
 	}
 	else {
-		error sprintf(gettext("unknown sort type %s"), $params{sort});
+		@list = pagespec_match_list(
+			[ grep { $_ ne $params{page} } keys %pagesources ],
+			$params{pages}, location => $params{page});
+
+		if (exists $params{sort} && $params{sort} eq 'title') {
+			@list=sort { pagetitle(basename($a)) cmp pagetitle(basename($b)) } @list;
+		}
+		elsif (exists $params{sort} && $params{sort} eq 'title_natural') {
+			eval q{use Sort::Naturally};
+			if ($@) {
+				error(gettext("Sort::Naturally needed for title_natural sort"));
+			}
+			@list=sort { Sort::Naturally::ncmp(pagetitle(basename($a)), pagetitle(basename($b))) } @list;
+		}
+		elsif (exists $params{sort} && $params{sort} eq 'mtime') {
+			@list=sort { $pagemtime{$b} <=> $pagemtime{$a} } @list;
+		}
+		elsif (! exists $params{sort} || $params{sort} eq 'age') {
+			@list=sort { $pagectime{$b} <=> $pagectime{$a} } @list;
+		}
+		else {
+			error sprintf(gettext("unknown sort type %s"), $params{sort});
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (yesno($params{reverse})) {
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/inline.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/inline.mdwn
index 8afd65a05..9c55e07c2 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/inline.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/inline.mdwn
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ Here are some less often needed parameters:
   For example, set "feedfile=feed" to cause it to generate `page/feed.atom`
   and/or `page/feed.rss`. This option is not supported if the wiki is
   configured not to use `usedirs`.
+* `pagenames` - If given instead of `pages`, this is interpreted as a
+  space-separated list of links to pages (with the same
+  [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] as in a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]]), and they are inlined
+  in exactly the order given: the `sort` and `pages` parameters cannot be used
+  in conjunction with this one.
 
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