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authorjoey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>2006-08-23 01:54:40 +0000
committerjoey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>2006-08-23 01:54:40 +0000
commitb7e28ae022e38e903ae7bd807f68ea8e5b81a206 (patch)
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parent128cb30e7acd607e8ee9cfa10dfe6f4ced35057a (diff)
reorganise, include preprocess in the right order
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@@ -26,43 +26,9 @@ hook, a "id" paramter, which should be a unique string for this plugin, and
a "call" parameter, which is a reference to a function to call for the
hook.
-# Writing a [[PreProcessorDirective]]
+# Types of hooks
-This is probably the most common use of a plugin.
-
- IkiWiki::hook(type => "preprocess", id => "foo", call => \&preprocess);
-
-Replace "foo" with the command name that will be used inside brackers for
-the preprocessor directive.
-
-Each time the directive is processed, the referenced function (`preprocess`
-in the example above) is called, and is passed named parameters. A "page"
-parameter gives the name of the page that embedded the preprocessor
-directive, while a "destpage" parameter gices the name of the page the
-content is going to (different for inlined pages). All parameters included
-in the directive are included as named parameters as well. Whatever the
-function returns goes onto the page in place of the directive.
-
-## Error handing
-
-While a plugin can call ikiwiki's error routine for a fatal error, for
-errors that aren't intended to halt the entire wiki build, including bad
-parameters passed to a [[PreProcessorDirective]], etc, it's better to just
-return the error message as the output of the plugin.
-
-## Html issues
-
-Note that if the [[htmlscrubber]] is enabled, html in
-[[PreProcessorDirective]] output is sanitised, which may limit what your
-plugin can do. Also, the rest of the page content is not in html format at
-preprocessor time. Text output by a preprocessor directive will be passed
-through markdown (or whatever engine is used to htmlize the page) along
-with the rest of the page.
-
-# Other types of hooks
-
-Beyond PreProcessorDirectives, Other types of hooks that can be used by
-plugins include:
+In roughly the order they are called.
## getopt
@@ -94,6 +60,31 @@ Runs on the raw source of a page, before anything else touches it, and can
make arbitrary changes. The function is passed named parameters `page` and
`content` and should return the filtered content.
+## preprocess
+
+Adding a [[PreProcessorDirective]] is probably the most common use of a
+plugin.
+
+ IkiWiki::hook(type => "preprocess", id => "foo", call => \&preprocess);
+
+Replace "foo" with the command name that will be used inside brackets for
+the preprocessor directive.
+
+Each time the directive is processed, the referenced function (`preprocess`
+in the example above) is called, and is passed named parameters. A "page"
+parameter gives the name of the page that embedded the preprocessor
+directive, while a "destpage" parameter gices the name of the page the
+content is going to (different for inlined pages). All parameters included
+in the directive are included as named parameters as well. Whatever the
+function returns goes onto the page in place of the directive.
+
+Note that if the [[htmlscrubber]] is enabled, html in
+[[PreProcessorDirective]] output is sanitised, which may limit what your
+plugin can do. Also, the rest of the page content is not in html format at
+preprocessor time. Text output by a preprocessor directive will be passed
+through markdown (or whatever engine is used to htmlize the page) along
+with the rest of the page.
+
## htmlize
IkiWiki::hook(type => "htmlize", id => "ext", call => \&htmlize);
@@ -169,6 +160,13 @@ This hook is called wheneven ikiwiki normally saves its state, just before
the state is saved. The function can save other state, modify values before
they're saved, etc.
+## Error handing
+
+While a plugin can call ikiwiki's error routine for a fatal error, for
+errors that aren't intended to halt the entire wiki build, including bad
+parameters passed to a [[PreProcessorDirective]], etc, it's better to just
+return the error message as the output of the plugin.
+
# Wiki configuration
A plugin can access the wiki's configuration via the `%IkiWiki::config`