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author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2010-04-20 13:43:21 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2010-04-20 13:43:21 -0400 |
commit | ca33969823342c3c61219a2cb167e40f765f934b (patch) | |
tree | fd209d2246a159e3d8848ed97cc4eb7be30bf613 /doc/todo/auto_rebuild_on_template_change.mdwn | |
parent | a97964688b73d0a3237c798dce3fb064ff29ff11 (diff) | |
parent | d1a1f3ad21e9e58d1232fc3d997028a463ccad4a (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into file_pruned_revamp
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diff --git a/doc/todo/auto_rebuild_on_template_change.mdwn b/doc/todo/auto_rebuild_on_template_change.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2e4ba8e9a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/auto_rebuild_on_template_change.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +If `page.tmpl` is changed, it would be nice if ikiwiki automatically +noticed, and rebuilt all pages. If `inlinepage.tmpl` is changed, a rebuild +of all pages using it in an inline would be stellar. + +This would allow setting: + + templatedir => "$srcdir/templates", + +.. and then the [[wikitemplates]] are managed like other wiki files; and +like other wiki files, a change to them automatically updates dependent +pages. + +Originally, it made good sense not to have the templatedir inside the wiki. +Those templates can be used to bypass the htmlscrubber, and you don't want +just anyone to edit them. But the same can be said of `style.css` and +`ikiwiki.js`, which *are* in the wiki. We rely on `allowed_attachments` +being set to secure those to prevent users uploading replacements. And we +assume that users who can directly (non-anon) commit *can* edit them, and +that's ok. + +So, perhaps the easiest way to solve this [[wishlist]] would be to +make templatedir *default* to "$srcdir/templates/, and make ikiwiki +register dependencies on `page.tmpl`, `inlinepage.tmpl`, etc, as they're +used. Although, having every page declare an explicit dep on `page.tmpl` +is perhaps a bit much; might be better to implement a special case for that +one. Also, having the templates be copied to `destdir` is not desirable. +In a sense, these template would be like internal pages, except not wiki +pages, but raw files. + +The risk is that a site might have `allowed_attachments` set to +`templates/*` or `*.tmpl` something like that. I think such a configuration +is the *only* risk, and it's unlikely enough that a NEWS warning should +suffice. + +(This would also help to clear up the tricky disctinction between +wikitemplates and in-wiki templates.) + +> But would this require that templates be parseable as wiki pages? Because that would be a nuisance. --[[KathrynAndersen]] + +>> It would be better for them not to be rendered separately at all. +>> --[[Joey]] + +>>> I don't follow you. --[[KathrynAndersen]] + +>>>> If they don't render to output files, they clearly don't +>>>> need to be treated as wiki pages. (They need to be treated +>>>> as raw files anyway, because you don't want random users editing them +>>>> in the online editor.) --[[Joey]] |