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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/forum/ikiwiki_development_environment_tips.mdwn | 5 | ||||
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diff --git a/doc/forum/ikiwiki_development_environment_tips.mdwn b/doc/forum/ikiwiki_development_environment_tips.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9fa3595ed --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/ikiwiki_development_environment_tips.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +I haven't settled on a comfortable/flexible/quick development environment for hacking on ikiwiki. The VM I host my web pages on is not fast enough to use for RAD and ikiwiki. For developing plugins, it seems a bit heavy-weight to clone the entire ikiwiki repository. I haven't managed to get into a habit of running a cloned version of ikiwiki from it's own dir, rather than installing it (If that's even possible). The ikiwiki site source (source ./doc) is quite large and not a great testbed for hacking (e.g. if you are working on a plugin you need a tailored test suite for that plugin). + +Does anyone have a comfortable setup or tips they would like to share? -- [[Jon]] + +> I've just been setting `libdir` in an existing wiki's setup file. When the plugin's in a decent state, I copy it over to a git checkout and commit. For the plugins I've been working on (auth and VCS), this has been just fine. Are you looking for something more? --[[schmonz]] diff --git a/doc/todo/multiple_template_directories.mdwn b/doc/todo/multiple_template_directories.mdwn index 6d1632b4c..0f8f5c880 100644 --- a/doc/todo/multiple_template_directories.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/multiple_template_directories.mdwn @@ -13,3 +13,35 @@ ought to do the trick. > considered [[done]]. I have a use case for this, a site composed of blogs and wikis, templates divided in three categories : common, blog and wiki. The only solution I found is maintaining hard links, being able to have multiple template dirs would obviously be better. -- Changaco + +> [[plugins/underlay]] used to allow adding extra templatedirs, but Joey +> removed that functionality when he made templates search the wiki's +> own `templates` directory. +> +> You can get a 3-level hierarchy like this: +> +> * instance-specific overrides: $srcdir/templates +> * common to the entire site: a directory that is the value of all +> instances' `templatedir` parameters +> * common to every ikiwiki in the world: /usr/share/ikiwiki/templates +> (implicitly searched) +> +> (by "instance" I mean an instance of ikiwiki - a .setup file, basically.) +> +> For a more complex hierarchy you'd need the old [[plugins/underlay]] +> functionality, i.e. you'd need to (ask Joey to) revert the patch that +> removed it. For instance, if anyone has a hierarchy like this, then +> they need the old functionality back in order to split the template +> search path for the things marked `(???)`: +> +> every ikiwiki in the world (/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates) +> \--- your site (???) +> \--- your blogs (???) +> \--- travel blog ($srcdir/templates) +> \--- code blog ($srcdir/templates) +> \--- your wikis (???) +> \--- travel wiki ($srcdir/templates) +> \--- code wiki ($srcdir/templates) +> +> This looks pretty hypothetical to me, though... +> --[[smcv]] |