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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn | 19 |
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diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn index c4342dee8..fb88aa72d 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn @@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ of text with triple-quotes: 3. "baz" """]] -ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a -space in directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. -This syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives -with no parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in -[[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed syntax -shown above as the preferred alternative. However, ikiwiki still supports -wikis using the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is not enabled. -For backward compatibility with existing wikis, this option currently -defaults to off, so ikiwiki supports the old syntax. +ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a space in +directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. This +syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives with +no parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in +[[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed +syntax shown above as default. However, ikiwiki still supports wikis using +the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is disabled. [[!if test="enabled(listdirectives)" then=""" Here is a list of currently available directives in this wiki: diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn index d4dd265cc..86abe5745 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn @@ -72,22 +72,3 @@ filenames of the pages in the wiki, so a pagespec "foo" used on page "a/b" will not match a page named "a/foo" or "a/b/foo". To match relative to the directory of the page containing the pagespec, you can use "./". For example, "./foo" on page "a/b" matches page "a/foo". - -## Old syntax - -The old PageSpec syntax was called a "GlobList", and worked differently in -two ways: - -1. "and" and "or" were not used; any page matching any item from the list - matched. -2. If an item was prefixed with "`!`", then no page matching that item - matched, even if it matched an earlier list item. - -For example, here is the old way to match all pages except for the SandBox -and Discussion pages: - - * !SandBox !*/Discussion - -Using this old syntax is still supported. However, the old syntax is -deprecated and will be removed at some point, and using the new syntax is -recommended. |