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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/write.mdwn | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index d94216e17..4fd9c4369 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ is accomplished by calling various hooks provided by plugins. ### compiler -As a compiler, starts by calling the `refresh` hook. Then it checks +As a compiler, ikiwiki starts by calling the `refresh` hook. Then it checks the wiki's source to find new or changed pages. The `needsbuild` hook is then called to allow manipulation of the list of pages that need to be built. @@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ page had previously produced are removed. ### cgi -The flow between hooks when ikiwiki is run as a cgi is best illistrated by +The flow between hooks when ikiwiki is run as a cgi is best illustrated by an example. -* *Alice browses to a page and clicks Edit.* +Alice browses to a page and clicks Edit. + * Ikiwiki is run as a cgi. It assigns Alice a session cookie, and, by calling the `auth` hooks, sees that she is not yet logged in. * The `sessioncgi` hooks are then called, and one of them, @@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ an example. Alice is not signed in. * The [[signinedit]] plugin then launches the signin process. A signin page is built by calling the `formbuilder_setup` hook. -* *Alice signs in with her openid.* + +Alice signs in with her openid. + * The [[openid]] plugin's `formbuilder` hook sees that an openid was entered in the signin form, and redirects to Alice's openid provider. * Alice's openid provider calls back to ikiwiki. The [[openid]] plugin @@ -70,7 +73,9 @@ an example. a page. * Now all the `canedit` hooks are happy. The [[editpage]] plugin calls `formbuilder_setup` to display the page editing form. -* *Alice saves her change to the page.* + +Alice saves her change to the page. + * The [[editpage]] plugin's `formbuilder` hook sees that the Save button was pressed, and calls the `checkcontent` and `editcontent` hooks. Then it saves the page to disk, and branches into the compiler part |