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diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 7c28088de..686f7e518 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -357,6 +357,47 @@ something. The hook is passed named parameters: `page`, `oldpage`, `newpage`, and `content`, and should try to modify the content to reflect the name change. For example, by converting links to point to the new page. +### getsetup + + hook(type => "getsetup", id => "foo", call => \&getsetup); + +This hooks is not called during normal operation, but only when setting up +the wiki, or generating a setup file. Plugins can use this hook to add +configuration options. + +The hook is passed no parameters. It returns data about the configuration +options added by the plugin. It can also check if the plugin is usable, and +die if the plugin is not available, which will cause the plugin to not be +offered in the configuration interface. + +The data returned is a list of `%config` options, followed by a hash +describing the option. For example: + + return + option_foo => { + type => "boolean", + description => "enable foo", + safe => 1, + rebuild => 1, + }, + option_bar => { + type => "string", + example => "hello", + description => "what to say", + safe => 1, + rebuild => 0, + }, + +* `type` can be "boolean", "string", "integer", "internal" (used for values + that are not user-visible). The type is the type of the leaf values; + the `%config` option may be an array or hash of these. +* `example` can be set to an example value. +* `description` is a short description of the option. +* `safe` should be false if the option should not be displayed in unsafe + configuration methods, such as the web interface. Anything that specifies + a command to run, a path on disk, or a regexp should be marked as unsafe. +* `rebuild` should be true if changing the option will require a wiki rebuild. + ## Plugin interface To import the ikiwiki plugin interface: diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index 174d6ceb9..9c67c2a6c 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -74,11 +74,16 @@ and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. Time to introduce setup files. - -A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from -`doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. Note that this -file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with the rest of the -files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/ subdirectory. + +To generate a setup file, use `ikiwiki --dumpsetup`. You can pass +all the options have you been including at the command line, and they +will be stored in the setup file. + + ikiwiki $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup + +Note that this file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with +the rest of the files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/ +subdirectory. Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and @@ -91,12 +96,12 @@ will set everything up. ## Turn on additional features. -Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment +Now you have a basic wiki with a setup file. Time to experiment with ikiwiki's many features. Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web. Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the -block for the cgi wrapper, make sure the filename for the cgi wrapper +settings for the `cgi_wrapper`, make sure the filename for the cgi wrapper is ok, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done! There are lots of other configuration options in ikiwiki.setup that you @@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ on the revision control system you choose, the way this is done varies. Note that the .ikiwiki subdirectory is where ikiwiki keeps its state, and should be preserved, but not checked into revision control. -The new [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] command automates setting up a wiki in +The [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] command automates setting up a wiki in revision control. [[!toggle id=subversion text="Subversion"]] @@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ about using the git repositories. # remember the password you use in the next step and # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name - mtn genkey web@machine.company.com + mtn genkey web@example.com mtn db init --db=$REPOSITORY mv $SRCDIR $SRCDIR-old cd $SRCDIR-old @@ -188,11 +193,11 @@ about using the git repositories. Once your wiki is checked in to the revision control system, you should configure ikiwiki to use revision control. Edit your -ikiwiki.setup, and uncomment the lines for the revision control system +ikiwiki.setup, set `rcs` to the the revision control system you chose to use. Be sure to set `svnrepo` to $REPOSITORY, if using -subversion. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision -control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block -appropriately (for Git, it should be `$REPOSITORY/hooks/post-update`). +subversion. Uncomment the configuration for the wrapper for your revision +control system, and configure the wrapper path appropriately +(for Git, it should be `$REPOSITORY/hooks/post-update`). Once it's all set up, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` once more. Now you should be able to edit files in $SRCDIR, and use your revision diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index 2b104bcdb..473d1c9b1 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki operates in. If you only want to build any changed pages, you can use --refresh with --setup. +* --dumpsetup configfile + + Causes ikiwiki to write to the specified config file, dumping out + its current configuration. + * --wrappers If used with --setup --refresh, this makes it also update any configured |