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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/write.mdwn | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 6b49ec58d..4dc55e302 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -412,12 +412,13 @@ Aborts with an error message. If the second parameter is passed, it is a function that is called after the error message is printed, to do any final cleanup. -Note that while any plugin can use this for a fatal error, plugins should -try to avoid dying on bad input when building a page, as that will halt -the entire wiki build and make the wiki unusable. So for example, if a -[[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]] is passed bad parameters, it's better to -return an error message, which can appear on the wiki page, rather than -calling error(). +If called inside a preprocess hook, error() does not abort the entire +wiki build, but instead replaces the [[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]] with +a version containing the error message. + +In other hooks, error() is a fatal error, so use with care. Try to avoid +dying on bad input when building a page, as that will halt +the entire wiki build and make the wiki unusable. #### `template($;@)` |