From c69a7f758590c91bd137a8d1cfa99f37bf28045a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Uther Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:05:51 -0400 Subject: patch plugin documentation to refer to directive pages --- doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn | 33 +++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn b/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn index 674bdc863..646fc9af7 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn @@ -1,33 +1,6 @@ [[!template id=plugin name=edittemplate author="[[Joey]]"]] [[!tag type/useful]] -This plugin allows registering template pages, that provide default -content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a -template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive]] on some other page. - - \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]] - -In the above example, the page named "bugtemplate" is registered as a -template to be used when any page named "bugs/*" is created. - -Often the template page contains a simple skeleton for a particular type of -page. For the bug report pages in the above example, it might look -something like: - - Package: - Version: - Reproducible: y/n - Details: - -The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives, -similar to other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is -set: `` is replaced with the name of the page being -created. - ----- - -It's generally not a good idea to put the `edittemplate` directive in -the template page itself, since the directive would then be included as -part of the template on new pages, which would then in turn be registered -as templates. If multiple pages are registered as templates for a new page, -an arbitrary one is chosen, so that could get confusing. +This plugin implements the [[ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate]] [[ikiwiki/directive]]. +This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default +content for new pages created using the web frontend. -- cgit v1.2.3