From 79b376f9912891a8748fcbb4580969e4dbf7fc75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:28:18 -0400
Subject: Add an underlay for javascript, and add ikiwiki.js containing some
 utility code.

* Add an underlay for javascript, and add ikiwiki.js containing some utility
  code.
* toggle: Stop embedding the full toggle code on each page using it, and
  move it to toggle.js in the javascript underlay.
---
 doc/plugins/write.mdwn | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 1b78f5900..daf70c8e2 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -847,3 +847,32 @@ to a hash containing all the config items. They should also implement a
 By the way, to parse a ikiwiki setup file and populate `%config`, a
 program just needs to do something like:
 `use IkiWiki::Setup; IkiWiki::Setup::load($filename)`
+
+### Javascript
+
+Some plugins use javascript to make ikiwiki look a bit more web-2.0-ish.
+
+All javascript code should be put in `.js` files in the `javascript`
+underlay, and plugins using those files can enable use of the underlay by
+calling `add_underlay("javascript");` in their `import` function.
+
+You'll have to arrange for `<script>` tags to be added to the pages that
+use your javascript. This can be done using a `format` hook.
+
+Ikiwiki provides some utility functions in `ikiwiki.js`, for use by other
+javascript code. These include:
+
+#### `getElementsByClass(cls, node, tag)` 
+
+Returns an array of elements with the given class. The node and tag are
+optional and define what document node and element names to search.
+
+#### `hook(name, call)`
+
+The function `call` will be run as part of the hook named `name`.
+
+Note that to hook into `window.onload`, you can use the `onload' hook.
+
+#### `run_hooks(name)`
+
+Runs the hooks with the specified name.
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