## Uses a real RCS
Rather than implement its own system for storing page histories etc,
-ikiwiki uses a real RCS. This isn't because we're lazy, it's because a
-real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are advantages to using one
-that are not possible with a standard wiki.
+ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't because we're
+lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are
+advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard wiki.
Instead of editing pages in a stupid web form, you can use vim and commit
-changes via svn. Or work disconnected using svk and push your changes out
-when you come online. Or use git to work in a distributed fashion all the
-time. (It's also possible to [[plugins/write]] a plugin to support other
-systems.)
+changes via [[Subversion]]. Or work disconnected using svk and push your
+changes out when you come online. Or use [[git]], [[tla]], or [[mercurial]]
+to work in a distributed fashion all the time. (It's also possible to
+[[plugins/write]] a plugin to support other systems.)
ikiwiki can be run from a [[post-commit]] hook to update your wiki
-immediately whenever you commit.
+immediately whenever you commit a change using the RCS.
Note that ikiwiki does not require a RCS to function. If you want to
run a simple wiki without page history, it can do that too.
Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new
revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki.
-### [[todo/utf8]]
+## [[todo/utf8]]
After rather a lot of fiddling, we think that ikiwiki correctly and fully
supports utf8 everywhere.
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