add reminder

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / usage.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn
index 57cdba167dc89c27e2fe408f0da9186ccb16aff8..836dda1278ed019f25eeb48f51b96bd5a08b8de2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/usage.mdwn
+++ b/doc/usage.mdwn
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ikiwiki --setup configfile
 # DESCRIPTION
 
 `ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static HTML pages for a wiki, from
-`source` in the [[Markdown]] language (or others), and writes it out to
+`source` in the [[ikiwiki/Markdown]] language (or others), and writes it out to
 `destination`.
 
 Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean
@@ -125,25 +125,25 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
   Specify a mode to chmod the wrapper to after creating it.
 
+* --wrappergroup group
+
+  Specify what unix group the wrapper should be owned by. This can be
+  useful if the wrapper needs to be owned by a group other than the default.
+  For example, if a project has a repository with multiple committers with
+  access controlled by a group, it makes sense for the ikiwiki wrappers
+  to run setgid to that group.
+
 * --notify, --no-notify
 
   Enable email notification of commits. This should be used when running
   ikiwiki as a [[post-commit]] hook.
 
-* --rcs=svn, --no-rcs
-
-  Enable or disable use of a revision control system.
-
-  If you use svn, the `source` directory is assumed to be
-  a [[Subversion]] working copy.
+* --rcs=svn|git|.., --no-rcs
 
-  If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the
-  [[git]] repository.
+  Enable or disable use of a [[revision_control_system|rcs]].
 
-  If you use tla, the `source` directory is assumed to be a tla import.
-
-  If you use mercurial, the `source` directory is assumed to be the
-  [[mercurial]] repository.
+  The `source` directory will be assumed to be a working copy, or clone, or
+  whatever the revision control system you select uses.
 
   In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled, pages edited via
   the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ configuration options of their own.
 * --svnrepo /svn/wiki
 
   Specify the location of the svn repository for the wiki. This is required
-  for using --notify with [[Subversion]].
+  for using --notify with [[Subversion|rcs/svn]].
 
 * --svnpath trunk
 
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ configuration options of their own.
 * --rss, --norss
 
   If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate RSS feeds for pages that inline
-  a [[blog]].
+  a [[ikiwiki/blog]].
 
 * --atom, --noatom
 
   If atom is set, ikiwiki will generate Atom feeds for pages that inline
-  a [[blog]].
+  a [[ikiwiki/blog]].
 
 * --pingurl URL
 
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Disables use of a plugin. For example "--disable-plugin htmlscrubber"
   to do away with HTML sanitization.
 
+* --libdir directory
+
+  Makes ikiwiki look in the specified directory first, before the regular
+  locations when loading library files and plugins. For example, if you set
+  libdir to "/home/you/.ikiwiki/", you can install a Foo.pm plugin as
+  "/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/Foo.pm".
+
 * --discussion, --no-discussion
 
   Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of
@@ -236,8 +243,9 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --numbacklinks n
 
-  Controls how many backlinks should be displayed maximum. Excess backlinks
-  will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to disable this feature.
+  Controls how many backlinks should be displayed at the bottom of a page.
+  Excess backlinks will be hidden in a popup. Default is 10. Set to 0 to
+  disable this feature.
 
 * --userdir subdir
 
@@ -264,7 +272,7 @@ configuration options of their own.
 
 * --usedirs, --no-usedirs
 
-  Create output files named page/index.html instead of page.html.
+  Toggle creating output files named page/index.html (default) instead of page.html.
 
 * --w3mmode, --no-w3mmode
 
@@ -285,6 +293,24 @@ configuration options of their own.
   Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
   with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.
 
+* --set var=value
+  
+  This allows setting an arbitrary configuration variable, the same as if it
+  were set via a configuration file. Since most options can be configured
+  using command-line switches, you will rarely need to use this, but it can be
+  useful for the odd option that lacks a command-line switch.
+
+# ENVIRONMENT
+
+* CC
+
+  This controls what C compiler is used to build wrappers. Default is 'cc'.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+* [[ikiwiki-mass-rebuild]](8)
+* [[ikiwiki-update-wikilist]](1)
+
 # AUTHOR
 
 Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>