new version of the branch; thanks to chrysn for early feedback

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / feedpages_does_not_prevent_tags_from_being_aggregated.mdwn

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@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ Richard
 > [[done]]. --[[smcv]]
 
 > > As per IRC: Thanks. As an aside, shouldn't this ikiwiki instance ignore directives in normal text? The problem may be non-trivial, but still... -- Richard
+
+>>> "Normal text" is exactly where directives go, so, not really.
+>>> If you mean verbatim text (e.g. indentation in Markdown): the fact that
+>>> directives still expand to HTML, which is then treated as verbatim, is an
+>>> unfortunate result of how ikiwiki interacts with pages' markup languages
+>>> (directives and wikilinks happen before markup is converted to HTML). --[[smcv]]