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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / ikiwiki / directive / edittemplate.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
index 569c2818f01835fcbacb24e5d873059c990a8ed4..70bd2ad258c78c2a2655544323e127fa9a09d459 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate desc
 
 This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default
 content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a
-template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other
+template, insert an [[ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate]] directive on some other
 page.
 
        \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]]
@@ -18,17 +18,37 @@ the directive displaying a note about the template being registered, add
 "silent=yes".
 
 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:
+page, wrapped in a [[templatebody]] directive. For the bug report pages in
+the above example, it might look something like:
 
+       \[[!templatebody <<ENDBODY
        Package: 
        Version: 
        Reproducible: y/n
        Details:
+       ENDBODY]]
 
 The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
-like other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is
-set: `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
-created.
+like other ikiwiki [[templates]].
+
+These variables might be set:
+
+* `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
+  created.
+  
+* `<TMPL_VAR uuid>` is replaced with a version 4 (random) UUID
+  suitable for use in `\[[!meta guid="urn:uuid:<TMPL_VAR uuid>"]]`.
+  (Requires the `UUID::Tiny` Perl module if not running on Linux.)
+
+* `<TMPL_VAR time>` is replaced with the current (template generation)
+  time using a fixed format (RFC 3339, `%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`),
+  suitable for use in `\[[!meta date="<TMPL_VAR time>"]]`
+  (see [[meta]]) or `\[[!date "<TMPL_VAR time>"]]` (see [[date]]).
+
+Text outside the [[templatebody]] directive is not part of the template,
+and can be used to document it.
+
+If the template does not contain a [[templatebody]] directive, the entire
+source of the page is used for the template. This is deprecated.
 
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