calendar: Allow negative month to be specified. -1 is last month, etc. (And also...

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

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn
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--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn
@@ -40,18 +40,21 @@ An example crontab:
   "month" or "year". The default is a month view calendar.
 * `pages` - Specifies the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] of pages to link to from the
   month calendar. Defaults to "*".
-* `archivebase` - Configures the base of the archives hierarchy. The
-  default is "archives". Note that this default can also be overridden
+* `archivebase` - Configures the base of the archives hierarchy. 
+  The default is "archives". Note that this default can also be overridden
   for the whole wiki by setting `archivebase` in ikiwiki's setup file.
+  Calendars link to pages under here, with names like "2010/04" and
+  "2010". These pages can be automatically created using the
+  `ikiwiki-calendar` program. 
 * `year` - The year for which the calendar is requested. Defaults to the
-  current year.
+  current year. Can also use -1 to refer to last year, and so on.
 * `month` - The numeric month for which the calendar is requested, in the
   range 1..12. Used only for the month view calendar, and defaults to the
-  current month.
+  current month. Can also use -1 to refer to last month, and so on.
 * `week_start_day` - A number, in the range 0..6, which represents the day
   of the week that the month calendar starts with. 0 is Sunday, 1 is Monday,
   and so on. Defaults to 0, which is Sunday.
-* `months_per_row` - In the annual calendar, number of months to place in
+* `months_per_row` - In the year calendar, number of months to place in
   each row. Defaults to 3.
 
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