calendar plugin: Autocreate archive pages if needed

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

diff --git a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
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--- a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
-[[!template id=plugin name=calendar author="[[ManojSrivastava]]"]]
-[[!tag type/chrome]]
 
 This plugin provides a [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]] [[ikiwiki/directive]].
 The directive displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on
-some blogs.
+some blogs. 
 
-Since ikiwiki is a wiki compiler, to keep the calendar up-to-date,
-wikis that include it need to be periodically refreshes, typically by cron
-at midnight. Example crontab:
+The [[ikiwiki-calendar]] command is used to force generating year and month
+pages from templates (overriding the existing ones).
 
-       0 0 * * * ikiwiki -setup ~/ikiwiki.setup -refresh
+## Setup options
+
+* `archivebase` - Default value for [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]] directive
+  option of the same name.
+* `archive_pagespec` - [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] of pages to include in the
+  archives, if option `calendar_autocreate` is on. It defaults to `*`.
+* `calendar_autocreate` - Control whether new archive pages are created as
+  needed. It defaults to being done only if (at least) one of options
+  `archivebase` and `calendar_autocreate_commit` are set.
+* `calendar_autocreate_commit` -  If set, causes new archive pages to be
+  checked into version control. Defaults to 1.
 
 ## CSS
 
@@ -18,6 +25,7 @@ customization.
 
 * `month-calendar` - The month calendar as a whole.
 * `month-calendar-head` - The head of the month calendar (ie,"March").
+* `month-calendar-arrow` - Arrow pointing to previous/next month.
 * `month-calendar-day-head` - A column head in the month calendar (ie, a
   day-of-week abbreviation).
 * `month-calendar-day-noday`, `month-calendar-day-link`,
@@ -31,6 +39,7 @@ customization.
   weekends.
 * `year-calendar` - The year calendar as a whole.
 * `year-calendar-head` - The head of the year calendar (ie, "2007").
+* `year-calendar-arrow` - Arrow pointing to previous/next year.
 * `year-calendar-subhead` - For example, "Months".
 * `year-calendar-month-link`, `year-calendar-month-nolink`,
   `year-calendar-month-future`, `year-calendar-this-month` - The month