X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/4ad7c9d6257ca106b2949d22f6300823190991a0..d574002bbc489c49aa346476dde051fb414d1299:/doc/usage.mdwn diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index 4456e8c1c..485198d61 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in. In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl program that can call ikiwiki internal functions. + [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file. + The default action when --setup is specified is to automatically generate wrappers for a wiki based on data in a config file, and rebuild the wiki. - - [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file. + If you only want to build any changed pages, you can use --refresh with + --setup. * --wrappers @@ -75,6 +77,15 @@ These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in. along with this one. --rebuild will also force feeds to be polled even if they were polled recently. +* --render file + + Renders a single file, outputting the resulting html. Does not save state, + so this cannot be used for building whole wikis, but it is useful for + previewing an edited file at the command line. Generally used in conjunction + with --setup to load in a wiki's setup: + + ikiwiki --setup ~/ikiwiki.setup --render foo.mdwn + * --version Print ikiwiki version number. @@ -90,9 +101,10 @@ configuration options of their own. * --templatedir - Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in. - Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as - configured at build time. + Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in. Default + is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as configured at + build time. If the templatedir is changed, missing templates will still + be searched for in the default location as a fallback. * --underlaydir @@ -120,11 +132,16 @@ configuration options of their own. If you use git, the `source` directory is assumed to be a clone of the [[git]] repository. + 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. + In [[CGI]] mode, with a revision control system enabled pages edited via the web will be committed. Also, the [[RecentChanges]] link will be placed on pages. - svn is enabled by default. + No revision control is enabled by default. * --svnrepo /svn/wiki @@ -137,15 +154,14 @@ configuration options of their own. This defaults to trunk; change it if your wiki is at some other location inside the repository. -* --anonok, --noanonok +* --rss, --norss - If anonok is set, it will allow anonymous web users, who have not signed in, to make changes to the wiki. + If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate RSS feeds for pages that inline + a [[blog]]. - By default, anonymous users cannot edit the wiki. +* --atom, --noatom -* --rss, --norss - - If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline + If atom is set, ikiwiki will generate Arom feeds for pages that inline a [[blog]]. * --pingurl url @@ -170,7 +186,7 @@ configuration options of their own. Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url, "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse. It's common to use - [[ViewCVS]] for this. + [[ViewVC]] for this. * --adminemail you@yourhost @@ -181,7 +197,7 @@ configuration options of their own. Specifies the url to link to for a diff of changes to a page. In the url, "\[[file]]" is replaced with the file to browse, "\[[r1]]" is the old revision of the page, and "\[[r2]]" is the new revision. It's common to use - [[ViewCVS]] for this. + [[ViewVC]] for this. * --exclude regexp @@ -209,6 +225,12 @@ configuration options of their own. Enables or disables "Discussion" links from being added to the header of every page. The links are enabled by default. +* --userdir subdir + + Optionally, allows links to users of the wiki to link to pages inside a + subdirectory of the wiki. The default is to link to pages in the toplevel + directory of the wiki. + * --timeformat format Specify how to display the time or date. The format string is passed to the @@ -216,7 +238,7 @@ configuration options of their own. * --verbose, --no-verbose - Be vebose about what is being done. + Be verbose about what is being done. * --syslog, --no-syslog