X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/5e4767a594f238327a4c74f1aecc69779a237eab..3c348a9e9c2092d5755ade5a0531176bbbe27915:/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn
index 775adaa0f..1dc1e517d 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
-Directives are similar to a [[WikiLink]] in form, except they
+Directives are similar to a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] in form, except they
 begin with `!` and may contain parameters. The general form is:
 
 	\[[!directive param="value" param="value"]]
@@ -20,26 +20,37 @@ wrapped to multiple lines if you like:
 
 Also, multiple lines of *quoted* text can be used for a value.
 To allow quote marks inside the quoted text, delimit the block
-of text with triple-quotes:
+of text with triple-double-quotes or triple-single-quotes:
 
 	\[[!directive text="""
 	1. "foo"
 	2. "bar"
 	3. "baz"
-	"""]]
-
-ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a
-space in directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|wikilink]].  This
-syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives with no
-parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in
-[[wikilinks|wikilink]].  ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed syntax shown
-above as the preferred alternative.  However, ikiwiki still supports wikis
-using the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is not enabled.
-For backward compatibility with existing wikis, this option currently
-defaults to off, so ikiwiki supports the old syntax.
+	""" othertext='''
+	1. 'quux'
+	2. "foo"
+	''']]
+
+If you want to put text with triple quotes into a parameter value, you can
+use perl-style here-doc syntax, even nesting it like this:
+
+	\[[!directive text=<<OUTER
+	[[!otherdirective <<INNER
+	inner text
+	INNER]]
+	outer text
+	OUTER]]
+
+ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a space in
+directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. This
+syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives with
+no parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in
+[[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]].  ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed
+syntax shown above as default.  However, ikiwiki still supports wikis using
+the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is disabled.
 
 [[!if test="enabled(listdirectives)" then="""
-Here is a list of available directives:
+Here is a list of currently available directives in this wiki:
 
 [[!listdirectives ]]
 """]]