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@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+ikiwiki (2.40) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  ikiwiki now has an new syntax for preprocessor directives, using the
+  prefix '!':
+
+  [[!directive ...]]
+
+  This new syntax no longer relies on spaces to distinguish between
+  wikilinks and preprocessor directives.  Thus, wikilinks can use spaces
+  in their link text, and preprocessor directives without arguments (such
+  as "toc") need not use a trailing space.
+
+  To enable the new syntax, set prefix_directives to true in your ikiwiki
+  config.  For backward compatibility with existing wikis,
+  prefix_directives currently defaults to false.  In ikiwiki 3.0,
+  prefix_directives will default to true, and wikis which have not yet
+  converted to the new syntax will need to set prefix_directives to false
+  in their setup files.
+
+  To convert your wiki to the new syntax, ikiwiki provides a new script
+  ikiwiki-transition.  It will convert preprocessor directives in
+  all files given on the command line.  To convert an entire wiki:
+
+  find wikidir/ -type f -name '*.mdwn' -print0 | xargs -0 ikiwiki-transition prefix_directives
+
+  Even with prefix_directives disabled, ikiwiki now allows an optional '!'
+  prefix on preprocessor directives (but still requires a space).  Thus, a
+  directive which uses a '!' prefix and contains a space will work with
+  ikiwiki 2.40 and newer, regardless of the value of prefix_directives.
+  This allows the underlay to work with all ikiwikis.
+
+ -- Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:26:47 -0800
+
 ikiwiki (2.30) unstable; urgency=low
 
   Ever feel that ikiwiki's handling of RecentChanges wasn't truely in the
@@ -11,7 +44,7 @@ ikiwiki (2.30) unstable; urgency=low
   Debian package is upgraded. Or use ikiwiki-mass-rebuild to force a rebuild.
 
   With this excellent new RecentChanges support, the mail notification system
-  is showing its age (and known to be variously buggy and underimplemented for
+  is its age (and known to be variously buggy and underimplemented for
   various VCSes), and so ikiwiki's support for sending commit mails is REMOVED
   from this version. If you were subscribed to commit mails, you should be
   able to accomplish the same thing by subscribing to a RecentChanges feed.