X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/f7f45d6a0ad41f3cd077b0310ce83f199b658b4d..0d9539d577886549b51d2bf70167db05f3f2514c:/doc/usage.mdwn diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn index 0377014fd..228d4e595 100644 --- a/doc/usage.mdwn +++ b/doc/usage.mdwn @@ -4,33 +4,41 @@ ikiwiki - a wiki compiler # SYNOPSIS -ikiwiki [options] source templates destination +ikiwiki [options] source destination ikiwiki --setup configfile # DESCRIPTION `ikiwiki` is a wiki compiler. It builds static html pages for a wiki, from -`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language, using the specified html `templates` -and writes it out to `destination`. - -# OPTIONS +`source` in the [[MarkDown]] language, and writes it out to `destination`. Note that most options can be shortened to single letters, and boolean flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose. -* --wikiname +# MODE OPTIONS - The name of the wiki, default is "wiki". +These options control the mode that ikiwiki is operating in. -* --verbose +* --refresh - Be vebose about what it's doing. + Refresh the wiki, updating any changes pages. This is the default + behavior so you don't normally need to specify it. * --rebuild Force a rebuild of all pages. +* --cgi + + Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and + supports editing pages, signing in, registration, and displaying + [[RecentChanges]]. + + To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper or --setup + to generate a wrapper. The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755 to + the user who owns the `source` and `destination` directories. + * --wrapper [file] Generate a [[wrapper]] binary that is hardcoded to do action specified by @@ -40,9 +48,45 @@ flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose. The wrapper is designed to be safely made suid and be run by untrusted users, as a [[Subversion]] [[post-commit]] hook, or as a [[CGI]]. - Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters - except for --params, which will make it print out the parameters it would - run ikiwiki with. + Note that the generated wrapper will ignore all command line parameters. + +* --setup configfile + + In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl + program that can call ikiwiki internal functions. + + 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. + If you also pass the --refresh option, ikiwiki will instead just refresh + the wiki described in the setup file. + + [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file. + +# CONFIG OPTIONS + +These options configure the wiki. + +* --wikiname + + The name of the wiki, default is "wiki". + +* --fixctime + + Pull last changed time for all pages out of the revision control system. + This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation times of + items in weblogs, for example when building a wiki from a new subversion + checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. + +* --templatedir + + Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in. + Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`. + +* --underlaydir + + Specify the directory that is used to underlay the source directory. + Source files will be taken from here unless overridden by a file in the + source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki`. * --wrappermode mode @@ -62,11 +106,10 @@ flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose. By default, anonymous users cannot edit the wiki. -* --cgi +* --rss, --norss - Enable [[CGI]] mode. In cgi mode ikiwiki runs as a cgi script, and supports editing pages, signing in, registration, and displaying [[RecentChanges]]. - - To use ikiwiki as a [[CGI]] program you need to use --wrapper to generate a wrapper. The wrapper will generally need to run suid 6755 to the user who owns the `source` and `destination` directories. + If rss is set, ikiwiki will generate rss feeds for pages that inline + a blog. * --url http://someurl/ @@ -76,27 +119,41 @@ flags such as --verbose can be negated with --no-verbose. Specifies the url to the ikiwiki [[CGI]] script [[wrapper]]. Required when building the wiki for links to the cgi script to be generated. -* --historyurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/[[]]?root=wiki +* --historyurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki + + 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. - Specifies the url to link to for page history browsing. In the url, "[[]]" is replaced with the page to browse. It's common to use [[ViewCVS]] for this. +* --diffurl http://svn.someurl/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki&r1=\[[r1]]&r2=\[[r2]] + + 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. * --exclude regexp Specifies a rexexp of source files to exclude from processing. May be specified multiple times to add to exclude list. -* --setup configfile +* --adminuser name - In setup mode, ikiwiki reads the config file, which is really a perl - program that can call ikiwiki internal functions. Uses of this are - various; the normal one is to automatically generate wrappers for a - wiki based on data in a config file. - - Note that the wiki will be (re)built as part of the setup process to - ensure that any changes take effect. + Specifies a username of a user who has the powers of a wiki admin. + Currently allows locking of any page, other powers may be added later. + May be specified multiple times for multiple admins. - [[ikiwiki.setup]] is an example of such a config file. +* --hyperestraier + + Enables use of the [[HyperEstraier]] search engine for full test page + searches. + +* --verbose + + Be vebose about what it's doing. # AUTHOR Joey Hess + +Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki's man page, edit with care