From: Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:02:25 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: document new quoting methods.
X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/635f5284671b5f97531155ac004663c9a180a2d4?ds=sidebyside

document new quoting methods.
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diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn
index fb88aa72d..2a7075e4c 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive.mdwn
@@ -20,13 +20,26 @@ 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"
-	"""]]
+	""" 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