move template documentation into the basewiki, in the templates page

diff --git a/doc/plugins/template.mdwn b/doc/plugins/template.mdwn
index 4efab57e37717b84bfdf4db1520e32de3dbf432b..daa2403ccd0d6099cae941702ffd20ab66561dce 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/template.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/template.mdwn
@@ -2,63 +2,5 @@
 [[tag type/format]]
 
 With this plugin, you can set up templates, and cause them to be filled out
-and inserted into pages in the wiki. Using a template works like this:
-
-       \[[template id=foo name="Charley" color="red" age=11]]
-
-This fills out the template `templates/foo`, filling in the `color` and `age`
-fields on it with the specified values, and inserts the result into the page.
-
-(Note that if the template doesn't exist, the page will provide a link that
-can be used to create it.)
-
-A value can include any markup that would be allowed in the wiki page
-outside the template. Triple-quoting the value even allows quotes to be
-included in it. Combined with multi-line quoted values, this allows for
-large chunks of marked up text to be embedded into a template:
-
-       \[[template id=foo name="Sally" color="green" age=8 notes="""
-       * \[[Charley]]'s sister.
-       * "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up."
-       * Really 8 and a half.
-       """]]
-
-Some templates are included in the wiki by default; these are listed in the
-[[templates]] page.
-
-To create a template, make a page in the wiki named `template/foo`. Note
-that this is a different location than the directory used for the
-[[templates|wikitemplates]] used to build the wiki itself, which is not
-part of the wiki.
-
-The template uses the syntax used by the [[cpan HTML::Template]] perl
-module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done. Consult its
-documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know are a
-few things:
-
-* To insert the value of a variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`.
-* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use
-  `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text</TMPL_IF>`.
-* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not,
-  use `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>`
-
-Here's a sample template:
-
-       <span class="infobox">
-       Name: <TMPL_VAR name><br />
-       Age: <TMPL_VAR age><br />
-       <TMPL_IF NAME="color">
-       Favorite color: <TMPL_VAR color><br />
-       <TMPL_ELSE>
-       No favorite color.<br />
-       </TMPL_IF>
-       <TMPL_IF NAME="notes">
-       <hr />
-       <TMPL_VAR notes>
-       </TMPL_IF>
-       </span>
-
-The filled out template will be formatted the same as the rest of the page
-that contains it, so you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki
-markup in the template. Note though that such WikiLinks will not show up as
-backlinks to the page that uses the template.
+and inserted into pages in the wiki. It's documented and existing templates
+are listed in the [[templates]] page.

diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn
index bd8b2b6fe1b56eace8e68ed5fd3badc39274ad22..acbcd4c8afaa661cded364182fd1c2a885418c4c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/templates.mdwn
+++ b/doc/templates.mdwn
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ then="This wiki has templates **enabled**."
 else="This wiki has templates **disabled**."
 ]]
 
+Templates are files that can be filled out and inserted into pages in the
+wiki.
+
 [[if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then="""
 These templates are available for inclusion onto other pages in this
 wiki:
@@ -10,3 +13,58 @@ wiki:
 [[inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes
 sort=title template=titlepage]]
 """]]
+
+Using a template works like this:
+
+       \[[template id=note text="""Here is the text to insert into my note."""]]
+
+This fills out the [[note]] template, filling in the `text` field with
+the specified value, and inserts the result into the page.
+
+A value can include any markup that would be allowed in the wiki page
+outside the template. Triple-quoting the value even allows quotes to be
+included in it. Combined with multi-line quoted values, this allows for
+large chunks of marked up text to be embedded into a template:
+
+        \[[template id=foo name="Sally" color="green" age=8 notes="""
+        * \[[Charley]]'s sister.
+        * "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up."
+        * Really 8 and a half.
+        """]]
+
+To create a template, simply add a template directive to a page, and page will
+provide a link that can be used to create the template. The template is a
+regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` directory.
+
+The template uses the syntax used by the
+[cpan HTML::Template](http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=dist&query=HTML::Template)
+perl module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done.
+Consult its documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know
+are a few things:
+
+* To insert the value of a variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`.
+* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use
+  `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text</TMPL_IF>`.
+* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not,
+  use `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>`
+
+Here's a sample template:
+
+        <span class="infobox">
+        Name: <TMPL_VAR name><br />
+        Age: <TMPL_VAR age><br />
+        <TMPL_IF NAME="color">
+        Favorite color: <TMPL_VAR color><br />
+        <TMPL_ELSE>
+        No favorite color.<br />
+        </TMPL_IF>
+        <TMPL_IF NAME="notes">
+        <hr />
+        <TMPL_VAR notes>
+        </TMPL_IF>
+        </span>
+
+The filled out template will be formatted the same as the rest of the page
+that contains it, so you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki
+markup in the template. Note though that such WikiLinks will not show up as
+backlinks to the page that uses the template.