no more misc.tmpl

* Removed misc.tmpl. Now to theme ikiwiki, you only need to customise
  a single template, page.tmpl.
* misc.tmpl will, however, still be read if a locally modified version
  exists. This is to avoid forcing users to update page.tmpl right now.

IkiWiki.pm

@@ -1742,21 +1742,29 @@ sub template ($;@) {
 
 sub misctemplate ($$;@) {
 	my $title=shift;
-	my $pagebody=shift;
+	my $content=shift;
 	
-	my $template=template("misc.tmpl");
-	$template->param(
-		title => $title,
-		indexlink => indexlink(),
-		wikiname => $config{wikiname},
-		pagebody => $pagebody,
-		baseurl => baseurl(),
-		html5 => $config{html5},
-		@_,
-	);
+	my $template=template("misc.tmpl") || template("page.tmpl");
+
 	run_hooks(pagetemplate => sub {
 		shift->(page => "", destpage => "", template => $template);
 	});
+
+	$template->param(
+		title => $title,
+		wikiname => $config{wikiname},
+		content => $content,
+		baseurl => baseurl(),
+		html5 => $config{html5},
+		have_actions => 0, # force off
+		searchform => 0,   # ditto
+		parentlinks => [{  # override
+			url => $config{url},
+			page => $config{wikiname},
+		}],
+		@_,
+	);
+
 	return $template->output;
 }
 

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+ikiwiki (3.20100505) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Removed misc.tmpl. Now to theme ikiwiki, you only need to customise
+    a single template, page.tmpl.
+  * misc.tmpl will, however, still be read if a locally modified version
+    exists. This is to avoid forcing users to update page.tmpl right now.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 05 May 2010 18:07:29 -0400
+
 ikiwiki (3.20100504) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Add parameter to displaytime to specify that it is a pubdate,

doc/roadmap.mdwn

@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Probably incomplete list:
 * Enable tagbase by default (so that tag autocreation will work by default).
   Note that this is already done for wikis created by `auto-blog.setup`.
 * [[tips/html5]] on by default (some day..)
+* stop reading misc.tmpl if it exists (only done in case users have a customized
+  version, or an outdated version of page.tmpl that cannot be used by
+  misctemplate)
 
 In general, we try to use [[ikiwiki-transition]] or forced rebuilds on
 upgrade to deal with changes that break compatability. Some things that

doc/templates.mdwn

@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
   key template to customize. [[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then="""
   (The pagetemplate directive can be used to make a page use a
   different template than `page.tmpl`.)"""]]
-* `misc.tmpl` - Generic template used for any page that doesn't
-  have a custom template.
 * `rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for blogs.
 * `rssitem.tmpl` - Used for generating individual items on rss feeds.
 * `atompage.tmpl` - Used for generating atom feeds for blogs.