ikiwiki-calendar: New command automates creation of archive pages using the calendar plugin.

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ikiwiki (3.20091010) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * ikiwiki-calendar: New command automates creation of archive pages
+    using the calendar plugin.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:54:45 -0400
+
 ikiwiki (3.20091009) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * parentlinks: Add has_parentlinks template parameter to allow styling

doc/examples/blog.mdwn

@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ Some additional configuration you might want to do:
   enable comments to posts to the blog:
 
   	comments_pagespec => 'blog/posts/* and !*/Discussion',
+
+* Enable the [[calendar|plugins/calendar]] plugin and run the
+  [[ikiwiki-calendar]] command from cron daily to get an interlinked
+  set of calendar archives.

doc/ikiwiki-calendar.mdwn

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# NAME
+
+ikiwiki-calendar - create calendar archive pages
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+ikiwiki-calendar [-f] your.setup [pagespec] [year]
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+`ikiwiki-calendar` creates pages that use the [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]]
+directive, allowing the archives to be browsed one month
+at a time, with calendar-based navigation.
+
+You must specify the setup file for your wiki. The pages will
+be created inside its `srcdir`, beneath the `archivebase`
+directory used by the calendar plugin (default "archives").
+
+You will probably want to specify a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]
+to control which pages are included on the calendars. The
+default is all pages. To limit it to only posts in a blog,
+use something like "posts/* and !*/Discussion".
+
+It defaults to creating calendar pages for the current
+year, as well as the previous year, and the next year.
+If you specify a year, it will create pages for that year.
+
+Existing pages will not be overwritten by this command by default.
+Use the `-f` switch to force it to overwrite any existing pages.
+
+## CRONTAB
+
+While this command only needs to be run once a year to update
+the archive pages for each new year, you are recommended to set up
+a cron job to run it daily, at midnight. Then it will also update
+the calendars to highlight the current day.
+
+An example crontab:
+
+	0 0 * * * ikiwiki-calendar ~/ikiwiki.setup "posts/* and !*/Discussion"
+
+# TEMPLATES
+
+This command uses two [[template|wikitemplates]] to generate
+the pages, `calendarmonth.tmpl` and `calendaryear.tmpl`.
+
+# AUTHOR
+
+Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>
+
+Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki-calendar's man page, edit with care

doc/ikiwiki/directive/calendar.mdwn

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 The `calendar` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/calendar desc=calendar]] plugin.
-This plugin requires extra setup.  See the plugin documentation for details.
 
 This directive displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on
 some blogs.
@@ -12,16 +11,28 @@ some blogs.
 
 	\[[!calendar type="year" year="2005" pages="blog/* and !*/Discussion"]]
 
+## setup
+
 The calendar is essentially a fancy front end to archives of previous
 pages, usually used for blogs. It can produce a calendar for a given month,
-or a list of months for a given year.
+or a list of months for a given year. The month format calendar simply
+links to any page posted on each day of the month. The year format calendar
+links to archive pages, with names like `archives/2007` (for all of 2007)
+and `archives/2007/01` (for January, 2007).
 
-The month format calendar simply links to any page posted on each
-day of the month. The year format calendar links to archive pages, with
-names like `archives/2007` (for all of 2007)  and `archives/2007/01`
-(for January, 2007). For this to work, you'll need to create these archive
-pages. They typically use [[inline]] to display or list pages created in
-the given time frame.
+While you can insert calendar directives anywhere on your wiki, including
+in the sidebar, you'll also need to create these archive pages. They
+typically use this directive to display a calendar, and also use [[inline]]
+to display or list pages created in the given time frame.
+
+The `ikiwiki-calendar` command can be used to automatically generate the
+archive pages. It also refreshes the wiki, updating the calendars to
+highlight the current day. This command is typically run at midnight from
+cron. An example crontab:
+
+An example crontab:
+
+	0 0 * * * ikiwiki-calendar ~/ikiwiki.setup "posts/* and !*/Discussion"
 
 ## usage
 

doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn

@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ This plugin provides a [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]] [[ikiwiki/directive]].
 The directive displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on
 some blogs. 
 
-Since ikiwiki is a wiki compiler, to keep the calendar up-to-date,
-wikis that include it need to be periodically refreshed, typically by cron
-at midnight. Example crontab:
-
-	0 0 * * * ikiwiki -setup ~/ikiwiki.setup -refresh
+The [[ikiwiki-calendar]] command is used to keep the calendar up-to-date.
 
 ## CSS
 

ikiwiki-calendar

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use IkiWiki;
+use IkiWiki::Setup;
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+sub usage () {
+	die gettext("usage: ikiwiki-calendar [-f] your.setup [pagespec] [year]"), "\n";
+}
+
+my $force=0;
+GetOptions(
+	"force" => \$force,
+) || usage();
+my $setup=shift		|| usage();
+my $pagespec=shift	|| "*";
+my $year=shift		|| 1900+(localtime(time))[5];
+
+%config=IkiWiki::defaultconfig();
+IkiWiki::Setup::load($setup);
+IkiWiki::loadplugins();
+IkiWiki::checkconfig();
+
+my $archivebase = 'archives';
+$archivebase = $config{archivebase} if defined $config{archivebase};
+
+sub writearchive ($$;$) {
+	my $template=template(shift);
+	my $year=shift;
+	my $month=shift;
+
+	my $page=defined $month ? "$year/$month" : $year;
+
+	my $pagefile=newpagefile("$archivebase/$page", $config{default_pageext});
+	$template->param(pagespec => $pagespec);
+	$template->param(year => $year);
+	$template->param(month => $month) if defined $month;
+
+	if ($force || ! -e "$config{srcdir}/$pagefile") {
+		writefile($pagefile, $config{srcdir}, $template->output);
+		IkiWiki::rcs_add($pagefile) if $config{rcs};
+	}
+}
+
+IkiWiki::lockwiki();
+
+foreach my $y ($year-1, $year, $year+1) {
+	writearchive("calendaryear.tmpl", $y);
+	foreach my $m (qw{01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12}) {
+		writearchive("calendarmonth.tmpl", $y, $m);
+	}
+}
+
+IkiWiki::rcs_commit_staged(gettext("calendar update"), undef, undef)
+	if $config{rcs};
+IkiWiki::unlockwiki();
+
+system("ikiwiki", "-setup", $setup, "-refresh");

templates/calendarmonth.tmpl

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+[[!calendar type=month month=<TMPL_VAR MONTH> year=<TMPL_VAR YEAR> pages="<TMPL_VAR PAGESPEC>"]]
+
+[[!inline pages="creation_month(<TMPL_VAR MONTH>) and creation_year(<TMPL_VAR YEAR>) and <TMPL_VAR PAGESPEC>" show=0 feeds=no reverse=yes]]

templates/calendaryear.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[[!calendar type=year year=<TMPL_VAR YEAR> pages="<TMPL_VAR PAGESPEC>"]]