diff --git a/doc/todo/Default_text_for_new_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/Default_text_for_new_pages.mdwn
index 027160d00..c5168f49c 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Default_text_for_new_pages.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Default_text_for_new_pages.mdwn
@@ -4,5 +4,79 @@ For example:
 
     \[[!inline pages="blog/* and !*/Discussion" postform="yes" newposttemplate="blogtemplate.mdwn"]]
 
-This would allow you to create a new blog post.  When you hit the 'Edit' button, the system presents
+This would allow you to create a new blog post.  When you hit the `Edit` button, the system presents
 you with an edit form as normal, but rather than being empty, it has the text from `blogtemplate.mdwn`.
+
+Inline below is a [[patch]] that implements this:
+
+----
+
+    diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
+    index bb21ed2..10c985c 100644
+    --- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
+    +++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
+    @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) { #{{{
+     
+     	decode_cgi_utf8($q);
+     
+    -	my @fields=qw(do rcsinfo subpage from page type editcontent comments);
+    +	my @fields=qw(do rcsinfo subpage from page type editcontent comments templatepage);
+     	my @buttons=("Save Page", "Preview", "Cancel");
+     	eval q{use CGI::FormBuilder};
+     	error($@) if $@;
+    @@ -117,9 +117,20 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) { #{{{
+     	}
+     	else {
+     		$type=$form->param('type');
+    +		
+    +		my $defaultContent = "";
+    +		my $templatepage = $form->param('templatepage');
+    +		if ($templatepage && $pagesources{$templatepage}) {
+    +			$defaultContent = readfile(IkiWiki::srcfile($pagesources{$templatepage}));
+    +		}
+    +		
+     		if (defined $type && length $type && $hooks{htmlize}{$type}) {
+     			$type=possibly_foolish_untaint($type);
+     		}
+    +		elsif ($templatepage && $pagesources{$templatepage}) {
+    +			# favor the type of the template page
+    +			$type=pagetype($pagesources{$templatepage});
+    +		}
+     		elsif (defined $from && exists $pagesources{$from}) {
+     			# favor the type of linking page
+     			$type=pagetype($pagesources{$from});
+    @@ -129,7 +140,7 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) { #{{{
+     		if (! $form->submitted) {
+     			$form->field(name => "rcsinfo", value => "", force => 1);
+     		}
+    -		$form->field(name => "editcontent", validate => '/.+/');
+    +		$form->field(name => "editcontent", value => $defaultContent, force => 0, validate => '/.+/');
+     	}
+     
+     	$form->field(name => "do", type => 'hidden');
+    diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+    index 8efef3f..075d7d8 100644
+    --- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+    +++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+    @@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ sub preprocess_inline (@) { #{{{
+     			$rootpage=$params{page};
+     		}
+     		$formtemplate->param(rootpage => $rootpage);
+    +		$formtemplate->param(templatepage => $params{newposttemplate}) if $params{newposttemplate};
+     		$formtemplate->param(rssurl => $rssurl) if $feeds && $rss;
+     		$formtemplate->param(atomurl => $atomurl) if $feeds && $atom;
+     		if (exists $params{postformtext}) {
+    diff --git a/templates/blogpost.tmpl b/templates/blogpost.tmpl
+    index 7eeede6..5c8b34c 100644
+    --- a/templates/blogpost.tmpl
+    +++ b/templates/blogpost.tmpl
+    @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
+     </TMPL_IF>
+     <input type="hidden" name="do" value="blog" />
+     <input type="hidden" name="from" value="<TMPL_VAR ROOTPAGE>" />
+    +<TMPL_IF NAME="TEMPLATEPAGE">
+    +<input type="hidden" name="templatepage" value="<TMPL_VAR TEMPLATEPAGE>" />
+    +</TMPL_IF>
+     <input type="hidden" name="subpage" value="1" />
+     <TMPL_VAR POSTFORMTEXT>
+     <input name="title" size="40" />