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Clarify behaviour of 404 handler and link an example

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Simon McVittie 2009-01-31 18:57:12 +00:00
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@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ I think it'd probably have to be a separate CGI script because the environment w
(having said that, it might make sense for `recentchanges_link` to return 404 rather than
200 anyway if the page doesn't exist).
> This turns out to be untrue, as long as the wrapper lets a couple of extra
> environment variables through. --[[smcv]]
This would give IkiWiki the behaviour of many other wikis, where visiting a page that
does not yet exist prompts you to create it, without having to invoke the CGI for
successful requests.
@ -15,4 +18,6 @@ successful requests.
Due to [a well-known MSIE misfeature](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q294807),
error output needs to be at least 512 bytes long, so some padding might also be required.
Implemented in the 'goto' branch in my git repository. --[[smcv]]
Implemented in the 'goto' branch in my git repository. You can see this
feature in action [on my blog](http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/no/such/page/).
--[[smcv]]