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@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ An "external" (XML-RPC) [IkiWiki][] plugin for rendering Markdown fragments with [Pandoc][], replacing the default [mdwn][] plugin. -[ikiwiki-pandoc][] has the same purpose as this plugin, and is easier -to install, more mature, and more featureful. However, fast-pandoc -can be significantly faster, especially if you use directives like -`\[[!table]]` and `\[[!report]]` that generate many Markdown fragments -that IkiWiki will htmlize individually. Whereas [ikiwiki-pandoc][] -will fork+exec the pandoc binary for every fragment, fast-pandoc -embeds pandoc in a co-process that runs alongside IkiWiki. At -[SFLC][], switching to fast-pandoc sped up rebuilds of an internal +You should probably try [ikiwiki-pandoc][] first, as it's easier to +install, more mature, and more featureful than this plugin. However, +ikiwiki-fast-pandoc can be significantly faster, especially if you use +directives like [table][] and [report][] that generate many Markdown +fragments that IkiWiki will htmlize individually. Whereas +[ikiwiki-pandoc][] will fork+exec the pandoc binary for every +fragment, ikiwiki-fast-pandoc embeds pandoc in a co-process that runs +alongside IkiWiki. At [SFLC][], this sped up rebuilds of an internal wiki by 25-30%. [IkiWiki]: https://ikiwiki.info/ @@ -18,19 +18,21 @@ wiki by 25-30%. [mdwn]: https://ikiwiki.info/plugins/mdwn/ [ikiwiki-pandoc]: https://github.com/sciunto-org/ikiwiki-pandoc [SFLC]: https://softwarefreedom.org +[table]: https://ikiwiki.info/ikiwiki/directive/table/ +[report]: http://ikiwiki.info/plugins/contrib/report/ikiwiki/directive/report/ ## Build and install Install git and [Haskell Stack](http://haskellstack.org/), then do: ``` -git clone git://code.softwarefreedom.org/git/fast-pandoc +git clone git://code.softwarefreedom.org/git/ikiwiki-fast-pandoc cd fast-pandoc stack build ``` To make fast-pandoc available to your wiki, locate its "extra library -and plugin directory" (the `libdir` option in the *.setup file), +and plugin directory" (the `libdir` option in the `*.setup` file), create a `plugins` subdirectory (if it doesn't already exist), and install the `fast-pandoc` binary into it. (See also <https://ikiwiki.info/plugins/install/>.) Many wikis put their libdir |