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diff --git a/doc/todo/CGI-only_mode.mdwn b/doc/todo/CGI-only_mode.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ce87e6f9d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/CGI-only_mode.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!tag wishlist]]I would quite like to be able to run ikiwiki in a "CGI-only" mode, where +every wikilink was routed via the cgi, and such "normal" page visits were rendered on the +fly by the CGI, a bit like edit-preview mode. + +The reason I'd like this is I would like to have a number of parallel ikiwiki instances +running alongside my prime one, based on the same source repository; but with different +setup parameters (such as possibly different overlay or template directories, etc.). + +I would still need to have multiple copies of the source repository (= separate `.ikiwiki` +directories, seperate locks); but I could use `git-relink` or shallow clones or various +other methods to limit the disk-space impact of that; what I want to avoid is multiple +*destination* directories, especially for what might be relatively throw-away experiments. + +I imagine if this was possible, it would be hella-slow, but it would still be useful I +think (and might even help to highlight some of the pain points for future optimisation +efforts). + + — [[Jon]] |