Changeset 12704 in project for wiki/eggref/4/spiffy

Timestamp:

12/01/08 19:44:24 (12 years ago)

Author:

sjamaan

Message:

Try to document cgi-handler a bit better

File:

• wiki/eggref/4/spiffy (modified) (1 diff)

wiki/eggref/4/spiffy

@@ -606 +606 @@
 <procedure>(cgi-handler filename [interpreter])</procedure>
 
-The {{cgi-handler}} procedure is called by {{cgi-handler*}} with the
-filename. It's not very useful on its own.
+The cgi handler simply calls CGI scripts. It is assumed the
+requested file is executable if no interpreter is given.
+(If used as a regular handler, it will only receive the
+filename).
 
 <procedure>(cgi-handler* [interpreter])</procedure>
 
 The {{cgi-handler*}} procedure is usually more useful.  It allows you
-to define an interpreter to use for files and returns a file handler.
+to define an interpreter to use for files and returns a new handler.
 See the example above for {{file-extension-handlers}}.