>> uses `HTML::Template` but *doesn't* run `pagetemplate` hooks?
>>
>> It just seems strange to me that `field` needs to have its own
->> of `template` (this), its own variant of `inline` (`report`),
+>> variant of `template` (this), its own variant of `inline` (`report`),
>> and so on - I'd tend to lean more towards having `field`
>> enhance the existing plugins. I'm not an ikiwiki committer,
>> mind... Joey, your opinion would be appreciated! --[[smcv]]
+>>> I did it that way basically because I needed the functionality ASAP, and I didn't want to step on anyone's toes, so I made them as separate plugins. If Joey wants to integrate the functionality into IkiWiki proper, I would be very happy, but I don't want to put pressure on him. --[[KathrynAndersen]]
+
Another missing thing is that `ftemplate` looks in
the "system" templates directories, not just in the wiki, but that
seems orthogonal (and might be a good enhancement to `template` anyway).
> Yes, I added that because I wanted the option of not having to make all my templates work as wiki pages also. --[[KathrynAndersen]]
->> Yeah, that's something that annoys me about `template` too. I've
->> opened a todo: [[todo/user-defined_templates_outside_the_wiki]].
->> --s
+>> Joey has added support for
+>> [[todo/user-defined_templates_outside_the_wiki]] now. --s