* Drop real uid/gid in the suid wrapper, thus allowing commits to remote

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn
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@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
-Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. It's possible to
-[[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by
-others. 
+Most of ikiwiki's [[features]] are implemented as plugins. Beyond the
+[[type/core]] features, there are plugins to [[type/format]] text,
+use [[type/tags]], show [[type/meta]] information, do other [[type/useful]]
+stuff, add [[type/chrome]] to the wiki, or just have [[type/fun]].

 
 

-The ikiiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and
-by default. These include [[inline]], [[pagecount]], and [[brokenlinks]].
-Of these, [[inline]] is enabled by default.
+There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can
+install and use plugins contributed by others. 

 
 

-## Third party plugins
+The [[mdwn]], [[inline]], and [[htmlscrubber]] plugins are enabled by default.
+
+To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]],
+or the equivalent `add_plugins` line in [[ikiwiki.setup]].
+
+# Plugin directory
+
+Add all plugins here. Or add ideas to the [[todo|todo/plugin]] page.
+
+[[inline pages="plugins/* and !plugins/type/* and !plugins/write and !plugins/contrib and !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib"]]
+
+# Installing third party plugins

 
 Plugins are perl modules and should be installed somewhere in the perl
 module search path. See the @INC list at the end of the output of `perl -V`
 
 Plugins are perl modules and should be installed somewhere in the perl
 module search path. See the @INC list at the end of the output of `perl -V`


@@ -15,13 +26,3 @@ IkiWiki::Plugin namespace, so they go in a IkiWiki/Plugin subdirectory
 inside the perl search path. For example, if your perl looks in
 `/usr/local/lib/site_perl` for modules, you can locally install ikiwiki
 plugins to `/usr/local/lib/site_perl/IkiWiki/Plugin`
 inside the perl search path. For example, if your perl looks in
 `/usr/local/lib/site_perl` for modules, you can locally install ikiwiki
 plugins to `/usr/local/lib/site_perl/IkiWiki/Plugin`

-
-Once a plugin is installed, you need to configure ikiwiki to load it using
-the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], or the equivilant line in
-[[ikiwiki.setup]].
-
-## Plugin directory
-
-Add your contributed plugins using this form:
-
-[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]]