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 Suggestions of ideas for plugins:
 
 * list of registered users - tricky because it sorta calls for a way to rebuild the page when a new user is registered. Might be better as a cgi?
 Suggestions of ideas for plugins:
 
 * list of registered users - tricky because it sorta calls for a way to rebuild the page when a new user is registered. Might be better as a cgi?

-* [[sigs]] ?
+> At best, this could only show the users who have logged in, not all
+> permitted by the current auth plugin(s).  HTTP auth would need
+> web-server-specific code to list all users, and openid can't feasibly do so
+> at all. --[[JoshTriplett]]

 
 * Support [[RecentChanges]] as a regular page containing a plugin that
   updates each time there is a change, and statically builds the recent
 
 * Support [[RecentChanges]] as a regular page containing a plugin that
   updates each time there is a change, and statically builds the recent


@@ -12,6 +15,10 @@ Suggestions of ideas for plugins:
   Or using an iframe
   to inline the cgi, although firefox seems to render that nastily with
   nested scroll bars. :-(
   Or using an iframe
   to inline the cgi, although firefox seems to render that nastily with
   nested scroll bars. :-(

+> Or just link to the equivalent in the version control system, if available;
+> gitweb's shortlog or summary view would work nicely as a
+> RecentChanges. --[[JoshTriplett]]
+>>Why not fork the process?  We wouldn't have to wait around for a response since we would assume the recent changes page was being generated correctly.

 
 * It would be nice to be able to have a button to show "Differences" (or 
   "Show Diff") when editing a page. Is that an option that can be enabled?
 
 * It would be nice to be able to have a button to show "Differences" (or 
   "Show Diff") when editing a page. Is that an option that can be enabled?


@@ -33,4 +40,22 @@ Suggestions of ideas for plugins:
 
 * rcs plugin ([[JeremyReed]] has one he has been using for over a month with over 850 web commits with 13 users with over ten commits each.)
 
 
 * rcs plugin ([[JeremyReed]] has one he has been using for over a month with over 850 web commits with 13 users with over ten commits each.)
 

+* asciidoc or txt2tags format plugins
+
+  Should be quite easy to write, the otl plugin is a good example of a
+  similar formatter.
+
+>>Isn't there a conflict between ikiwiki using \[\[  \]\] and asciidoc using the same?
+>>There is a start of an asciidoc plugin at <http://www.mail-archive.com/asciidoc-discuss@metaperl.com/msg00120.html>
+>>-- KarlMW
+

 * manpage plugin: convert **"ls(1)"** style content into Markdown like **\[ls(1)\]\(http://example.org/man.cgi?name=ls&sect=1\)** or into HTML directly.
 * manpage plugin: convert **"ls(1)"** style content into Markdown like **\[ls(1)\]\(http://example.org/man.cgi?name=ls&sect=1\)** or into HTML directly.

+
+> With a full installation of groff available, man offers HTML output.  Might
+> take some fiddling to make it fit into the ikiwiki templates, and you might
+> or might not want to convert pages in the SEE ALSO as
+> well. --[[JoshTriplett]]
+
+* As I couldn't find another place to ask, I'll try here. I would like to install some contributed plugins, but can not find anywhere to downlod them.
+
+  > Not sure what you mean, the [[plugins/contrib]] page lists contributed plugins, and each of their pages tells where to download the plugin from.. --[[Joey]]
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