X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/021cae1d852c26f2a9895725490f774ecdbcc251..1253db7de2ea703e03866436bed9c50561971de9:/doc/plugins.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn index 5596586b3..1c04d09f5 100644 --- a/doc/plugins.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins.mdwn @@ -1,17 +1,23 @@ -There's documentation if you want 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, or just have [[type/fun]]. -The [[inline]] and [[htmlscrubber]] plugins are enabled by default. +There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can +install and use plugins contributed by others. + +The [[mdwn]], [[inline]], and [[htmlscrubber]] plugins are enabled by default. To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], -or the equivalent line in [[ikiwiki.setup]]. +or the equivalent `add_plugins` line in [[ikiwiki.setup]]. -## Plugin directory +# Plugin directory Add all plugins here. Or add ideas to the [[todo|todo/plugin]] page. -[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="60"]] +[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/type/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="60"]] -## Installing third party plugins +# 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`