X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/57d12405ae474d27c63dc33ee5fa642a2c5d7461..22064a9f81d15a51c58434f68ce7f8cc8fc40bbf:/doc/plugins.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn index ec7ee5914..6de17adc7 100644 --- a/doc/plugins.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins.mdwn @@ -1,20 +1,23 @@ -Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. The interface is quite flexible, allowing plugins to register [[PreProcessorDirective]]s, hook into [[CGI]] mode, and more. Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki. +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, add [[type/auth]] +methods, do other [[type/useful]] stuff, add [[type/chrome]] to the +wiki, or just have [[type/fun]]. -There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by others. - -The ikiwiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and -by default. These include [[inline]], [[pagecount]], and [[brokenlinks]], and [[search]]. 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. +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 your contributed plugins here. +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="30"]] +[[inline pages="plugins/* and !plugins/type/* and !plugins/write and !plugins/contrib and !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib"]] -## 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`