X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/6551c1e5609967c0c7f947fa0e9d85d24e454d37..e22c33b4d010034c9acd55053aefb50ed4b743fb:/doc/plugins.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn index d79a3bd3b..73fb6205c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins.mdwn @@ -1,23 +1,17 @@ -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, add [[type/auth]] +methods, do other [[type/useful]] stuff, add [[type/chrome]] to the +wiki, or just have [[type/fun]]. -The [[mdwn]], [[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|contrib]] by others. -To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], -or the equivalent `add_plugins` line in [[ikiwiki.setup]]. +The [[mdwn]], [[inline]], [[htmlscrubber]], [[passwordauth]], +[[signinedit]], [[lockedit]], and [[conditional]] 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/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="60"]] - -# 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` -for a list of the directories in that path. All plugins are in the -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` +[[inline pages="plugins/* and !plugins/type/* and !plugins/write and !plugins/contrib and !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib"]]