X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/8e92468eae9ac0ab8161a0c71ff6c6a0a8aef07a..5263e498ea5ed5bd9556b99f0f016c5122ad4871:/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn index e30bf2ff3..a3fbe8a2c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ External plugins are standalone, executable programs, that can be written in any language. When ikiwiki starts up, it runs the program, and -communicates with it using [XML RPC][xmlrpc]. If you want to [[write]] an external -plugin, read on.. +communicates with it using [XML RPC][xmlrpc]. If you want to [[write]] an +external plugin, read on.. [xmlrpc]: http://www.xmlrpc.com/ @@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ language as part of their XML RPC interface. XML RPC has a limitation that it does not have a way to pass undef/NULL/None. There is an extension to the protocol that supports this, -but it is not yet available in the [[!cpan XML::RPC]] library used by -ikiwiki. +but it is not yet available in all versions of the [[!cpan XML::RPC]] library +used by ikiwiki. Until the extension is available, ikiwiki allows undef to be communicated over XML RPC by passing a sentinal value, a hash with a single key "null"