X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/95274e6bd60acbdc9dbd7be31d50b98e7ba1727a..3900abf3143912bce58e5f114c5693cf0fc3c3a5:/doc/plugins.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/plugins.mdwn b/doc/plugins.mdwn index ae9c6300a..7773e71a9 100644 --- a/doc/plugins.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,22 @@ -Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. It's possible to -[[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by -others. +Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. Ikiwiki's +backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new revision control +systems can be added to ikiwiki. It's possible to [[write]] your own plugins, +or you can install and use plugins contributed by others. The ikiiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and by default. These include [[inline]], [[pagecount]], and [[brokenlinks]]. Of these, [[inline]] is enabled by default. -To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], or the equivilant line in -[[ikiwiki.setup]]. +To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], +or the equivalent line in [[ikiwiki.setup]]. -## Third party plugins +## Plugin directory + +Add your contributed plugins here. + +[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]] + +## 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` @@ -18,10 +25,3 @@ 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` - - -## Plugin directory - -Add your contributed plugins here. - -[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]]