X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/d73eb7d9b2569ebb44fc79480b6ec2d8c1faea5d..30f7aef67902cbb04d35854e01be21c29ba2de0d:/doc/features.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/features.mdwn b/doc/features.mdwn index 551edf811..0ecd1f7f3 100644 --- a/doc/features.mdwn +++ b/doc/features.mdwn @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ An overview of some of ikiwiki's features: ## Uses a real RCS Rather than implement its own system for storing page histories etc, -ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't because we're +ikiwiki uses a real Revision Control System. This isn't (just) because we're lazy, it's because a real RCS is a good thing to have, and there are advantages to using one that are not possible with a standard wiki. @@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ and more. Most of ikiwiki's features are actually provided by plugins. Ikiwiki's backend RCS support is also pluggable, so support for new revision control systems can be added to ikiwiki. +The standard language for ikiwiki plugins is perl, but ikiwiki also supports +[[plugins/write/external]] plugins: Standalone programs that can be written in +any language and communicate with ikiwiki using XML RPC. + ## [[todo/utf8]] After rather a lot of fiddling, we think that ikiwiki correctly and fully