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\[[template id=debfiles package=ikiwiki dist=testing]]
--[[Joey]]
+
+> I think I would find templates sufficient, if:
+>
+> 1. I could use the name of the template as a preprocessor directive
+> (`\[[templatename ...]]`), rather than using the `template` directive
+> with an `id` argument (`\[[template id=templatename]]`).
+> 2. Template invocation allowed bare values in addition to `key=value`
+> arguments, and template definition supported some means to access the
+> value. This would allow `\[[debfiles ikiwiki]]` rather than `\[[debfiles
+> package=ikiwiki]]`.
+> 3. I could use ikiwiki syntax in the template, not just HTML and
+> HTML::Template. (If I can already do that, then [[/plugins/template]]
+> should make that more clear.)
+>
+> --[[JoshTriplett]]