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diff --git a/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn index 272f74a7c..e30bf2ff3 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn @@ -96,14 +96,13 @@ the sentinal. ## Function injection -Some parts of ikiwiki are extensible by adding functions. For example, the -RCS interface relies on plugins providing several IkiWiki::rcs_* functions. +Some parts of ikiwiki are extensible by adding or overriding functions. It's actually possible to do this from an external plugin too. -To make your external plugin provide an `IkiWiki::rcs_update` function, for +To make your external plugin override the `IkiWiki::formattime` function, for example, make an RPC call to `inject`. Pass it named parameters "name" and "call", where "name" is the name of the function to inject into perl (here -"Ikiwiki::rcs_update" and "call" is the RPC call ikiwiki will make whenever +"Ikiwiki::formattime" and "call" is the RPC call ikiwiki will make whenever that function is run. If the RPC call is memoizable, you can also pass a "memoize" parameter, set |