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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib.mdwn index dc8b90771..abdf1bd4e 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib.mdwn @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ rootpage="plugins/contrib" postformtext="Add a new plugin named:" show=0]] # 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` -for a list of the directories in that path. All plugins are in the -IkiWiki::Plugin namespace, so they go in a IkiWiki/Plugin subdirectory +Most ikiwiki 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` for a list of the directories in that path. All plugins are in +the 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` @@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ plugins to `/usr/local/lib/site_perl/IkiWiki/Plugin` You can use the `libdir` configuration option to add a directory to the search path. For example, if you set `libdir` to `/home/you/.ikiwiki/`, then ikiwiki will look for plugins in `/home/you/.ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugins`. + +Ikiwiki also supports plugins that are external programs. These are +typically written in some other language than perl. Ikiwiki searches for +these in /usr/lib/ikiwiki/plugins by default. If `libdir` is set, it will +also look in that directory, for example in `/home/you/.ikiwiki/plugins`. |