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diff --git a/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn b/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn index f7eafee7c..0cf819472 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn @@ -1,20 +1,14 @@ [[!template id=plugin name=underlay author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]"]] -[[!tag type/useful]] +[[!tag type/special-purpose]] -This plugin adds an `add_underlays` option to the setup file. -Its value is a list of underlay directories whose content is added to the wiki. +This plugin adds an `add_underlays` option to the setup file. Its value is +a list of underlay directories whose content is added to the wiki. Multiple underlays are normally set up automatically by other plugins (for -instance, the images used by the [[plugins/smiley]] plugin), but they can also be -used as a way to pull in external files that you don't want in revision control, -like photos or software releases. +instance, the images used by the [[plugins/smiley]] plugin), but they can +also be used as a way to pull in external files that you don't want in +revision control, like photos or software releases. -Directories in `add_underlays` should usually be absolute. If relative, they're -interpreted as relative to the parent directory of the basewiki underlay, which -is probably not particularly useful in this context. - --- - -This plugin also adds an `add_templates` option to the setup file. -Its value is a list of template directories to look for template files in, -if they are not present in the `templatedir`. +Directories in `add_underlays` should usually be absolute. If relative, +they're interpreted as relative to the parent directory of the basewiki +underlay, which is probably not particularly useful in this context. |