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diff --git a/doc/todo/mdwn_preview.mdwn b/doc/todo/mdwn_preview.mdwn
index 3414603ad..2fa460336 100644
--- a/doc/todo/mdwn_preview.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/mdwn_preview.mdwn
@@ -27,29 +27,53 @@ add to ikiwiki.
>>> editing something other than Markdown source). I've
>>> removed the done tag so this is visible as a patch. -- [[Will]]
->>> Hmm, it would be good if it turned off for !mdwn. Although this could
->>> be difficult for a new page, since there is a dropdown selector to
->>> choose the markup language then. But it should be doable for editing an
->>> existing page.
->>>
->>> Can I get a license statement (ie, GPL-2+) ffrom you for the plugin?
->>> --[[Joey]]
+>>>> Hmm, it would be good if it turned off for !mdwn. Although this could
+>>>> be difficult for a new page, since there is a dropdown selector to
+>>>> choose the markup language then. But it should be doable for editing an
+>>>> existing page.
+
+>>>>> I agree. I'm working on this for for both new pages and existing pages.
+>>>>> It shouldn't be hard once I get WMD going through the javascript API.
+>>>>> At the moment that is inexplicably failing, and I haven't had time to have a good look at why.
+>>>>> I may not get a chance to look at this again for a few weeks.
+
+>>>> Can I get a license statement (ie, GPL-2+) ffrom you for the plugin?
+>>>> --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>> Certainly. You're free to use the code I posted below under the GPL-2+ license. You'll note
+>>>>> however that I haven't said anything about the WMD code itself. The WMD web page says:
+
+>>>>>> "I'm refactoring the code, and will be releasing WMD under the MIT license soon. For now you can download the most recent release (wmd-1.0.1.zip) and use it freely."
+
+>>>>> It might be best to contact <support@attacklab.net> to for an explicit license on that if you want to include it.
+>>>>> -- [[Will]]
> So, I wonder if I should add a copy of the WMD source to ikiwiki, or rely
> on the user or distribution providing it. It does not seem to be packaged
> for Debian yet. Hmm, I also can't find any copyright or license info in
> the zip file. --[[Joey]]
+>> This is a good question. My thought is that it will probably not be packaged any time soon,
+>> so you're better off adding it to IkiWiki. I'd contact the author of WMD and ask them. They
+>> may have more insight. -- [[Will]]
+
Note that the WMD plugin does **not** handle directives. For this reason the normal `preview` button
remains. Some CSS to clean up the display of the live WMD preview would be good.
> Can you elucidate the CSS comment -- or will it be obvious what you mean
> when I try it? Is it what's needed for the live preview? --[[Joey]]
+>> In the version of the plugin below, a new `div` is added just below the form. WMD
+>> populates this div with the HTML it generates from the Markdown source. This is not very
+>> pretty at the moment - it appears in the same place as the preview used to, but with no
+>> header or anything. Any standard IkiWiki preview will appear below the WMD live preview.
+>> I recommend having a look at <http://wmd-editor.com/examples/splitscreen>
+>> for what a little CSS could achieve. -- [[Will]]
+
> Hmm, now that I've tried it, I notice that it does live preview by
> default, below the edit window. Which is nice, but then if I hit the
> preview button, I get two previews.. which is confusing. (Also, minor,
-> but: the live preview is missing the >Page Preview:" header.) --[[Joey]]
+> but: the live preview is missing the "Page Preview:" header.) --[[Joey]]
> I wonder how annoying it would be to add some kind of simplistic wikilink
> support to wmd's preview? And/or a wikilink button? While not supporting
diff --git a/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn b/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn
index 9c987aac4..69655f2e9 100644
--- a/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn
@@ -103,3 +103,7 @@ hashes is desired, it could return the full set of hashes.
>> plugins use the hook; plugin A would see when plugin B adds a new file
>> to be renamed. And the subpage renaming stuff could probably be moved
>> into the rename hook too. --[[Joey]]
+>>>
+>>> I've implemented this nice solution in my po branch, please review.
+>>> I'm slowly coming back to do the last bits needed to get my po and
+>>> meta branch merged. --[[intrigeri]]