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authorJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-03-15 14:19:49 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-03-15 14:19:49 -0400
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* external: Add getargv and setargv methods to allow access to ikiwiki's
@ARGV.
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@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ it, external plugins can use the `getstate` and `setstate` RPCs. To access
stored state, call `getstate("page", "id", "key")`, and to store state,
call `setstate("page", "id", "key", "value")`.
+To access ikiwiki's ARGV, call `getargv()`. To change its ARGV, call
+`setargv(value)`.
+
## Notes on function parameters
The [[plugin_interface_documentation|write]] talks about functions that take
@@ -99,9 +102,6 @@ with functions that take or return such references. That means you can't
FormBuilder perl objects), or use it to call `template()` (which returns a
perl HTML::Template object).
-Also. the `getopt` hook doesn't work, as ARGV is not available to the external
-plugin.
-
## Performance issues
Since each external plugin is a separate process, when ikiwiki is