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@@ -8,4 +8,17 @@ I'd like to see some way to include certain files from the underlay only when th
 * Include wikiicons/diff.png (and the wikiicons directory) only if you enable the CGI.
 * Include a hypothetical restructuredtexthelp.rst or similar for other formats only with those formats enabled.
 
-I can see two good ways to implement this.  Ideally, with [[conditional_text_based_on_ikiwiki_features]] available, ikiwiki could parse a page like conditionalpages.mdwn, which could contain a set of conditional-wrapped page names; that seems like the most elegant and ikiwiki-like approach.  Alternatively, [[/ikiwiki.setup]] could contain a Perl-generated exclude option by default; that would work, but it seems hackish.
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+I can see two good ways to implement this.  Ideally, with
+[[conditional_text_based_on_ikiwiki_features]] available, ikiwiki could
+parse a page like conditionalpages.mdwn, which could contain a set of
+conditional-wrapped page names; that seems like the most elegant and
+ikiwiki-like approach.  Alternatively, [[/ikiwiki.setup]] could contain a
+Perl-generated exclude option by default; that would work, but it seems
+hackish.
+
+> Another way might be to have a third directory of source files where
+> plugins could drop in pages, and only build the files from there if their
+> plugins were enabled.
+> 
+> Using the conditionals in a page to control what other pages get built
+> feels complex to me, --[[Joey]]