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| author | Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> | 2021-12-05 18:03:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> | 2021-12-05 21:39:28 +0100 |
| commit | 1c0d8f5fd3318303dada29e33a9936f518d52966 (patch) | |
| tree | 497cc53513486f401b34fea4a940384426eb2d80 /doc/en | |
| parent | 160ffe8e11452a415f5e42916be4d369926fbc2b (diff) | |
| download | weechat-1c0d8f5fd3318303dada29e33a9936f518d52966.zip | |
doc: add section "WeeChat extension" above "Plugins" (user's guide)
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/en/weechat_user.en.adoc | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/en/weechat_user.en.adoc b/doc/en/weechat_user.en.adoc index eadae84a9..c6178ca0e 100644 --- a/doc/en/weechat_user.en.adoc +++ b/doc/en/weechat_user.en.adoc @@ -4843,8 +4843,18 @@ Options: include::includes/autogen_user_options.en.adoc[tag=trigger_options] +[[extension]] +== WeeChat extension + +WeeChat has a modular design and can be extended with plugins and scripts. + +It's important to make difference between a _plugin_ and a _script_: a +_plugin_ is a binary file compiled and loaded with command `/plugin`, whereas +a _script_ is a text file loaded with a plugin like _python_ with command +`/python`. + [[plugins]] -== Plugins +=== Plugins A plugin is a dynamic library, written in C and compiled, which is loaded by WeeChat. @@ -4853,11 +4863,6 @@ Under GNU/Linux, the file has ".so" extension, ".dll" under Windows. Plugins found are automatically loaded when WeeChat is starting, and it is possible to load or unload plugins while WeeChat is running. -It's important to make difference between a _plugin_ and a _script_: a -_plugin_ is a binary file compiled and loaded with command `/plugin`, whereas -a _script_ is a text file loaded with a plugin like _python_ with command -`/python`. - You can use command `/plugin` to load/unload a plugin, or list all loaded plugins. |