7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Plugins
Tab. 16.7
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look at the page http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins every once in a
while 3 .
As you can see, there are two types of add-ons found there. Generally,
add-ons are independent from the existing functionality, and
are executed as independent scripts or small programs. Plugins, on
the other hand, expand the possibilities of existing scripts by enabling
additional TWiki formatting elements, for example.
In Tab. 16.7, we have included a list of especially useful and interesting
plugins, to give you an overview of what they can accomplish.
To find a plugin at twiki.org, you have to add “plugin” to
every name:
Name Function
Calendar Display of a calendar and appointments.
ActionTracker Task planner for a project group.
Database Database access from TWiki.
TWikiDraw Cooperative generation and editing of drawings
(requires Java).
SpreadSheet Spreadsheet in TWiki.
SlideShow Generate and display presentations.
Toc Table of contents of TWiki webs.
Pdf Generates a PDF document from a TWiki page.
Comment Add comments to a page without having to edit it
first.
Peer Enables pages to be evaluated.
Poll Conduct a poll in TWiki.
ProjectPlanner Manage time and scheduling plans for projects.
SectionalEdit Targeted editing of sections (see MediaWiki).
Session Session-based authentication to circumvent the
browser's mechanism.
So just how are these plugins accessed? In principle, they simply
add new variables to the existing ones. They are inserted in the topic
source text, just like normal TWiki variables. A few are already included
in the standard installation, so we can test the concept right
away using a concrete object. The list of installed plugins is found
on the page TWiki.InstalledPlugins. You should also see the smilies
plugin here. Edit any page, and add
:cool: and :)
3 The plugins discussed in the book can also be found on the CD under
/wikis/twiki/plugins.
16 Designing a TWiki