clarify

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / plugins / write.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 6d90543895f95baa393b312bc31d4a5bf91adcdc..950c4f1f9f5046a8c09911eb12a6b5b585518e64 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -116,13 +116,7 @@ used to generate the page. The function can manipulate that template
 object.
 
 The most common thing to do is probably to call $template->param() to add
-a new custom parameter to the template. Note that in order to be robust,
-it's a good idea to check whether the template has a variable before trying
-to set it, as setting a variable that's not present is an error.
-
-       if ($template->query(name => 'foo')) {
-               $template->param("foo" => "bar");
-       }
+a new custom parameter to the template.
 
 ## sanitize