getargv needs to return a list reference

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

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn
index fd343bda6bc89b1dc2b6886d6a46e31146ea5773..058b9e58a2da357c925dc1507e3d904120a61ba5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write/external.mdwn
@@ -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 array, 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