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9<td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="../gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td><td width="*" align="center"><a name="plugins"><font size="5" face="Verdana"><strong>6.3: Document Plugins</strong></font></a></td><td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="../gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td>
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13This section describes how to configure the document plugins the
14collection uses. It explains how you specify what
15plugins to use, what parameters to pass to them, and in what order
16they occur. Under "Design Sections", click "Document Plugins".
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29<td colspan="3"><a href="#simple">Simple Instructions:</a></td>
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33<td colspan="1"> </td><td colspan="2">
34 Add a plugin
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40 Remove a plugin
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46 Configure a plugin
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52 Change plugin order
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58<td colspan="3"><a href="#advanced">Advanced Instructions:</a></td>
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63 Custom configuration
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75<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="simple"> Simple Instructions:</a>
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77To add a plugin, select it using the "Select plugin to add" pull-down list near the
78bottom and then click "Add Plugin". A window appears entitled
79"Configuring Arguments"; it is described later. Once you have configured the
80new plugin, it is added to the end of the "Currently Assigned Plugins" list.
81Note that, except for UnknownPlug, each plugin may only occur once in the list.
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83To remove a plugin, select it in the list and click "Remove Plugin".
84<p></p>
85Plugins are configured by providing arguments. To alter them, select the
86plugin from the list and click "Configure Plugin" (or double-click
87the plugin). A "Configuring Arguments" dialog appears with various controls for specifying arguments.
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89There are different kinds of controls. Some are checkboxes, and clicking one
90adds the appropriate option to the plugin. Others are text strings, with a
91checkbox and a text field. Click the box to enable the argument, then type
92appropriate text (regular expression, file path etc) in the box. Others are
93pull-down menus from which you can select from a given set of values. To learn what an
94argument does, let the mouse hover over its name for a moment and a description
95will appear.
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97When you have changed the configuration, click "OK" to commit the changes and
98close the dialog, or "Cancel" to close the dialog without changing any plugin
99arguments.
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101The plugins in the list are executed in order, and the ordering is sometimes
102important. Two plugins, ArcPlug and RecPlug, are vital to the collection
103building process, and are fixed in place at the end of the list (with a
104separator line). To change the ordering of the other ones, select the plugin you want to move
105and click "Move Up" or "Move Down".
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107<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="advanced"> Advanced Instructions:</a>
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109The Librarian Interface does its best to determine what arguments a plugin
110supports. However, there may be cases where the user wants to specify special arguments, and for this a text field called "Custom Arguments" (at the bottom) is provided. Any text in it is appended verbatim to the end of the plugin
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