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10<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>7.3: 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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14This section describes how to configure the document plugins the
15collection uses. It explains how you specify what
16plugins to use, what parameters to pass to them, and in what order
17they occur. Under "Design Sections", click "Document Plugins".
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30<td colspan="3"><a href="#simple">Simple Instructions:</a></td>
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34<td colspan="1"> </td><td colspan="2">
35 Add a plugin
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40<td colspan="1"> </td><td colspan="2">
41 Remove a plugin
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46<td colspan="1"> </td><td colspan="2">
47 Configure a plugin
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53 Change plugin order
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59<td colspan="3"><a href="#advanced">Advanced Instructions:</a></td>
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64 Custom configuration
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70 Rebuilding the plugin database
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82<img width="20" src="gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="simple"> Simple Instructions:</a>
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84To add a plugin, select it using the "Select plugin to add" pull-down list near the
85bottom and then click "Add Plugin". A window appears entitled
86"Configuring Arguments"; it is described later. Once you have configured the
87new plugin, it is added to the end of the "Currently Assigned Plugins" list.
88Note that a plugin may only occur once in the list.
89<p></p>
90To remove a plugin, select it in the list and click "Remove Plugin".
91<p></p>
92Plugins are configured by providing arguments. To alter them, select the
93plugin from the list and click "Configure Plugin" (or double-click
94the plugin). A "Configuring Arguments" dialog appears with three parts: a
95text field for entering custom arguments, an area containing controls for
96specifying arguments, and two buttons at the bottom.
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98There are different kinds of controls. Some are checkboxes, and clicking one
99adds the appropriate option to the plugin. Others are text strings, with a
100checkbox and a text field. Click the box to enable the argument, then type
101appropriate text (regular expression, file path etc) in the box. Others are
102pull-down menus from which you can select from a given set of values. Still
103others allow multiple selections from a list. To add a value, select it and
104click "Add"; to remove it, select it and click "Remove". To learn what an
105argument does, let the mouse hover over its name for a moment and a description
106will appear.
107<p></p>
108When you have changed the configuration, click "OK" to commit the changes and
109close the dialog, or "Cancel" to close the dialog without changing any plugin
110arguments.
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112The plugins in the list are executed in order, and the ordering is sometimes
113important. Two plugins, ArcPlug and RecPlug, are vital to the collection
114building process, and are fixed in place at the end of the list (with a
115separator line). To change the ordering of the other ones, select the plugin you want to move
116and click "Move To Top", "Move Up", "Move Down", or "Move To Bottom".
117 <p></p>
118<img width="20" src="gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="advanced"> Advanced Instructions:</a>
119<p style="text-align:justify"></p>
120The Librarian Interface does its best to determine what arguments a plugin
121supports. However, there may be cases where the user wants to specify special
122arguments, and for this a text field called "Custom Arguments" (at the top) is
123provided. Any text in it is appended verbatim to the end of the plugin
124command.
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