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mojomojo::formatter::wikipedialink

MojoMojo::Formatter::WikipediaLink(3pm) 		User Contributed Perl Documentation		   MojoMojo::Formatter::WikipediaLink(3pm)

NAME

       MojoMojo::Formatter::WikipediaLink - Linked Wikipedia by writing {{wikipedia:<lang> <word>}}

DESCRIPTION

       Normally, to hyperlink to the Wikipedia, you'd write:

	   [wikipedia Hello](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello)

       This plugin lets you write just

	   {{wikipedia Hello}}

       not just Link to Wikipedia in English page, you can use many languages

	   {{wikipedia:ja a~XXa~XXa~XXa~XXa~XX}}
	   {{wikipedia:fr Salut}}

       Actually, if you wrote this without a language ex.{{wikipedia Foo}}, select location of Wikipedia Link is getting default-language setting
       of MojoMojo.

METHODS

   format_content_order
       The WikipediaLink formatter has no special requirements in terms of the order it gets run in, so it has a priority of 17.

   format_content
       Calls the formatter. Takes a ref to the content as well as the context object.

   process
       Here the actual formatting is done.

SEE ALSO

       MojoMojo and Module::Pluggable::Ordered.

AUTHORS

       Dai Okabayashi, "bayashi at cpan . org"

LICENSE

       This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2010-05-23				   MojoMojo::Formatter::WikipediaLink(3pm)

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