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author Vas Crabb <vas@vastheman.com>2021-10-24 05:48:05 +1100
committer Vas Crabb <vas@vastheman.com>2021-10-24 05:48:05 +1100
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-docs: Started documenting plugins.
* Also added a couple of missing command-line options, and added a local table of contents to the (rather long) command line options page. -Added a separate CI target for localisation updates that produces an artefact, and removed the message catalogs from the trigger paths for the Linux CI build.
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@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ parameter animation, some things can only be done with scripting. MAME uses an
event-based model. Scripts can supply functions that will be called after
certain events, or when certain data is required.
-Layout scripting requires the layout plugin to be enabled. For example, to run
-BWB Double Take with the Lua script in the layout enabled, you might use this
-command::
+Layout scripting requires the :ref:`layout plugin <plugins-layout>` to be
+enabled. For example, to run BWB Double Take with the Lua script in the layout
+enabled, you might use this command::
mame -plugins -plugin layout v4dbltak
-If you may want to add the settings to enable the layout plugin to an INI file
-to save having to enable it every time you start a system.
+You may want to add the settings to enable the layout plugin to an INI file to
+save having to enable it every time you start a system. See :ref:`plugins` for
+more information about using plugins with MAME.
.. _layscript-examples: