Version 4 of Movable Type introduced YAML as a way to set up plugins. Besides being a lot easier to read than the old Perl file-based approach, it brings the benefit of reducing Movable Type's overhead because the Perl interpreter no longer has to load and execute a Perl script for each plugin. The YAML file configures Movable Type appropriate, and Movable Type loads and calls the Perl code referenced in the plugin now only as needed.
Recently, I have worked on converting the following plugins (with more to follow):
Recently, I have worked on converting the following plugins (with more to follow):
- Privacy
- Feeds.App Lite
- Textile2
- mixiComment
- Blog Cloner
- LinkRoller
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