How to Hack into Documenter.jl - Extending Documentation Pipeline with Custom Hooks
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Learn to extend and customize Documenter.jl by understanding its internal architecture and plugin system in this 34-minute conference talk from JuliaCon Global 2025. Explore how popular packages like DocumenterCitations and DocumenterMermaid integrate with Documenter's pipeline, starting with the fundamental structure of documents, pages, and Markdown syntax tree representations. Discover the abstractions that allow you to hook into any stage of the documentation build process, manipulate document contents dynamically, and create custom blocks that render properly across different backends. Master the techniques needed to develop your own Documenter extensions by examining real-world examples and understanding the plugin architecture that makes these integrations possible.
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How to hack into Documenter.jl | Singhvi | JuliaCon Global 2025
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