Module:Icon/doc
This is the documentation page for Module:Icon
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This module displays an icon depending on the code it is given. It implements Template:Icon.
Usage
From wikitext
From wikitext this module should be used via Template:Icon. Please see the template page for documentation.
From Lua
To use this module from another Lua module, first load it:
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> local mIcon = require('Module:Icon') </syntaxhighlight>
Then you can make icons with the _main function.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> mIcon._main(args) </syntaxhighlight>
The args variable is a table of arguments. This corresponds to the parameters accepted by Template:Icon - please see the template page for parameter documentation.
Data
The icon data is stored at Module:Icon/data. See the instructions there for how to add and remove icons.
