Module:Icon/doc
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This module displays an icon depending on the code it is given. It implements Template:Icon.
Usage
[edit]From wikitext
[edit]From wikitext this module should be used via Template:Icon in most cases. Please see the template page for documentation. In cases where lots of icons cause the page to exceed the post-expand include size limit, {{#invoke:Icon||icon name}} may be used instead of {{Icon|icon name}}.
From Lua
[edit]To use this module from another Lua module, first load it:
local mIcon = require('Module:Icon')
Then you can make icons with the _main function.
mIcon._main(args)
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
[edit]The icon data is stored at Module:Icon/data. See the instructions there for how to add and remove icons.