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 This directory contains various plugins for EMG.
 
+## Usage
+
+For most plugins, the configuration is simple.
+Let's say the plugin *something* is in the file `something.pl`.
+You will then create a section in your `server.cfg` file, like this:
+
+	PLUGIN something <
+	LIBRARY=something.pl
+	>
+
+For the connectors that should use it, reference it like this:
+
+	CONNECTOR some_connector <
+	PLUGIN=something
+	...
+	>
+