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In Seditio if you call plug.php?r=yourplug that would call a file from plugins/code/yourplug.php as a standalone without header/footer. I think we need to improve this to be used for AJAX-mode plugins.

AJAX-mode parts of plugins are standalone, without header/footer, without some code in common.php. They should use hook "ajax" and be called this way: plug.php?r=yourplug which will call plugins/yourplug/yourplug.php.

I also propose having multiple "executable" parts of the plugin. For example, if your plugin "my_plugin" contains a standalone part "my_plugin.php" you call it like plug.php?e=my_plugin. At the same time it contains a popup part "my_plugin.popup.php" which can be called like plug.php?o=my_plugin. And finally an AJAX part "my_plugin.ajax.php". So, the name of the part also tells how it can be executed. Alternatively, there could be a parameter to choose a part of plugin when calling: plug.php?r=my_plugin&p=ajax.

What do you think?

Done, added AJAX parts support for plugin. How to use them:
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Create a part of the plugin, e.g. my_plug.ajax.php (could be any other name as well).

Set its Hook=ajax.

Code it just as a normal plugin, keeping in mind that it has not called header.php and footer.php. You can also set HTTP headers there with header() function before you send any output.

Use it this way: plug.php?r=my_plug

See latest markitup plugin.