diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins-extra b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins-extra
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+geany-plugins
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
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+# Template file for 'geany-plugins'
+pkgname=geany-plugins
+version=1.25
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+# XXX: gitchangebar plugin not compatible with libgit2 right now
+configure_args="--enable-all-plugins --disable-gitchangebar"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel intltool libtool pkg-config vala
+ glib-devel python-devel"
+makedepends="geany-devel lua51-devel ctpl-devel libwnck2-devel GConf-devel
+ webkitgtk2-devel zlib-devel gpgme-devel enchant-devel pygtk-devel"
+_short_desc="Geany IDE plugins"
+short_desc="${_short_desc} meta-package"
+maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://plugins.geany.org"
+distfiles="https://github.com/geany/geany-plugins/archive/1.25.tar.gz"
+checksum=626e606b5766685c86bae622f78912900b95b4a1c43c086ed9a3862691f8b257
+
+replaces="geany-plugins<${version}"
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# these plugins break cross-compile
+	configure_args+=" --disable-geanypy --disable-markdown"
+fi
+
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+}
+
+# these plugins require extra dependencies
+geany-plugins-extra_package() {
+	short_desc="${_short_desc} - extra plugins"
+	pkg_install() {
+		for p in devhelp geanygendoc geanylua geanypg geanypy geniuspaste \
+			markdown pretty-printer spellcheck updatechecker webhelper; do
+			if [ -x ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/geany/${p}.so ]; then
+				vmove usr/lib/geany/${p}.so
+			fi
+			if [ -x ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/geany-plugins/${p} ]; then
+				vmove usr/share/geany-plugins/${p}
+			fi
+			if [ -x ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/${p} ]; then
+				vmove usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/${p}
+			fi
+		done
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/update b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/update
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+site="http://plugins.geany.org/downloads.html"