implementation suggestion for map templating

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map/discussion.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map/discussion.mdwn
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--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map/discussion.mdwn
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Is that possible?
 
 --Peter
 
+> the map directive could be made to use templates as the [[inline directive|ikiwiki/directive/inline]] does. (for the ambitious, the map functionality might even be special-cased into the inline plugin, i think) --[[chrysn]]
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 The site I'm trying to set up right now (not really a wiki - no public editing) is divided into topics.  Topics are pages that have `\[[!meta link="/topic"]]`.  Topic pages contain an index of their subpages (done with `\[[!inline]]`); the subpages are the real content.  I want a map in the sidebar that lists: