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Resolves the README.md / docs/CONFIG_REFERENCE.md conflicts with #607 (its corrected text and function-name references, without the skins section; this branch's use_short_date_format row), and drops the skin/skin_options entries #607 documented in PLUGIN_CONFIG_CORE_PROPERTIES.md, since this branch retires those keys. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# LEDMatrix Documentation
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This directory contains guides, references, and architectural notes for the
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LEDMatrix project. If you are setting up a Pi for the first time, start with
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the [project root README](../README.md) — it covers hardware, OS imaging, and
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the one-shot installer. The pages here go deeper.
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## I'm a new user
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1. [GETTING_STARTED.md](GETTING_STARTED.md) — first-time setup walkthrough
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2. [WEB_INTERFACE_GUIDE.md](WEB_INTERFACE_GUIDE.md) — using the web UI
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3. [PLUGIN_STORE_GUIDE.md](PLUGIN_STORE_GUIDE.md) — installing and managing plugins
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4. [WIFI_NETWORK_SETUP.md](WIFI_NETWORK_SETUP.md) — WiFi and AP-mode setup
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5. [TROUBLESHOOTING.md](TROUBLESHOOTING.md) — common issues and fixes
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6. [SSH_UNAVAILABLE_AFTER_INSTALL.md](SSH_UNAVAILABLE_AFTER_INSTALL.md) — recovering SSH after install
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7. [CONFIG_DEBUGGING.md](CONFIG_DEBUGGING.md) — diagnosing config problems
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8. [LOW_MEMORY_BOARDS.md](LOW_MEMORY_BOARDS.md) — Pi Zero 2 W / 3B+ / 1GB Pi 4 memory limits
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## I want to write a plugin
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Start here:
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1. [PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md](PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md) — end-to-end workflow
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2. [PLUGIN_QUICK_REFERENCE.md](PLUGIN_QUICK_REFERENCE.md) — cheat sheet
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3. [PLUGIN_API_REFERENCE.md](PLUGIN_API_REFERENCE.md) — display, cache, and plugin-manager APIs
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4. [PLUGIN_ERROR_HANDLING.md](PLUGIN_ERROR_HANDLING.md) — error-handling patterns
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5. [DEV_PREVIEW.md](DEV_PREVIEW.md) — preview plugins on your dev machine without a Pi
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6. [EMULATOR_SETUP_GUIDE.md](EMULATOR_SETUP_GUIDE.md) — running the matrix emulator
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Going deeper:
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- [ADVANCED_PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT.md](ADVANCED_PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT.md) — advanced patterns
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- [PLUGIN_ARCHITECTURE_SPEC.md](PLUGIN_ARCHITECTURE_SPEC.md) — original plugin-system design spec (historical; see its banner for what has drifted)
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- [PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_GUIDE.md](PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_GUIDE.md) /
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[PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_TROUBLESHOOTING.md](PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_TROUBLESHOOTING.md)
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- [PLUGIN_WEB_UI_ACTIONS.md](PLUGIN_WEB_UI_ACTIONS.md) (+ [example JSON](PLUGIN_WEB_UI_ACTIONS_EXAMPLE.json))
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- [PLUGIN_CUSTOM_ICONS.md](PLUGIN_CUSTOM_ICONS.md)
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- [PLUGIN_REGISTRY_SETUP_GUIDE.md](PLUGIN_REGISTRY_SETUP_GUIDE.md) (+ [registry template](plugin_registry_template.json))
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- [STARLARK_APPS_GUIDE.md](STARLARK_APPS_GUIDE.md) — Starlark-based mini-apps
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- [widget-guide.md](widget-guide.md) — widget development
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- [ADAPTIVE_LAYOUT.md](ADAPTIVE_LAYOUT.md) — render legibly on any panel size (opt-in font/layout scaling)
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- [plugin-safety-harness.md](plugin-safety-harness.md) — test a plugin across every screen and matrix size
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## Configuring plugins
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- [PLUGIN_CONFIG_QUICK_START.md](PLUGIN_CONFIG_QUICK_START.md) — minimal config you need
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- [PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_GUIDE.md](PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_GUIDE.md) — schema design
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- [PLUGIN_ELEMENT_STYLING.md](PLUGIN_ELEMENT_STYLING.md) — let users restyle,
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move, hide and scale individual elements (per display mode, if you have them)
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- [PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_TABS.md](PLUGIN_CONFIGURATION_TABS.md) — multi-tab UI configs
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- [PLUGIN_CONFIG_ARCHITECTURE.md](PLUGIN_CONFIG_ARCHITECTURE.md) — how the config system works
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- [PLUGIN_CONFIG_CORE_PROPERTIES.md](PLUGIN_CONFIG_CORE_PROPERTIES.md) — properties every plugin honors
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## Advanced features
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- [ADVANCED_FEATURES.md](ADVANCED_FEATURES.md) — Vegas scroll, on-demand display,
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cache management, background services, permissions
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- [FONT_MANAGER.md](FONT_MANAGER.md) — font system
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## Reference
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- [CONFIG_REFERENCE.md](CONFIG_REFERENCE.md) — every key in config.json and config_secrets.json
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- [REST_API_REFERENCE.md](REST_API_REFERENCE.md) — all web-interface HTTP endpoints
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- [PLUGIN_API_REFERENCE.md](PLUGIN_API_REFERENCE.md) — Python APIs available to plugins
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- [DEVELOPER_QUICK_REFERENCE.md](DEVELOPER_QUICK_REFERENCE.md) — common dev tasks
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## Contributing to LEDMatrix itself
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- [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md) — environment setup
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- [HOW_TO_RUN_TESTS.md](HOW_TO_RUN_TESTS.md) — running the test suite
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- [MULTI_ROOT_WORKSPACE_SETUP.md](MULTI_ROOT_WORKSPACE_SETUP.md) — multi-repo workspace
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- [MIGRATION_GUIDE.md](MIGRATION_GUIDE.md) — breaking changes between releases
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- [SPORTS_UNIFICATION.md](SPORTS_UNIFICATION.md) — how the sports scoreboard base classes are organized
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## Audits
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- [audits/WEB_UI_AUDIT_2026-09.md](audits/WEB_UI_AUDIT_2026-09.md) — web UI audit (September 2026)
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## Contributing to the docs
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- Markdown only, professional tone, minimal emoji.
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- Prefer adding to an existing page over creating a new one. If you add a
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new page, link it from this index in the section it belongs to.
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- If a page becomes obsolete, delete it (it stays in the repository
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history) and fix the links to it; `test/test_doc_links.py` fails on
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broken relative links.
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- Keep examples runnable — paths, commands, and config keys here should
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match what's actually in the repo.
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