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Docs: Noted import change for Image Plugins. Fixes #404, plugin not found

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Writing your own file decoder
=============================
The Python Imaging Library uses a plug-in model which allows you to add your
own decoders to the library, without any changes to the library itself. Such
plug-ins have names like :file:`XxxImagePlugin.py`, where ``Xxx`` is a unique
format name (usually an abbreviation).
The Python Imaging Library uses a plug-in model which allows you to
add your own decoders to the library, without any changes to the
library itself. Such plug-ins usually have names like
:file:`XxxImagePlugin.py`, where ``Xxx`` is a unique format name
(usually an abbreviation).
.. warning:: Pillow >= 2.1.0 no longer automatically imports any file in the Python path with a name ending in :file:`ImagePlugin.py`. You will need to import your decoder manually.
A decoder plug-in should contain a decoder class, based on the
:py:class:`PIL.ImageFile.ImageFile` base class. This class should provide an

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The :py:mod:`_imaging` module has been moved. You can now import it like this::
from PIL.Image import core as _imaging
The image plugin loading mechanisim has changed. Pillow no longer
automatically imports any file in the Python path with a name ending
in :file:`ImagePlugin.py`. You will need to import your image plugin
manually.