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@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ except when the bootstrap theme is enabled.
 >
 > My work on bootstrap also involved some changes to the base templates,
 > not sure there is a way to work around that. --[[anarcat]]
+
+>> As for not tampering with template files, the only way I found to
+>> work around this is to rename the desired bootstrap classes to the
+>> ones that the default ikiwiki template wants (toc, map, etc.).
+>> [see for yourself](https://notabug.org/iikb/ikiwiki-theme-bootstrap/commit/7f30630b6255336a34b14f70f2a674e15cd797a0) - don't mind the red parts.
+>> This is tedious and boring, it's easier to tamper with template files
+>> than to rewrite bootstrap by copying and pasting it. --[[desci]]