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README: touch on starting plugins via RPC, and two nits

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Signed-off-by: Antoine Poinsot <darosior@protonmail.com>
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Alternatively, especially when you use multiple plugins, you can copy or symlink
all plugin directories into your `~/.lightning/plugins` directory. The daemon
will load each executeable it finds in sub-directories as a plugin. In this case
will load each executable it finds in sub-directories as a plugin. In this case
you don't need to manage all the `--plugin=...` parameters.
### Dynamic plugin initialization
Most of the plugins can be managed using the RPC interface. Use
```
lightning-cli plugin start /path/to/plugin/directory/plugin_file_name
```
to start it, and
```
lightning-cli plugin stop /path/to/plugin/directory/plugin_file_name
```
to stop it.
As a plugin developer this option is configurable with all the available plugin libraries,
and defaults to `true`.
### PYTHONPATH and `pyln`
To simplify plugin development you can rely on `pyln-client` for the plugin
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[graphql-spec]: https://graphql.org/
[lightning-qt]: https://github.com/darosior/pylightning-qt
[cpp-api]: https://github.com/darosior/lightningcpp
[js-api]: https://github.com/darosior/clightningjs
[js-api]: https://github.com/lightningd/clightningjs
[monitor]: https://github.com/renepickhardt/plugins/tree/master/monitor
[reckless]: https://github.com/darosior/reckless
[request-invoice]: https://github.com/lightningd/plugins/tree/master/request-invoice