Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of InterTrac


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May 16, 2016, 8:22:30 PM (8 years ago)
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  • InterTrac

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     1= InterTrac Links
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     3Trac supports a convenient way to refer to resources of other Trac servers, from within the Wiki markup. An !InterTrac link can be seen as a scoped TracLinks. It is used for referring to a Trac resource located in another Trac environment. A resource can be a wiki page, changeset, ticket or milestone.
     4
     5== List of Active InterTrac Prefixes
     6
     7[[InterTrac]]
     8
     9== Link Syntax
     10
     11Simply use the name of the other Trac environment as a prefix, followed by a colon, ending with the resource located in the other environment.
     12
     13{{{
     14<target_environment>:<TracLinks>
     15}}}
     16
     17The other resource is specified using a regular TracLinks, of any flavor.
     18
     19That target environment name is either the real name of the environment or an alias for it.
     20The aliases are defined in `trac.ini` (see below).
     21The prefix is case insensitive.
     22
     23If the InterTrac link is enclosed in square brackets (like `[th:WikiExtrasPlugin]`), the InterTrac prefix is removed in the displayed link like a normal link resolver would be, ie the above would be displayed as `WikiExtrasPlugin`.
     24
     25For convenience, there's also some alternative short-hand form, where one can use an alias as an immediate prefix for the identifier of a ticket, changeset or report, eg `#T234`, `[T1508]`, `[trac 1508]`.
     26
     27== Examples
     28
     29It is necessary to setup a configuration for the InterTrac facility.
     30This configuration has to be done in the TracIni file, `[intertrac]` section.
     31
     32Example configuration:
     33{{{#!ini
     34[intertrac]
     35# -- Example of setting up an alias:
     36t = trac
     37
     38# -- Link to an external Trac:
     39trac.title = Edgewall's Trac for Trac
     40trac.url = http://trac.edgewall.org
     41}}}
     42
     43The `.url` is mandatory and is used for locating the other Trac.
     44This can be a relative URL in case that Trac environment is located on the same server.
     45
     46The `.title` information will be used for providing an useful tooltip when moving the cursor over an InterTrac links.
     47
     48Finally, the `.compat` option can be used to activate or disable
     49a ''compatibility'' mode:
     50 * If the targeted Trac is running a version below [trac:milestone:0.10 0.10]
     51   ([trac:r3526 r3526] to be precise), then it doesn't know how to dispatch an InterTrac
     52   link, and it's up to the local Trac to prepare the correct link.
     53   Not all links will work that way, but the most common do.
     54   This is called the compatibility mode, and is `false` by default.
     55 * If you know that the remote Trac knows how to dispatch InterTrac links,
     56   you can explicitly disable this compatibility mode and then ''any''
     57   TracLinks can become an InterTrac link.
     58
     59Now, given the above configuration, one could create the following links:
     60 * to this InterTrac page:
     61   * `trac:wiki:InterTrac` trac:wiki:InterTrac
     62   * `t:wiki:InterTrac` t:wiki:InterTrac
     63   * Keys are case insensitive: `T:wiki:InterTrac` T:wiki:InterTrac
     64 * to the ticket #234:
     65   * `trac:ticket:234` trac:ticket:234
     66   * `trac:#234` trac:#234
     67   * `#T234` #T234
     68 * to the changeset [1912]:
     69   * `trac:changeset:1912` trac:changeset:1912
     70   * `[T1912]` [T1912]
     71 * to the log range [3300:3330]: '''(Note: the following ones need `trac.compat=false`)'''
     72   * `trac:log:@3300:3330` trac:log:@3300:3330 
     73   * `[trac 3300:3330]` [trac 3300:3330]
     74 * finally, to link to the start page of a remote trac, simply use its prefix followed by ':', inside an explicit link. Example: `[th: Trac Hacks]` (''since 0.11; note that the ''remote'' Trac has to run 0.11 for this to work'')
     75
     76The generic form `intertrac_prefix:module:id` is translated to the corresponding URL `<remote>/module/id`, shorthand links are specific to some modules (e.g. !#T234 is processed by the ticket module) and for the rest (`intertrac_prefix:something`), we rely on the TracSearch#quickjump facility of the remote Trac.
     77
     78----
     79See also: TracLinks, InterWiki