Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of InterTrac

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Nov 9, 2010, 9:41:53 AM (14 years ago)

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InterTrac

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+= InterTrac Links  =
+
+Trac supports a convenient way to refer to resources of other Trac servers, from within the Wiki markup, since version 0.10.
+
+== Definitions ==
+
+An InterTrac link can be seen as a scoped TracLinks.
+It is used for referring to a Trac resource 
+(Wiki page, changeset, ticket, ...) located in another
+Trac environment.
+
+== List of Active InterTrac Prefixes ==
+
+[[InterTrac]]
+
+== Link Syntax ==
+
+Simply use the name of the other Trac environment as a prefix, 
+followed by a colon, ending with the resource located in the other environment.
+
+{{{
+<target_environment>:<TracLinks>
+}}}
+
+The other resource is specified using a regular TracLinks, of any flavor.
+
+That target environment name is either the real name of the 
+environment, or an alias for it. 
+The aliases are defined in `trac.ini` (see below).
+The prefix is case insensitive.
+
+When a TracLink is enclosed in brackets, the alias is expanded.  That is, `[th:ticket:1]` is displayed as `trachacks:ticket:1`, since `th` is an alias for `trachacks`.  If the TracLink is not enclosed in brackets, then the alias is displayed as it is typed.
+
+For 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:
+(e.g. `#T234`, `[T1508]`, `[trac 1508]`, ...)
+
+== Examples ==
+
+It is necessary to setup a configuration for the InterTrac facility.
+This configuration has to be done in the TracIni file, `[intertrac]` section.
+
+Example configuration:
+{{{
+...
+[intertrac]
+# -- Example of setting up an alias:
+t = trac
+
+# -- Link to an external Trac:
+trac.title = Edgewall's Trac for Trac
+trac.url = http://trac.edgewall.org
+}}}
+
+The `.url` is mandatory and is used for locating the other Trac.
+This can be a relative URL in case that Trac environment is located 
+on the same server.
+
+The `.title` information will be used for providing an useful tooltip
+when moving the cursor over an InterTrac links.
+
+Finally, the `.compat` option can be used to activate or disable
+a ''compatibility'' mode:
+ * If the targeted Trac is running a version below [trac:milestone:0.10 0.10] 
+   ([trac:r3526 r3526] to be precise), then it doesn't know how to dispatch an InterTrac 
+   link, and it's up to the local Trac to prepare the correct link. 
+   Not all links will work that way, but the most common do. 
+   This is called the compatibility mode, and is `true` by default. 
+ * If you know that the remote Trac knows how to dispatch InterTrac links, 
+   you can explicitly disable this compatibility mode and then ''any'' 
+   TracLinks can become an InterTrac link.
+
+Now, given the above configuration, one could create the following links:
+ * to this InterTrac page:
+   * `trac:wiki:InterTrac` trac:wiki:InterTrac
+   * `t:wiki:InterTrac` t:wiki:InterTrac
+   * Keys are case insensitive: `T:wiki:InterTrac` T:wiki:InterTrac
+ * to the ticket #234:
+   * `trac:ticket:234` trac:ticket:234
+   * `trac:#234` trac:#234 
+   * `#T234` #T234
+ * to the changeset [1912]:
+   * `trac:changeset:1912` trac:changeset:1912
+   * `[T1912]` [T1912]
+ * to the log range [3300:3330]: '''(Note: the following ones need `trac.compat=false`)'''
+   * `trac:log:@3300:3330` trac:log:@3300:3330  
+   * `[trac 3300:3330]` [trac 3300:3330] 
+ * 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'')
+
+The 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.
+
+----
+See also: TracLinks, InterWiki