Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of InterTrac

Timestamp:

Jan 20, 2016, 12:17:02 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

trac

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InterTrac

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-= InterTrac Links  =
+= InterTrac Links
 
-Trac supports a convenient way to refer to resources of other Trac servers, from within the Wiki markup, since version 0.10.
+Trac 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. 
 
-== 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 ==
+== List of Active InterTrac Prefixes
 
 [[InterTrac]]
 
-== Link Syntax ==
+== 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.
+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.
 
 {{{
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 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. 
+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.
 
-If 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 (i.e. the above would be displayed as `WikiExtrasPlugin`).
+If 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`.
 
-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]`, ...)
+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, eg `#T234`, `[T1508]`, `[trac 1508]`.
 
-== Examples ==
+== Examples
 
 It is necessary to setup a configuration for the InterTrac facility.
@@ -43 +31 @@
 
 Example configuration:
-{{{
-...
+{{{#!ini
 [intertrac]
 # -- Example of setting up an alias:
@@ -55 +42 @@
 
 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.
+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.
+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
@@ -67 +52 @@
    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. 
+   This is called the compatibility mode, and is `false` 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'' 
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  * 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.
+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.
 
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