Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracLinks


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     1= Trac Links =
     2As you might have guessed, TracLinks are a very fundamental feature of Trac.
     3
     4They allow hyperlinking between Trac entities (tickets, reports, changesets, Wiki
     5pages, milestones and source files) from anywhere WikiFormatting is used.
     6
     7TracLinks are generally of the form '''item:id''' (where ''id'' represents the
     8number, name or path of the item) though some frequently used kinds of items
     9also have short-hand, alternative, notations.
     10
     11Some examples:
     12
     13 * Tickets: '''!#1''' or '''!ticket:1'''
     14 * Reports: '''!{1}''' or '''!report:1'''
     15 * Changesets: '''![1]''' or '''!changeset:1'''
     16 * Wiki pages: '''CamelCase''' or '''!wiki:CamelCase'''
     17 * Milestones: '''!milestone:1.0'''
     18 * Files: '''!source:trunk/COPYING'''
     19
     20Display:
     21 * Tickets: #1 or ticket:1
     22 * Reports: {1} or report:1
     23 * Changesets: [1] or changeset:1
     24 * Wiki pages: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase
     25 * Milestones: milestone:1.0
     26 * Files: source:trunk/COPYING
     27
     28'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
     29pages whose names do not follow WikiPageNames rules, i.e., single words,
     30non-alphabetic characters, etc.
     31
     32Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom
     33link title like this:
     34
     35{{{
     36[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
     37}}}
     38
     39Display:
     40
     41[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
     42
     43It might seem a simple enough concept at a glance, but actually allows quite a complex network of information.
     44
     45In practice though, it's very intuitive and simple to use, and we've found the "link trail" extremely helpful to better understand what's
     46happening in a project or why a particular change was made.
     47
     48== source: links ==
     49The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the directory browser if the path points
     50to a directory and otherwise open the log view. It's also possible to link directly to a specific
     51revision of a file like this: source:/some/file#123 or like this to link to the latest revision:
     52source:/some/file#latest.
     53
     54== Where to use TracLinks ==
     55You can use TracLinks in:
     56
     57 * Source code (Subversion) commit messages
     58 * Wiki pages
     59 * Full descriptions for tickets, reports and milestones
     60
     61and any other text fields explicitly marked as supporting WikiFormatting.
     62
     63== Escaping TracLinks ==
     64To prevent parsing of a !TracLink, you can escape it by preceding it with a '!' (exclamation mark).
     65
     66{{{
     67 !NoLinkHere.
     68 ![42] is not a link either.
     69}}}
     70
     71Display:
     72 !NoLinkHere.
     73 ![42] is not a link either.
     74
     75----
     76See also: WikiFormatting, TracWiki
     77