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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, since version 0.10.
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5== Definitions ==
6
7An InterTrac link can be seen as a scoped TracLinks.
8It is used for referring to a Trac resource
9(Wiki page, changeset, ticket, ...) located in another
10Trac environment.
11
12== List of Active InterTrac Prefixes ==
13
14[[InterTrac]]
15
16== Link Syntax ==
17
18Simply use the name of the other Trac environment as a prefix,
19followed by a colon, ending with the resource located in the other environment.
20
21{{{
22<target_environment>:<TracLinks>
23}}}
24
25The other resource is specified using a regular TracLinks, of any flavor.
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27That target environment name is either the real name of the
28environment, or an alias for it.
29The aliases are defined in `trac.ini` (see below).
30The prefix is case insensitive.
31
32If 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`).
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34For convenience, there's also some alternative short-hand form,
35where one can use an alias as an immediate prefix
36for the identifier of a ticket, changeset or report:
37(e.g. `#T234`, `[T1508]`, `[trac 1508]`, ...)
38
39== Examples ==
40
41It is necessary to setup a configuration for the InterTrac facility.
42This configuration has to be done in the TracIni file, `[intertrac]` section.
43
44Example configuration:
45{{{
46...
47[intertrac]
48# -- Example of setting up an alias:
49t = trac
50
51# -- Link to an external Trac:
52trac.title = Edgewall's Trac for Trac
53trac.url = http://trac.edgewall.org
54}}}
55
56The `.url` is mandatory and is used for locating the other Trac.
57This can be a relative URL in case that Trac environment is located
58on the same server.
59
60The `.title` information will be used for providing an useful tooltip
61when moving the cursor over an InterTrac links.
62
63Finally, the `.compat` option can be used to activate or disable
64a ''compatibility'' mode:
65 * If the targeted Trac is running a version below [trac:milestone:0.10 0.10]
66   ([trac:r3526 r3526] to be precise), then it doesn't know how to dispatch an InterTrac
67   link, and it's up to the local Trac to prepare the correct link.
68   Not all links will work that way, but the most common do.
69   This is called the compatibility mode, and is `true` by default.
70 * If you know that the remote Trac knows how to dispatch InterTrac links,
71   you can explicitly disable this compatibility mode and then ''any''
72   TracLinks can become an InterTrac link.
73
74Now, given the above configuration, one could create the following links:
75 * to this InterTrac page:
76   * `trac:wiki:InterTrac` trac:wiki:InterTrac
77   * `t:wiki:InterTrac` t:wiki:InterTrac
78   * Keys are case insensitive: `T:wiki:InterTrac` T:wiki:InterTrac
79 * to the ticket #234:
80   * `trac:ticket:234` trac:ticket:234
81   * `trac:#234` trac:#234
82   * `#T234` #T234
83 * to the changeset [1912]:
84   * `trac:changeset:1912` trac:changeset:1912
85   * `[T1912]` [T1912]
86 * to the log range [3300:3330]: '''(Note: the following ones need `trac.compat=false`)'''
87   * `trac:log:@3300:3330` trac:log:@3300:3330 
88   * `[trac 3300:3330]` [trac 3300:3330]
89 * 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'')
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91The generic form `intertrac_prefix:module:id` is translated
92to the corresponding URL `<remote>/module/id`, shorthand links
93are specific to some modules (e.g. !#T234 is processed by the
94ticket module) and for the rest (`intertrac_prefix:something`),
95we rely on the TracSearch#quickjump facility of the remote Trac.
96
97----
98See also: TracLinks, InterWiki
Note: See TracBrowser for help on using the repository browser.