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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.
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5== List of Active InterTrac Prefixes
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7[[InterTrac]]
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9== Link Syntax
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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.
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13{{{
14<target_environment>:<TracLinks>
15}}}
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17The other resource is specified using a regular TracLinks, of any flavor.
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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.
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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`.
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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]`.
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27== Examples
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29It is necessary to setup a configuration for the InterTrac facility.
30This configuration has to be done in the TracIni file, `[intertrac]` section.
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32Example configuration:
33{{{#!ini
34[intertrac]
35# -- Example of setting up an alias:
36t = trac
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38# -- Link to an external Trac:
39trac.title = Edgewall's Trac for Trac
40trac.url = http://trac.edgewall.org
41}}}
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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.
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46The `.title` information will be used for providing an useful tooltip when moving the cursor over an InterTrac links.
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48Now, given the above configuration, one could create the following links:
49 * to this InterTrac page:
50   * `trac:wiki:InterTrac` trac:wiki:InterTrac
51   * `t:wiki:InterTrac` t:wiki:InterTrac
52   * Keys are case insensitive: `T:wiki:InterTrac` T:wiki:InterTrac
53 * to the ticket #234:
54   * `trac:ticket:234` trac:ticket:234
55   * `trac:#234` trac:#234
56   * `#T234` #T234
57 * to the changeset [1912]:
58   * `trac:changeset:1912` trac:changeset:1912
59   * `[T1912]` [T1912]
60 * to the log range [3300:3330]:
61   * `trac:log:@3300:3330` trac:log:@3300:3330 
62   * `[trac 3300:3330]` [trac 3300:3330]
63   * 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]` (note that the ''remote'' Trac has to run Trac >= 0.11 for this to work'')
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65The 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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68See also: TracLinks, InterWiki
Note: See TracBrowser for help on using the repository browser.