Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracLinks

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Nov 19, 2005, 11:38:44 AM (19 years ago)

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+= Trac Links =
+As you might have guessed, TracLinks are a very fundamental feature of Trac.
+
+They allow hyperlinking between Trac entities (tickets, reports, changesets, Wiki
+pages, milestones and source files) from anywhere WikiFormatting is used.
+
+TracLinks are generally of the form '''item:id''' (where ''id'' represents the
+number, name or path of the item) though some frequently used kinds of items
+also have short-hand, alternative, notations. 
+
+Some examples:
+
+ * Tickets: '''!#1''' or '''!ticket:1'''
+ * Reports: '''!{1}''' or '''!report:1'''
+ * Changesets: '''![1]''' or '''!changeset:1'''
+ * Wiki pages: '''CamelCase''' or '''!wiki:CamelCase'''
+ * Milestones: '''!milestone:1.0'''
+ * Files: '''!source:trunk/COPYING'''
+
+Display:
+ * Tickets: #1 or ticket:1
+ * Reports: {1} or report:1
+ * Changesets: [1] or changeset:1
+ * Wiki pages: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase
+ * Milestones: milestone:1.0
+ * Files: source:trunk/COPYING
+
+'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
+pages whose names do not follow WikiPageNames rules, i.e., single words,
+non-alphabetic characters, etc.
+
+Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom
+link title like this:
+
+{{{
+[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
+}}}
+
+Display:
+
+[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
+
+It might seem a simple enough concept at a glance, but actually allows quite a complex network of information.
+
+In practice though, it's very intuitive and simple to use, and we've found the "link trail" extremely helpful to better understand what's
+happening in a project or why a particular change was made.
+
+== source: links ==
+The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the directory browser if the path points
+to a directory and otherwise open the log view. It's also possible to link directly to a specific
+revision of a file like this: source:/some/file#123 or like this to link to the latest revision:
+source:/some/file#latest.
+
+== Where to use TracLinks ==
+You can use TracLinks in:
+
+ * Source code (Subversion) commit messages
+ * Wiki pages
+ * Full descriptions for tickets, reports and milestones
+
+and any other text fields explicitly marked as supporting WikiFormatting.
+
+== Escaping TracLinks ==
+To prevent parsing of a !TracLink, you can escape it by preceding it with a '!' (exclamation mark).
+
+{{{
+ !NoLinkHere.
+ ![42] is not a link either.
+}}}
+
+Display:
+ !NoLinkHere.
+ ![42] is not a link either.
+
+----
+See also: WikiFormatting, TracWiki
+