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    1717and any other text fields explicitly marked as supporting WikiFormatting. 
    1818 
    19 Some examples: 
    20  * Tickets: '''!#1''' or '''!ticket:1''' 
    21  * Ticket comments: '''!comment:ticket:1:2'''  
    22  * Reports: '''!{1}''' or '''!report:1''' 
    23  * Changesets: '''!r1''', '''![1]''', '''!changeset:1''' or (restricted) '''![1/trunk]''', '''!changeset:1/trunk''', '''![2:5/trunk]''' 
    24  * Revision log: '''!r1:3''', '''![1:3]''' or '''!log:@1:3''', '''!log:trunk@1:3''' 
    25  * Diffs (requires [milestone:0.10 0.10]): '''!diff:@1:3''', '''!diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default''' or '''!diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539''' 
    26  * Wiki pages: '''!CamelCase''' or '''!wiki:CamelCase''' 
    27  * Parent page: '''![..]''' 
    28  * Milestones: '''!milestone:1.0''' 
    29  * Attachment: '''!attachment:ticket:944:attachment.1073.diff''' 
    30  * Files: '''!source:trunk/COPYING''' 
    31  * A specific file revision: '''!source:/trunk/COPYING@200''' 
    32  * A particular line of a specific file revision: '''!source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25''' 
    33 Display: 
    34  * Tickets: #1 or ticket:1 
    35  * Ticket comments: comment:ticket:1:2  
    36  * Reports: {1} or report:1 
    37  * Changesets: r1, [1], changeset:1, or (restricted) [1/trunk], changeset:1/trunk, [2:5/trunk] 
    38  * Revision log: r1:3, [1:3] or log:@1:3, log:trunk@1:3 
    39  * Diffs (requires [milestone:0.10 0.10]): diff:@20:30, diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default or diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring/trac@3539 
    40  * Wiki pages: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase 
    41  * Parent page: '''[..]''' 
    42  * Milestones: milestone:1.0 
    43  * Attachment: attachment:ticket:944:attachment.1073.diff 
    44  * Files: source:trunk/COPYING 
    45  * A specific file revision: source:/trunk/COPYING@200 
    46  * A particular line of a specific file revision: source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25 
     19== Overview == 
     20 
     21||= Wiki Markup =||= Display =|| 
     22{{{#!td 
     23 Wiki pages :: `CamelCase` or `wiki:CamelCase` 
     24 Parent page :: `[..]` 
     25 Tickets :: `#1` or `ticket:1` 
     26 Ticket comments :: `comment:1:ticket:2` 
     27 Reports :: `{1}` or `report:1` 
     28 Milestones :: `milestone:1.0` 
     29 Attachment :: `attachment:example.tgz` (for current page attachment), `attachment:attachment.1073.diff:ticket:944` (absolute path) 
     30 Changesets :: `r1`, `[1]`, `changeset:1` or (restricted) `[1/trunk]`, `changeset:1/trunk` 
     31 Revision log :: `r1:3`, `[1:3]` or `log:@1:3`, `log:trunk@1:3`, `[2:5/trunk]` 
     32 Diffs :: `diff:@1:3`, `diff:plugins/0.12/mercurial-plugin@9128:9953`, 
     33          `diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default`  
     34          or `diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539` 
     35 Files :: `source:trunk/COPYING`, `source:/trunk/COPYING@200` (at version 200), `source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25` (at version 200, line 25) 
     36}}} 
     37{{{#!td 
     38 Wiki pages :: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase 
     39 Parent page :: [..] 
     40 Tickets :: #1 or ticket:1 
     41 Ticket comments :: comment:1:ticket:2  
     42 Reports :: {1} or report:1 
     43 Milestones :: milestone:1.0 
     44 Attachment :: attachment:example.tgz (for current page attachment), attachment:attachment.1073.diff:ticket:944 (absolute path) 
     45 Changesets :: r1, [1], changeset:1 or (restricted) [1/trunk], changeset:1/trunk 
     46 Revision log :: r1:3, [1:3] or log:@1:3, log:trunk@1:3, [2:5/trunk] 
     47 Diffs :: diff:@1:3, diff:plugins/0.12/mercurial-plugin@9128:9953, 
     48          diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default  
     49          or diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539 
     50 Files :: source:trunk/COPYING, source:/trunk/COPYING@200 (at version 200), source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25 (at version 200, line 25) 
     51}}} 
    4752 
    4853'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to 
    … …  
    5156to links to Wiki page names. 
    5257 
    53 Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom 
    54 link title like this: 
    55  
    56 {{{ 
    57 [ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one]. 
    58 }}} 
    59  
    60 Display: [ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one]. 
    61  
    62 If the title is omitted, only the id (the part after the colon) is displayed: 
    63  
    64 {{{ 
    65 [ticket:1] 
    66 }}} 
    67  
    68 Display: [ticket:1] 
    69  
    70 `wiki` is the default if the namespace part of a full link is omitted (''since version 0.10''): 
    71  
    72 {{{ 
    73 [SandBox the sandbox] 
    74 }}} 
    75  
    76 Display: [SandBox the sandbox] 
     58 
     59{{{#!table class="" 
     60|||| Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom link title like this: || 
     61{{{#!td 
     62{{{ 
     63[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one] or 
     64[[ticket:1|This is another link to ticket number one]]. 
     65}}} 
     66}}} 
     67{{{#!td 
     68[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one] or 
     69[[ticket:1|This is another link to ticket number one]]. 
     70}}} 
     71|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     72|||| If the title is omitted, only the id (the part after the colon) is displayed:  || 
     73{{{#!td 
     74{{{ 
     75[ticket:1] or [[ticket:2]] 
     76}}} 
     77}}} 
     78{{{#!td 
     79[ticket:1] or [[ticket:2]] 
     80}}} 
     81|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     82|||| `wiki` is the default if the namespace part of a full link is omitted:  ||  
     83{{{#!td 
     84{{{ 
     85[SandBox the sandbox] or 
     86[[SandBox|the sandbox]] 
     87}}} 
     88}}} 
     89{{{#!td 
     90[SandBox the sandbox] or 
     91[[SandBox|the sandbox]] 
     92}}} 
     93|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     94|||| The short form ''realm:target'' can also be wrapped within a <...> pair, [[br]] which allow for arbitrary characters (i.e. anything but >)  || 
     95{{{#!td 
     96{{{ 
     97<wiki:Strange(page@!)> 
     98}}} 
     99}}} 
     100{{{#!td 
     101<wiki:Strange(page@!)> 
     102}}} 
     103}}} 
    77104 
    78105TracLinks are a very simple idea, but actually allow quite a complex network of information. In practice, 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. 
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    85112To create a link to a specific anchor in a page, use '#': 
    86113{{{ 
    87  [#Relativelinks relative links] 
     114 [#Relativelinks relative links] or [[#Relativelinks|relative links]] 
    88115}}} 
    89116Displays: 
    90   [#Relativelinks relative links] 
     117  [#Relativelinks relative links] or [[#Relativelinks|relative links]] 
    91118 
    92119Hint: when you move your mouse over the title of a section, a '¶' character will be displayed. This is a link to that specific section and you can use this to copy the `#...` part inside a relative link to an anchor. 
    93120 
    94 To create a link to a SubWiki-page just use a '/': 
     121To create a link to a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki]-page just use a '/': 
    95122{{{ 
    96123 WikiPage/SubWikiPage or ./SubWikiPage 
    97124}}} 
    98125 
    99 To link from a SubWiki page to a parent, simply use a '..': 
    100 {{{ 
    101   [..] 
    102 }}} 
    103  
    104 To link from a SubWiki page to a sibling page, use a '../': 
    105 {{{ 
    106   [../Sibling see next sibling] 
    107 }}} 
    108  
    109 ''(Changed in 0.11)'' Note that in Trac 0.10, using e.g. `[../newticket]`  may have worked for linking to the /newticket top-level URL, but now in 0.11 it will stay in the wiki namespace and link to a sibling page. See [#Server-relativelinks] for the new syntax. 
     126To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a parent, simply use a '..': 
     127{{{ 
     128  [..] or [[..]] 
     129}}} 
     130  [..] or [[..]] 
     131 
     132To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a [=#sibling sibling] page, use a '../': 
     133{{{ 
     134  [../Sibling see next sibling] or [[../Sibling|see next sibling]] 
     135}}} 
     136  [../Sibling see next sibling] or [[../Sibling|see next sibling]] 
     137 
     138But in practice you often won't need to add the `../` prefix to link to a sibling page. 
     139For resolving the location of a wiki link, it's the target page closest in the hierarchy 
     140to the page where the link is written which will be selected. So for example, within  
     141a sub-hierarchy, a sibling page will be targeted in preference to a toplevel page. 
     142This makes it easy to copy or move pages to a sub-hierarchy by [[WikiNewPage#renaming|renaming]] without having to adapt the links. 
     143 
     144In order to link explicitly to a [=#toplevel toplevel] Wiki page, 
     145use the `wiki:/` prefix. 
     146Be careful **not** to use the `/` prefix alone, as this corresponds to the 
     147[#Server-relativelinks] syntax and with such a link you will lack the `/wiki/`  
     148part in the resulting URL. 
     149 
     150''(Changed in 0.11)'' Note that in Trac 0.10, using e.g. `[../newticket]`  may have worked for linking to the `/newticket` top-level URL, but since 0.11, such a link will stay in the wiki namespace and therefore link to a sibling page.  
     151See [#Server-relativelinks] for the new syntax. 
    110152 
    111153=== InterWiki links === 
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    117159This can be seen as a kind of InterWiki link specialized for targeting other Trac projects. 
    118160 
    119 Any type of Trac links could be written in one Trac environment and actually refer to resources present in another Trac environment, provided the Trac link is prefixed by the name of that other Trac environment followed by a colon. That other Trac environment must be registered, under its name or an alias. See InterTrac for details.  
    120  
    121 A distinctive advantage of InterTrac links over InterWiki links is that the shorthand form of Trac links usually have a way to understand the InterTrac prefixes. For example, links to Trac tickets can be written #T234 (if T was set as an alias for Trac), links to Trac changesets can be written [trac 1508]. 
     161Any type of Trac link can be written in one Trac environment and actually refer to resources in another Trac environment. All that is required is to prefix the Trac link with the name of the other Trac environment followed by a colon. The other Trac environment must be registered on the InterTrac page.  
     162 
     163A distinctive advantage of InterTrac links over InterWiki links is that the shorthand form of Trac links (e.g. `{}`, `r`, `#`) can also be used. For example if T was set as an alias for Trac, links to Trac tickets can be written #T234, links to Trac changesets can be written [trac 1508]. 
     164See InterTrac for the complete details.  
    122165 
    123166=== Server-relative links === 
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    131174 
    132175{{{ 
    133 [/newticket Create a new ticket] 
    134 [/ home] 
    135 }}} 
    136  
    137 Display: [../newticket newticket][[comment(FIXME that's the 0.10 syntax)]]  [/ home] 
    138  
    139 To link to another location on the server (outside the project), use the '//location' link syntax (''Changed in 0.11''): 
    140  
    141 {{{ 
    142 [//register Register Here] 
    143 }}} 
    144  
    145 Display: [//register Register Here] 
     176[/newticket Create a new ticket] or [[//newticket|Create a new ticket]] 
     177[/ home] or [[/|home]] 
     178}}} 
     179 
     180Display: [/newticket Create a new ticket] or [[//newticket|Create a new ticket]] 
     181[/ home] or [[/|home]] 
     182 
     183To link to another location on the server (possibly outside the project but on the same host), use the `//` prefix (''Changed in 0.11''): 
     184 
     185{{{ 
     186[//register Register Here] or [[//register|Register Here]] 
     187}}} 
     188 
     189Display: [//register Register Here] or [[//register|Register Here]] 
    146190 
    147191=== Quoting space in TracLinks === 
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    153197 * !attachment:'the file.txt' or 
    154198 * !attachment:"the file.txt"  
    155  * !attachment:"ticket:123:the file.txt"  
     199 * !attachment:"the file.txt:ticket:123"  
     200 
     201Note that by using [trac:WikiCreole] style links, it's quite natural to write links containing spaces: 
     202 * ![[The whitespace convention]] 
     203 * ![[attachment:the file.txt]] 
    156204 
    157205=== Escaping Links === 
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    170218=== Parameterized Trac links === 
    171219 
    172 The Trac links target Trac resources which have generally more than one way to be rendered, according to some extra parameters. For example, a Wiki page can accept a `version` or a `format` parameter, a report can make use of dynamic variables, etc. 
    173  
    174 Any Trac links can support an arbitrary set of parameters, written in the same way as they would be for the corresponding URL. Some examples: 
     220Many Trac resources have more than one way to be rendered, depending on some extra parameters. For example, a Wiki page can accept a `version` or a `format` parameter, a report can make use of dynamic variables, etc. 
     221 
     222Trac links can support an arbitrary set of parameters, written in the same way as they would be for the corresponding URL. Some examples: 
    175223 - `wiki:WikiStart?format=txt` 
    176224 - `ticket:1?version=1` 
    177225 - `[/newticket?component=module1 create a ticket for module1]` 
     226 - `[/newticket?summary=Add+short+description+here create a ticket with URL with spaces]` 
    178227 
    179228 
    180229== TracLinks Reference == 
    181 The following sections describe the individual link types in detail, as well as several notes advanced usage of links. 
     230The following sections describe the individual link types in detail, as well as notes on advanced usage of links. 
    182231 
    183232=== attachment: links === 
    … …  
    185234The link syntax for attachments is as follows: 
    186235 * !attachment:the_file.txt creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the current object 
    187  * !attachment:wiki:MyPage:the_file.txt creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the !MyPage wiki page 
    188  * !attachment:ticket:753:the_file.txt creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the ticket 753 
     236 * !attachment:the_file.txt:wiki:MyPage creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the !MyPage wiki page 
     237 * !attachment:the_file.txt:ticket:753 creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the ticket 753 
     238 
     239Note that the older way, putting the filename at the end, is still supported: !attachment:ticket:753:the_file.txt. 
     240 
     241If you'd like to create a direct link to the content of the attached file instead of a link to the attachment page, simply use `raw-attachment:` instead of `attachment:`. 
     242 
     243This can be useful for pointing directly to an HTML document, for example. Note that for this use case, you'd have to allow the web browser to render the content by setting `[attachment] render_unsafe_content = yes` (see TracIni#attachment-section). Caveat: only do that in environments for which you're 100% confident you can trust the people who are able to attach files, as otherwise this would open up your site to [wikipedia:Cross-site_scripting cross-site scripting] attacks. 
     244 
     245See also [#export:links]. 
     246 
     247=== comment: links === 
     248 
     249When you're inside a given ticket, you can simply write e.g. !comment:3 to link to the third change comment. 
     250It is possible to link to a comment of a specific ticket from anywhere using one of the following syntax: 
     251 - `comment:3:ticket:123`  
     252 - `ticket:123#comment:3` (note that you can't write `#123#!comment:3`!) 
     253It is also possible to link to the ticket's description using one of the following syntax: 
     254 - `comment:description` (within the ticket) 
     255 - `comment:description:ticket:123` 
     256 - `ticket:123#comment:description` 
    189257 
    190258=== query: links === 
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    197265 
    198266=== ticket: links === 
     267 ''alias:'' `bug:` 
    199268 
    200269Besides the obvious `ticket:id` form, it is also possible to specify a list of tickets or even a range of tickets instead of the `id`. This generates a link to a custom query view containing this fixed set of tickets. 
    … …  
    213282 - `timeline:2008-01-29` 
    214283 - `timeline:2008-01-29T15:48` 
    215  - `timeline:2008-01-29T16:48Z+01` 
     284 - `timeline:2008-01-29T15:48Z` 
     285 - `timeline:2008-01-29T16:48+01` 
    216286 
    217287''(since Trac 0.11)'' 
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    222292 
    223293=== Version Control related links === 
     294 
     295It should be noted that multiple repository support works by creating a kind of virtual namespace for versioned files in which the toplevel folders correspond to the repository names. Therefore, in presence of multiple repositories, a ''/path'' specification in the syntax of links detailed below should start with the name of the repository. If omitted, the default repository is used. In case a toplevel folder of the default repository has the same name as a repository, the latter "wins". One can always access such folder by fully qualifying it (the default repository can be an alias of a named repository, or conversely, it is always possible to create an alias for the default repository, ask your Trac administrator). 
     296 
     297For example, `source:/trunk/COPYING` targets the path `/trunk/COPYING` in the default repository, whereas `source:/projectA/trunk/COPYING` targets the path `/trunk/COPYING` in the repository named `projectA`. This can be the same file if `'projectA'` is an alias to the default repository or if `''` (the default repository) is an alias to `'projectA'`. 
     298 
    224299==== source: links ==== 
    225  
    226 The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the directory browser  
    227 if the path points to a directory and otherwise open the log view. 
     300 ''aliases:'' `browser:`, `repos:` 
     301 
     302The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the browser in that directory directory  
     303if the path points to a directory or to show the latest content of the file. 
    228304 
    229305It's also possible to link directly to a specific revision of a file like this: 
    … …  
    237313Finally, one can also highlight an arbitrary set of lines: 
    238314 - `source:/some/file@123:10-20,100,103#L99` - highlight lines 10 to 20, and lines 100 and 103. 
    239 ''(since 0.11)'' 
     315   ''(since 0.11)'' 
     316 
     317Note that in presence of multiple repositories, the name of the repository is simply integrated in the path you specify for `source:` (e.g. `source:reponame/trunk/README`). ''(since 0.12)'' 
    240318 
    241319==== export: links ==== 
    … …  
    246324 * `export:/some/file@123` - get revision 123 of the specified file 
    247325 
    248 This can be very useful for displaying HTML documentation with correct stylesheets and images, in case that has been checked in the repository. 
    249  
    250 If the path is to a directory in the repository instead of a specific file, the source browser will be used to display the directory (identical to the result of `source:/some/dir`. 
     326This can be very useful for displaying XML or HTML documentation with correct stylesheets and images, in case that has been checked in into the repository. Note that for this use case, you'd have to allow the web browser to render the content by setting `[browser] render_unsafe_content = yes` (see TracIni#browser-section), otherwise Trac will force the files to be downloaded as attachments for security concerns.  
     327 
     328If the path is to a directory in the repository instead of a specific file, the source browser will be used to display the directory (identical to the result of `source:/some/dir`). 
    251329 
    252330==== log: links ==== 
    253331 
    254 The `log:` links are used to display revision ranges. In its simplest form, it can link to the latest revisions from the specified path, but it can also support displaying an arbitrary set of revisions. 
     332The `log:` links are used to display revision ranges. In its simplest form, it can link to the latest revisions of the specified path, but it can also support displaying an arbitrary set of revisions. 
    255333 - `log:/` - the latest revisions starting at the root of the repository 
    256334 - `log:/trunk/tools` - the latest revisions in `trunk/tools` 
    257335 - `log:/trunk/tools@10000` - the revisions in `trunk/tools` starting from  revision 10000 
    258  - `log:@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the 20791 to 20795 revision range 
    259  - `log:/trunk/tools@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from the 20791 to 20795 range which affect the given path 
     336 - `log:@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from 20791 to 20795  
     337 - `log:/trunk/tools@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from 20791 to 20795 which affect the given path 
    260338 
    261339There are short forms for revision ranges as well: 
    … …  
    264342 - `r20791:20795` (but not `r20788,20791:20795` nor `r20791:20795/trunk`) 
    265343 
    266 Finally, note that in all of the above, a revision range can be written indifferently `x:y` or `x-y`. 
     344Finally, note that in all of the above, a revision range can be written either as `x:y` or `x-y`. 
     345 
     346In the presence of multiple repositories, the name of the repository should be specified as the first part of the path, e.g. `log:repos/branches` or `[20-40/repos]`. 
    267347 
    268348----