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Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of TracLinks


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Nov 15, 2004, 4:54:41 AM (20 years ago)
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  • TracLinks

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    22As you might have guessed, TracLinks are a very fundamental feature of Trac.
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    4 They allow easy hyperlinking to Trac items (tickets, reports, changesets, Wiki
    5 pages, milestones and source files) from anywhere in the system where
    6 WikiFormatting is used.
     4They allow hyperlinking between Trac entities (tickets, reports, changesets, Wiki
     5pages, milestones and source files) from anywhere WikiFormatting is used.
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    87TracLinks are generally of the form '''item:id''' (where ''id'' represents the
    98number, name or path of the item) though some frequently used kinds of items
    10 have also alternative, shorthand notations. For example:
     9also have short-hand, alternative, notations.
     10
     11Some examples:
    1112
    1213 * Tickets: '''!#1''' or '''!ticket:1'''
     
    2526 * Files: source:trunk/COPYING
    2627
    27 The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
     28'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
    2829pages whose names do not follow WikiPageNames rules, i.e., single words,
    2930non-alphabetic characters, etc.
     
    3132Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom
    3233link title like this:
     34
    3335{{{
    3436[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
     
    3941[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
    4042
    41 It seems a simple enough concept at a glance, but actually allows quite a complex network of information.
     43It might seem a simple enough concept at a glance, but actually allows quite a complex network of information.
    4244
    43 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.
     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.
    4447
    4548== source: links ==
     
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    7275----
    73 See also: WikiFormatting
     76See also: WikiFormatting, TracWiki
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