Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of WikiMacros

Timestamp:

2018-05-12T08:27:23-07:00 (7 years ago)

Author:

trac

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WikiMacros

@@ -1 @@
-= Trac Macros =
+= Trac Macros
 
-[[PageOutline]]
+[[PageOutline(2-5,Contents,pullout)]]
 
-Trac macros are plugins to extend the Trac engine with custom 'functions' written in Python. A macro inserts dynamic HTML data in any context supporting WikiFormatting. Its syntax is `[[macro-name(optional-arguments)]]`.
+'''Trac macros''' extend the Trac engine with custom functionality. Macros are a special type of plugin and are written in Python. A macro inserts dynamic HTML data in any context supporting WikiFormatting.
 
-The WikiProcessors are another kind of macros. They typically deal with alternate markup formats and transformation of larger "blocks" of information (like source code highlighting). They are used for processing the multiline `{{{#!wiki-processor-name ... }}}` blocks.
+The macro syntax is `[[macro-name(optional-arguments)]]`.
 
-== Using Macros ==
+'''WikiProcessors''' are another kind of macros. They are typically used for source code highlighting, such as `!#python` or `!#apache` and when the source code spans multiple lines, such as:
 
-Macro calls are enclosed in two ''square brackets''. Like Python functions, macros can also have arguments, a comma separated list within parentheses.
+{{{
+{{{#!wiki-processor-name
+... 
+}}}
+}}}
 
-=== Getting Detailed Help ===
+== Using Macros
+
+Macro calls are enclosed in double-square brackets `[[..]]`. Like Python functions, macros can have arguments, which is then a comma separated list within parentheses `[[..(,)]]`.
+
+=== Getting Detailed Help
+
 The list of available macros and the full help can be obtained using the !MacroList macro, as seen [#AvailableMacros below].
 
@@ -18 +27 @@
 Detailed help on a specific macro can be obtained by passing it as an argument to !MacroList, e.g. `[[MacroList(MacroList)]]`, or, more conveniently, by appending a question mark (`?`) to the macro's name, like in `[[MacroList?]]`.
 
+=== Example
 
-
-=== Example ===
-
-A list of 3 most recently changed wiki pages starting with 'Trac':
+A list of the 3 most recently changed wiki pages starting with 'Trac':
 
 ||= Wiki Markup =||= Display =||
@@ -50 +57 @@
 {{{#!td style="padding-left: 2em"
 {{{#!html 
-<div style="font-size: 80%" class="trac-macrolist">
+<div class="trac-macrolist">
 <h3><code>[[Image]]</code></h3>Embed an image in wiki-formatted text.
 
-The first argument is the file …
+The first argument is the file, as in <code>[[Image(filename.png)]]</code>
 <h3><code>[[InterTrac]]</code></h3>Provide a list of known <a class="wiki" href="/wiki/InterTrac">InterTrac</a> prefixes.
 <h3><code>[[InterWiki]]</code></h3>Provide a description list for the known <a class="wiki" href="/wiki/InterWiki">InterWiki</a> prefixes.
 <h3><code>[[KnownMimeTypes]]</code></h3>List all known mime-types which can be used as <a class="wiki" href="/wiki/WikiProcessors">WikiProcessors</a>.
-Can be …</div>
+</div>
 }}}
 etc.
 }}}
 
-== Available Macros ==
+== Available Macros
 
 ''Note that the following list will only contain the macro documentation if you've not enabled `-OO` optimizations, or not set the `PythonOptimize` option for [wiki:TracModPython mod_python].''
@@ -68 +75 @@
 [[MacroList]]
 
-== Macros from around the world ==
+== Macros from around the world
 
-The [http://trac-hacks.org/ Trac Hacks] site provides a wide collection of macros and other Trac [TracPlugins plugins] contributed by the Trac community. If you're looking for new macros, or have written one that you'd like to share with the world, please don't hesitate to visit that site.
+The [http://trac-hacks.org/ Trac Hacks] site provides a wide collection of macros and other Trac [TracPlugins plugins] contributed by the Trac community. If you are looking for new macros, or have written one that you would like to share, please visit that site.
 
-== Developing Custom Macros ==
+== Developing Custom Macros
+
 Macros, like Trac itself, are written in the [http://python.org/ Python programming language] and are developed as part of TracPlugins.
 
 For more information about developing macros, see the [trac:TracDev development resources] on the main project site.
 
+Here are 2 simple examples showing how to create a Macro. Also, have a look at [trac:source:tags/trac-1.0.2/sample-plugins/Timestamp.py Timestamp.py] for an example that shows the difference between old style and new style macros and at the [trac:source:tags/trac-0.11/wiki-macros/README macros/README] which provides more insight about the transition.
 
-Here are 2 simple examples showing how to create a Macro with Trac 0.11. 
+=== Macro without arguments
 
-Also, have a look at [trac:source:tags/trac-0.11/sample-plugins/Timestamp.py Timestamp.py] for an example that shows the difference between old style and new style macros and at the [trac:source:tags/trac-0.11/wiki-macros/README macros/README] which provides a little more insight about the transition.
+To test the following code, save it in a `timestamp_sample.py` file located in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory.
 
-=== Macro without arguments ===
-To test the following code, you should saved it in a `timestamp_sample.py` file located in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory.
-{{{
-#!python
+{{{#!python
 from datetime import datetime
 # Note: since Trac 0.11, datetime objects are used internally
 
-from genshi.builder import tag
-
 from trac.util.datefmt import format_datetime, utc
+from trac.util.html import tag
 from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase
 
@@ -105 +110 @@
 }}}
 
-=== Macro with arguments ===
-To test the following code, you should saved it in a `helloworld_sample.py` file located in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory.
-{{{
-#!python
-from genshi.core import Markup
+=== Macro with arguments
 
+To test the following code, save it in a `helloworld_sample.py` file located in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory.
+
+{{{#!python
+from trac.util.html import Markup
 from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase
 
@@ -144 +149 @@
 }}}
 
-Note that `expand_macro` optionally takes a 4^th^ parameter ''`args`''. When the macro is called as a [WikiProcessors WikiProcessor], it's also possible to pass `key=value` [WikiProcessors#UsingProcessors processor parameters]. If given, those are stored in a dictionary and passed in this extra `args` parameter. On the contrary, when called as a macro, `args` is  `None`. (''since 0.12'').
+Note that `expand_macro` optionally takes a 4^th^ parameter ''`args`''. When the macro is called as a [WikiProcessors WikiProcessor], it is also possible to pass `key=value` [WikiProcessors#UsingProcessors processor parameters]. If given, those are stored in a dictionary and passed in this extra `args` parameter. In the other case, when called as a macro, `args` is `None`. (''since 0.12'').
 
 For example, when writing:
@@ -158 +163 @@
 [[HelloWorld(<Hello World!>)]]
 }}}
+
 One should get:
 {{{
-Hello World, text = <Hello World!> , args = {'style': u'polite', 'silent': False, 'verbose': True}
-Hello World, text = <Hello World!> , args = {}
-Hello World, text = <Hello World!> , args = None
+Hello World, text = <Hello World!>, args = {'style': u'polite', 'silent': False, 'verbose': True}
+Hello World, text = <Hello World!>, args = {}
+Hello World, text = <Hello World!>, args = None
 }}}
 
-Note that the return value of `expand_macro` is '''not''' HTML escaped. Depending on the expected result, you should escape it by yourself (using `return Markup.escape(result)`) or, if this is indeed HTML, wrap it in a Markup object (`return Markup(result)`) with `Markup` coming from Genshi, (`from genshi.core import Markup`).  
+Note that the return value of `expand_macro` is '''not''' HTML escaped. Depending on the expected result, you should escape it yourself (using `return Markup.escape(result)`) or, if this is indeed HTML, wrap it in a Markup object: `return Markup(result)` (`from trac.util.html import Markup`).
 
-You can also recursively use a wiki Formatter (`from trac.wiki import Formatter`) to process the `text` as wiki markup, for example by doing:
+You can also recursively use a wiki Formatter (`from trac.wiki import Formatter`) to process the `text` as wiki markup:
 
-{{{
-#!python
-from genshi.core import Markup
+{{{#!python
+from trac.util.html import Markup
 from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase
 from trac.wiki import Formatter
@@ -177 +182 @@
 
 class HelloWorldMacro(WikiMacroBase):
-        def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, text, args):
-                text = "whatever '''wiki''' markup you want, even containing other macros"
-                # Convert Wiki markup to HTML, new style
-                out = StringIO.StringIO()
-                Formatter(self.env, formatter.context).format(text, out)
-                return Markup(out.getvalue())
+    def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, text, args):
+        text = "whatever '''wiki''' markup you want, even containing other macros"
+        # Convert Wiki markup to HTML, new style
+        out = StringIO.StringIO()
+        Formatter(self.env, formatter.context).format(text, out)
+        return Markup(out.getvalue())
 }}}