Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of WikiMacros

Timestamp:

Jul 17, 2018, 2:12:54 PM (6 years ago)

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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.
+'''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.
 
-Another kind of macros are WikiProcessors. They typically deal with alternate markup formats and representation of larger blocks of information (like source code highlighting).
+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
 
@@ -102 +107 @@
     def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, text):
         t = datetime.now(utc)
-        return tag.b(format_datetime(t, '%c'))
+        return tag.strong(format_datetime(t, '%c'))
 }}}
 
-=== 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())
 }}}