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Interwiki Plugin
The InterwikiPlugin linksExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This plugin is inspired by UseMod Wiki's inter-wiki links, http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?InterWiki.
Syntax Rules
- Enter
ExternalSite:Pageto create a link that points to thePageon theExternalSiteserver. - All
ExternalSitealiases are defined in the InterWikis topic. - Add and edit aliases in InterWikis.
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For TWiki sites, both the web and the topic have to be specified: TWikisite:Webname/SomePage- TWiki:Plugins/InterwikiPlugin or TWiki:Plugins.InterwikiPlugin
InterwikiPlugin Settings
Plugin settings are stored as Preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write%<plugin>_<setting>%, for example, %INTERWIKIPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%
- One-line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules? topic:
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Link
ExternalSite:Pagetext to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Link
- Link rules topic name: (default is InterWikis)
- Set RULESTOPIC =
- Suppress tooltip help for links: (
0or1, default is0)- Set SUPPRESSTOOLTIP = 0
- Debug plugin: (See output in
data/debug.txt)- Set DEBUG = 0
Plugin Installation Instructions
NOTE: This Plugin is included in the TWiki distribution package. You do not need to install it unless you want to upgrade to a newer version.
- Download the ZIP file from the TWiki:Plugins web (see below)
- Unzip
InterwikiPlugin.zipin your TWiki installation directory. Content:File: Description: data/TWiki/InterwikiPlugin.txtPlugin topic data/TWiki/InterWikis.txtLink rules topic for inter-site links lib/TWiki/Plugins/InterwikiPlugin.pmPlugin Perl module - Test: If the Plugin is correctly installed, this Wiki:InterWiki link should point to http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?InterWiki topic - try it out.
Plugin Info
| Plugin Author: | TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny |
| Plugin Version: | 25 Aug 2004, 1.005 |
| Change History: | |
| 25 Aug 2004: | Updated InterWikis link rules (no code change) |
| 09 Mar 2004: | Internal changes: Use only official TWiki::Func Plugin API; for increased speed, moved Interwiki link handling from outsidePREHandler to startRenderingHandler |
| 16 Feb 2004: | Support [[Site:Page][label]] Interwiki links (PTh); use TWiki::Func interface for I18N regular expressions (Walter Mundt) |
| 18 Jan 2003: | Allow number sign # in Page name (PTh) |
| 31 Aug 2002: | Allow percent sign % in page name (PTh) |
| 27 Jul 2001: | Allow numbers 0-9 in site name |
| 26 Jul 2001: | Fixed alternating missed link bug due to greedy $postfixPattern (fix by Richard Donkin) |
| 14 Jul 2001: | Changed to plug & play |
| 16 Jun 2001: | Made tooltips optional; prevent Module::Sub type of link |
| 12 Jun 2001: | Added optional tool tips (IE only); added the link rules topic name variable; added flexible link patterns; optional $page in URL |
| 10 Jun 2001: | Changed rules topic to table-based syntax |
| 20 Feb 2001: | Initial version |
| CPAN Dependencies: | none |
| Other Dependencies: | none |
| Perl Version: | 5.0 |
| Plugin Home: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/InterwikiPlugin (TWiki:Plugins/InterwikiPlugin) |
| Feedback: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/InterwikiPluginDev (TWiki:Plugins/InterwikiPluginDev) |
-- TWiki:Main.MikeMannix - 01 Oct 2001
-- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 25 Aug 2004