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Interwiki Plugin

Text ExternalSite:Page links to a page on an external site based on aliases defined in a rules topic

Introduction

The InterwikiPlugin links ExternalSite:Page text to a page on an external site 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

InterwikiPlugin Settings

This plugin can be configured with preferences settings in Main.TWikiPreferences (site level), a WebPreferences (web level) or in a topic (page level). Do not change the settings here, they are here only to illustrate the default values. To overload, copy the settings to one of the aforementioned topics.

Plugin Installation Instructions

ALERT! 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.

Plugin Info

Plugin Author: TWiki:Main/AndreaSterbini, TWiki:Main/PeterThoeny
Copyright: © 2001-2009 Andrea Sterbini,
© 2001-2012 Peter Thoeny, TWiki.org,
© 2001-2012 TWiki:TWiki/TWikiContributor
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
Plugin Version: 2012-10-25
Change History:  
2012-10-25: TWikibug:Item6979: Enhance INTERWIKIPLUGIN_RULESTOPIC to accept multiple topics and to deal with variable expansion -- TWiki:Main.MahiroAndo
2012-09-05: TWikibug:Item6837: Doc fixes
2010-08-04: TWikibug:Item6786: Fix for TWiki.org specific link fix no longer working as implemented in Item6731 - bug was introduced by Item6731 -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2010-06-06: TWikibug:Item6701: Adding TWikisvn link rule -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2010-05-25: TWikibug:Item6731: Small code fixes; documentation of Timothe's enhancements -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2011-05-25: TWikibug:Item6731: Allow quotes in page pattern, and URL-encode quoted page patterns -- TWiki:Main.TimotheLitt
2010-07-12: TWikibug:Item6521 - add ~ and % to allowed characters in page part of Site:page link
2010-06-23: TWikibug:Item6503 - fix TWiki.org specific TWiki:Web.Topic interwiki links to have .../view/Web/Topic type URLs
2010-05-15: TWikibug:Item6433 - doc improvements; replacing TWIKIWEB with SYSTEMWEB
28 Feb 2009: 17851 - TWikibug:Item5025 - Added = and & to page regex, allowing links such as Site:ID=1234&sel=56
03 Aug 2008: TWiki 4.2.1 release version
22 Jan 2008: TWiki 4.2.0 release version
25 Nov 2007: 15752 - TWikibug:Item5006 - Renamed Bugs rule to TWikibug rule (PTh)
13 Aug 2007: 14545 - TWikibug:Item4451 - Added Bugs: rule (TWiki:Main.CrawfordCurrie)
11 Aug 2007: 14538 - Fixed broken ISBN link (TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny)
08 Nov 2006: 11935 - Added css class="interwikiLink" (TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny)
07 Nov 2006: 11924 - Added INTERLINKFORMAT; removed redundant SUPPRESSTOOLTIP; allow @ signs in page part of interwiki link; support single digit page part (TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny)
26 Feb 2005: 1.008 TWiki:Main.CrawfordCurrie cleaned up code and made Dakar-ready
25 Aug 2004: 1.005 TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny 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: TWiki:Main.AndreaSterbini, TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - Initial version
CPAN Dependencies: none
Other Dependencies: none
Perl Version: 5.0
Benchmarks: GoodStyle 100%, FormattedSearch 98%, InterwikiPlugin 98%
Plugin Home: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/InterwikiPlugin
Feedback: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/InterwikiPluginDev
Appraisal: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/InterwikiPluginAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPlugins, DeveloperDocumentationCategory, AdminDocumentationCategory, TWikiPreferences, InterWikis

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