Wiki Processors
Processors are wiki macros designed to provide alternative markup formats for the Wiki engine. Processors can be thought of as macro functions to process user-edited text.
The Wiki engine uses processors to allow using Restructured Text, raw HTML and textile in any Wiki text throughout Trac.
Using Processors
To use a processor on a block of text, use a Wiki code block, selecting a processor by name using shebang notation (#!), familiar to most UNIX users from scripts.
Example 1 (inserting raw HTML in a wiki text):
{{{
#!html
<h1 style="color: orange">This is raw HTML</h1>
}}}
Results in:
This is raw HTML
Example 2 (inserting Restructured Text in wiki text):
{{{
#!rst
A header
--------
This is some **text** with a footnote [*]_.
.. [*] This is the footnote.
}}}
Results in:
A header -------- This is some **text** with a footnote [*]_. .. [*] This is the footnote.
Example 3 (inserting a block of C source code in wiki text):
{{{
#!c
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("Hello World\n");
return 0;
}
}}}
Results in:
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf("Hello World\n"); return 0; }
Available Processors
The following processors are included in the Trac distribution:
- html -- Insert custom HTML in a wiki page. See WikiHtml.
- div -- Wrap an arbitrary Wiki content in a <div> element (since 0.11). See WikiHtml.
- rst -- Trac support for Restructured Text. See WikiRestructuredText.
- textile -- Supported if Textile is installed. See a Textile reference.
- comment -- Do not process the text in this section (i.e. contents exist only in the plain text - not in the rendered page).
Code Highlighting Support
Trac includes processors to provide inline syntax highlighting for the following languages:
- c -- C
- cpp -- C++
- python -- Python
- perl -- Perl
- ruby -- Ruby
- php -- PHP
- asp --- ASP
- sql -- SQL
- xml -- XML
- sh -- Bourne/Bash? shell
Note: Trac relies on external software packages for syntax coloring. See TracSyntaxColoring for more info.
By using the MIME type as processor, it is possible to syntax-highlight the same languages that are supported when browsing source code. For example, you can write:
{{{
#!text/html
<h1>text</h1>
}}}
The result will be syntax highlighted HTML code. The same is valid for all other mime types supported.
For more processor macros developed and/or contributed by users, visit:
Advanced Topics: Developing Processor Macros
Developing processors is no different from wiki macros. In fact they work the same way, only the usage syntax differs.
See also: TracWikiMacros, WikiHtml, WikiRestructuredText, TracSyntaxColoring, WikiFormatting, TracGuide
