Editing Wiki Restructured Text

= reStructuredText Support in Trac = Trac supports using ''reStructuredText'' (RST) as an alternative to wiki markup in any context WikiFormatting is used. From the reStucturedText webpage: "''reStructuredText is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup syntax and parser system. It is useful for in-line program documentation (such as Python docstrings), for quickly creating simple web pages, and for standalone documents. reStructuredText is designed for extensibility for specific application domains. ''" If you want a file from your Subversion repository be displayed as reStructuredText in Trac's source browser, set `text/x-rst` as value for the Subversion property `svn:mime-type`. See [trac:source:/trunk/INSTALL this example]. === Requirements === Note that to activate RST support in Trac, the python docutils package must be installed. If not already available on your operating system, you can download it at the [http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html RST Website]. Install docutils using `easy_install docutils`. Do not use the package manager of your OS (e.g. `apt-get install python-docutils`), because Trac will not find docutils then. === More information on RST === * reStructuredText Website -- http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html * RST Quick Reference -- http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/rst/quickref.html ---- == Using RST in Trac == To specify that a block of text should be parsed using RST, use the ''rst'' processor. === TracLinks in reStructuredText === * Trac provides a custom RST directive `trac::` to allow TracLinks from within RST text. ||= Wiki Markup ||= Display || {{{#!td {{{ {{{ #!rst This is a reference to |a ticket| .. |a ticket| trac:: #42 }}} }}} }}} {{{#!td {{{ #!rst This is a reference to |a ticket| .. |a ticket| trac:: #42 }}} }}} * Trac allows an even easier way of creating TracLinks in RST, using the custom `:trac:` role. ||= Wiki Markup ||= Display || {{{#!td {{{ {{{ #!rst This is a reference to ticket `#12`:trac: To learn how to use Trac, see `TracGuide`:trac: }}} }}} }}} {{{#!td {{{ #!rst This is a reference to ticket `#12`:trac: To learn how to use Trac, see `TracGuide`:trac: }}} }}} For a complete example of all uses of the `:trac:` role, please see WikiRestructuredTextLinks. === Syntax highlighting in reStructuredText === There is a directive for doing TracSyntaxColoring in RST as well. The directive is called code-block ||= Wiki Markup ||= Display || {{{#!td {{{ {{{ #!rst .. code-block:: python class Test: def TestFunction(self): pass }}} }}} }}} {{{#!td {{{ #!rst .. code-block:: python class Test: def TestFunction(self): pass }}} }}} Note the need to indent the code at least one character after the `.. code-block` directive. === Wiki Macros in reStructuredText === For doing [WikiMacros Wiki Macros] in RST you use the same directive as for syntax highlighting i.e code-block. ||= Wiki Markup ||= Display || {{{#!td {{{ {{{ #!rst .. code-block:: RecentChanges Trac,3 }}} }}} }}} {{{#!td {{{ #!rst .. code-block:: RecentChanges Trac,3 }}} }}} Or a more concise Wiki Macro like syntax is also available, using the `:code-block:` role: ||= Wiki Markup ||= Display || {{{#!td {{{ {{{ #!rst :code-block:`RecentChanges:Trac,3` }}} }}} }}} {{{#!td {{{ #!rst :code-block:`RecentChanges:Trac,3` }}} }}} === Bigger RST Example === The example below should be mostly self-explanatory: ||= Wiki Markup ||= Display || {{{#!td {{{ #!html <pre class="wiki">{{{ #!rst FooBar Header ============= reStructuredText is **nice**. It has its own webpage_. A table: ===== ===== ====== Inputs Output ------------ ------ A B A or B ===== ===== ====== False False False True False True False True True True True True ===== ===== ====== RST TracLinks ------------- See also ticket `#42`:trac:. .. _webpage: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html }}}</pre> }}} }}} {{{#!td {{{ #!rst FooBar Header ============= reStructuredText is **nice**. It has its own webpage_. A table: ===== ===== ====== Inputs Output ------------ ------ A B A or B ===== ===== ====== False False False True False True False True True True True True ===== ===== ====== RST TracLinks ------------- See also ticket `#42`:trac:. .. _webpage: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html }}} }}} ---- See also: WikiRestructuredTextLinks, WikiProcessors, WikiFormatting