WikiRestructuredText

Table of Contents reStructuredText Support in Trac Requirements More information on RST Using RST in Trac TracLinks in reStructuredText Syntax highlighting in reStructuredText Wiki Macros in reStructuredText Bigger RST Example = ===== = ===== = ===== = = ===== = ===== = ===== =

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].

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 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

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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 ||

Note the need to indent the code at least one character after the `.. code-block` directive.

Wiki Macros in reStructuredText

For doing [WikiMacros] in RST you use the same directive as for syntax highlighting i.e code-block.

||= Wiki Markup ||= Display ||

Or a more concise Wiki Macro like syntax is also available, using the `:code-block:` role:

||= Wiki Markup ||= Display ||

Bigger RST Example

The example below should be mostly self-explanatory:

||= Wiki Markup ||= Display ||

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See also: WikiRestructuredTextLinks, WikiProcessors, WikiFormatting