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    1 = Trac Macros =
     1= Trac Macros
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    3 [[PageOutline]]
     3[[PageOutline(2-5,Contents,pullout)]]
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    5 Trac macros are plugins to extend the Trac engine with custom 'functions' written in Python. A macro inserts dynamic HTML data in any context supporting WikiFormatting.
     5'''Trac macros''' extend Trac with custom functionality. Macros are a special type of plugin and are written in Python. A macro generates HTML in any context supporting WikiFormatting.
    66
    7 Another kind of macros are WikiProcessors. They typically deal with alternate markup formats and representation of larger blocks of information (like source code highlighting).
     7The macro syntax is `[[macro-name(optional-arguments)]]`.
    88
    9 == Using Macros ==
    10 Macro calls are enclosed in two ''square brackets''. Like Python functions, macros can also have arguments, a comma separated list within parentheses.
    11 
    12 Trac macros can also be written as TracPlugins. This gives them some capabilities that macros do not have, such as being able to directly access the HTTP request.
    13 
    14 === Example ===
    15 
    16 A list of 3 most recently changed wiki pages starting with 'Trac':
     9'''WikiProcessors''' are another kind of macro, commonly used for source code highlighting using a processor like `!#python` or `!#apache`:
    1710
    1811{{{
    19  [[RecentChanges(Trac,3)]]
     12{{{#!wiki-processor-name
     13...
     14}}}
    2015}}}
    2116
    22 Display:
    23  [[RecentChanges(Trac,3)]]
     17== Using Macros
    2418
    25 == Available Macros ==
     19Macro calls are enclosed in double-square brackets `[[..]]`. Like Python functions macros can have arguments, which take the form of a comma separated list within parentheses `[[..(,)]]`. A common macro used is a list of the 3 most recent changes to a wiki page, or here, for example, all wiki pages starting with 'Trac':
    2620
    27 ''Note that the following list will only contain the macro documentation if you've not enabled `-OO` optimizations, or not set the `PythonOptimize` option for [wiki:TracModPython mod_python].''
     21||= Wiki Markup =||= Display =||
     22{{{#!td
     23  {{{
     24  [[RecentChanges(Trac,3)]]
     25  }}}
     26}}}
     27{{{#!td style="padding-left: 2em;"
     28[[RecentChanges(Trac,3)]]
     29}}}
     30
     31=== Getting Detailed Help
     32
     33The list of available macros and the full help can be obtained using the !MacroList macro, see [#AvailableMacros below].
     34
     35A brief list can be obtained via `[[MacroList(*)]]` or `[[?]]`.
     36
     37Detailed help on a specific macro can be obtained by passing it as an argument to !MacroList, e.g. `[[MacroList(MacroList)]]`, or more conveniently, by appending a question mark (`?`) to the macro's name, like in `[[MacroList?]]`.
     38
     39== Available Macros
    2840
    2941[[MacroList]]
    3042
    31 == Macros from around the world ==
     43== Contributed macros
    3244
    33 The [http://trac-hacks.org/ Trac Hacks] site provides a wide collection of macros and other Trac [TracPlugins plugins] contributed by the Trac community. If you're looking for new macros, or have written one that you'd like to share with the world, please don't hesitate to visit that site.
     45The [https://trac-hacks.org/ Trac Hacks] site provides a large collection of macros and other Trac [TracPlugins plugins] contributed by the Trac community. If you are looking for new macros, or have written one that you would like to share, please visit that site.
    3446
    35 == Developing Custom Macros ==
    36 Macros, like Trac itself, are written in the [http://python.org/ Python programming language].
     47== Developing Custom Macros
    3748
    38 For more information about developing macros, see the [trac:TracDev development resources] on the main project site.
     49Macros, like Trac itself, are written in the [https://python.org/ Python programming language] and are a type of [TracPlugins plugin].
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     51Here are 2 simple examples showing how to create a Macro. For more information about developing macros, see the [trac:TracDev development resources] and [trac:browser:branches/1.4-stable/sample-plugins sample-plugins].
    4052
    41 == Implementation ==
     53=== Macro without arguments
    4254
    43 Here are 2 simple examples showing how to create a Macro with Trac 0.11.
     55To test the following code, copy it to `timestamp_sample.py` in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory.
    4456
    45 Also, have a look at [trac:source:tags/trac-0.11/sample-plugins/Timestamp.py Timestamp.py] for an example that shows the difference between old style and new style macros and at the [trac:source:tags/trac-0.11/wiki-macros/README macros/README] which provides a little more insight about the transition.
    46 
    47 === Macro without arguments ===
    48 It should be saved as `TimeStamp.py` (in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory) as Trac will use the module name as the Macro name.
    49 {{{
    50 #!python
    51 from datetime import datetime
    52 # Note: since Trac 0.11, datetime objects are used internally
    53 
    54 from genshi.builder import tag
    55 
    56 from trac.util.datefmt import format_datetime, utc
     57{{{#!python
     58from trac.util.datefmt import datetime_now, format_datetime, utc
     59from trac.util.html import tag
    5760from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase
    5861
    59 class TimeStampMacro(WikiMacroBase):
    60     """Inserts the current time (in seconds) into the wiki page."""
     62class TimestampMacro(WikiMacroBase):
     63    _description = "Inserts the current time (in seconds) into the wiki page."
    6164
    62     revision = "$Rev$"
    63     url = "$URL$"
    64 
    65     def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, args):
    66         t = datetime.now(utc)
    67         return tag.b(format_datetime(t, '%c'))
     65    def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, content, args=None):
     66        t = datetime_now(utc)
     67        return tag.strong(format_datetime(t, '%c'))
    6868}}}
    6969
    70 === Macro with arguments ===
    71 It should be saved as `HelloWorld.py` (in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory) as Trac will use the module name as the Macro name.
    72 {{{
    73 #!python
     70=== Macro with arguments
     71
     72To test the following code, copy it to `helloworld_sample.py` in the TracEnvironment's `plugins/` directory.
     73
     74{{{#!python
     75from trac.util.translation import cleandoc_
    7476from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase
    7577
    7678class HelloWorldMacro(WikiMacroBase):
     79    _description = cleandoc_(
    7780    """Simple HelloWorld macro.
    7881
    … …  
    8487    will become the documentation of the macro, as shown by
    8588    the !MacroList macro (usually used in the WikiMacros page).
    86     """
     89    """)
    8790
    88     revision = "$Rev$"
    89     url = "$URL$"
    90 
    91     def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, args):
     91    def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, content, args=None):
    9292        """Return some output that will be displayed in the Wiki content.
    9393
    9494        `name` is the actual name of the macro (no surprise, here it'll be
    9595        `'HelloWorld'`),
    96         `args` is the text enclosed in parenthesis at the call of the macro.
    97           Note that if there are ''no'' parenthesis (like in, e.g.
    98           [[HelloWorld]]), then `args` is `None`.
     96        `content` is the text enclosed in parenthesis at the call of the
     97          macro. Note that if there are ''no'' parenthesis (like in, e.g.
     98          [[HelloWorld]]), then `content` is `None`.
     99        `args` will contain a dictionary of arguments when called using the
     100          Wiki processor syntax and will be `None` if called using the
     101          macro syntax.
    99102        """
    100         return 'Hello World, args = ' + unicode(args)
    101    
    102     # Note that there's no need to HTML escape the returned data,
    103     # as the template engine (Genshi) will do it for us.
     103        return 'Hello World, content = ' + unicode(content)
    104104}}}
    105105
     106Note that `expand_macro` optionally takes a 4^th^ parameter ''`args`''. When the macro is called as a [WikiProcessors WikiProcessor], it is also possible to pass `key=value` [WikiProcessors#UsingProcessors processor parameters]. If given, those are stored in a dictionary and passed in this extra `args` parameter. When called as a macro, `args` is `None`.
    106107
    107 === {{{expand_macro}}} details ===
    108 {{{expand_macro}}} should return either a simple Python string which will be interpreted as HTML, or preferably a Markup object (use {{{from trac.util.html import Markup}}}).  {{{Markup(string)}}} just annotates the string so the renderer will render the HTML string as-is with no escaping. You will also need to import Formatter using {{{from trac.wiki import Formatter}}}.
     108For example, when writing:
     109{{{
     110{{{#!HelloWorld style="polite" -silent verbose
     111<Hello World!>
     112}}}
    109113
    110 If your macro creates wiki markup instead of HTML, you can convert it to HTML like this:
     114{{{#!HelloWorld
     115<Hello World!>
     116}}}
    111117
     118[[HelloWorld(<Hello World!>)]]
     119}}}
     120
     121One should get:
    112122{{{
    113 #!python
    114   text = "whatever wiki markup you want, even containing other macros"
    115   # Convert Wiki markup to HTML, new style
    116   out = StringIO()
    117   Formatter(self.env, formatter.context).format(text, out)
    118   return Markup(out.getvalue())
     123Hello World, text = <Hello World!>, args = {'style': u'polite', 'silent': False, 'verbose': True}
     124Hello World, text = <Hello World!>, args = {}
     125Hello World, text = <Hello World!>, args = None
    119126}}}
     127
     128Note that the return value of `expand_macro` is '''not''' HTML escaped. Depending on the expected result, you should escape it yourself (using `return Markup.escape(result)`), or if this is indeed HTML, wrap it in a Markup object: `return Markup(result)` (`from trac.util.html import Markup`).
     129
     130You can also recursively use a wiki formatter to process the `content` as wiki markup:
     131
     132{{{#!python
     133from trac.wiki.formatter import format_to_html
     134from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase
     135
     136class HelloWorldMacro(WikiMacroBase):
     137    def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, content, args):
     138        content = "any '''wiki''' markup you want, even containing other macros"
     139        # Convert Wiki markup to HTML
     140        return format_to_html(self.env, formatter.context, content)
     141}}}