VersionLinkPlugin

[Development discussions in VersionLinkPluginDev]

This plugin makes it easy to link to a VERSION of an attached file vs. linking to the latest version (what ATTACHURLPATH does). I basically pinched the code that viewfile.pm uses to let you download versions of files from RCS.

Syntax Rules

%VERSIONLINK{ filename , version }%

Example: %VERSIONLINK{foo.c,1.1}%

VersionLinkPlugin Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e. %INTERWIKIPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

• One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = This plugin makes it easy to link to a VERSION of an attached file vs. linking to the latest version.

• Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
  • Set DEBUG = 0

Plugin Installation Instructions

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
• Unzip VersionLinkPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

  File:	Description:
  data/TWiki/VersionLinkPlugin.txt	Plugin topic
  data/TWiki/VersionLinkPlugin.txt,v	Plugin topic repository
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/VersionLinkPlugin.pm	Plugin Perl module

• Check this topic here if the installation was successful
• Test if the plugin is correctly installed:
  • %VERSIONLINK{foo.c,1.1}%

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins

-- EdLott - 08 Dec 2001