Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracBrowser

Timestamp:

06/17/09 18:53:29 (16 years ago)

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trac

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TracBrowser

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-= The Trac Browser =
+= The Trac Repository Browser =
 [[TracGuideToc]]
 
-The Trac browser can be used to browse directories, change logs 
-and specific revisions of files stored in a subversion repository.
+The Trac repository browser can be used to browse directories 
+and specific revisions of files stored in the repository of the configured
+version control system.
 
 Directory entries are displayed in a list with sortable columns. The list 
-entries can be sorted by '''name''', '''size''' or '''date''' by clicking on the column headers.
-The sort order can be reversed by clicking on a given column header again.
+entries can be sorted by ''name'', ''size'' or ''age'' by clicking on the column
+headers. The sort order can be reversed by clicking on a given column
+header again.
 
 The browser can be used to navigate through the directory structure 
-by clicking on the directory names. Clicking on filenames on the other 
-hand will display the files change log.
+by clicking on the directory names. Clicking on a file name will show
+the contents of the file. Clicking on the revision number of a file or
+directory will take you to the TracRevisionLog for that file.
+Note that there's also a ''Revision Log'' navigation link that will do
+the same for the path currently being examined.
 
-It's also possible to browse directories as they were in history, at any given repository revision.
+It's also possible to browse directories or files as they were in history,
+at any given repository revision. The default behavior is to display the
+latest revision but another revision number can easily be selected using
+the ''View revision'' input field at the top of the page.
 
-The default behavior is to display the latest revision but
-another revision number can easily be selected using the form at the top of the
-page.
+''(since 0.11)'':
 
-'''Note:''' The browser does not use the Subversion access configuration so if you restrict read access to part of the repository in Subversion that same restriction will not be in place in the Trac browser. (Support for this functionality '''is''' being worked on for future Trac versions)
+The color bar next to the Age column gives a visual indication of the age
+of the last change to a file or directory. In the default configuration,
+blue is older and red is newer, but this can be [TracIni#browser-section configured].
 
-== RSS Support ==
+At the top of the browser page, there's a drop-down menu which you can use 
+to select some interesting places in the repository, for example branches or tags. 
+This is sometimes referred to as the ''browser quickjump'' facility.
+The precise meaning and content of this menu depends on your backend.
+For Subversion, this list contains by default a few branches (`trunk` and any sub-folder of the latest `branches` top-level folder) and a few tags (any sub-folder of the latest `tags` top-level folder). This can be [TracIni#svn-section configured] for more advanced cases.
 
-The browser module supports RSS syndication to monitor changes to a file. To subscribe to an RSS feed of the revision log for a file, open its revision log in the browser and click the orange 'XML' icon at the bottom of the page. For more information on RSS support in Trac, see TracRss.
+If you're using a Javascript enabled brower, you'll be able to expand and collapse folders in-place by clicking on the arrow head at the right side of a folder. Alternatively, the [trac:TracKeys keyboard] can also be used for this: use 'j' and 'k' to go to the next or previous entry, and 'o' (or 'Enter') to toggle between expanded and collapsed state of the selected folder or for visiting the selected file.
+
+For the Subversion backend, some additional features are available:
+ - Support for the `svn:needs-lock` property
+ - Support for the `svn:externals` property (which can be [TracIni#svn:externals-section configured])
+ - The `svn:mime-type` property is used to select the syntax highlighter for rendering the file. For example, setting `svn:mime-type` to `text/html` will ensure the file is highlighted as HTML, regardless of the file extension. It also allows selecting the character encoding used in the file content. For example, if the file content is encoded in UTF-8, set `svn:mime-type` to `text/html;charset=utf-8`. The `charset=` specification overrides the default encoding defined in the `default_charset` option of the `[trac]` section of [TracIni#trac-section trac.ini].
 
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-See also: TracGuide, TracChangeset
+See also: TracGuide, TracChangeset, TracFineGrainedPermissions