PmWiki / InterMap
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The InterMap (also called InterWiki in some other wikis) is a system for defining links between WikiWikiWeb sites that was first developed by UseMod and Meatball (see UseMod:InterWiki and Meatball:InterWiki). The method is to use a word shortcut that stands for a defined path. InterMap links have the form The default intermap.txtThe default intermap.txt distributed with PmWiki (in the scripts/ directory) includes the following InterMap entries: PmWiki: https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/ Cookbook: https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ Wiki: http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki? UseMod: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl? Meatball: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl? Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ PITS: https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PITS/ PmL10n: https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Localization/ Path: The page Site.InterMap?You can map your own prefixes in your local page Site.InterMap?.
Thus, "PmWiki:Variables" becomes "https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/" + "Variables", a link to the PmWiki.Variables page on the official PmWiki web site, Wiki:FrontPage is a link to the front page of the first WikiWikiWeb, and Wikipedia:Stonehenge takes you to the Wikipedia article about the famous megaliths in England. Usage in a wiki pageLike other links, you can use the double-bracket syntax to get different link text:
If you want to link just to what the intermap says (e.g. https://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/ for Wikipedia), then do
Custom InterMap prefixesThe actual set of InterMap links at any site is defined by the site administrator via the Site.InterMap? page and the local/localmap.txt file. An intermap entry takes the following format: MapPrefix: https://example.com/partial/url/ The InterMap entry can be for any of the link schemes supported by PmWiki.
Do not edit the file scripts/intermap.txt directly! If you do, you'll
Variables and InterMap linksIt's possible to use variables within your InterMap entries. The following
ThisWiki: $ScriptUrl ThisPage: {$PageUrl} You can also define InterMap entries where the text of the entry is
Jargon: http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/$1.html
would cause Tips and tricksIt is possible to document your intermap prefixes directly in the page
The order in which various sources are checked for definitions of prefixes
Are InterMap names case sensitive? Yes, thus How can I achieve a localmap.txt mapping with the effect of Use the following: Pics: /somepathto/pics/
How can I define an InterMap in PHP? Use the following: $LinkFunctions['PmWikiHome:'] = 'LinkIMap'; $IMap['PmWikiHome:'] = 'https://pmwiki.org/wiki/$1';
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