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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.161.2.10 $
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7 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
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8 http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
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10 .. contents::
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11 :depth: 1
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13 What You Can Do
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14 ===============
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16 Before you get too far, it's probably worth having a quick read of the Roundup
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17 `design documentation`_.
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19 Customisation of Roundup can take one of six forms:
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21 1. `tracker configuration`_ file changes
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22 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes
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23 3. "definition" class `database content`_ changes
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24 4. behavioural changes, through detectors_
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25 5. `security / access controls`_
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26 6. change the `web interface`_
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29 depending upon whether the tracker has been initialised or not. The other two
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34 Trackers in a Nutshell
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35 ======================
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37 Trackers have the following structure:
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39 =================== ========================================================
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40 Tracker File Description
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42 config.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 initial_data.py Holds any data to be entered into the database when the
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45 tracker is initialised.
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46 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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47 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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48 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker
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49 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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50 extensions/ Additional web actions and templating utilities.
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51 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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55 Tracker Configuration
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58 The ``config.ini`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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59 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces.
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61 The following is taken from the `Python Library Reference`__ (May 20, 2004)
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62 section "ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser":
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87 Section **main**
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88 database -- ``db``
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96 admin_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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97 Email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble. If
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101 dispatcher_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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107 email_from_tag -- default *blank*
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112 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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118 new_email_user_roles -- ``User``
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119 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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120 This is a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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122 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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123 Send error message emails to the ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``?
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124 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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125 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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127 html_version -- ``html4``
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128 HTML version to generate. The templates are ``html4`` by default.
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129 If you wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this
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130 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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131 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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133 timezone -- ``0``
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137 instant_registration -- ``yes``
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138 Register new users instantly, or require confirmation via
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139 email?
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140 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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142 Section **tracker**
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143 name -- ``Roundup issue tracker``
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144 A descriptive name for your roundup instance.
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146 web -- ``http://host.example/demo/``
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147 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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148 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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149 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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150 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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151 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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156 Section **rdbms**
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157 Settings in this section are used by Postgresql and MySQL backends only
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159 name -- ``roundup``
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160 Name of the database to use.
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163 Database server host.
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171 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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174 Database user password.
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176 Section **logging**
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177 config -- default *blank*
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178 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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180 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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183 filename -- default *blank*
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184 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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185 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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189 level -- ``ERROR``
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190 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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191 option is set, this option has no effect.
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192 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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194 Section **mail**
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195 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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196 registration approval requests.
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199 Domain name used for email addresses.
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202 SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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205 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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206 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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208 password -- default *blank*
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209 SMTP login password.
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210 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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212 tls -- ``no``
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215 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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217 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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218 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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219 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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220 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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222 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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223 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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224 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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227 charset -- utf-8
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228 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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229 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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230 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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231 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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233 debug -- default *blank*
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235 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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236 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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237 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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238 containig this config file.
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239
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240 Section **mailgw**
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241 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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243 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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244 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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245 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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246 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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248 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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249 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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250 signatures.
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251 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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253 default_class -- ``issue``
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254 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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255 To disable, leave the value blank.
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257 Section **nosy**
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258 Nosy messages sending
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260 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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261 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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262 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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264 signature_position -- ``bottom``
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265 Where to place the email signature.
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266 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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268 add_author -- ``new``
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269 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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270 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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271 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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272 followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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273 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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275 add_recipients -- ``new``
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276 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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277 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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278 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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279 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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280 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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282 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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283 genconfig`` command.
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286 Tracker Schema
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289 .. note::
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290 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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291 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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292 your changes.
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297
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298 The ``schema.py`` module
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299 ------------------------
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300
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301 The ``schema.py`` module contains two functions:
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304 This function defines what your tracker looks like on the inside, the
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305 **schema** of the tracker. It defines the **Classes** and **properties**
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306 on each class. It also defines the **security** for those Classes. The
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307 next few sections describe how schemas work and what you can do with
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308 them.
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309 **init**
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310 This function is responsible for setting up the initial state of your
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311 tracker. It's called exactly once - but the ``roundup-admin initialise``
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313 info about how this works.
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316 The "classic" schema
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317 --------------------
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320 of ``'setkey'``)::
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322 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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323 pri.setkey("name")
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325 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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328 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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329 keyword.setkey("name")
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331 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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332 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(),
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333 phone=String())
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334 user.setkey("username")
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335
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336 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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337 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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338 files=Multilink("file"))
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340 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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342 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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343 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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344 priority=Link("priority"))
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345 issue.setkey('title')
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348 What you can't do to the schema
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349 -------------------------------
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350
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351 You must never:
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352
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353 **Remove the users class**
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354 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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356 **Remove the "username", "address", "password" or "realname" user properties**
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357 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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358
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359 **Change the type of a property**
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360 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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361 this kind of action into account. Note that you can't just remove a
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362 property and re-add it as a new type either. If you wanted to make the
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363 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
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364 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
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367 What you can do to the schema
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368 -----------------------------
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369
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370 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
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371 initialised (or used). You may:
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372
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373 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
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374 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repurcussions
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375 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
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376
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377 **Remove properties**
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378 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
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379 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
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380 detectors_.
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384 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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385 ---------------------------------------------------------
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387 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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389 priority
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390 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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392 status
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393 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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395 keyword
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396 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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398 user
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399 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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400 for all users using roundup.
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402 msg
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403 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
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404 generated by roundup.
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406 file
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407 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
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409 issue
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410 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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412 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
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413 reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue and more
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414 powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status. By only
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415 requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single number) we
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416 reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or status - or
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417 simply makes a new one up.
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420 Class and Items
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421 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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423 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
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424 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
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425 the information about the class items.
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426
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427 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
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428 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
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429 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
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432 Properties
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433 ~~~~~~~~~~
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435 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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437 * String properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
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438 * Password properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
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439 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
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440 class.
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441 * Date properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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442 objects.
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443 * Number properties store numeric values.
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444 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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445 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a
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446 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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447 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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448 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified
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449 class. The value is a list of integers.
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451 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
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452
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453 *creator*
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454 Link to the user that created the item.
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455 *creation*
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456 Date the item was created.
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457 *actor*
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458 Link to the user that last modified the item.
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459 *activity*
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460 Date the item was last modified.
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463 FileClass
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464 ~~~~~~~~~
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468 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
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469 allows us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are
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470 stored in the files sub-directory of the ``'db'`` directory in your
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471 tracker.
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477 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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480 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
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481 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
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482 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
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483 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
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484 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
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485 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
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487 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
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488 "creator" properties.
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490 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
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491 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
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492 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
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493 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
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500 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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501 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
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502 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
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503 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
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504 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
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505 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
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507 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
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509 or::
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511 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
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513 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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514
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515 If a class does not have an "order" property, the key is also used to
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516 sort instances of the class when it is rendered in the user interface.
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517 (If a class has no "order" property, sorting is by the labelproperty of
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518 the class. This is computed, in order of precedence, as the key, the
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519 "name", the "title", or the first property alphabetically.)
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520
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522 create(information)
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523 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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524
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525 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
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526 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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528
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529 A note about ordering
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530 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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531
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532 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
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533 depending on the properties being sorted on:
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534
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535 1. If it's a String, Number, Date or Interval property, we just sort the
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536 scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted case-sensitively.
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537 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
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538 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
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539 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
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540 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
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541 so on.
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542
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543 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
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544 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
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545 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
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546
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547
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548 Examples of adding to your schema
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549 ---------------------------------
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550
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551 TODO
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552
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553
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554 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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555 ============================================
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556 .. _detectors:
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557
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558 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
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559 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
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560 initialised via the ``roundup-admin initialise`` command.
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561
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562 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
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563 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
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564 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
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565 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
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566 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
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567 for you are:
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569 **nosyreaction.py**
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570 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
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571 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
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572 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
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573 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
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574 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
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575 **statusauditor.py**
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576 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
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577 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
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578 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
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579 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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580 defined.
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581 **messagesummary.py**
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582 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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583 content.
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584 **userauditor.py**
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585 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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586 roles lists).
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587
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588 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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589 or remove these detectors.
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590
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591 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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592 interface for detectors.
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593
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594 __ design.html
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595
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597 Detector API
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598 ------------
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599
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600 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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602 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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604 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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605 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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606 property names to values.
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607
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608 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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609 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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610 is about to be created.
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611
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612 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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613 properties that are about to be changed.
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614
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615 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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617 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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619 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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621 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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622 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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623 property names to values.
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624
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625 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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626 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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628 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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629 values of properties that were changed.
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631 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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632 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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635 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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636 ----------------------------------
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637
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638 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
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639 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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640 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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641
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642 **newissuecopy.py**
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643 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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644 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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645 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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646 email errors!
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647 **creator_resolution.py**
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648 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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649 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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650 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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651 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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652 **email_auditor.py**
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653 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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654 extension .eml.
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655 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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656 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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657 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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658 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
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660
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661 Auditor or Reactor?
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662 -------------------
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663
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664 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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665
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666 **Auditors**
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667 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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668 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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669 **Reactors**
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670 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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671 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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672 detector loops.
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673
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674
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675 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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676 ---------------------------------------
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677
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678 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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679 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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680 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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681 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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682 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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683
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684 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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685
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686 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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687
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688 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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689
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690 raise Reject
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691
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692
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693 Generating email from Roundup
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694 -----------------------------
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695
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696 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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697 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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698
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699 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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700 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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701 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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702 is not required).
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703
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704
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705 Database Content
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706 ================
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707
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708 .. note::
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709 if you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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710 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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711
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712 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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713 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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714 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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715 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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716
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717 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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718 Edit the initial_data.py module in your tracker to alter the items
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719 created using the ``create( ... )`` methods.
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720
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721 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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722 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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723 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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724 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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725
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726 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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727 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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728 question.
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729
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730 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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731 requires database content changes.
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5ffac75a7f2e clarification
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732
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733
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734 Security / Access Controls
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735 ==========================
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736
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737 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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738
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739 - Create (everything)
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740 - Edit (everything)
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741 - View (everything)
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742
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743 Every Class you define in your tracker's schema also gets an Create, Edit
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744 and View Permission of its own.
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745
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746 The default interfaces define:
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747
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748 - Web Registration
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749 - Web Access
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750 - Web Roles
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751 - Email Registration
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752 - Email Access
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753
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754 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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755
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756 - Admin (Create, Edit, View and everything; Web Roles)
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757 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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758 - Anonymous (Web Registration; Email Registration)
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760 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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761 user gets "Anonymous" assigned when the tracker is installed.
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763 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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764
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765 - Create, Edit and View issue, file, msg, query, keyword
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766 - View priority, status
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767 - View user
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768 - Edit their own record
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769
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770 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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771
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772 - Create user (for registration)
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773 - View issue, file, msg, query, keyword, priority, status
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774
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775 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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776
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777 #
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778 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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779 #
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780 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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781 # about security setup.
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782
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783 #
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784 # REGULAR USERS
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785 #
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786 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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787 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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788 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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789 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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790 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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791
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792 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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793 # to regular users now
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794 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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795 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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796 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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797 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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798 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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799 p = db.security.getPermission('Create', cl)
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800 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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801 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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802 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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803 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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804
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805 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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806 # if you don't want them to
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807 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'user')
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808 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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809
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810 # Users should be able to edit their own details. Note that this
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811 # permission is limited to only the situation where the Viewed or
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812 # Edited item is their own.
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813 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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814 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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815 return userid == itemid
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816 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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817 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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818 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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819 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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820 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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821
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822 #
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823 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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824 #
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825 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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826 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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827 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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828 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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829 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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830
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831 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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832 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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833 # "Create" user Permission below)
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834 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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835 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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836
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837 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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838 # Role. Choices here are:
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839 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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840 p = db.security.getPermission('Create', 'user')
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841 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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843 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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844 # information)
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845 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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846 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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847 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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848
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849 # [OPTIONAL]
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850 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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851 # related file and message items)
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852 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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853 # p = db.security.getPermission('Create', cl)
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854 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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855 # p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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856 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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859 Automatic Permission Checks
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860 ---------------------------
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862 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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863 through the web. This includes:
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865 1. View checks for properties when being rendered via the ``plain()`` or
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866 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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867 displayed.
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868 2. Edit checks for properties when the edit field is being rendered via
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869 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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870 will be rendered via the ``plain()`` method (see point 1. for subsequent
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871 checking performed)
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872 3. View checks are performed in index pages for each item being displayed
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873 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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874 4. View checks are performed at the top of item pages for the Item being
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875 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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876 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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877 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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878 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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879 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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881
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882 New User Roles
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884
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885 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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886
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887 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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888 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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889
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890
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891 Changing Access Controls
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893
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895 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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897
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898 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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899 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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902 Adding a new Permission
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903 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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904
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905 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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908 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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909
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910 self.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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911 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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913 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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914 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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915 "``roundup-admin security``")
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916 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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917 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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918 interfaces module
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919
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920 The ``addPermission`` method takes a couple of optional parameters:
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921
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922 **properties**
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923 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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924 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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925 'email') ...``)
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926 **check**
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927 A function to be execute which returns boolean determining whether the
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928 Permission is allowed. The function has the signature ``check(db, userid,
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929 itemid)`` where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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930 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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931 accessed.
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932
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933 Example Scenarios
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934 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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935
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936 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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937 By giving the "anonymous" user the "Email Registration" Role, any
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938 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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939 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through the web
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940 until an admin sets their password). This is the default behaviour
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941 in the tracker templates that ship with Roundup.
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942
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943 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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944 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access" and ("Edit", "issue")
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945 Roles but do not not give them the "Email Registration" Role. This
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946 means that when an unknown user sends email into the tracker, they're
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947 automatically logged in as "anonymous". Since they don't have the
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948 "Email Registration" Role, they won't be automatically registered, but
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949 since "anonymous" has permission to use the gateway, they'll still be
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950 able to submit issues. Note that the Sender information - their email
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951 address - will not be available - they're *anonymous*.
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952
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953 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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954 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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955 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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956 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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957 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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958 auditor. See the example
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959 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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960
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961 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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962 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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963 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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964 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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965 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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966 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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967 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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968
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969 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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970 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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972 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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973 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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974 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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975 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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976 interface.
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977
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978 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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979 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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980 editing users::
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981
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982 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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983 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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984 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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985
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986 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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987
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988
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989 Web Interface
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990 =============
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992 .. contents::
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993 :local:
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994
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995 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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996 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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997 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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998 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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999 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
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1000 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
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1001 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
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1002 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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1003
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1006 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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1007 ---------------------------------------------
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1009 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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1010 the web interface knows about it:
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1011
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1012 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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1013 have properties added or removed,
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1014 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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1015 "home" page's content arguments.
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1016
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1018 How requests are processed
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1019 --------------------------
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1020
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1021 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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1023 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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1024 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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1025 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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1026 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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1027 output
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1029 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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1031 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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1032 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1033 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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1034 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1035 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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1036 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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1037 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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1038 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
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1039 the action to take place
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1040 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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1041 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
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1042 client
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1043
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1044
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1045 Determining web context
1098
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1046 -----------------------
1073
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1047
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parents: 1671
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1048 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the
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e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
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1049 special request variable ``@template``. The URL path after the tracker
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1050 identifier is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
1057
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parents: 1003
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1051
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parents: 1003
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1052 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1053 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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1054 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1055 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1056 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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parents: 1003
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1057
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
1058 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1059 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1060 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1061 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
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1062
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1063 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1064 context`_ below for more information about how it may be used.
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1065 b. if the path starts with "@@file" (as in example 3,
809758599cdc oops, double-@
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1066 "/tracker/@@file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1067 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
2589
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
1068 from the tracker TEMPLATES (or STATIC_FILES, if configured) directory.
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
1069 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile
809758599cdc oops, double-@
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1070 exception.
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parents: 1671
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1071 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
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parents: 1671
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1072 identifies the tracker class we're to display.
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parents: 1671
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1073 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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parents: 1671
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1074 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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parents: 1671
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1075 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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parents: 1671
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1076 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1077 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1078 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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parents: 1671
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1079 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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parents: 1671
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1080 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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parents: 1671
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1081
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parents: 1671
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1082 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to determine the template we're
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parents: 1671
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1083 going to use. That's because they don't actually use templates.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1084
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parents: 1674
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1085 The template used is specified by the ``@template`` CGI variable, which
1674
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parents: 1671
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1086 defaults to:
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1087
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1088 - only classname suplied: "index"
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1089 - full item designator supplied: "item"
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1090
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1091
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1092 The "home" Context
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1093 ------------------
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1094
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1095 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1096 pages to your tracker that don't rely on a class or item (ie. an issues
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1097 list or specific issue).
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1098
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1099 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1100 interface. You'd probably have:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1101
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1102 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
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1103 it could be served as a static file (see `serving static content`_)
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1104 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1105 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1106 page up, you use the URL:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1107
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1108 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1109
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1110
2134
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1111 Serving static content
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1112 ----------------------
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1113
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1114 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
2589
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1115 ``@@file`` paths.
2134
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1116
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1117
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1118 Performing actions in web requests
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
1119 ----------------------------------
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1120
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1121 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1122 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1123 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1124 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1125 of:
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
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1126
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1127 **login**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1128 Attempt to log a user in.
1278
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parents: 1270
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1129
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1130 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1131 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
1278
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parents: 1270
diff changeset
1132
1125
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parents: 1124
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1133 **register**
1674
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parents: 1671
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1134 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
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parents: 1671
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1135 log them in.
1278
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parents: 1270
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1136
1125
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parents: 1124
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1137 **edit**
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
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1138 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1139 variables`_ you may use.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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1140
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parents: 1124
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1141 **new**
1679
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parents: 1674
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1142 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
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1143 variables`_ as in the "edit" action.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
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1144
1278
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parents: 1270
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1145 **retire**
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
1146 Retire the item in the database.
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
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parents: 1270
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1147
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1148 **editCSV**
1058
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parents: 1057
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1149 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
1674
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parents: 1671
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1150 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
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parents: 1671
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1151 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1152 features.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
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1153
1125
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1154 **search**
1674
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1155 Mangle some of the form variables:
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1156
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1157 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
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1158 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
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parents: 1671
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1159 them to :filter.
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1160
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1161 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
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1162 user's query list.
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1163
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1164 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
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1165 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
2915
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1166 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
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1167 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
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parents: 2016
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1168 web actions`_).
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parents: 2016
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1169
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1170 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
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1171 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
2991
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1172 for each action are:
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1125
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1174 **login**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
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1175 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1176 **logout**
1058
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1177 No permission checks are made.
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1178 **register**
2991
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1179 Determine whether the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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1180 **edit**
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1181 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1182 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1183 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1184 special Permission "Web Roles".
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1185 **new**
2983
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parents: 2958
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1186 Determine whether the user has permission to create this item. No
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1187 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1188 be created if the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1189 **editCSV**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
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1190 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1191 **search**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
1192 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
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1193
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1194
1679
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1195 Special form variables
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parents: 1674
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1196 ----------------------
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1197
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parents: 1674
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1198 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1199 variables and their values. You can:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
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1200
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parents: 1674
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1201 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
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1202 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1203 properties,
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1204 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1205 current item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1206 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1207 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1208 operation to be successful.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1209
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1210 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1211 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1212
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1213 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1214
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1215 ``<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1216 property on the current context item
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1217
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1218 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1219 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1220
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1221 Designators name a specific item of a class.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1222
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1223 ``<classname><N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1224 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1225
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1226 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1227 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1228 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1229 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1230 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1231 item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1232
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1233 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1234 if it's special:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1235
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1236 ``@required``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1237 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1238 property names that must be specified when the form is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1239 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1240
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1241 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1242 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1243 present, they are for the item specified by
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1244 <designator>.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1245
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1246 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1247 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1248
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1249 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1250 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1251 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1252 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1253 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1254 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1255 property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1256
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1257 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1258 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1259 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1260 The form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1261 designators. The item corresponding to each
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1262 designator is linked to the property given by simple
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1263 form variable.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1264
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1265 None of the above (ie. just a simple form value)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1266 The value of the form variable is converted
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1267 appropriately, depending on the type of the property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1268
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1269 For a Link('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1270 single key for 'klass', where the key field is
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1271 specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1272
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1273 For a Multilink('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1274 comma-separated list of keys for 'klass', where the
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1275 key field is specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1276
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1277 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1278 and Multilink properties, the linked-to class must
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1279 have a key field.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1280
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1281 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1282 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1283 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1284 they are valid for the class). Otherwise, the property
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1285 is set to the form value.
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diff changeset
1286
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1287 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), and Number()
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1288 properties, the form value is converted to the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1289 appropriate
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1290
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diff changeset
1291 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1292 designator.
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diff changeset
1293
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diff changeset
1294 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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diff changeset
1295
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diff changeset
1296 @note
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1297 This is equivalent to::
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diff changeset
1298
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1299 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
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diff changeset
1300 msg-1@content=value
1679
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1301
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1302 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
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1303 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1304 time, respectively.
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diff changeset
1305
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diff changeset
1306 @file
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diff changeset
1307 This is equivalent to::
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diff changeset
1308
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diff changeset
1309 @link@files=file-1
1918
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diff changeset
1310 file-1@content=value
1679
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1311
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diff changeset
1312 The String content value is handled as described above for file
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diff changeset
1313 uploads.
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diff changeset
1314
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1315 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
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1316 specified, the action::
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1317
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1318 @link@msg-1@files=file-1
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1319
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1320 is also performed.
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1321
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1322 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
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1323 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
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1324 returning.
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1325
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1326
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1327 Default templates
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1328 -----------------
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1329
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1330 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
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1331 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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1332 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
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1333
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1334 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
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1335 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
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1336 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
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1337
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1338 **page.html**
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1339 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
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1340 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
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1341 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
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1342 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
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1343 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
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1344 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
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1345 title.
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1346 **home.html**
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1347 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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1348 **home.classlist.html**
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1349 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
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1350 tracker
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1351 **classname.item.html**
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1352 displays an item of the *classname* class
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1353 **classname.index.html**
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1354 displays a list of *classname* items
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1355 **classname.search.html**
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1356 displays a search page for *classname* items
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1357 **_generic.index.html**
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1358 used to display a list of items where there is no
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1359 ``*classname*.index`` available
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1360 **_generic.help.html**
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1361 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
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1362 ``*classname*.help``
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1363 **user.register.html**
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1364 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
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1365 page
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1366 **style.css.html**
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1367 a static file that is served up as-is
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parents:
diff changeset
1368
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1369 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
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1370
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1371 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
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1372 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
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1373 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
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1374 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
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1375
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1376 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
1147
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1377
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diff changeset
1378 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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1379
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1380
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1381 How the templates work
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diff changeset
1382 ----------------------
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1383
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1384
1214
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diff changeset
1385 Basic Templating Actions
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diff changeset
1386 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1387
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1388 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
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1389 These attributes form the `Template Attribute Language`_, or TAL.
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diff changeset
1390 The basic TAL commands are:
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1391
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1392 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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1393 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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1394 example::
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1395
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1396 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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1397 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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1398 </html>
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1399
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1400 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
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1401 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
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1402 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
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1403
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1404 **tal:condition="expression"**
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1405 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
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1406 example::
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1407
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1408 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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diff changeset
1409 Display some issue information.
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1410 </p>
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1411
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1412 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
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1413 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
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1414 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
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1415 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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1416 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
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1417 spaces!).
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1418
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1419 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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1420 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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1421 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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1422 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
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1423
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1424 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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1425 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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1426 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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1427 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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1428 </tr>
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1429
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diff changeset
1430 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
1431 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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diff changeset
1432 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
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diff changeset
1433 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
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diff changeset
1434 below on `the repeat variable`_.
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1435
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1436 **tal:replace="expression"**
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1437 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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1438
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1439 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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1440
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1441 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
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1442 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
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1443 resultant output would be "Bruce".
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1444
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1445 **tal:content="expression"**
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1446 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
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1447 For example::
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1448
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1449 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
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1450 </span>
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1451
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1452 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
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1453 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
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1454 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1455
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1456 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
1674
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1457 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
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1458 example::
1070
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1459
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1460 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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1461
1674
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1462 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
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1463 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
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1464 be something like "user123".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1465
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1466 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1467 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1468 example::
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1469
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diff changeset
1470 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1471
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1472 would result in output of::
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1473
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1474 Hello, world!
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1475
1674
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1476 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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1477 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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1478
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1479 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
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1480 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
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1481 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
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1482 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
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1483 for repeating multiple table rows, which would othewise require an
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diff changeset
1484 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
1057
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diff changeset
1485
2296
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1486 .. _TAL:
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diff changeset
1487 .. _Template Attribute Language:
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1488 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TAL%20Specification%201.4
1214
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diff changeset
1489
2910
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diff changeset
1490
1214
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diff changeset
1491 Templating Expressions
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diff changeset
1492 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
1493
2296
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diff changeset
1494 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1495 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
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1496 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
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diff changeset
1497
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1498 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
1674
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1499 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
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1500 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
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1501 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
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1502 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
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1503 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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1504 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
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1505 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
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1506 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
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1507 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
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1508 expression type, so it's not necessary.
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1509
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1510 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
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1511 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
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1512 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
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diff changeset
1513 case of ``tal:attributes``).
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1514
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1515 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
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1516 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
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1517 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
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diff changeset
1518 the case of ``tal:replace``).
1244
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diff changeset
1519
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
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1520 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
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1521 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
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1522 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
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1523 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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1524
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1525 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
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1526 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
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1527 expressions.
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diff changeset
1528
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1529 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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diff changeset
1530 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
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diff changeset
1531 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
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1532 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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diff changeset
1533
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diff changeset
1534 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1535 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
1674
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1536 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
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1537 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
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diff changeset
1538 ``checklist`` is a method.
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1539
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1540 Modifiers:
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1541
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1542 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
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diff changeset
1543 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1544 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
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diff changeset
1545 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
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diff changeset
1546 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
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diff changeset
1547 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1548
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1549 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
1674
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1550 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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diff changeset
1551 expression.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1552
2296
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1553 .. _TALES:
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diff changeset
1554 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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diff changeset
1555 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TALES%20Specification%201.3
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1556
2910
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
1557
1214
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diff changeset
1558 Template Macros
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diff changeset
1559 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1560
1674
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1561 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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1562 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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1563 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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1564
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1565 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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1566 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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1567 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
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1568 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
1213
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diff changeset
1569
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1570 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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1571 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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1572 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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1573 example::
1213
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1574
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1575 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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diff changeset
1576 ...
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1577 </html>
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1578
1674
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1579 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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1580 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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1581 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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1582 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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1583 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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1584 "page" template.
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1585
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1586 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
1674
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1587 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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1588 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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1589 For example::
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1590
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1591 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1592 ...
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1593 </tal:block>
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1594
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1595 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
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1596 "page" template.
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1597
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1598 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
1674
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1599 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
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1600 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
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1601 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
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1602 so::
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1603
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1604 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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1605
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1606 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
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1607 like this::
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1608
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1609 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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1610
1674
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1611 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
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1612 as the slot in the macro.
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1613
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1614 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
1674
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1615 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
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1616 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1617
2296
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1618 .. _METAL:
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1619 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
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1620 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/METAL%20Specification%201.0
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1621
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1622 Information available to templates
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1623 ----------------------------------
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1624
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1625 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
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1626
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1627 The following variables are available to templates.
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1628
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1629 **context**
1674
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1630 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
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1631 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
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1632 **request**
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1633 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1634 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1635 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1636 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1637 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
1073
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1638 - *form*
1674
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1639 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
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1640 to value
1254
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1641 **config**
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1642 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
1674
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1643 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
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1644 **db**
1254
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1645 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
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1646 **templates**
1674
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1647 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
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1648 *use-macro* commands.
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1649 **utils**
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1650 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
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1651 **nothing**
1674
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1652 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
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1653 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
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1654 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
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1655 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
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1656 example::
1100
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1657
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1658 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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1659
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1660 would result in::
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1661
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1662 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1663
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1664 **default**
1100
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1665 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1666 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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1667 remain. So::
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1668
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1669 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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1670
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1671 would result in::
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1672
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1673 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1674
2526
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diff changeset
1675 **true**, **false**
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
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1676 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
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1677 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
2540
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1678 **i18n**
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1679 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
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1680
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1681 **gettext** (*message*)
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diff changeset
1682 Return the localized translation of message
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1683 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
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1684 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
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1685 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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1686 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
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1687 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
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1688 return plural otherwise.
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1689
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1690 This function requires python2.3; in earlier python versions
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1691 may not work as expected.
1674
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1692
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1693 The context variable
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1694 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1695
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1696 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
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1697 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
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1698
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1699 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
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1700 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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1701 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1702 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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1703 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
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1704
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1705 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
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1706 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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1707
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1708 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
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1709 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
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1710 ``context/property/field``.
1674
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1711 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
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1712 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
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1713 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
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1714 "context/id".
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1715
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1716 Hyperdb class wrapper
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1717 :::::::::::::::::::::
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1718
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1719 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
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1720 class.
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1721
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1722 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used
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1723 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
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1724 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
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1725 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
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1726 mind.
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1727
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1728 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
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1729 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1730 from the CGI form.
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1731
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1732 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1733
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1734 =========== =============================================================
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1735 Method Description
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1736 =========== =============================================================
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1737 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
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1738 properties.
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1739 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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1740 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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1741 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
2858
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1742 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
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1743 options are avaible for sorting:
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1744
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1745 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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1746 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
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1747 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
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1748 "group" are ``(dir, prop)`` where dir is '+', '-' or None
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1749 and prop is a prop name or None.
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1750
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1751 eg. ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1"},
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1752 sort=('activity', '+'))``
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1753
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1754 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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diff changeset
1755 "help" template.
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1756 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1757 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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1758 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
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1759 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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diff changeset
1760 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
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1761 =========== =============================================================
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1762
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1763 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1764 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1765 expression. For example::
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1766
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1767 python:context['list']
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1768
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1769 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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1770
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1771
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1772 Hyperdb item wrapper
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1773 ::::::::::::::::::::
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1774
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1775 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
1674
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1776 class.
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1777
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1778 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
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1779
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1780 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
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1781 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1782 from the CGI form.
1123
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1783
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1784 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1785
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1786 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1787 Method Description
1674
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1788 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1789 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
1674
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1790 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
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1791 implemented**)
1123
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1792 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
1674
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diff changeset
1793 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
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1794 for the query
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1795 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
2991
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diff changeset
1796 user has a Permission. The signature is::
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1797
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diff changeset
1798 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
1799 [property=], [itemid=])
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1800
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diff changeset
1801 where the classname defaults to the current context.
1136
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1802 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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1803 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
2154
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parents: 2153
diff changeset
1804 is_retired is the item retired?
2180
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diff changeset
1805 download_url generates a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
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parents: 2159
diff changeset
1806 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
1674
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1807 =============== ========================================================
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1808
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1809 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1810 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1811 expression. For example::
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1812
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1813 python:context['journal']
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1814
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1815 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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1816
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1817
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1818 Hyperdb property wrapper
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1819 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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1820
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1821 This is implemented by subclasses of the
1674
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1822 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
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1823 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
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1824
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1825 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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1826 value may be either:
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1827
1674
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1828 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1829 the hyperdb
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1830 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1831 the CGI form
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1832
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1833
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1834 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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1835
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1836 =============== ========================================================
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1837 Attribute Description
1674
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1838 =============== ========================================================
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1839 _name the name of the property
1674
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1840 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
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1841 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
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1842 =============== ========================================================
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1843
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1844 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1845
1773
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1846 =========== ================================================================
1780
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parents: 1777
diff changeset
1847 Method Description
1773
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diff changeset
1848 =========== ================================================================
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1849 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
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diff changeset
1850 may take two arguments:
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diff changeset
1851
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1852 escape
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1853 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
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diff changeset
1854 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
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1855 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
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1856 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
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1857 expressions are all equivalent::
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1858
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1859 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1860 "python:msg.content.plain()"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1861 "msg/content/plain"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1862 "msg/content"
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parents: 1730
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1863
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1864 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1865 complex expression.
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1866
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1867 hyperlink
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1868 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1869 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1870 that you'll need to use the "structure" TAL option if you
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1871 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1872
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1873 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1874
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diff changeset
1875 The text is automatically HTML-escaped before the hyperlinking
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1876 transformation done in the plain() method.
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1877
1773
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parents: 1730
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1878 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1879
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1880 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1881
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1882 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
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1883 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
2958
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parents: 2921
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1884 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
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parents: 2921
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1885 arguments:
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parents: 2921
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1886
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1887 size
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1888 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1889
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1890 format (Date properties only)
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1891 Sets the format of the date in the field - uses the same
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1892 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1893 below.
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1894
1773
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diff changeset
1895 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1896 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1897 installed separately)
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1898 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1899 field for the property
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1900 email only on String properties - render the value of the property
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1901 as an obscured email address
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1902 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1903 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1904 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1905 "name:confirm".
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1906 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1907 property
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1908 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1909 and now
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1910 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
2007
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1911 with some timezone offset, for example::
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1912
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1913 python:context.creation.local(10)
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1914
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1915 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1916 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1917 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
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parents: 2076
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1918
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1919 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1920
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1921 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1922
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1923 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
2958
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1924 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1925 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1926 Reference: time module`__)
1773
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1927 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
3128
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3124
diff changeset
1928 list for this property. Takes a number of optional arguments
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1929
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3124
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1930 size
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1931 is used to limit the length of the list labels
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1932 height
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1933 is used to set the <select> tag's "size" attribute
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parents: 3124
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1934 showid
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3124
diff changeset
1935 includes the item ids in the list labels
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3124
diff changeset
1936 additional
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3124
diff changeset
1937 lists properties which should be included in the label
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3124
diff changeset
1938 sort_on
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1939 indicates the property to sort the list on as (direction,
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parents: 3124
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1940 property) where direction is '+' or '-'.
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parents: 3124
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1941
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1942 The remaining keyword arguments are used as conditions for
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
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1943 filtering the items in the list - they're passed as the
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1944 "filterspec" argument to a Class.filter() call.
2883
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1945 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1946 items sorted by some property, for example::
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1947
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1948 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1949
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1950 Will list the files by upload date.
1773
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1951 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1952 items in reverse order
2180
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parents: 2159
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1953 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
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diff changeset
1954 =========== ================================================================
1123
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1955
2958
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1956 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1957
2138
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diff changeset
1958 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1959 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1960 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1961
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1962 context/title/field
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1963
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1964 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1965 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
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diff changeset
1966 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1967 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1968 have permission to view the information.
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1969
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1970
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1971 The request variable
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
1972 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1973
3039
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parents: 3037
diff changeset
1974 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1975 class.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1976
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1977 The request variable is packed with information about the current
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1978 request.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1979
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parents: 1671
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1980 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1981
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1982 =========== ============================================================
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1983 Variable Holds
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1984 =========== ============================================================
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1985 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1986 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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parents: 1083
diff changeset
1987 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
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diff changeset
1988 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1989 classname the current classname (possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1990 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1991 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
1674
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parents: 1671
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1992 =========== ============================================================
1083
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diff changeset
1993
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parents: 1074
diff changeset
1994 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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parents: 1074
diff changeset
1995
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1996 =========== ============================================================
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diff changeset
1997 Variable Holds
1674
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1998 =========== ============================================================
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1999 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2000 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
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parents: 1096
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2001 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
1073
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diff changeset
2002 sort index sort column (direction, column name)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2003 group index grouping property (direction, column name)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2004 filter properties to filter the index on
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2005 filterspec values to filter the index on
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2006 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
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2007 =========== ============================================================
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parents: 1070
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2008
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2009 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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parents: 1123
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2010
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2011 =============== ========================================================
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2012 Method Description
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2013 =============== ========================================================
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2014 description render a description of the request - handle for the
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parents: 1671
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2015 page title
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2016 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2017 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2018 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2019 of the templating
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2020 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2021 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2022 `batching`_)
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2023 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2024
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2025 The form variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2026 :::::::::::::::::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2027
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2028 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
1142
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2029 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2030 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2031 "name", use the path expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2032
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2033 request/form/name/value
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2034
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2035 or the python expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2036
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2037 python:request.form['name'].value
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2038
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2039 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2040 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2041 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2042 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2043 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2044 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
1142
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2045
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2046
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2047 The db variable
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2048 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2049
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parents: 3037
diff changeset
2050 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2051 class.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2052
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2053 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2054 you want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2055
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2056 db/user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2057 python:db.user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2058
1711
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2059 Also, the current id of the current user is available as
1800
a3b1b1dcf639 Use getuid(), not figure_curuserid()
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1780
diff changeset
2060 ``db.getuid()``. This isn't so useful in templates (where you have
1711
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2061 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2062
1123
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2063 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2064
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2065
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2066 The templates variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2067 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2068
3039
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3037
diff changeset
2069 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2070 class.
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2071
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2072 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2073 used in expressions to access the templates, and consequently the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2074 template macros. You may access the templates using the following path
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2075 expression::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2076
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2077 templates/name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2078
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2079 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2080
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2081 templates[name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2082
1674
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diff changeset
2083 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2084 template has one useful attribute, namely "macros". To access a specific
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2085 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2086
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2087 templates/name/macros/macro_name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2088
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2089 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2090
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2091 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2092
2855
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2093 The repeat variable
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2094 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2095
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2096 The repeat variable holds an entry for each active iteration. That is, if
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2097 you have a ``tal:repeat="user db/users"`` command, then there will be a
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2098 repeat variable entry called "user". This may be accessed as either::
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2099
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2100 repeat/user
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2101 python:repeat['user']
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2102
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2103 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2104
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2105 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2106 Method Description
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2107 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2108 first True if the current item is the first in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2109 last True if the current item is the last in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2110 even True if the current item is an even item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2111 odd True if the current item is an odd item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2112 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2113 letter Current position in the sequence as a letter, a through
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2114 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2115 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2116 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2117 numerals.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2118 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2119 =============== =========================================================
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2120
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2121
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2122 The utils variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2123 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1124
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parents: 1123
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2124
3039
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3037
diff changeset
2125 This is implemented by the
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2126 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, but it may be extended
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2127 as described below.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2128
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2129 =============== ========================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2130 Method Description
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2131 =============== ========================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2132 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2133 url_quote quote some text as safe for a URL (ie. space, %, ...)
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2134 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2135 =============== ========================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2136
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2137 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2138 ``extensions`` directory and registering them with the templating system
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2139 using ``instance.registerUtil`` (see `adding a time log to your issues`_ for
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2140 an example of this).
2886
0998d1b48182 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2883
diff changeset
2141
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2142
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2143 Batching
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2144 ::::::::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2145
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2146 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2147 series of batches. Its usage is::
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2148
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diff changeset
2149 python:utils.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2150 overlap=0)
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2151
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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diff changeset
2152 or, to get the current index batch::
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2153
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
2154 request/batch
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2155
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2156 The parameters are:
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2157
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2158 ========= ==============================================================
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2159 Parameter Usage
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2160 ========= ==============================================================
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2161 sequence a list of HTMLItems
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2162 size how big to make the sequence.
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2163 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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2164 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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2165 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
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2166 then it is combined with this batch
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2167 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
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2168 ========= ==============================================================
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2169
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2170 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
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2171 addition, it has several more attributes:
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2172
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2173 =============== ========================================================
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2174 Attribute Description
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2175 =============== ========================================================
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2176 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
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2177 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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2178 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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2179 index*
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2180 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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2181 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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2182 =============== ========================================================
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2183
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2184 And several methods:
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2185
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2186 =============== ========================================================
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2187 Method Description
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2188 =============== ========================================================
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2189 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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2190 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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2191 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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2192 when compared to the last item
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2193 =============== ========================================================
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2194
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2195 An example of batching::
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2196
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2197 <table class="otherinfo">
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2198 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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2199 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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2200 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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2201 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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2202 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
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2203 keyword here</td>
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2204 </tr>
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2205 </table>
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2206
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2207 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
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2208 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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2209
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2210
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2211 Displaying Properties
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2212 ---------------------
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2213
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2214 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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2215 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
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2216 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
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2217 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
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2218 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
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2219
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2220
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2221 Index Views
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2222 -----------
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2223
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2224 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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2225 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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2226
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2227
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2228 Index View Specifiers
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2229 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2230
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2231 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
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2232 been added for clarity)::
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2233
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2234 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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2235 topic=security,ui&
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2236 @group=priority&
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2237 @sort=-activity&
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2238 @filters=status,topic&
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2239 @columns=title,status,fixer
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2240
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2241 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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2242 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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2243 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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2244 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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2245 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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2246 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
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2247 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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2248 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
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2249 headings in the table.
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2250
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2251 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
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2252 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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2253 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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2254
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2255 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
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2256 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
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2257 displayed, and only items with "topic" values including both "security"
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2258 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority, arranged in
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2259 ascending order; and within groups, sorted by activity, arranged in
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2260 descending order. The filter section shows filters for the "status" and
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2261 "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the "title",
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2262 "status", and "fixer" properties.
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2264 ============ =============================================================
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2265 Argument Description
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2266 ============ =============================================================
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2267 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
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2268 descending or nothing for ascending sorting.
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2269 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
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2270 in descending or nothing for ascending order.
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2271 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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2272 all.
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2273 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
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2274 Default is none.
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2275 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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2276 have (very basic search/filter).
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2277 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
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2278 issue titles, etc)
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2279 ============ =============================================================
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2280
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2281
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2282 Searching Views
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2283 ---------------
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2284
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2285 .. note::
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2286 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
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2287 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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2288 template so that it is actually displayed.
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2289
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2290 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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2291 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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2292 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
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2293
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2294 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
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2295 searching
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2296 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
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2297 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
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2298
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2299 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
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2300 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
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2301 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
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2302 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
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2303 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
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2304 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
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2305 more useful for the end user.
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2306
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2307 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
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2308 provide an additional argument:
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2309
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2310 ============ =============================================================
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2311 Argument Description
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2312 ============ =============================================================
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2313 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
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2314 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
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2315 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
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2316 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
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2317 does not.
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2318 ============ =============================================================
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2319
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2320
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2321 Item Views
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2322 ----------
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2323
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2324 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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2325 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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2326 "history" section.
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2327
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2328
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2329 Editor Section
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2330 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2331
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2332 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
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2333 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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2334
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2335 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
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2336 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
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2337 template)::
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2338
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2339 <table class="form">
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2340 <tr>
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2341 <th>Title</th>
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2342 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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2343 </tr>
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2344
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2345 <tr>
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2346 <th>Priority</th>
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2347 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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2348 <th>Status</th>
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2349 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2350 </tr>
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2351
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2352 <tr>
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2353 <th>Superseder</th>
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2354 <td>
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2355 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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2356 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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2357 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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2358 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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2359 </span>
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2360 </td>
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2361 <th>Nosy List</th>
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2362 <td>
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2363 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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2364 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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2365 </td>
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2366 </tr>
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2367
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2368 <tr>
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2369 <th>Assigned To</th>
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2370 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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2371 assignedto menu
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2372 </td>
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2373 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2374 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2375 </tr>
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2376
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2377 <tr>
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2378 <th>Change Note</th>
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2379 <td colspan="3">
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2380 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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2381 </td>
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2382 </tr>
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2383
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2384 <tr>
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2385 <th>File</th>
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2386 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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2387 </tr>
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2388
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2389 <tr>
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2390 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2391 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2392 submit button will go here
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2393 </td>
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2394 </tr>
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2395 </table>
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2396
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2397
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2398 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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2399 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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2400 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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2401 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
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2402
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2403
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2404 Form values
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2405 :::::::::::
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2406
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2407 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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2408 meet the various needs of:
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2409
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2410 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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2411 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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2412 attached files)
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2413 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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2414 spent on an issue)
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2415
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2416 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
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2417 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
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2418
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2419 Properties are specified as form variables:
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2420
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2421 ``<propname>``
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2422 property on the current context item
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2423
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2424 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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2425 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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2426
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2427 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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2428 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
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2429 items to attach to the current item)
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2430
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2431 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
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2432 the special form values:
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2433
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2434 ``@required``
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2435 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
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2436 raised.
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2437
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2438 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
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2439 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
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2440
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2441 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
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2442 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
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2443
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2444 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
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2445 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
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2446 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
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2447 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
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2448 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
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2449 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
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2450 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
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2451 <classname>-<N>).
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2452
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2453 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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2454 designator.
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2455
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2456 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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2457
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2458 ``:note``
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2459 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
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2460 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
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2461 ``:file``
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2462 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
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2463 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
1638
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2464
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2465
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2466 Spool Section
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2467 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2468
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2469 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
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2470 of an issue.
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2471
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2472 TODO
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2473
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2474
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2475 History Section
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2476 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2477
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2478 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
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2479 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
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2480
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2481 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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2482
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2483 *To be done:*
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2484
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2485 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
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2486 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
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2487
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2488 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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2489 a journal entry
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2490 </tal:block>
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2491
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2492 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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2493
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2494
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2495 Defining new web actions
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2496 ------------------------
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2497
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2498 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2499 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
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2500 using ``instance.registerAction``.
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2501
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2502 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
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2503
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2504 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
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2505 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
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2506 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2507 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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2508
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2509 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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2510 issues`_" for an example.
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2511
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2512
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2513 Define the new action class
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2514 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2515
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2516 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
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2517 example ``myaction.py``::
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2518
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2519 class MyAction(Action):
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2520 def handle(self):
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2521 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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2522 '''
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2523
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2524 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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2525 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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2526
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2527 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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2528 It may then:
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2529
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2530 - add information to ``self.client.ok_message`` or ``self.client.error_message``
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2531 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
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2532 next
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2533 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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2534 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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2535
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2536
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2537 Register the action class
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2538 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2539
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2540 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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2541 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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2542
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2543 def init(instance):
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2544 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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2545
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2546 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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2547
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2548
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2549 Use the new action
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2550 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2551
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2552 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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2553
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2554 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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2555
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2556 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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2557
2046
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2558 Actions may return content to the user
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2559 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2560
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2561 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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2562 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
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2563 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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2564 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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2565 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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2566 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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2567 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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2568
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2569 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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2570
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2571 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
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2572 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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2573 spreadsheet or database).
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2574
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2575
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2576 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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2577 --------------------------------------------
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2578
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2579 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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2580 and a browser cookie.
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2581
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2582 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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2583 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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2584
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2585 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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2586 ``kio8-r``).
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2587
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2588 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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2589 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
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2590 utf-8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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2591 characters in form fields). This version allows one to change
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2592 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
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2593 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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2594
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2595 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
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2596 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2597 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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2598 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2599 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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2600 </tal:block>
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2601
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2602 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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2603 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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2604
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2605 ``meta http-equiv`` lines added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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2606 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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2607
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2608 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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2609 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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2610 />
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2611
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2612 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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2613
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2614
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2615 Examples
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2616 ========
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2617
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2618 .. contents::
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2619 :local:
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2620 :depth: 2
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2621
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2622
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2623 Changing what's stored in the database
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2624 --------------------------------------
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2625
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2626 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
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2627 the database.
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2628
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2629
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2630 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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2631 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2632
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2633 This example shows how to add a simple field (a due date) to the default
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2634 classic schema. It does not add any additional behaviour, such as enforcing
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2635 the due date, or causing automatic actions to fire if the due date passes.
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2636
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2637
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2638 1. modify the schema::
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2639
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2640 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2641 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2642 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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2643 due_dat=Date())
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2644
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2645 2. add an edit field to the issue.item.html template::
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2646
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2647 <tr>
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2648 <th>Due Date</th>
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2649 <td tal:content="structure context/due_date/field" />
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2650 </tr>
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2651
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2652 3. add the property to the issue.index.html page::
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2653
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2654 (in the heading row)
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2655 <th tal:condition="request/show/due_date">Due Date</th>
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2656 (in the data row)
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2657 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date" tal:content="i/due_date" />
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2658
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2659 4. add the property to the issue.search.html page::
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2660
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2661 <tr tal:define="name string:due_date">
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2662 <th i18n:translate="">Due Date:</th>
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2663 <td metal:use-macro="search_input"></td>
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2664 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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2665 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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2666 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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2667 </tr>
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2668
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2669
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2670 Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema
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2671 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2672
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2673 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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2674 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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2675
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2676
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2677 Introduction
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2678 ::::::::::::
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2679
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2680 To make the classic schema of Roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
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2681 for a group of systems administrators, it needs an extra data field per
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2682 issue: a category.
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2683
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2684 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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2685 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
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2686 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
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2687 best).
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2688
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2689
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2690 Adding a field to the database
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2691 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2692
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2693 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
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2694 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
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2695 to add some lines to the ``schema.py`` file of your tracker instance.
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2696 Under the comment::
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2697
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2698 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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2699
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2700 add::
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2701
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2702 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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2703 category.setkey("name")
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2704
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2705 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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2706 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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2707 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
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2708 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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2709 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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2710 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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2711 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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2712 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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2713
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2714 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
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2715 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
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2716 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
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2717 with the issues. To do that, find the lines
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2718 in ``schema.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
1674
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2719 the category::
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2720
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2721 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
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2722 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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2723
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2724 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
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2725 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
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2726 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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2727
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2728 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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2729 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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2730
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2731
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2732 Populating the new category class
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2733 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2734
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2735 If you haven't initialised the database with the ``roundup-admin``
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2736 "initialise" command, then you can add the following to the tracker
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2737 ``initial_data.py`` under the comment::
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2738
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2739 # add any additional database creation steps here - but only if you
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2740 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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2741
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2742 Add::
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2743
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2744 category = db.getclass('category')
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2745 category.create(name="scipy", order="1")
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2746 category.create(name="chaco", order="2")
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2747 category.create(name="weave", order="3")
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2748
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2749 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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2750 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
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2751
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2752 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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2753 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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2754 Type "help" for help.
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2755 roundup> create category name=scipy order=1
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2756 1
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2757 roundup> create category name=chaco order=1
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2758 2
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2759 roundup> create category name=weave order=1
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2760 3
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2761 roundup> exit...
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2762 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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2763
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2764 TODO: explain why order=1 in each case.
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2765
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2766
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2767 Setting up security on the new objects
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2768 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2769
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2770 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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2771 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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2772 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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2773 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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2774
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2775 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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2776 is also done in ``schema.py``.
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2777
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2778 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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2779 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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2780
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2781 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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2782 # to regular users now
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2783 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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2784 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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2785 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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2786 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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2787 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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2788
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2789 These lines assign the "View" and "Edit" Permissions to the "User" role,
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2790 so that normal users can view and edit "category" objects.
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2791
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2792 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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2793 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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2794 interface stuff.
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2795
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2797 Changing the web left hand frame
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2798 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2799
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2800 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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2801 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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2802 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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2803 is ``html/page.html``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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2804
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2805 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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2806 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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2807 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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2808 classblock is met. We are going to add the category code at the end of
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2809 the classblock for the *issue* class::
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2810
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2811 <p class="classblock"
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2812 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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2813 <b>Categories</b><br>
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2814 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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2815 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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2816 </p>
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2817
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2818 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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2819 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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2820 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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2821 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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2822 get that.
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2823
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2824 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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2825 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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2826 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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2827 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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2828 categories.
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2829
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2830 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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2831 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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2832 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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2833 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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2834 later on. However, to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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2835 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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2836 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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2837
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2839 Setting up a page to edit categories
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2840 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2841
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2842 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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2843 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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2844 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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2845
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2846 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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2847 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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2848 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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2849 write now.
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2850
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2851 First, we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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2852 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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2853 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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2854 from which files by looking for these comments::
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2855
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2856 <!-- category.item -->
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2857
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2858 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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2859 trappings::
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2861 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2862 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2863 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2864 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2865 </td>
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2866 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2867
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2868 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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2869 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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2870 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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2871 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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2872 multiple times::
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2873
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2874 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2875 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2876
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2877 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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2878 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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2879 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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2880
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2881 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2882
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2883 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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2884 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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2885 happening::
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2886
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2887 <table class="form">
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2888 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2889
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2890 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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2891 category. The ``context.name.field(size=60)`` bit tells Roundup to
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2892 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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2893 will be the "name" variable of the current context (namely "category").
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2894 The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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2895 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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2897 <tr>
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2898 <th>Name</th>
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2899 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2900 name</td>
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2901 </tr>
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2902
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2903 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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2904
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2905 <tr>
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2906 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2907 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2908 submit button will go here
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2909 </td>
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2910 </tr>
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2911
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2912 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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2913 stuff::
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2914
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2915 </td>
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2916 </tal:block>
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2917
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2918 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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2919
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2920 <!-- category.item -->
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2921 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2922 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2923 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2924 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2925 </td>
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2926 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2927 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2928 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2929
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2930 <table class="form">
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2931 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2932
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2933 <tr>
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2934 <th>Name</th>
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2935 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2936 name</td>
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2937 </tr>
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2938
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2939 <tr>
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2940 <td>
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2941 &nbsp;
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2942 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2943 </td>
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2944 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2945 submit button will go here
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2946 </td>
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2947 </tr>
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2948 </table>
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2949 </form>
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2950 </td>
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2951 </tal:block>
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2952
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2953 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
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2954 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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2955 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
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2956 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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2957
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2958
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2959 Adding the category to the issue
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2960 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2961
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2962 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
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2963 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
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2964 the ``html/category.item.html`` file was used to define how to add a new
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2965 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
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2966 is created.
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2967
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2968 Just like ``category.issue.html``, this file defines a form which has a
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2969 table to lay things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new
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2970 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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2971
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2972 <th>Category</th>
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2973 <td><span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
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2974 <span tal:replace="structure db/category/classhelp" />
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2975 </td>
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2976
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2977 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
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2978 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
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2979 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
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2980 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
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2981 issue).
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2983 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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2984 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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2985
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2987 Searching on categories
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2988 :::::::::::::::::::::::
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2990 Now we can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
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2991 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
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2992 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
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2993 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
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2994
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2995 If you look for "Search Issues" in the ``html/page.html`` file, you will
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2996 find that it looks something like
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2997 ``<a href="issue?@template=search">Search Issues</a>``. This shows us
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2998 that when you click on "Search Issues" it will be looking for a
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2999 ``issue.search.html`` file to display. So that is the file that we will
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3000 change.
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3001
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3002 If you look at this file it should begin to seem familiar, although it
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3003 does use some new macros. You can add the new category search code anywhere you
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parents: 1711
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3004 like within that form::
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parents: 1711
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3005
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parents: 1711
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3006 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
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3007 db_klass string:category;
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3008 db_content string:name;">
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3009 <th>Priority:</th>
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parents: 1711
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3010 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
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3011 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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3012 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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3013 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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parents: 1711
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3014 </tr>
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3015
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parents: 3128
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3016 The definitions in the ``<tr>`` opening tag are used by the macros:
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3017
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3018 - ``search_select`` expands to a drop-down box with all categories using
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parents: 3128
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3019 ``db_klass`` and ``db_content``.
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parents: 3128
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3020 - ``column_input`` expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
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3021 should be displayed.
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
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3022 - ``sort_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
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3023 should be sorted on.
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parents: 3128
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3024 - ``group_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
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3025 should be grouped on.
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3026
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parents: 1711
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3027 The category search code above would expand to the following::
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3028
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3029 <tr>
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3030 <th>Category:</th>
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3031 <td>
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3032 <select name="category">
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3033 <option value="">don't care</option>
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parents: 1711
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3034 <option value="">------------</option>
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parents: 1711
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3035 <option value="1">scipy</option>
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parents: 1711
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3036 <option value="2">chaco</option>
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parents: 1711
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3037 <option value="3">weave</option>
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parents: 1096
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3038 </select>
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parents: 1711
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3039 </td>
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parents: 1711
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3040 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
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parents: 1711
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3041 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort" value="category"></td>
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3042 <td><input type="radio" name=":group" value="category"></td>
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parents: 1711
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3043 </tr>
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parents: 1096
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3044
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3045 Adding category to the default view
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d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
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3046 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3047
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3048 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
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3049 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
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parents: 1671
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3050 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
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parents: 1671
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3051 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
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parents: 1671
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3052 default when listing all the issues.
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3053
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3054 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
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parents: 1671
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3055 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
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parents: 1671
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3056 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
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3057 forth.
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3058
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parents: 1096
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3059 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
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parents: 1096
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3060
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3061 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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parents: 1096
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3062
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3063 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
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3064 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
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3065
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3066 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
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3067 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
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3068 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
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3069
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3070 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
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parents: 1096
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3071
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3072 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
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3073 tal:content="i/category"></td>
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3074
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3075 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
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3076 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
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3077 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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3078
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3079 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
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3080 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unassigned Issues" or "All Issues",
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3081 the category column should be included in the resulting list. If you
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parents: 1671
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3082 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
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3083 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
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3084 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
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parents: 1096
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3085 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3086
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3087 Adding a time log to your issues
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parents: 2154
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3088 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3089
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3090 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
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3091 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3092
2983
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parents: 2958
diff changeset
3093 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``schema.py``::
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3094
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3095 # storage for time logging
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3096 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
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parents: 1255
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3097
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3098 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
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3099 creation through the standard property "creation".
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3100
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3101 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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3102 ``schema.py``)::
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3103
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3104 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3105 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3106 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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3107 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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3108
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3109 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
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3110
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3111 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
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3112 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
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3113 because unlike the other fields in the ``issue.item`` template, it
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3114 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
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3115 item (an issue). We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
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3116 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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3117 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
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3118 field to capture a new timelog item's period::
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3119
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3120 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
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3121 <th>Time Log</th>
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3122 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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3123 <br />(enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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3124 </td>
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3125 </tr>
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diff changeset
3126
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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3127 and another hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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3128 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the issue item. It looks
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3129 like this::
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3130
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3131 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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3132
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3133 On submission, the "-1" timelog item will be created and assigned a
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3134 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
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3135 added to it.
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3136
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3137 4. We want to display a total of the timelog times that have been
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3138 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
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3139 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
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3140 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a module ``timespent.py``
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3141 to the ``extensions`` directory in our tracker. The contents of this
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3142 file is as follows::
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3143
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3144 def totalTimeSpent(times):
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3145 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
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3146 Interval "period" property)
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3147 '''
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3148 total = Interval('0d')
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3149 for time in times:
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3150 total += time.period._value
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3151 return total
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3152
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3153 def init(instance):
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3154 instance.registerUtil('totalTimeSpent', totalTimeSpent)
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3155
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3156 We will now be able to access the ``totalTimeSpent`` function via the
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3157 ``utils`` variable in our templates, as shown in the next step.
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3158
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3159 5. Display the timelog for an issue::
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3160
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3161 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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3162 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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3163 <tal:block
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3164 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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3165 </th></tr>
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3166 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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3167 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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3168 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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3169 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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3170 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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3171 </tr>
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3172 </table>
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3173
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3174 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
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3175 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
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3176 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
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3177 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
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3178 and 40 minutes).
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3179
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3180 8. If you're using a persistent web server - ``roundup-server`` or
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3181 ``mod_python`` for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
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3182 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
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3183 time logging interface.
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3184
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3185
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3186 Tracking different types of issues
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3187 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3188
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3189 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
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3190 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
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3191 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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3192 a customer support issue class to a tracker.
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3193
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3194 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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3195 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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3196 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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3197
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3198 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``schema.py`` - in this
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3199 example, we're adding a "system support" class. Just after the "issue"
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3200 class definition, add::
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3201
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3202 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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3203 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3204 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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3205 affects=Multilink("system"))
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3206
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3207 3. Copy the existing ``issue.*`` (item, search and index) templates in the
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3208 tracker's ``html`` to ``support.*``. Edit them so they use the properties
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3209 defined in the ``support`` class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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3210 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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3211 required properties.
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3212
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3213 4. Edit the modules in the ``detectors``, adding lines to their ``init``
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3214 functions where appropriate. Look for ``audit`` and ``react`` registrations
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3215 on the ``issue`` class, and duplicate them for ``support``.
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3216
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3217 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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3218 existing issues one, changing the ``issue`` class name to ``support``.
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3219
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3220 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new ``support`` class.
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3221
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3222
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3223 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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3224 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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3225 some security declarations::
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3226
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3227 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'View', 'support')
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3228 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Create', 'support')
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3229 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Edit', 'support')
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3230
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3231 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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3232 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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3233
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3234 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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3235 for the ``issue`` class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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3236 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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3237 all with the "User" Role.
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3238
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3239
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3240 Using External User Databases
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3241 -----------------------------
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3242
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3243 Using an external password validation source
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3244 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3245
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3246 .. note:: You will need to either have an "admin" user in your external
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3247 password source *or* have one of your regular users have
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3248 the Admin Role assigned. If you need to assign the Role *after*
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3249 making the changes below, you may use the ``roundup-admin``
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3250 program to edit a user's details.
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3251
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3252 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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3253 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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3254 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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3255 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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3256 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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3257 would be::
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3258
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3259 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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3260
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3261 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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3262 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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3263 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
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3264 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class. The
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3265 following is added as ``externalpassword.py`` in the tracker ``extensions``
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3266 directory::
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3267
3229
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3268 import os, crypt
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3269 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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3270
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3271 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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3272 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
2915
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3273 '''Look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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3274 name that matches.
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3275 '''
2156
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3276 # get the user's username
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3277 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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3278
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3279 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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3280 # tracker home
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3281 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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3282
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3283 # see if we can find a match
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diff changeset
3284 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3285 open(file).readlines()]:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3286 if ent[0] == username:
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diff changeset
3287 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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diff changeset
3288
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3289 # user doesn't exist in the file
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3290 return 0
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3291
2915
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3292 def init(instance):
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3293 instance.registerAction('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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3294
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3295 You should also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
2156
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3296 template.
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3297
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parents: 2154
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3298
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3299 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
2156
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3300 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3301
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3302 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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diff changeset
3303 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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3304 and primary user group.
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3305
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3306 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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3307 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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parents: 1671
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3308 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3309 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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3310 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3311
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3312 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3313 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3314 described in the previous example, `using an external password
3131
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3315 validation source`_. We keep the user lists in sync using a fairly
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3316 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3317 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
1292
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3318
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3319 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3320 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
1299
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parents: 1293
diff changeset
3321
1292
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diff changeset
3322 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3323 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
1293
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1292
diff changeset
3324 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1293
diff changeset
3325
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3326 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3327
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3328 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3329 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
3131
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3330 information though - the user's email address and their Roundup Roles.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3331 We're going to assume that the user's email address is the same as their
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3332 login name, so we just append the domain name to that. The Roles are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3333 determined using the passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3334 to an appropriate set of Roles.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3335
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3336 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3337 as follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3338 tracker we're to work on::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3339
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3340 import sys, os, smtplib
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3341 from roundup import instance, date
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3342
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3343 # open the tracker
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diff changeset
3344 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3345 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3346
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3347 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3348
3229
5ce9c9a1399d merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3131
diff changeset
3349 # read in the users from the "passwd.txt" file
5ce9c9a1399d merge from HEAD
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parents: 3131
diff changeset
3350 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'passwd.txt')
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3351 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3352
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3353 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3354 appear in the file)::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3355
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3356 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3357 # "real" users
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3358 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3359
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3360 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3361 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team',
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3362 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3363
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3364 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
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diff changeset
3365
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diff changeset
3366 roles = {
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diff changeset
3367 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
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diff changeset
3368 '502': 'User', # finance
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diff changeset
3369 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3370 '504': 'User', # sales
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diff changeset
3371 '505': 'User', # marketing
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diff changeset
3372 }
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diff changeset
3373
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3374 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have
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parents: 1671
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3375 the tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause,
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3376 so that we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we
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parents: 1671
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3377 now do all the work::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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3378
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3379 # open the database
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3380 db = tracker.open('admin')
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3381 try:
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3382 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
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3383 msg = []
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3384
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diff changeset
3385 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
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3386 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
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3387 if user in ignore:
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3388 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
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3389 continue
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3390 keep.append(user)
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3391 try:
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3392 # see if the user exists in the tracker
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3393 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
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3394
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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3395 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
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3396 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
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3397 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
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3398 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
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3399 except KeyError:
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3400 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3401 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3402 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3403 msg.append('ADD %s - %s (%s)'%(user, real, roles[gid]))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3404
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3405 # now check that all the users in the tracker are also in our
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3406 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3407 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3408 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3409 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3410 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3411 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3412
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3413 # if we did work, then send email to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3414 if msg:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3415 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3416 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3417
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3418 %s
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3419 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3420
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3421 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3422 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3423 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3424 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3425
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3426 # now we're done - commit the changes
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3427 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3428 finally:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3429 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3430 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3431
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3432 And that's it!
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3433
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3434
1680
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3435 Using an LDAP database for user information
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3436 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3437
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3438 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3439 http://python-ldap.sf.net/ and then compares the list to the users in the
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3440 roundup user database would be pretty easy to write. You'd then have it run
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3441 once an hour / day (or on demand if you can work that into your LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3442 workflow). See the example `Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database`_
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3443 for more information about doing this.
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3444
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3445 To authenticate off the LDAP store (rather than using the passwords in the
3131
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3446 Roundup user database) you'd use the same python-ldap module inside an
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3447 extension to the cgi interface. You'd do this by overriding the method called
3131
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3448 ``verifyPassword`` on the ``LoginAction`` class in your tracker's
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3449 ``extensions`` directory (see `using an external password validation
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3450 source`_). The method is implemented by default as::
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3451
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3452 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3453 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3454 '''
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3455 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3456 if password == stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3457 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3458 if not password and not stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3459 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3460 return 0
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3461
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3462 So you could reimplement this as something like::
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3463
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3464 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3465 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3466 '''
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3467 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3468 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3469 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3470
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3471
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3472 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3473 ----------------------------
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3474
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3475 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3476 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3477
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3478 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3479 start to see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3480 vacation". Not very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3481
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3482 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3483
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3484 user = Class(db, "user",
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3485 username=String(), password=Password(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3486 address=String(), realname=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3487 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3488 alternate_addresses=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3489 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3490 vacation=Boolean())
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3491
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3492 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3493 following to your ``user.item`` template::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3494
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3495 <tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3496 <th>On Vacation</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3497 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3498 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3499
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3500 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3501 consists of::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3502
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3503 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3504 users = db.user
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3505 messages = db.msg
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3506 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3507 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3508 try:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3509 # figure the recipient ids
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3510 sendto = []
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3511 seen_message = {}
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3512 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3513 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3514 seen_message[recipid] = 1
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3515
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3516 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3517 # the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3518 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3519
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3520 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3521 # they aren't anonymous
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3522 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3523 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3524 sendto.append(authid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3525 seen_message[authid] = 1
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3526
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3527 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3528 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3529 for nosyid in nosy:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3530 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3531 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3532 # in case they do...)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3533 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3534 continue
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3535 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3536 if not seen_message.has_key(nosyid):
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parents: 2154
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3537 # send it to them
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3538 sendto.append(nosyid)
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parents: 2154
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3539 recipients.append(nosyid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3540
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3541 # generate a change note
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parents: 2154
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3542 if oldvalues:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3543 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3544 else:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3545 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3546
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3547 # we have new recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3548 if sendto:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3549 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3550 sendto = [i for i in sendto
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3551 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3552
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3553 # map userids to addresses
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3554 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3555
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3556 # update the message's recipients list
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3557 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3558
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3559 # send the message
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3560 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3561 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3562 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3563
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3564 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3565 addition of::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3566
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3567 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3568 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3569
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3570 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3571
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3572 Adding in state transition control
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3573 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3574
3131
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
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3575 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states to which users may
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3576 move issues. You can do this by following these steps:
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3577
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3578 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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parents: 2154
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3579 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3580 template::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3581
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3582 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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parents: 2154
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3583
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3584 This will force users to select a status.
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3585
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3586 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3587
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3588 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3589 ...)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3590
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3591 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3592
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3593 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
3131
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3594 b. using the ``roundup-admin`` "set" command.
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3595
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3596 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3597 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3598
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3599 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3600 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3601 property.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3602 '''
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3603 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3604 return
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3605 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3606 new = newvalues['status']
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3607 if new == current:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3608 return
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3609 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3610 if new not in ok:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3611 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3612 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3613
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3614 def init(db):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3615 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3616
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3617 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3618 from::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3619
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3620 <th>Status</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3621 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3622
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3623 to::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3624
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3625 <th>Status</th>
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3626 <td>
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3627 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3628 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3629 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3630 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3631 tal:attributes="
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3632 value state/id;
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3633 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3634 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3635 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3636 </select>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3637 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3638 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3639 </td>
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3640
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3641 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3642
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
3643
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6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
3644 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3645 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3646
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
3647 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3648 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3649 resolved. To achieve this:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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3650
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3651 1. Create a new property on the ``issue`` class:
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3652 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. To do this, edit the definition of
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3653 this class in your tracker's ``schema.py`` file. Change this::
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
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3654
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3655 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
3656 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
3657 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
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3658
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3659 to this, adding the blockers entry::
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3660
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3661 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3662 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3663 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
3664 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
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3665
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3666 2. Add the new ``blockers`` property to the ``issue.item.html`` edit
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3667 page, using something like::
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3668
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3669 <th>Waiting On</th>
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3670 <td>
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3671 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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3672 size=20)" />
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3673 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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3674 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
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3675 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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3676 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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3677 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
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3678 </span>
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3679
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3680 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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3681 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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3682 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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3683 the "superseders" field.
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3684
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3685 3. Create a new detector module (see below) which enforces the rules:
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3686
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3687 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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3688 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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3689
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3690 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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3691
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3692 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3693 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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3694 '''
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3695 if nodeid is None:
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3696 blockers = []
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3697 else:
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3698 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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3699 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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3700
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3701 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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3702 # changed
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3703 if not blockers or not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3704 return
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3705
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3706 # get the resolved state ID
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3707 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3708
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3709 # format the info
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3710 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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3711 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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3712 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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3713 if len(blockers) == 1:
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3714 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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3715 else:
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3716 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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3717
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3718 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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3719 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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3720 raise ValueError, "This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s
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3721
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3722 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3723 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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3724 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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3725 '''
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3726 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3727 return
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3728
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3729 # get the resolved state ID
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3730 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3731
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3732 # interesting?
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3733 if newvalues['status'] != resolved_id:
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3734 return
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3735
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3736 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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3737 # their blockers list
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3738 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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3739 for issueid in issues:
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3740 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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3741 if nodeid in blockers:
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3742 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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3743 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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3744
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3745
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3746 def init(db):
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3747 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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3748 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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3749 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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3750
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3751 # can only happen on a set
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3752 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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3753
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3754 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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3755 "detectors" directory.
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3756
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3757 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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3758 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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3759 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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3760 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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3761 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
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3762
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3763 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status&
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3764 @columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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3765 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3766
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3767 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
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3768 "@filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)@@
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3769
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3770 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status,blockers&
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3771 blockers=-1&@columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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3772 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3773
3039
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3774 The above examples are line-wrapped on the trailing & and should
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3775 be unwrapped.
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3776
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3777 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
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3778 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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3779 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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3780 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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3781 another issue's "blockers" property.
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3782
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3783 Add users to the nosy list based on the topic
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3784 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3785
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3786 Let's say we need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy
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3787 list based
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3788 on the occurance of a topic. Every user should be allowed to edit their
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3789 own list of topics for which they want to be added to the nosy list.
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3790
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3791 Below, we'll show that this change can be done with minimal
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3792 understanding of the Roundup system, using only copy and paste.
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3793
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3794 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
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3795 allow per-user recording of the lists of topics for which he wants to
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3796 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing them to edit
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3797 this list of topics, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
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3798 list when a topic is set.
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3799
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3800 Adding the nosy topic list
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3801 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3802
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3803 The change to make in the database, is that for any user there should be
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3804 a list of topics for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding
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3805 a ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seems to fullfill this (note that within
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3806 the code, topics are called ``keywords``.) As such, all that has to be
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3807 done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the
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3808 file ``schema.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and
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3809 the updated definition of user will be::
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3810
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3811 user = Class(db, "user",
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3812 username=String(), password=Password(),
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3813 address=String(), realname=String(),
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3814 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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3815 alternate_addresses=String(),
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3816 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
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3817 timezone=String(),
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3818 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
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3819
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3820 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy topic list
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3821 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3822
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3823 We want any user to be able to change the list of topics for which
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3824 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
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3825 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
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3826 We can easily
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3827 see that the topic field in the issue view has very similar editing
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3828 requirements as our nosy topics, both being lists of topics. As
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3829 such, we look for Topics in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
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3830 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
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3831 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
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3832 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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3833
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3834 <tr>
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3835 <th>Nosy Topics</th>
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3836 <td>
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3837 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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3838 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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3839 </td>
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3840 </tr>
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3841
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3842
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3843 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
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3844 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3845
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3846 The more difficult part is the logic to add
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3847 the users to the nosy list when required.
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3848 We choose to perform this action whenever the topics on an
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3849 item are set (this includes the creation of items).
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3850 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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3851 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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3852 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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3853 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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3854 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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3855 ``nosyreaction`` function actually sends the e-mail.
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3856 We don't need this. Therefore, we can change the ``init`` function to::
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3857
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3858 def init(db):
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3859 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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3860 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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3861
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3862 After that, we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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3863 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to setting
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3864 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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3865 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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3866 code, which handled adding the assignedto user(s) to the nosy list in
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3867 ``updatenosy``, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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3868 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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3869 new topics, than looping over all users,
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3870 and assign the user to the nosy list when the topic occurs in the user's
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3871 ``nosy_keywords``. The next part in ``updatenosy`` -- adding the author
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3872 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list -- is obviously not
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3873 relevant here and is thus deleted from the new auditor. The last
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3874 part, copying the new nosy list to ``newvalues``, can stay as is.
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3875 This results in the following function::
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3876
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3877 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3878 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the topics
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3879 '''
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3880 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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3881 current = {}
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3882 if nodeid is None:
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3883 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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3884 else:
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3885 ok = ('yes',)
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3886 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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3887 # changed
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3888 if not newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3889 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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3890 for value in nosy:
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3891 if not current.has_key(value):
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3892 current[value] = 1
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3893
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3894 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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3895 if newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3896 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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3897 for value in nosy:
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3898 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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3899 continue
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3900 if not current.has_key(value):
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3901 current[value] = 1
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3902
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3903 # add users with topic in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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3904 if newvalues.has_key('topic') and newvalues['topic'] is not None:
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3905 topic_ids = newvalues['topic']
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3906 for topic in topic_ids:
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3907 # loop over all users,
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3908 # and assign user to nosy when topic in nosy_keywords
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3909 for user_id in db.user.list():
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3910 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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3911 found = 0
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3912 for kw in nosy_kw:
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3913 if kw == topic:
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3914 found = 1
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3915 if found:
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3916 current[user_id] = 1
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3917
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3918 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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3919 newvalues['nosy'] = current.keys()
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3920
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3921 These two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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3922
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3923 TODO: update this example to use the ``find()`` Class method.
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3924
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3925 Caveats
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3926 :::::::
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3927
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3928 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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3929
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3930 Multiple additions
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3931 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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3932 from the nosy list, he is added to the nosy list again when the
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3933 topic list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
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3934 to only check which topics are new compared to the old list
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3935 of topics, and only add users when they have indicated
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3936 interest on a new topic.
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3937
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3938 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the ``create()``
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3939 event, rather than also on the ``set()`` event, thus only setting
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3940 the nosy list when the issue is created.
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3941
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3942 Scalability
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3943 In the auditor, there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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3944 only few users this will pose no serious problem; however, with
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3945 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
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3946 A way out would be to link from the topics to the users who
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3947 selected these topics as nosy topics. This will eliminate the
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3948 loop over all users.
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3949
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3950 Changes to Security and Permissions
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3951 -----------------------------------
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3952
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3953 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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3954 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3955
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3956 1. In your tracker's ``schema.py``, create a new Role, say "Developer"::
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3957
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3958 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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3959
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3960 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
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3961 "issue"::
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3962
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3963 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
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3964 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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3965
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3966 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
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3967
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3968 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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3969
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3970 4. In the issue item edit page (``html/issue.item.html`` in your tracker
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3971 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
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3972 list::
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3973
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3974 <select name="assignedto">
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3975 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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3976 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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3977 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
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3978 'Fixer', context._classname)"
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3979 tal:attributes="
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3980 value user/id;
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3981 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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3982 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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3983 </tal:block>
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3984 </select>
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3985
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3986 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
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3987 Permission requirement (install this as ``assignedtoFixer.py`` in your
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3988 tracker ``detectors`` directory)::
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3989
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3990 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3991 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is used with the
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3992 Fixer Permission
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3993 '''
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3994 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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3995 # don't care
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3996 return
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3997
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3998 # get the userid
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3999 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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4000 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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4001 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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4002
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4003 def init(db):
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4004 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4005 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4006
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4007 So now, if an edit action attempts to set "assignedto" to a user that
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4008 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
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4009
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4010
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4011 Users may only edit their issues
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4012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4013
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4014 In this case, users registering themselves are granted Provisional
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4015 access, meaning they
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4016 have access to edit the issues they submit, but not others. We create a new
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4017 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
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4018 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
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4019 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".)
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4020
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4021 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
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4022 ``schema.py``::
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4023
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4024 #
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4025 # New users not approved by the admin
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4026 #
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4027 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
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4028 description='New user registered via web or email')
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4029
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4030 # These users need to be able to view and create issues but only edit
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4031 # and view their own
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4032 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', 'issue')
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4033 def own_issue(db, userid, itemid):
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4034 '''Determine whether the userid matches the creator of the issue.'''
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4035 return userid == db.issue.get(itemid, 'creator')
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4036 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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4037 check=own_issue, description='Can only edit own issues')
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4038 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4039 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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4040 check=own_issue, description='Can only view own issues')
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4041 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4042
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4043 # Assign the Permissions for issue-related classes
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4044 for cl in 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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4045 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4046 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Edit', cl)
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4047 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', cl)
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4048 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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4049 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4050
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4051 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
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4052 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Web Access')
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4053 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Email Access')
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4054
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4055
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4056 Then, in ``config.ini``, we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
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4057 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
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4058
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4059 [main]
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4060 ...
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4061 new_web_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
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4062 new_email_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
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4063
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4064
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4065 Changes to the Web User Interface
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4066 ---------------------------------
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4067
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4068 Adding action links to the index page
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4069 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4070
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4071 Add a column to the ``item.index.html`` template.
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4072
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4073 Resolving the issue::
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4074
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4075 <a tal:attributes="href
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4076 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
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4077
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4078 "Take" the issue::
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4079
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4080 <a tal:attributes="href
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4081 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
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4082
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4083 ... and so on.
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4084
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4085 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
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4086 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4087
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4088 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
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4089 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add this to the ``<tr>`` that
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4090 displays the rows of data::
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4091
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4092 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
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4093
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4094 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
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4095 different priorities, as follows::
1966
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4096
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4097 tr.priority-critical td {
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4098 background-color: red;
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4099 }
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4100
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4101 tr.priority-urgent td {
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4102 background-color: orange;
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4103 }
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4104
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4105 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
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4106
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4107 Editing multiple items in an index view
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4108 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4109
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4110 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
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4111 ``issue.item.html``:
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4112
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4113 1. add a form around the listing table (separate from the existing
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4114 index-page form), so at the top it reads::
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4115
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4116 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
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4117 <table class="list">
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4118
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4119 and at the bottom of that table::
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4120
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4121 </table>
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4122 </form
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4123
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4124 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
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4125 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
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4126
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4127 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
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parents: 2007
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4128
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4129 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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4130 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
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4131
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4132 to::
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4133
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4134 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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4135 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
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4136
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4137 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
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4138
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4139 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the index items (marked by
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4140 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
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4141
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4142 <tr>
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4143 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
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4144 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
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parents: 2007
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4145 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
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parents: 2007
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4146 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
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4147 </td>
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parents: 2007
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4148 </tr>
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4149
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4150 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an edit
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4151 on any changed statuses. The final ``tal:block`` will make sure that the
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4152 current index view parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in
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4153 rendering the next page (the results of the editing).
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4154
2156
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4155
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4156 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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4157 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4158
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4159 Alter the ``issue.item`` template section for messages to::
2156
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4160
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4161 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4162 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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4163 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4164 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4165 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4166 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4167 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4168 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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diff changeset
4169 <td>
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diff changeset
4170 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
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diff changeset
4171 remove</a>
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4172 </td>
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4173 </tr>
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4174 </table>
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diff changeset
4175
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4176
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diff changeset
4177 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4178 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
4179
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4180 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
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4181 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
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4182 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
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4183 that shows either the one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
2156
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diff changeset
4184 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
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4185
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diff changeset
4186 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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diff changeset
4187 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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diff changeset
4188 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
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4189 <th colspan="2" class="header">
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diff changeset
4190 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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diff changeset
4191 </th>
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diff changeset
4192 </tr>
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diff changeset
4193 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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diff changeset
4194 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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diff changeset
4195 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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diff changeset
4196 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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diff changeset
4197 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4198 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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diff changeset
4199 <td>
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diff changeset
4200 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
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diff changeset
4201 </td>
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4202 </tr>
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diff changeset
4203 </tal:block>
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diff changeset
4204
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diff changeset
4205 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4206 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
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diff changeset
4207 <th class="header">
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diff changeset
4208 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
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4209 </th>
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4210 </tr>
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4211 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4212 <tr>
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4213 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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4214 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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4215 <th style="text-align: right">
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4216 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
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4217 </th>
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4218 </tr>
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4219 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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4220 </tal:block>
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4221 </tal:block>
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4222 </table>
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4223
3124
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4224
2156
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4225 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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4226 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4227
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4228 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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4229 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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4230 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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4231 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
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4232 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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4233
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4234 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4235 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4236 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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4237 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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4238
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4239 <strong>Category:</strong>
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4240 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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4241 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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4242 </form>
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4243
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4244 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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4245 addition of the following form fragments::
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4246
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4247 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4248 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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4249 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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4250 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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4251
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4252 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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4253 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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4254 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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4255 .
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4256 .
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4257 .
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4258 </form>
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4259
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4260 Note that later in the form, I use the value of "cat" to decide which
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4261 form elements should be displayed. For example::
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4262
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4263 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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4264 <tr>
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4265 <th>Operating System</th>
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4266 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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4267 </tr>
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4268 <tr>
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4269 <th>Web Browser</th>
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4270 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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4271 </tr>
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4272 </tal:block>
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4273
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4274 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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4275 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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4276
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4277 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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4278 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
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4279 those actions in a new ``Action`` class (see `defining new web actions`_)::
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4280
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4281 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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4282
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4283 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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4284 def handle(self):
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4285 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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4286 on to page 2.
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4287 '''
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4288 category = self.form['category'].value
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4289 if category == '-1':
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4290 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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4291 return
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4292 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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4293 self.template = 'add_page2'
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4294
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4295 def init(instance):
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4296 instance.registerAction('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction)
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4297
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4298 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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4299 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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4300
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4302 -------------------
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4303
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4304 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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4305
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4306 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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4307 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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4308 .. _`admin guide`: admin_guide.html
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