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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.135 $
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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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28 The third case is special because it takes two distinctly different forms
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29 depending upon whether the tracker has been initialised or not. The other two
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30 may be done at any time, before or after tracker initialisation. Yes, this
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31 includes adding or removing properties from classes.
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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.py Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 dbinit.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 interfaces.py Defines the Web and E-Mail interfaces for the tracker
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45 select_db.py Selects the database back-end for the tracker
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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 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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49 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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52 Tracker Configuration
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55 The ``config.py`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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56 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces.
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57 As the name suggests, this file is a Python module. This means that any
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58 valid python expression may be used in the file. Mostly though, you'll
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59 be setting the configuration variables to string values. Python string
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60 values must be quoted with either single or double quotes::
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62 'this is a string'
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63 "this is also a string - use it when the value has 'single quotes'"
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64 this is not a string - it's not quoted
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66 Python strings may use formatting that's almost identical to C string
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67 formatting. The ``%`` operator is used to perform the formatting, like
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68 so::
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70 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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72 this will create a string ``'roundup-admin@tracker.domain.example'`` if
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73 MAIL_DOMAIN is set to ``'tracker.domain.example'``.
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75 You'll also note some values are set to::
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77 os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'db')
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79 or similar. This creates a new string which holds the path to the
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80 ``'db'`` directory in the TRACKER_HOME directory. This is just a
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81 convenience so if the TRACKER_HOME changes you don't have to edit
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82 multiple valoues.
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84 The configuration variables available are:
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86 **TRACKER_HOME** - ``os.path.split(__file__)[0]``
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87 The tracker home directory. The above default code will automatically
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88 determine the tracker home for you, so you can just leave it alone.
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90 **MAILHOST** - ``'localhost'``
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91 The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send e-mail.
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93 **MAILUSER** - ``()``
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94 If your SMTP mail host requires a username and password for access, then
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95 specify them here. eg. ``MAILUSER = ('username', 'password')``
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97 **MAILHOST_TLS** - ``'no'``
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98 If your SMTP mail host provides or requires TLS (Transport Layer
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99 Security) then set ``MAILHOST_TLS = 'yes'``
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101 **MAILHOST_TLS_KEYFILE** - ``''``
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102 If you're using TLS, you may also set MAILHOST_TLS_KEYFILE to the name of
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103 a PEM formatted file that contains your private key.
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105 **MAILHOST_TLS_CERTFILE** - ``''``
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106 If you're using TLS and have specified a MAILHOST_TLS_KEYFILE, you may
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107 also set MAILHOST_TLS_CERTFILE to the name of a PEM formatted certificate
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108 chain file.
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110 **MAIL_DOMAIN** - ``'tracker.domain.example'``
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111 The domain name used for email addresses.
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113 **DATABASE** - ``os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'db')``
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114 This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in. By default
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115 it is in the tracker home.
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117 **TEMPLATES** - ``os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'html')``
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118 This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in. By default they are
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119 in the tracker home.
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121 **TRACKER_NAME** - ``'Roundup issue tracker'``
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122 A descriptive name for your roundup tracker. This is sent out in e-mails and
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123 appears in the heading of CGI pages.
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125 **TRACKER_EMAIL** - ``'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN``
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126 The email address that e-mail sent to roundup should go to. Think of it as the
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127 tracker's personal e-mail address.
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129 **TRACKER_WEB** - ``'http://tracker.example/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/bugs/'``
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130 The web address that the tracker is viewable at. This will be included in
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131 information sent to users of the tracker. The URL **must** include the
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132 cgi-bin part or anything else that is required to get to the home page of
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133 the tracker. You **must** include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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135 **ADMIN_EMAIL** - ``'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN``
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136 The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble.
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138 **EMAIL_FROM_TAG** - ``''``
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139 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the ``From:`` address used
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140 in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the ``From:`` line is
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143 "Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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147 "Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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151 ``DISPATCHER_EMAIL`` address if set, otherwise it'll use the
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152 ``ADMIN_EMAIL`` address.
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153
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155 The email address that Roundup will issue all error messages to. This is
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157 a central user.
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159 **MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR** - ``'new'``, ``'yes'`` or``'no'``
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160 Send nosy messages to the author of the message?
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161 If 'new' is used, then the author will only be sent the message when the
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162 message creates a new issue. If 'yes' then the author will always be sent
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163 a copy of the message they wrote.
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165 **ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY** - ``'new'``, ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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166 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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167 If ``'new'`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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170
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171 **ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY** - ``'new'``, ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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172 Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy list?
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173 If ``'new'`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a message
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175 followups too. If ``'no'``, they're never added to the nosy.
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177 **EMAIL_SIGNATURE_POSITION** - ``'top'``, ``'bottom'`` or ``'none'``
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178 Where to place the email signature in messages that Roundup generates.
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179
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180 **EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT** - ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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181 Keep email citations. Citations are the part of e-mail which the sender has
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182 quoted in their reply to previous e-mail with ``>`` or ``|`` characters at
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183 the start of the line.
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185 **EMAIL_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED** - ``'no'``
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186 Preserve the email body as is. Enabiling this will cause the entire message
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187 body to be stored, including all citations, signatures and Outlook-quoted
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188 sections (ie. "Original Message" blocks). It should be either ``'yes'``
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189 or ``'no'``.
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191 **MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS** - ``'issue'`` or ``''``
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192 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email
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193 subjects. To disable, comment out the variable below or leave it blank.
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194
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195 **HTML_VERSION** - ``'html4'`` or ``'xhtml'``
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196 HTML version to generate. The templates are html4 by default. If you
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197 wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this var to 'xhtml'
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198 too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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199
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200 **EMAIL_CHARSET** - ``utf-8`` (or ``iso-8859-1`` for Eudora users)
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201 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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202 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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203 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set (eg.
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204 'iso-8859-1'.
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206 **DEFAULT_TIMEZONE** - ``0``
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207 Numeric hour timezone offest to be used when displaying local times.
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208 The default timezone is used when users do not choose their own in
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209 their settings.
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210
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211 The default config.py is given below - as you
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212 can see, the MAIL_DOMAIN must be edited before any interaction with the
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213 tracker is attempted.::
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214
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215 # roundup home is this package's directory
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216 TRACKER_HOME=os.path.split(__file__)[0]
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218 # The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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219 MAILHOST = 'localhost'
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221 # The domain name used for email addresses.
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222 MAIL_DOMAIN = 'your.tracker.email.domain.example'
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223
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224 # This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in
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225 DATABASE = os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'db')
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226
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227 # This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in
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228 TEMPLATES = os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'html')
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230 # A descriptive name for your roundup tracker
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231 TRACKER_NAME = 'Roundup issue tracker'
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233 # The email address that mail to roundup should go to
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234 TRACKER_EMAIL = 'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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236 # The web address that the tracker is viewable at. This will be
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237 # included in information sent to users of the tracker. The URL MUST
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238 # include the cgi-bin part or anything else that is required to get
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239 # to the home page of the tracker. You MUST include a trailing '/'
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240 # in the URL.
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241 TRACKER_WEB = 'http://tracker.example/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/bugs/'
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243 # The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into
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244 # trouble
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245 ADMIN_EMAIL = 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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246
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247 # Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address
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248 # used in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From:
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249 # line is usually: "Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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250 # the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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251 # "Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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252 EMAIL_FROM_TAG = ""
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253
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254 # Send nosy messages to the author of the message
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255 MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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256
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257 # Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list
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258 # automatically? If 'new' is used, then the author will only be
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259 # added when a message creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the
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260 # author will be added on followups too. If 'no', they're never
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261 # added to the nosy.
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262 ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY = 'new' # one of 'yes', 'no', 'new'
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264 # Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy
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265 # list? If 'new' is used, then the recipients will only be added
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266 # when a message creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the recipients
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267 # will be added on followups too. If 'no', they're never added to
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268 # the nosy.
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269 ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY = 'new' # either 'yes', 'no', 'new'
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271 # Where to place the email signature
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272 EMAIL_SIGNATURE_POSITION = 'bottom' # one of 'top', 'bottom', 'none'
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273
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274 # Keep email citations
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275 EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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277 # Preserve the email body as is
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278 EMAIL_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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280 # Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email
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281 # subjects. To disable, comment out the variable below or leave it
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282 # blank. Examples:
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283 MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS = 'issue' # use "issue" class by default
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284 #MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS = '' # disable (or just comment the var out)
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286 # HTML version to generate. The templates are html4 by default. If you
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287 # wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this var to 'xhtml'
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288 # too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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289 HTML_VERSION = 'html4' # either 'html4' or 'xhtml'
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291 # Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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292 # it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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293 # that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set (eg.
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294 # 'iso-8859-1'.
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295 EMAIL_CHARSET = 'utf-8'
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296 #EMAIL_CHARSET = 'iso-8859-1' # use this instead for Eudora users
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298 # You may specify a different default timezone, for use when users do not
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299 # choose their own in their settings.
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300 DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = 0 # specify as numeric hour offest
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301
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302 #
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303 # SECURITY DEFINITIONS
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304 #
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305 # define the Roles that a user gets when they register with the
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306 # tracker these are a comma-separated string of role names (e.g.
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307 # 'Admin,User')
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308 NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES = 'User'
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309 NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES = 'User'
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310
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311 Tracker Schema
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312 ==============
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314 Note: if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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315 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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316 your changes.
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318 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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319 Schemas are defined using Python code in the ``dbinit.py`` module of your
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320 tracker.
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322 The ``dbinit.py`` module
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323 ------------------------
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325 The ``dbinit.py`` module contains two functions:
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326
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327 **open**
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328 This function defines what your tracker looks like on the inside, the
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329 **schema** of the tracker. It defines the **Classes** and **properties**
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330 on each class. It also defines the **security** for those Classes. The
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331 next few sections describe how schemas work and what you can do with
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332 them.
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333 **init**
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334 This function is responsible for setting up the initial state of your
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335 tracker. It's called exactly once - but the ``roundup-admin initialise``
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336 command. See the start of the section on `database content`_ for more
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337 info about how this works.
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338
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339
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340 The "classic" schema
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341 --------------------
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342
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343 The "classic" schema looks like this (see below for the meaning
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344 of ``'setkey'``)::
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346 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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347 pri.setkey("name")
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348
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349 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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350 stat.setkey("name")
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351
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352 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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353 keyword.setkey("name")
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355 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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356 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(),
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357 phone=String())
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358 user.setkey("username")
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359
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360 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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361 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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362 files=Multilink("file"))
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364 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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365
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366 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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367 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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368 priority=Link("priority"))
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369 issue.setkey('title')
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370
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372 What you can't do to the schema
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373 -------------------------------
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374
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375 You must never:
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376
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377 **Remove the users class**
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378 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup. Similarly, its
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379 username, password and address properties must never be removed.
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380
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381 **Change the type of a property**
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382 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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383 this kind of action into account. Note that you can't just remove a
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384 property and re-add it as a new type either. If you wanted to make the
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385 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
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386 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
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389 What you can do to the schema
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390 -----------------------------
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391
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392 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
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393 initialised (or used). You may:
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394
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395 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
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396 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repurcussions
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397 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
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398
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399 **Remove properties**
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400 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
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401 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
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402 detectors_.
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406 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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407 ---------------------------------------------------------
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409 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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411 priority
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412 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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414 status
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415 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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417 keyword
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418 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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420 user
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421 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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425 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
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426 generated by roundup.
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429 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
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432 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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434 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
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435 reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue and more
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436 powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status. By only
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437 requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single number) we
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438 reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or status - or
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442 Class and Items
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443 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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445 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
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447 the information about the class items.
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448
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449 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
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451 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
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455 ~~~~~~~~~~
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457 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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459 * String properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
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460 * Password properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
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461 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
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462 class.
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463 * Date properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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464 objects.
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465 * Number properties store numeric values.
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466 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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467 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a
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468 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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469 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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470 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified
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471 class. The value is a list of integers.
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474 FileClass
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475 ~~~~~~~~~
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477 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
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478 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
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479 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
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480 allows us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are
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481 stored in the files sub-directory of the ``'db'`` directory in your
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482 tracker.
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486 ~~~~~~~~~~
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488 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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489 "superseder" properties.
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490
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491 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
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492 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
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493 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
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494 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
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495 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
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496 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
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497
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498 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
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499 "creator" properties.
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500
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501 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
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502 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
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503 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
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504 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
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505 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
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508 setkey(property)
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509 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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511 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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512 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
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513 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
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514 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
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515 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
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516 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
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518 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
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520 or::
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521
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522 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
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524 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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525
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526 If a class does not have an "order" property, the key is also used to
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527 sort instances of the class when it is rendered in the user interface.
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528 (If a class has no "order" property, sorting is by the labelproperty of
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529 the class. This is computed, in order of precedence, as the key, the
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530 "name", the "title", or the first property alphabetically.)
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533 create(information)
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534 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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536 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
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537 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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540 Examples of adding to your schema
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541 ---------------------------------
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542
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543 TODO
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545
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546 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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547 ============================================
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548 .. _detectors:
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549
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550 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
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551 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
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552 initialised via the "roundup-admin initialise" command.
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554 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
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555 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
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556 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
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557 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
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558 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
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559 for you are:
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561 **nosyreaction.py**
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562 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
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563 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
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564 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
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565 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
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566 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
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567 **statusauditor.py**
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568 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
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569 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
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570 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
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571 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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572 defined.
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573 **messagesummary.py**
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574 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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575 content.
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576 **userauditor.py**
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577 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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578 roles lists).
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579
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580 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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581 or remove these detectors.
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583 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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584 interface for detectors.
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585
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586 __ design.html
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589 Detector API
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590 ------------
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592 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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594 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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595
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596 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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597 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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598 property names to values.
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599
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600 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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601 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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602 is about to be created.
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604 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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605 properties that are about to be changed.
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607 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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609 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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611 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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613 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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614 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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615 property names to values.
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616
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617 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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618 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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619
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620 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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621 values of properties that were changed.
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623 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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624 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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627 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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628 ----------------------------------
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630 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
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631 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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632 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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633
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634 **newissuecopy.py**
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635 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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636 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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637 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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638 email errors!
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639 **creator_resolution.py**
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640 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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641 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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642 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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643 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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644 **email_auditor.py**
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645 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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646 extension .eml.
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647 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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648 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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649 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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650 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
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653 Auditor or Reactor?
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654 -------------------
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655
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656 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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658 **Auditors**
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659 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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660 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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661 **Reactors**
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662 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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663 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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664 detector loops.
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667 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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668 ---------------------------------------
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670 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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671 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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672 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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673 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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674 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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675
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676 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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678 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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679
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680 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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682 raise Reject
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685 Generating email from Roundup
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688 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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689 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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691 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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692 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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694 is not required).
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697 Database Content
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700 Note: if you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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701 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your
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702 changes.
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704 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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705 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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706 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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707 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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709 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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710 Edit the dbinit module in your tracker to alter the items created in
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711 using the ``create()`` methods.
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713 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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714 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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715 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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716 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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717
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718 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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719 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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720 question.
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721
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722 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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723 requires database content changes.
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726 Security / Access Controls
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727 ==========================
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728
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729 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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731 - Edit (everything)
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732 - View (everything)
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734 Every Class you define in your tracker's schema also gets an Edit and View
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735 Permission of its own.
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736
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737 The default interfaces define:
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738
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739 - Web Registration
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740 - Web Access
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741 - Web Roles
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742 - Email Registration
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743 - Email Access
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744
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745 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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746
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747 - Admin (Edit everything, View everything, Web Roles)
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748 - User (Web Access, Email Access)
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749 - Anonymous (Web Registration, Email Registration)
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751 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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752 user gets "Anonymous" assigned when the database is initialised on
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753 installation. The two default schemas then define:
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754
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755 - Edit issue, View issue (both)
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756 - Edit file, View file (both)
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757 - Edit msg, View msg (both)
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758 - Edit support, View support (extended only)
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759
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760 and assign those Permissions to the "User" Role. Put together, these
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761 settings appear in the ``open()`` function of the tracker ``dbinit.py``
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762 (the following is taken from the "minimal" template's ``dbinit.py``)::
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764 #
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765 # SECURITY SETTINGS
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766 #
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767 # and give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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768 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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769 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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770 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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771 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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772
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773 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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774 # if you don't want them to
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775 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'user')
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776 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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778 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's
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779 # Anonymous role. Choices here are:
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780 # - Allow anonymous users to register through the web
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781 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Registration')
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782 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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783 # - Allow anonymous (new) users to register through the email
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784 # gateway
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785 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Registration')
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786 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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788
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789 New User Roles
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792 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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793
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794 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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795 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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798 Changing Access Controls
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799 ------------------------
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801 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new
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802 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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803 interface if they register through email.
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804
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805 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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806 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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808
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809 Adding a new Permission
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810 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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811
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812 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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814 1. add it to your tracker's dbinit so it is created, using
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815 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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817 self.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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818 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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820 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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821 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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822 "``roundup-admin security``")
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823 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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824 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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825 interfaces module
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828 Example Scenarios
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829 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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831 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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832 By giving the "anonymous" user the "Email Registration" Role, any
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833 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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834 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through the web
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836 behaviour in the tracker templates that ship with Roundup.
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838 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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839 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access" and ("Edit", "issue")
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840 Roles but do not not give them the "Email Registration" Role. This
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844 since "anonymous" has permission to use the gateway, they'll still be
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846 address - will not be available - they're *anonymous*.
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849 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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851 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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853 auditor. See the example
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854 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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855
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856 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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857 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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858 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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859 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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860 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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861 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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862 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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863
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864 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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865 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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866
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867 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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868 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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869 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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870 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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871 interface.
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872
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873 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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874 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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875 editing users::
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876
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877 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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878 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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879 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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880
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881 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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882
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883
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884 Web Interface
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885 =============
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886
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887 .. contents::
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888 :local:
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889
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890 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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891 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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892 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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893 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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894 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
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895 tracker ``interfaces.Client`` class - which uses the ``Client`` class
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896 from ``roundup.cgi.client`` - which handles the rest of the access
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897 through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty much
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898 anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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899
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900 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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901 ---------------------------------------------
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902
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903 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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904 the web interface knows about it:
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905
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906 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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907 have properties added or removed,
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908 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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909 "home" page's content arguments.
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910
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911 How requests are processed
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912 --------------------------
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913
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914 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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915
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916 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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917 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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918 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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919 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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920 output
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921
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922 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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923
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924 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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925 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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926 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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927 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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928 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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929 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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930 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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931 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
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932 the action to take place
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933 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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934 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
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935 client
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936
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937 Determining web context
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938 -----------------------
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939
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940 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the
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941 special request variable ``@template``. The URL path after the tracker
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942 identifier is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
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943
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944 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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945 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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946 3. ``/tracker/@file/style.css``
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947 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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948 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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949
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950 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
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951 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@file/style.css", "file1" and
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952 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
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953 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
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954
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955 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
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956 context`_ below for more information about how it may be used.
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957 b. if the path starts with "@file" (as in example 3,
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958 "/tracker/@file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
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959 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
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960 from the tracker "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile exception.
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961 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
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962 identifies the tracker class we're to display.
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963 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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964 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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965 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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966 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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967 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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968 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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969 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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970 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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971
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972 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to determine the template we're
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973 going to use. That's because they don't actually use templates.
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974
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975 The template used is specified by the ``@template`` CGI variable, which
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976 defaults to:
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977
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978 - only classname suplied: "index"
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979 - full item designator supplied: "item"
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980
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981
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982 The "home" Context
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983 ------------------
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984
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985 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
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986 pages to your tracker that don't rely on a class or item (ie. an issues
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987 list or specific issue).
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988
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989 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
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990 interface. You'd probably have:
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991
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992 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
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993 it could be served as a static file (see `serving static content`_)
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994 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
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995 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
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996 page up, you use the URL:
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997
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998 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
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999
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1000
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1001 Serving static content
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1002 ----------------------
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1003
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1004 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
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1005 ``@file`` paths.
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1006
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1007
1073
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1008 Performing actions in web requests
1098
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1009 ----------------------------------
1073
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1010
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parents: 1070
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1011 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
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parents: 1070
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1012 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
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parents: 1070
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1013 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
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1014 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
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1015 of:
1058
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1016
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1017 **login**
1058
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parents: 1057
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1018 Attempt to log a user in.
1278
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parents: 1270
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1019
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1020 **logout**
1058
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1021 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
1278
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1022
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1023 **register**
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1024 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
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1025 log them in.
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1026
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1027 **edit**
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1028 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
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1029 variables`_ you may use.
1058
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1030
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1031 **new**
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1032 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
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1033 variables`_ as in the "edit" action.
1058
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1034
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1035 **retire**
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parents: 1270
diff changeset
1036 Retire the item in the database.
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
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1037
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1038 **editCSV**
1058
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parents: 1057
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1039 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1040 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
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parents: 1671
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1041 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1042 features.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
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1043
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1044 **search**
1674
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parents: 1671
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1045 Mangle some of the form variables:
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1046
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1047 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
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parents: 1671
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1048 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1049 them to :filter.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1050
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1051 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1052 user's query list.
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parents: 1671
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1053
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parents: 2016
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1054 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
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parents: 2016
diff changeset
1055 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
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parents: 2016
diff changeset
1056 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` which also
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Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1057 happens to be available in your tracker instance as ``interfaces.Client``. So
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1058 if you need to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
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Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1059 web actions`_).
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1060
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1061 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
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parents: 2016
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1062 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
1674
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parents: 1671
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1063 are:
1058
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1064
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1065 **login**
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1066 Determine whether the user has permission to log in. Base behaviour is
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parents: 1671
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1067 to check the user has "Web Access".
1125
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1068 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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1069 No permission checks are made.
1125
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1070 **register**
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1071 Determine whether the user has permission to register. Base behaviour
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parents: 1671
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1072 is to check the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
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1073 **edit**
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1074 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. Base
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1075 behaviour is to check whether the user can edit this class. If we're
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1076 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
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1077 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
1058
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1078 special Permission "Web Roles".
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1079 **new**
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1080 Determine whether the user has permission to create (or edit) this
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1081 item. Base behaviour is to check the user can edit this class. No
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1082 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
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1083 be created if the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
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1084 **editCSV**
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1085 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class. Base
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1086 behaviour is to check whether the user may edit this class.
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1087 **search**
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1088 Determine whether the user has permission to search this class. Base
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1089 behaviour is to check whether the user may view this class.
1058
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1090
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
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1091
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1092 Special form variables
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1093 ----------------------
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1094
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1095 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
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1096 variables and their values. You can:
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1097
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1098 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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1099 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
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1100 properties,
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1101 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
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1102 current item.
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1103 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
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1104 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
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1105 operation to be successful.
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1106
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1107 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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1108 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
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1109
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1110 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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1111
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1112 ``<propname>``
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1113 property on the current context item
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1114
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1115 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
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1116 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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1117
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1118 Designators name a specific item of a class.
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1119
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1120 ``<classname><N>``
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1121 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
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1122
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1123 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
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1124 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
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1125 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
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1126 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
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1127 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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1128 item.
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1129
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1130 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
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1131 if it's special:
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1132
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1133 ``@required``
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1134 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
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1135 property names that must be specified when the form is
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1136 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
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1137
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1138 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
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1139 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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1140 present, they are for the item specified by
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1141 <designator>.
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1142
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1143 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
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1144 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
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1145
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1146 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
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1147 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
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1148 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
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1149 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
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1150 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
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1151 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
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1152 property.
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1153
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1154 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
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1155 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
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1156 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
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1157 The form value is a comma-separated list of
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diff changeset
1158 designators. The item corresponding to each
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diff changeset
1159 designator is linked to the property given by simple
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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1160 form variable.
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1161
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1162 None of the above (ie. just a simple form value)
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1163 The value of the form variable is converted
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1164 appropriately, depending on the type of the property.
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1165
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1166 For a Link('klass') property, the form value is a
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1167 single key for 'klass', where the key field is
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1168 specified in dbinit.py.
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1169
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1170 For a Multilink('klass') property, the form value is a
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1171 comma-separated list of keys for 'klass', where the
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diff changeset
1172 key field is specified in dbinit.py.
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1173
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1174 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
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1175 and Multilink properties, the linked-to class must
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diff changeset
1176 have a key field.
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diff changeset
1177
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1178 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
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parents: 1674
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1179 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1180 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1181 they are valid for the class). Otherwise, the property
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1182 is set to the form value.
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1183
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1184 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), and Number()
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
1185 properties, the form value is converted to the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
1186 appropriate
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diff changeset
1187
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1188 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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1189 designator.
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1190
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1191 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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1192
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1193 @note
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1194 This is equivalent to::
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1195
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1196 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
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diff changeset
1197 msg-1@content=value
1679
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1198
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1199 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
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parents: 1674
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1200 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1201 time, respectively.
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diff changeset
1202
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diff changeset
1203 @file
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1204 This is equivalent to::
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diff changeset
1205
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
1206 @link@files=file-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
1207 file-1@content=value
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1208
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1209 The String content value is handled as described above for file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1210 uploads.
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diff changeset
1211
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1212 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
1213 specified, the action::
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diff changeset
1214
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diff changeset
1215 @link@msg-1@files=file-1
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1216
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diff changeset
1217 is also performed.
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diff changeset
1218
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diff changeset
1219 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
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1220 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1221 returning.
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diff changeset
1222
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diff changeset
1223
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1224
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1225 Default templates
1098
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diff changeset
1226 -----------------
1091
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1227
1952
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1228 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1918
diff changeset
1229 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``HTML_VERSION`` configuration
c40ed9113285 Applied Stefan Seefeld's html4/xhtml patch with some changes.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1918
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1230 variable in ``config.py`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
c40ed9113285 Applied Stefan Seefeld's html4/xhtml patch with some changes.
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1231
1674
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1232 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1233 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
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1234 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
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1235
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1236 **page.html**
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diff changeset
1237 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
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1238 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1239 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
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1240 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
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diff changeset
1241 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
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1242 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
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1243 title.
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1244 **home.html**
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1245 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1246 **home.classlist.html**
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1247 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
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diff changeset
1248 tracker
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1249 **classname.item.html**
1091
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1250 displays an item of the *classname* class
1674
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1251 **classname.index.html**
1091
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diff changeset
1252 displays a list of *classname* items
1674
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1253 **classname.search.html**
1091
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1254 displays a search page for *classname* items
1674
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1255 **_generic.index.html**
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1256 used to display a list of items where there is no
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1257 ``*classname*.index`` available
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1258 **_generic.help.html**
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1259 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
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1260 ``*classname*.help``
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1261 **user.register.html**
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1262 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
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1263 page
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1264 **style.css.html**
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1265 a static file that is served up as-is
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1266
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1267 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
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1268
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1269 Note: Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
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1270 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
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1271 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
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1272 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
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1273
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1274 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
1147
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1275
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1276 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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1277
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1278
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1279 How the templates work
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1280 ----------------------
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1281
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1282
1214
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1283 Basic Templating Actions
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1284 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1285
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1286 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
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1287 These attributes form the Template Attribute Language, or TAL. The basic
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1288 TAL commands are:
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1289
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1290 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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1291 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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1292 example::
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1293
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1294 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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1295 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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1296 </html>
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1297
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1298 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
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1299 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
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1300 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
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1301
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1302 **tal:condition="expression"**
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1303 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
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1304 example::
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1305
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1306 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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1307 Display some issue information.
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1308 </p>
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1309
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1310 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
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1311 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
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1312 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
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1313 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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1314 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
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1315 spaces!).
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1316
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1317 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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1318 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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1319 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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1320 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
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1321
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1322 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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1323 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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1324 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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1325 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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1326 </tr>
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1327
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1328 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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1329 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry.
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1330
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1331 **tal:replace="expression"**
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1332 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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1333
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1334 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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1335
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1336 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
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1337 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
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1338 resultant output would be "Bruce".
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1339
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1340 **tal:content="expression"**
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1341 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
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1342 For example::
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1343
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1344 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
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1345 </span>
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1346
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1347 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
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1348 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
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1349 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
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1350
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1351 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
1674
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1352 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
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1353 example::
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1354
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1355 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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1356
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1357 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
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1358 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
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1359 be something like "user123".
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1360
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1361 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
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1362 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
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1363 example::
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1364
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1365 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
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1366
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1367 would result in output of::
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1368
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1369 Hello, world!
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1370
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1371 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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1372 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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1373
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1374 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
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1375 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
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1376 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
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1377 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
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1378 for repeating multiple table rows, which would othewise require an
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1379 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
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1380
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1381
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1382 Templating Expressions
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1383 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1384
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1385 The expressions you may use in the attribute values may be one of the
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1386 following forms:
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1387
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1388 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
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1389 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
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1390 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
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1391 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
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1392 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
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1393 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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1394 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
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1395 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
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1396 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
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1397 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
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1398 expression type, so it's not necessary.
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1399
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1400 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
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1401 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
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1402 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
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1403 case of ``tal:attributes``).
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1404
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1405 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
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1406 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
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1407 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
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1408 the case of ``tal:replace``).
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1409
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1410 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
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1411 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
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1412 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
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1413 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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1414
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1415 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
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1416 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
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1417 expressions.
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1418
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1419 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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1420 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
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1421 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
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1422 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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1423
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1424 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
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1425 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
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1426 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
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1427 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
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1428 ``checklist`` is a method.
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1429
1448
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1430 Modifiers:
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1431
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1432 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
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1433 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
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1434 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
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1435 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
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1436 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
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1437 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
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1438
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1439 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
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1440 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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1441 expression.
1448
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1442
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1443
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1444 Template Macros
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1445 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1446
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1447 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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1448 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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1449 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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1450
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1451 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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1452 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
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1453 though, the attributes belong to the Macro Expansion Template Attribute
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1454 Language, or METAL. The macro commands are:
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1455
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1456 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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1457 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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1458 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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1459 example::
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1460
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1461 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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1462 ...
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1463 </html>
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1464
1674
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1465 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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1466 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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1467 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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1468 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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1469 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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1470 "page" template.
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1471
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1472 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
1674
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1473 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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1474 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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1475 For example::
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1476
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1477 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1478 ...
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1479 </tal:block>
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1480
1674
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1481 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
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1482 "page" template.
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1483
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1484 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
1674
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1485 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
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1486 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
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1487 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
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1488 so::
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1489
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1490 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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1491
1674
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1492 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
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1493 like this::
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1494
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1495 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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1496
1674
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1497 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
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1498 as the slot in the macro.
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1499
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1500 Note that you may not mix METAL and TAL commands on the same tag, but
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1501 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
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1502 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1503
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1504
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1505 Information available to templates
1098
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1506 ----------------------------------
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1507
1674
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1508 Note: this is implemented by
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1509 ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
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1510
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1511 The following variables are available to templates.
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1512
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1513 **context**
1674
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1514 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
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1515 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
1125
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1516 **request**
1073
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1517 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1518 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1519 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1520 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1521 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
1073
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1522 - *form*
1674
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1523 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1524 to value
1254
77920c42aeb9 Expose the tracker config as a variable for templating
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1252
diff changeset
1525 **config**
1674
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1526 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.py
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1527 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1528 **db**
1254
77920c42aeb9 Expose the tracker config as a variable for templating
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1252
diff changeset
1529 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
1530 **templates**
1674
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1531 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1532 *use-macro* commands.
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
1533 **utils**
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
1534 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
1125
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parents: 1124
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1535 **nothing**
1674
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parents: 1671
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1536 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1537 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1538 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
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parents: 1671
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1539 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
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parents: 1671
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1540 example::
1100
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1541
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1542 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
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1543
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parents: 1098
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1544 would result in::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1545
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diff changeset
1546 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1547
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1548 **default**
1100
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1549 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1550 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1551 remain. So::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1552
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diff changeset
1553 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1554
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parents: 1098
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1555 would result in::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
1556
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diff changeset
1557 <span>Hello, World!</span>
1073
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diff changeset
1558
1674
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diff changeset
1559
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1560 The context variable
1098
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
1561 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1562
1674
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1563 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1564 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
1073
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1565
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1566 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
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parents: 1113
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1567 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1568 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1569 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1570 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1571
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1572 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1573 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1574
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1575 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1576 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1577 ``context/property/field``.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1578 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1579 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1580 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1581 "context/id".
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1582
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1583 Hyperdb class wrapper
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1584 :::::::::::::::::::::
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1585
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1586 Note: this is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1587 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1588
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1589 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1590 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1591 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1592 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1593 mind.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1594
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1595 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1596 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1597 from the CGI form.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1598
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1599 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1600
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1601 =========== =============================================================
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1602 Method Description
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diff changeset
1603 =========== =============================================================
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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1604 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1605 properties.
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1606 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1607 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1608 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1609 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted by the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1610 current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1611 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1612 "help" template.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1613 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1614 renderWith render this class with the given template.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1615 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
1136
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
1616 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
1617 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1618 =========== =============================================================
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1619
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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1620 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1621 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1622 expression. For example::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1623
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1624 python:context['list']
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1625
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1626 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1627
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
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1628
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1629 Hyperdb item wrapper
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parents: 1113
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1630 ::::::::::::::::::::
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parents: 1113
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1631
1674
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1632 Note: this is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1633 class.
1123
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1634
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1635 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
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diff changeset
1636
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1637 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1638 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1639 from the CGI form.
1123
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diff changeset
1640
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1641 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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diff changeset
1642
1674
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1643 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1644 Method Description
1674
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1645 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1646 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1647 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
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1648 implemented**)
1123
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1649 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1650 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
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1651 for the query
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1652 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
1653 user has a Permission
1136
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
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1654 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
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parents: 1133
diff changeset
1655 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
2154
9f6e6bc40a08 fixes and release announcement
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2153
diff changeset
1656 is_retired is the item retired?
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
1657 download_url generates a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
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parents: 2159
diff changeset
1658 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
1674
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1659 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 1671
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1660
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parents: 1671
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1661 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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parents: 1671
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1662 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1663 expression. For example::
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
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1664
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1665 python:context['journal']
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1666
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1667 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1668
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1669
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1670 Hyperdb property wrapper
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1671 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1672
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1673 Note: this is implemented by subclasses of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1674 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1675 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1676
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1677 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1678 value may be either:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1679
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1680 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1681 the hyperdb
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1682 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1683 the CGI form
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1684
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1685
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1686 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1687
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1688 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1689 Attribute Description
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1690 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1691 _name the name of the property
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1692 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1693 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1694 =============== ========================================================
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1695
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1696 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1697
1773
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1698 =========== ================================================================
1780
d2801a2b0a77 Initial implementation (half-baked) at new Tracker instance.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1699 Method Description
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1700 =========== ================================================================
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1701 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1702 may take two arguments:
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1703
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1704 escape
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1705 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1706 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1707 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1708 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1709 expressions are all equivalent::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1710
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1711 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1712 "python:msg.content.plain()"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1713 "msg/content/plain"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1714 "msg/content"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1715
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1716 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1717 complex expression.
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1718
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1719 hyperlink
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1720 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1721 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1722 that you'll need to use the "structure" TAL option if you
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1723 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1724
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1725 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1726
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1727 Note also that the text is automatically HTML-escaped before
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1728 the hyperlinking transformation.
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1729 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1730
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1731 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1732
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1733 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1734 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1735 tri-state yes/no/neither selection.
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1736 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1737 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1738 installed separately)
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1739 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1740 field for the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1741 email only on String properties - render the value of the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1742 as an obscured email address
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1743 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
1744 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1745 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1746 "name:confirm".
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1747 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1748 property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1749 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
1750 and now
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1751 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
2007
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
1752 with some timezone offset, for example::
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
1753
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
1754 python:context.creation.local(10)
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
1755
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
1756 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1757 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1758 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1759
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1760 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1761
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1762 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1763
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1764 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1765 format (eg. "yesterday")
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1766 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1767 list for this property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1768 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1769 items in reverse order
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
1770 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1771 =========== ================================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1772
2138
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1773 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1774 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1775 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1776
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1777 context/title/field
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1778
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1779 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1780 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1781 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1782 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
1783 have permission to view the information.
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1784
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1785
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1786 The request variable
1098
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
1787 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1788
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1789 Note: this is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1790 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1791
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1792 The request variable is packed with information about the current
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1793 request.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1794
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1795 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1796
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1797 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1798 Variable Holds
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1799 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1800 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1801 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
1802 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1803 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1804 classname the current classname (possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1805 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1806 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1807 =========== ============================================================
1083
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
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parents: 1074
diff changeset
1808
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
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1809 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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1810
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1811 =========== ============================================================
1083
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1812 Variable Holds
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1813 =========== ============================================================
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1814 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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1815 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
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diff changeset
1816 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
1073
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1817 sort index sort column (direction, column name)
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parents: 1070
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1818 group index grouping property (direction, column name)
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parents: 1070
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1819 filter properties to filter the index on
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parents: 1070
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1820 filterspec values to filter the index on
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1821 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
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1822 =========== ============================================================
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1823
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1824 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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1825
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1826 =============== ========================================================
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1827 Method Description
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1828 =============== ========================================================
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1829 description render a description of the request - handle for the
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1830 page title
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1831 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
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1832 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
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1833 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
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1834 of the templating
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1835 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
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1836 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
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1837 `batching`_)
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1838 =============== ========================================================
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1839
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1840 The form variable
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1841 :::::::::::::::::
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1842
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1843 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
1142
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1844 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
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1845 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
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1846 "name", use the path expression::
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1847
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1848 request/form/name/value
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1849
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1850 or the python expression::
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1851
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1852 python:request.form['name'].value
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1853
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1854 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
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1855 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
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1856 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
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1857 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
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1858 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
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1859 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
1142
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1860
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1861
1123
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1862 The db variable
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1863 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1864
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1865 Note: this is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
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1866 class.
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1867
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1868 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
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1869 you want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
1123
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1870
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1871 db/user
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1872 python:db.user
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1873
1711
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diff changeset
1874 Also, the current id of the current user is available as
1800
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1875 ``db.getuid()``. This isn't so useful in templates (where you have
1711
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1876 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
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1877
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1878 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1879
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1880
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1881 The templates variable
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1882 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1883
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1884 Note: this is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
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1885 class.
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1886
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1887 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
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1888 used in expressions to access the templates, and consequently the
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1889 template macros. You may access the templates using the following path
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1890 expression::
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1891
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1892 templates/name
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1893
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1894 or the python expression::
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1895
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1896 templates[name]
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diff changeset
1897
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1898 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
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1899 template has one useful attribute, namely "macros". To access a specific
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1900 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
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1901
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1902 templates/name/macros/macro_name
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1903
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1904 or the python expression::
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1905
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1906 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
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1907
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1908
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1909 The utils variable
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1910 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1911
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1912 Note: this is implemented by the
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1913 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, but it may be extended
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1914 as described below.
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1915
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1916 =============== ========================================================
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1917 Method Description
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1918 =============== ========================================================
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1919 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
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1920 url_quote quote some text as safe for a URL (ie. space, %, ...)
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1921 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
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1922 =============== ========================================================
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1923
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1924 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
1674
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1925 ``interfaces.py`` module's ``TemplatingUtils`` class. See `adding a time
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1926 log to your issues`_ for an example. The TemplatingUtils class itself
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1927 will have a single attribute, ``client``, which may be used to access
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1928 the ``client.db`` when you need to perform arbitrary database queries.
1270
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1929
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1930 Batching
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1931 ::::::::
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1932
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1933 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a
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1934 series of batches. Its usage is::
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1935
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1936 python:utils.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0,
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1937 overlap=0)
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1938
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1939 or, to get the current index batch::
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1940
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1941 request/batch
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1942
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1943 The parameters are:
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1944
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1945 ========= ==============================================================
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1946 Parameter Usage
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1947 ========= ==============================================================
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1948 sequence a list of HTMLItems
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1949 size how big to make the sequence.
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1950 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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1951 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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1952 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
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1953 then it is combined with this batch
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1954 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
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1956
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1957 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
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1958 addition, it has several more attributes:
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1959
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1961 Attribute Description
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1963 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Note: unlike
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1964 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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1965 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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1966 index*
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1967 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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1968 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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1970
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1971 And several methods:
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1972
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1974 Method Description
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1976 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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1977 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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1978 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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1979 when compared to the last item
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1981
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1982 An example of batching::
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1983
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1984 <table class="otherinfo">
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1985 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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1986 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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1987 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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1988 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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1989 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
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1990 keyword here</td>
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1991 </tr>
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1992 </table>
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1993
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1994 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
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1995 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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1996
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1997 Displaying Properties
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1999
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2000 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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2001 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
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2002 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
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2003 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
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2004 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
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2005
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2006
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2007 Index Views
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2008 -----------
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2009
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2010 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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2011 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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2012
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2013
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2014 Index View Specifiers
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2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2016
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2017 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
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2018 been added for clarity)::
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2019
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2020 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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2021 topic=security,ui&
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2022 :group=+priority&
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2023 :sort==activity&
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2024 :filters=status,topic&
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2025 :columns=title,status,fixer
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2026
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2027 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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2028 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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2029 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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2030 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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2031 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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2032 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
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2033 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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2034 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
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2035 headings in the table.
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2036
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2037 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
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2038 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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2039 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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2040
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2041 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
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2042 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
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2043 displayed, and only items with "topic" values including both "security"
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2044 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority, arranged in
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2045 ascending order; and within groups, sorted by activity, arranged in
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2046 descending order. The filter section shows filters for the "status" and
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2047 "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the "title",
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2048 "status", and "fixer" properties.
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2049
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2050 Searching Views
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2051 ---------------
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2052
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2053 Note: if you add a new column to the ``:columns`` form variable
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2054 potentials then you will need to add the column to the appropriate
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2055 `index views`_ template so that it is actually displayed.
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2056
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2057 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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2058 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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2059 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
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2060
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2061 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
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2062 searching
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2063 - sets the ``:filter`` variable correctly
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2064 - saves the query off if ``:query_name`` is set.
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2065
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2066 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
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2067 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
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2068 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
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2069 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
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2070 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
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2071 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
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2072 more useful for the end user.
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2073
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2074 The two special form values on search pages which are handled by the
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2075 "search" action are:
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2076
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2077 :search_text
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2078 Text with which to perform a search of the text index. Results from
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2079 that search will be used to limit the results of other filters (using
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2080 an intersection operation)
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2081 :query_name
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2082 If supplied, the search parameters (including :search_text) will be
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2083 saved off as a the query item and registered against the user's
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2084 queries property. Note that the *classic* template schema has this
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2085 ability, but the *minimal* template schema does not.
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2086
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2087
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2088 Item Views
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2089 ----------
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2090
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2091 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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2092 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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2093 "history" section.
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2094
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2095
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2096 Editor Section
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2097 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2098
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2099 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
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2100 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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2101
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2102 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
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2103 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
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2104 template)::
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2105
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2106 <table class="form">
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2107 <tr>
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2108 <th>Title</th>
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2109 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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2110 </tr>
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2111
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2112 <tr>
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2113 <th>Priority</th>
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2114 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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2115 <th>Status</th>
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2116 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2117 </tr>
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2118
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2119 <tr>
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2120 <th>Superseder</th>
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2121 <td>
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2122 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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2123 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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2124 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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2125 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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2126 </span>
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2127 </td>
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2128 <th>Nosy List</th>
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2129 <td>
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2130 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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2131 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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2132 </td>
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2133 </tr>
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2134
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2135 <tr>
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2136 <th>Assigned To</th>
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2137 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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2138 assignedto menu
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2139 </td>
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2140 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2141 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2142 </tr>
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2143
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2144 <tr>
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2145 <th>Change Note</th>
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2146 <td colspan="3">
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2147 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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2148 </td>
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2149 </tr>
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2150
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2151 <tr>
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2152 <th>File</th>
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2153 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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2154 </tr>
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2155
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2156 <tr>
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2157 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2158 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2159 submit button will go here
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2160 </td>
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2161 </tr>
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2162 </table>
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2163
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2164
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2165 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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2166 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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2167 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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2168 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
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2169
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2170
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2171 Form values
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2172 :::::::::::
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2173
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2174 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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2175 meet the various needs of:
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2176
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2177 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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2178 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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2179 attached files)
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2180 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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2181 spent on an issue)
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2182
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2183 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
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2184 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
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2185
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2186 Properties are specified as form variables:
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2187
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2188 ``<propname>``
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2189 property on the current context item
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2190
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2191 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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2192 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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2193
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2194 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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2195 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
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2196 items to attach to the current item)
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2197
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2198 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
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2199 the special form values:
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2200
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2201 ``@required``
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2202 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
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2203 raised.
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2204
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2205 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
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2206 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
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2207
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2208 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
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2209 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
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2210
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2211 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
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2212 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
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2213 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
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2214 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
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2215 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
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2216 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
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2217 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
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2218 <classname>-<N>).
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2219
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2220 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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2221 designator.
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2222
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2223 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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2224
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2225 ``:note``
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2226 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
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2227 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
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2228 ``:file``
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2229 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
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2230 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
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2232
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2233 Spool Section
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2234 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2235
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2236 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
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2237 of an issue.
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2238
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2239 TODO
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2240
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2241
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2242 History Section
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2243 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2244
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2245 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
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2246 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
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2247
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2248 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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2249
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2250 *To be done:*
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2251
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2252 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
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2253 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
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2254
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2255 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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2256 a journal entry
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2257 </tal:block>
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2258
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2259 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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2260
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2261 Defining new web actions
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2262 ------------------------
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2263
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2264 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2265 These are added to the tracker ``interfaces.py`` as ``Action`` classes that get
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2266 called by the the ``Client`` class.
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2267
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2268 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
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2269 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
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2270 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2271 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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2272
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2273 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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2274 issues`_" for an example.
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2275
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2276
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2277 Define the new action class
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2278 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2279
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2280 The action classes have the following interface::
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2281
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2282 class MyAction(Action):
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2283 def handle(self):
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2284 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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2285 '''
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2286
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2287 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of your tracker ``instance.Client``
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2288 class - thus it's mostly implemented by ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. See the
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2289 docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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2290
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2291 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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2292 It may then:
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2293
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2294 - add information to ``self.client.ok_message`` or ``self.client.error_message``
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2295 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
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2296 next
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2297 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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2298 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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2299
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2300
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2301 Register the action class
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2302 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2303
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2304 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you add it to
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2305 the ``instance.Client`` class ``actions`` variable, like so::
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2306
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2307 actions = client.Client.actions + (
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2308 ('myaction', myActionClass),
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2309 )
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2310
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2311 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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2312
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2313 Use the new action
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2314 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2315
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2316 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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2317
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2318 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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2319
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2320 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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2321
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2322 Actions may return content to the user
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2323 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2324
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2325 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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2326 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
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2327 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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2328 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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2329 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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2330 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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2331 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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2332
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2333 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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2334
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2335 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
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2336 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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2337 spreadsheet or database).
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2338
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2339
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2340 Examples
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2341 ========
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2342
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2343 .. contents::
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2344 :local:
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2345 :depth: 2
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2346
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2347
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2348 Changing what's stored in the database
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2349 --------------------------------------
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2350
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2351 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
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2352 the database.
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2353
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2354
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2355 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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2356 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2357
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2358 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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2359 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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2360
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2361
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2362 Introduction
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2363 ::::::::::::
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2364
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2365 To make the classic schema of roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
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2366 for a group of systems administrators, it needed an extra data field per
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2367 issue: a category.
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2368
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2369 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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2370 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
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2371 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
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2372 best).
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2373
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2375 Adding a field to the database
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2376 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2377
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2378 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
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2379 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
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2380 to add some lines to the ``open()`` function in ``dbinit.py``. Under the
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2381 comment::
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2382
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2383 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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2384
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2385 add::
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2387 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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2388 category.setkey("name")
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2389
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2390 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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2391 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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2392 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
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2393 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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2394 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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2395 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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2396 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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2397 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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2398
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2399 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
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2400 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
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2401 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
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2402 with the issues. To do that, find the lines in the ``open()`` function
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2403 in ``dbinit.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
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2404 the category::
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2405
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2406 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
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2407 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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2408
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2409 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
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2410 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
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2411 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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2412
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2413 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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2414 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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2415
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2416
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2417 Populating the new category class
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2418 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2419
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2420 If you haven't initialised the database with the roundup-admin
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2421 "initialise" command, then you can add the following to the tracker
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2422 ``dbinit.py`` in the ``init()`` function under the comment::
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2423
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2424 # add any additional database create steps here - but only if you
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2425 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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2426
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2427 Add::
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2428
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2429 category = db.getclass('category')
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2430 category.create(name="scipy", order="1")
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2431 category.create(name="chaco", order="2")
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2432 category.create(name="weave", order="3")
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2433
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2434 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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2435 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
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2436
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2437 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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2438 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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2439 Type "help" for help.
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2440 roundup> create category name=scipy order=1
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2441 1
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2442 roundup> create category name=chaco order=1
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2443 2
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2444 roundup> create category name=weave order=1
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2445 3
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2446 roundup> exit...
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2447 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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2448
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2449 TODO: explain why order=1 in each case.
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2450
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2451
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2452 Setting up security on the new objects
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2453 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2454
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2455 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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2456 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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2457 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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2458 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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2459
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2460 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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2461 is also done in the ``open()`` function of ``dbinit.py``.
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2462
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2463 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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2464 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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2465
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2466 # new permissions for this schema
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2467 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'user', 'category':
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2468 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass=cl,
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2469 description="User is allowed to edit "+cl)
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2470 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass=cl,
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2471 description="User is allowed to access "+cl)
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2472
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2473 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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2474 # to regular users now
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2475 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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2476 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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2477 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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2478 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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2479 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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2480
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2481 So you are in effect doing the following (with 'cl' substituted by its
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2482 value)::
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2484 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass='category',
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2485 description="User is allowed to edit "+'category')
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2486 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='category',
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2487 description="User is allowed to access "+'category')
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2489 which is creating two permission types; that of editing and viewing
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2490 "category" objects respectively. Then the following lines assign those
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2491 new permissions to the "User" role, so that normal users can view and
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2492 edit "category" objects::
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2494 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'category')
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2495 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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2497 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'category')
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2498 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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2499
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2500 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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2501 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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2502 interface stuff.
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2503
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2505 Changing the web left hand frame
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2506 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2507
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2508 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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2509 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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2510 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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2511 is ``html/page``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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2512
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2513 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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2514 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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2515 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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2516 classblock is met. Under the end of the classblock for issue is where we
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2517 are going to add the category code::
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2518
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2519 <p class="classblock"
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2520 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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2521 <b>Categories</b><br>
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2522 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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2523 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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2524 </p>
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2525
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2526 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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2527 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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2528 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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2529 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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2530 get that.
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2531
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2532 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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2533 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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2534 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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2535 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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2536 categories.
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2537
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2538 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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2539 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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2540 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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2541 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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2542 later on. However to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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2543 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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2544 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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2545
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2546
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2547 Setting up a page to edit categories
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2548 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2549
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2550 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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2551 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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2552 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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2553
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2554 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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2555 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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2556 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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2557 write now.
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2558
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2559 First we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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2560 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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2561 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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2562 from which files by looking for these comments::
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2563
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2564 <!-- category.item -->
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2565
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2566 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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2567 trappings::
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2568
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2569 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2570 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2571 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2572 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2573 </td>
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2574 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2575
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2576 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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2577 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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2578 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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2579 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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2580 multiple times::
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2581
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2582 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2583 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2584
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2585 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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2586 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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2587 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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2588
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2589 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2590
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2591 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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2592 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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2593 happening::
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2594
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2595 <table class="form">
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2596 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2597
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2598 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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2599 category. The "context.name.field(size=60)" bit tells Roundup to
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2600 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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2601 will be the "name" variable of the current context (which is
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2602 "category"). The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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2603 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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2605 <tr>
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2606 <th>Name</th>
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2607 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2608 name</td>
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2609 </tr>
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2610
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2611 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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2613 <tr>
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2614 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2615 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2616 submit button will go here
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2617 </td>
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2618 </tr>
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2619
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2620 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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2621 stuff::
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2622
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2623 </td>
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2624 </tal:block>
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2625
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2626 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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2627
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2628 <!-- category.item -->
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2629 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2630 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2631 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2632 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2633 </td>
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2634 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2635 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2636 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2638 <table class="form">
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2639 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2640
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2641 <tr>
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2642 <th>Name</th>
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2643 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2644 name</td>
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2645 </tr>
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2646
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2647 <tr>
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2648 <td>
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2649 &nbsp;
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2650 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2651 </td>
1674
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2652 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2653 submit button will go here
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parents: 1164
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2654 </td>
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2655 </tr>
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2656 </table>
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2657 </form>
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2658 </td>
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2659 </tal:block>
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2660
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2661 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
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2662 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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2663 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
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2664 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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2665
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2666
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2667 Adding the category to the issue
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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2668 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2669
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2670 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
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2671 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
1674
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2672 the ``html/category.item.html`` file was used to define how to add a new
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2673 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
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2674 is created.
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2675
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2676 Just like ``category.issue.html`` this file defines a form which has a
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2677 table to lay things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new
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2678 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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2679
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
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2680 <th>Category</th>
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2681 <td><span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
1113
a95428868bf4 Added the missing keyword/topic interface to classic template (blush)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
2682 <span tal:replace="structure db/category/classhelp" />
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2683 </td>
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2684
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2685 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
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diff changeset
2686 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
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2687 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
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parents: 1671
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2688 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
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diff changeset
2689 issue).
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2690
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2691 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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2692 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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2693
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2694
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diff changeset
2695 Searching on categories
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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2696 :::::::::::::::::::::::
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diff changeset
2697
1674
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2698 We can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2699 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
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2700 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
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2701 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
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2702
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2703 If you look for "Search Issues" in the 'html/page.html' file, you will
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diff changeset
2704 find that it looks something like
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2705 ``<a href="issue?@template=search">Search Issues</a>``. This shows us
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2706 that when you click on "Search Issues" it will be looking for a
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parents: 1671
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2707 ``issue.search.html`` file to display. So that is the file that we will
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2708 change.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2709
1730
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2710 If you look at this file it should be starting to seem familiar, although it
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2711 does use some new macros. You can add the new category search code anywhere you
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2712 like within that form::
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2713
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2714 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2715 db_klass string:category;
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2716 db_content string:name;">
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2717 <th>Priority:</th>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2718 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2719 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2720 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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diff changeset
2721 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
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2722 </tr>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2723
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2724 The definitions in the <tr> opening tag are used by the macros:
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2725
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2726 - search_select expands to a drop-down box with all categories using db_klass
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2727 and db_content.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2728 - column_input expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns should be
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2729 displayed.
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2730 - sort_input expands to a radio button for selecting what property should be
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2731 sorted on.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2732 - group_input expands to a radio button for selecting what property should be
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2733 group on.
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parents: 1711
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2734
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
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2735 The category search code above would expand to the following::
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2736
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2737 <tr>
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parents: 1711
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2738 <th>Category:</th>
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2739 <td>
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2740 <select name="category">
1730
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diff changeset
2741 <option value="">don't care</option>
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2742 <option value="">------------</option>
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2743 <option value="1">scipy</option>
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2744 <option value="2">chaco</option>
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2745 <option value="3">weave</option>
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2746 </select>
1730
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2747 </td>
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diff changeset
2748 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
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diff changeset
2749 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort" value="category"></td>
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2750 <td><input type="radio" name=":group" value="category"></td>
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2751 </tr>
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2752
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2753 Adding category to the default view
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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2754 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2755
1674
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2756 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
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2757 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
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2758 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
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2759 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
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2760 default when listing all the issues.
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2761
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2762 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
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parents: 1671
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2763 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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2764 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
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2765 forth.
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2766
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2767 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
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2768
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2769 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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2770
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2771 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
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2772 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
1098
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2773
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2774 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
1674
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2775 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
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2776 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
1098
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2777
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2778 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
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2779
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2780 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
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2781 tal:content="i/category"></td>
1098
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2782
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2783 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
1674
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2784 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
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2785 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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2786
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2787 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
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2788 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unasigned Issues" or "All Issues",
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2789 the category column should be included in the resulting list. If you
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2790 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
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2791 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
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parents: 1671
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2792 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
1098
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parents: 1096
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2793 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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2794
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2795 Adding a time log to your issues
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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2796 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2797
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2798 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
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2799 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
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2800
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2801 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``dbinit.py``::
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2802
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2803 # storage for time logging
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2804 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
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2805
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2806 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
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2807 creation through the standard property "creation".
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2808
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2809 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
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2810 ``dbinit.py``)::
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2811
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2812 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2813 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2814 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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parents: 1255
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2815 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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2816
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2817 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
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diff changeset
2818
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2819 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2820 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2821 because unlike the other fields in the issue.item template, it
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2822 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2823 item, an issue. We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2824 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2825 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2826 field to capture a new timelog item's perdiod::
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diff changeset
2827
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2828 <tr>
1825
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Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
2829 <th>Time Log</th>
1679
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2830 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2831 <br />(enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2832 </td>
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2833 </tr>
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diff changeset
2834
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2835 and another hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2836 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the issue item. It looks
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2837 like this::
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diff changeset
2838
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diff changeset
2839 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2840
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2841 On submission, the "-1" timelog item will be created and assigned a
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2842 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2843 added to it.
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diff changeset
2844
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2845 4. We want to display a total of the time log times that have been
1674
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2846 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
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diff changeset
2847 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
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diff changeset
2848 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a method to the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2849 TemplatingUtils class in our tracker ``interfaces.py`` module::
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2850
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2851 class TemplatingUtils:
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2852 ''' Methods implemented on this class will be available to HTML
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2853 templates through the 'utils' variable.
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diff changeset
2854 '''
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diff changeset
2855 def totalTimeSpent(self, times):
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2856 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
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diff changeset
2857 Interval "period" property)
1270
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diff changeset
2858 '''
1980
8a6077ec701b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
2859 total = Interval('0d')
1270
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2860 for time in times:
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2861 total += time.period._value
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2862 return total
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2863
1980
8a6077ec701b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
2864 Replace the ``pass`` line if one appears in your TemplatingUtils
1674
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2865 class. As indicated in the docstrings, we will be able to access the
1980
8a6077ec701b *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1966
diff changeset
2866 ``totalTimeSpent`` method via the ``utils`` variable in our templates.
1270
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2867
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2868 5. Display the time log for an issue::
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2869
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2870 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
1270
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diff changeset
2871 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
1674
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diff changeset
2872 <tal:block
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2873 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
1270
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diff changeset
2874 </th></tr>
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diff changeset
2875 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
2876 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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parents: 1255
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2877 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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parents: 1255
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2878 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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parents: 1255
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2879 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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parents: 1255
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2880 </tr>
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parents: 1255
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2881 </table>
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parents: 1255
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2882
1674
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parents: 1671
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2883 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2884 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
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parents: 1671
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2885 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
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parents: 1671
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2886 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2887 and 40 minutes).
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2888
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2889 8. If you're using a persistent web server - roundup-server or
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2890 mod_python for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2891 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2892 time logging interface.
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
2893
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parents: 2154
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2894
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
2895 Tracking different types of issues
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
2896 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2897
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parents: 2154
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2898 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
2159
c22329f379ae *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2156
diff changeset
2899 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
2900 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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2901 a customer support issue class to a tracker.
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2902
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2903 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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2904 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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2905 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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2906
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2907 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``dbinit.py`` - in this
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2908 example, we're adding a "system support" class. Just after the "issue"
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2909 class definition in the "open" function, add::
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2910
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2911 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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2912 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2913 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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2914 affects=Multilink("system"))
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2915
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2916 3. Copy the existing "issue.*" (item, search and index) templates in the
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2917 tracker's "html" to "support.*". Edit them so they use the properties
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2918 defined in the "support" class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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2919 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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2920 required properties.
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2921
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2922 4. Edit the modules in the "detectors", adding lines to their "init"
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2923 functions where appropriate. Look for "audit" and "react" registrations
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2924 on the "issue" class, and duplicate them for "support".
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2925
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2926 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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2927 existing issues one, changing the "issue" class name to "support".
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2928
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2929 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new "support" class.
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2930
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2931
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2932 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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2933 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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2934 some security declarations::
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2935
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2936 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'support')
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2937 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', p)
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2938 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'support')
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2939 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', p)
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2940
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2941 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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2942 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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2943
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2944 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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2945 for the "issue" class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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2946 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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2947 all with the "User" Role.
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2948
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2949
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2950 Using External User Databases
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2951 -----------------------------
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2952
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2953 Using an external password validation source
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2954 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2955
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2956 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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2957 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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2958 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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2959 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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2960 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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2961 would be::
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2962
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2963 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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2964
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2965 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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2966 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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2967 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
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2968 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class with our
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2969 ``Client`` class in the tracker home ``interfaces.py`` module::
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2970
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2971 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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2972
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2973 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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2974 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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2975 # get the user's username
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2976 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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2977
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2978 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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2979 # tracker home
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2980 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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2981
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2982 # see if we can find a match
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2983 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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2984 open(file).readlines()]:
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2985 if ent[0] == username:
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2986 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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2987
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2988 # user doesn't exist in the file
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2989 return 0
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2990
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2991 class Client(client.Client):
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2992 actions = client.Client.actions + (
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2993 ('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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2994 )
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2995
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2996 What this does is look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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2997 name that matches.
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2998
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2999 We also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
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3000 template.
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3001
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3002
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3003 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
2156
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3004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3005
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3006 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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3007 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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3008 and primary user group.
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3009
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3010 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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3011 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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3012 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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3013 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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3014 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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3015
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3016 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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3017 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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3018 described in the previous example, `using an external password
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3019 validation source`_. We keep the users lists in sync using a fairly
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3020 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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3021 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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3023 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
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3024 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
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3025
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3026 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
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3027 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
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3028 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
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3029
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3030 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
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3031
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3032 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call
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3033 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
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3034 information though - the user's email address and their roundup Roles.
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3035 We're going to assume that the user's email address is the same as their
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3036 login name, so we just append the domain name to that. The Roles are
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parents: 1671
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3037 determined using the passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group
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3038 to an appropriate set of Roles.
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parents: 1671
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3039
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parents: 1671
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3040 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is
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parents: 1671
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3041 as follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the
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parents: 1671
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3042 tracker we're to work on::
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3043
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parents: 1278
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3044 import sys, os, smtplib
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3045 from roundup import instance, date
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parents: 1278
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3046
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3047 # open the tracker
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3048 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
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parents: 1278
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3049 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3050
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3051 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
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parents: 1278
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3052
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3053 # read in the users
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3054 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'users.passwd')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3055 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3056
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3057 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3058 appear in the file)::
1292
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3059
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3060 # 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
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3061 # "real" users
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3062 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3063
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3064 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3065 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team',
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3066 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
1292
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3067
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parents: 1278
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3068 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3069
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3070 roles = {
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3071 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3072 '502': 'User', # finance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3073 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3074 '504': 'User', # sales
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3075 '505': 'User', # marketing
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3076 }
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3077
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3078 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3079 the tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3080 so that we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3081 now do all the work::
1292
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3082
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3083 # open the database
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3084 db = tracker.open('admin')
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3085 try:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3086 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3087 msg = []
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3088
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3089 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3090 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3091 if user in ignore:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3092 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3093 continue
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3094 keep.append(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3095 try:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3096 # see if the user exists in the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3097 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3098
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3099 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3100 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3101 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3102 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3103 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3104 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3105 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3106 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3107 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
3108
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3109 # 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
3110 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
1292
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3111 for uid in db.user.list():
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3112 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3113 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3114 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3115 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3116
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3117 # if we did work, then send email to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3118 if msg:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3119 # create the email
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3120 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3121
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3122 %s
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3123 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3124
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3125 # send the email
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3126 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3127 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3128 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3129
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3130 # now we're done - commit the changes
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3131 db.commit()
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3132 finally:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3133 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3134 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3135
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3136 And that's it!
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3137
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3138
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3139 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
3140 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3141
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3142 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3143 http://python-ldap.sf.net/ and then compares the list to the users in the
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3144 roundup user database would be pretty easy to write. You'd then have it run
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3145 once an hour / day (or on demand if you can work that into your LDAP store
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3146 workflow). See the example `Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database`_
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3147 for more information about doing this.
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3148
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3149 To authenticate off the LDAP store (rather than using the passwords in the
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3150 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
3151 extension to the cgi interface. You'd do this by overriding the method called
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3152 "verifyPassword" on the LoginAction class in your tracker's interfaces.py
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3153 module (see `using an external password validation source`_). The method is
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3154 implemented by default as::
1680
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3155
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diff changeset
3156 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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diff changeset
3157 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
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diff changeset
3158 '''
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diff changeset
3159 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3160 if password == stored:
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3161 return 1
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3162 if not password and not stored:
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3163 return 1
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diff changeset
3164 return 0
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parents: 1679
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3165
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diff changeset
3166 So you could reimplement this as something like::
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3167
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diff changeset
3168 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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diff changeset
3169 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
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diff changeset
3170 '''
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3171 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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3172 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
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3173 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
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parents: 1679
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3174
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parents: 1679
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3175
2156
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3176 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
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3177 ----------------------------
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parents: 2154
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3178
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parents: 2154
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3179 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
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parents: 2154
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3180 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3181
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parents: 2154
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3182 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll
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parents: 2154
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3183 start to see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on
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parents: 2154
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3184 vacation". Not very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
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parents: 2154
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3185
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3186 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
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parents: 2154
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3187
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parents: 2154
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3188 user = Class(db, "user",
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parents: 2154
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3189 username=String(), password=Password(),
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parents: 2154
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3190 address=String(), realname=String(),
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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3191 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3192 alternate_addresses=String(),
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3193 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
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parents: 2154
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3194 vacation=Boolean())
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parents: 2154
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3195
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parents: 2154
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3196 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3197 following to your ``user.item`` template::
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parents: 2154
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3198
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parents: 2154
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3199 <tr>
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parents: 2154
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3200 <th>On Vacation</th>
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parents: 2154
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3201 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
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parents: 2154
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3202 </tr>
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parents: 2154
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3203
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3204 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3205 consists of::
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parents: 2154
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3206
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parents: 2154
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3207 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
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3208 users = db.user
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3209 messages = db.msg
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3210 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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parents: 2154
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3211 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3212 try:
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parents: 2154
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3213 # figure the recipient ids
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parents: 2154
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3214 sendto = []
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parents: 2154
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3215 seen_message = {}
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3216 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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parents: 2154
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3217 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
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parents: 2154
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3218 seen_message[recipid] = 1
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parents: 2154
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3219
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parents: 2154
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3220 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3221 # the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3222 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
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parents: 2154
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3223
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parents: 2154
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3224 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
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parents: 2154
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3225 # they aren't anonymous
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3226 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3227 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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3228 sendto.append(authid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3229 seen_message[authid] = 1
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parents: 2154
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3230
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3231 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3232 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3233 for nosyid in nosy:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3234 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3235 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3236 # in case they do...)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3237 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3238 continue
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3239 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3240 if not seen_message.has_key(nosyid):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3241 # send it to them
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3242 sendto.append(nosyid)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3243 recipients.append(nosyid)
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parents: 2154
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3244
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3245 # generate a change note
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3246 if oldvalues:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3247 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3248 else:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3249 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3250
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3251 # we have new recipients
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parents: 2154
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3252 if sendto:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3253 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3254 sendto = [i for i in sendto
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3255 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3256
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3257 # map userids to addresses
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3258 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3259
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3260 # update the message's recipients list
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3261 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3262
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3263 # send the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3264 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3265 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3266 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3267
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parents: 2154
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3268 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3269 addition of::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3270
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3271 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3272 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3273
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3274 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3275
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3276 Adding in state transition control
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3277 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3278
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3279 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states that users may move
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3280 issues to. You can do this by following these steps:
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parents: 2154
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3281
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3282 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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3283 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3284 template::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3285
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3286 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3287
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3288 this will force users to select a status.
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3289
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3290 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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parents: 2154
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3291
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3292 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3293 ...)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3294
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diff changeset
3295 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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parents: 2154
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3296
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3297 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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diff changeset
3298 b. using the roundup-admin "set" command.
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parents: 2154
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3299
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3300 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3301 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
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parents: 2154
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3302
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3303 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3304 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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3305 property.
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3306 '''
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3307 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3308 return
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3309 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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3310 new = newvalues['status']
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3311 if new == current:
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3312 return
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3313 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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3314 if new not in ok:
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3315 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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3316 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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3317
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3318 def init(db):
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3319 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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3320
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3321 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
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diff changeset
3322 from::
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3323
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3324 <th>Status</th>
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3325 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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3326
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3327 to::
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3328
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diff changeset
3329 <th>Status</th>
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3330 <td>
2156
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3331 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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3332 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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3333 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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3334 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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3335 tal:attributes="
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3336 value state/id;
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diff changeset
3337 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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diff changeset
3338 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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diff changeset
3339 </tal:block>
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3340 </select>
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3341 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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3342 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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3343 </td>
2156
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3344
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3345 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
1292
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3346
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a66dd1573ebd new example
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3347
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3348 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
2156
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3349 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3350
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3351 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
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3352 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
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3353 resolved. To achieve this:
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3354
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3355 1. Create a new property on the issue Class,
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3356 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. Edit your tracker's dbinit.py file.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3357 Where the "issue" class is defined, something like::
1559
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parents: 1522
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3358
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3359 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
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3360 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3361 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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parents: 1522
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3362
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parents: 1522
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3363 add the blockers entry like so::
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parents: 1522
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3364
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3365 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
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3366 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3367 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
3368 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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parents: 1522
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3369
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parents: 1522
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3370 2. Add the new "blockers" property to the issue.item edit page, using
1560
3f2e516b8de3 doc fixes
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parents: 1559
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3371 something like::
1559
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parents: 1522
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3372
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fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3373 <th>Waiting On</th>
1559
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parents: 1522
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3374 <td>
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parents: 1522
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3375 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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parents: 1522
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3376 size=20)" />
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parents: 1522
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3377 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
1674
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3378 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
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parents: 1671
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3379 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
1559
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3380 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3381 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
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3382 </span>
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3383
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3384 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3385 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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3386 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3387 the "superseders" field.
1559
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3388
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3389 3. Create a new detector module (attached) which enforces the rules:
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parents: 1522
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3390
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3391 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3392 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3393
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3394 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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parents: 1522
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3395
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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3396 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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parents: 1522
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3397 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3398 '''
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3399 if nodeid is None:
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parents: 1522
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3400 blockers = []
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parents: 1522
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3401 else:
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parents: 1522
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3402 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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parents: 1522
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3403 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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parents: 1522
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3404
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3405 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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parents: 1671
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3406 # changed
1559
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parents: 1522
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3407 if not blockers or not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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parents: 1522
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3408 return
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parents: 1522
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3409
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parents: 1522
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3410 # get the resolved state ID
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3411 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3412
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parents: 1522
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3413 # format the info
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3414 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
1674
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diff changeset
3415 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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3416 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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diff changeset
3417 if len(blockers) == 1:
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3418 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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parents: 1522
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3419 else:
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diff changeset
3420 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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parents: 1522
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3421
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parents: 1522
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3422 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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3423 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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3424 raise ValueError, "This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s
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3425
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parents: 1522
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3426 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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parents: 1522
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3427 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3428 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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3429 '''
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3430 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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parents: 1522
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3431 return
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3432
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parents: 1522
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3433 # get the resolved state ID
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parents: 1522
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3434 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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parents: 1522
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3435
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parents: 1522
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3436 # interesting?
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parents: 1522
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3437 if newvalues['status'] != resolved_id:
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3438 return
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3439
1674
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3440 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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3441 # their blockers list
1559
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3442 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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3443 for issueid in issues:
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3444 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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3445 if nodeid in blockers:
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3446 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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3447 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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3448
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3449
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3450 def init(db):
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3451 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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3452 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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3453 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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3454
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3455 # can only happen on a set
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3456 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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3457
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3458 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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3459 "detectors" directory.
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3460
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3461 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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3462 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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3463 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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3464 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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3465 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
1559
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3466
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3467 <a href="issue?:sort=-activity&:group=priority&:filter=status&:columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3468
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3469 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
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3470 ":filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)::
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3471
1568
d181aff91b40 *** empty log message ***
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3472 <a href="issue?:sort=-activity&:group=priority&:filter=status,blockers&blockers=-1&:columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
1559
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3473
1674
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3474 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
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3475 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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3476 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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3477 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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3478 another issue's "blockers" property.
1559
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3479
1808
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3480 Add users to the nosy list based on the topic
2156
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3481 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3482
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3483 We need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy list based
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3484 on the occurence of a topic. Every user should be allowed to edit his
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3485 own list of topics for which he wants to be added to the nosy list.
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3486
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3487 Below will be showed that such a change can be performed with only
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3488 minimal understanding of the roundup system, but with clever use
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3489 of Copy and Paste.
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3490
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3491 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
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3492 allow per-user recording of the lists of topics for which he wants to
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3493 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing to edit
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diff changeset
3494 this list of topics, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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3495 list when a topic is set.
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3496
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diff changeset
3497 Adding the nosy topic list
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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diff changeset
3498 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1808
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3499
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diff changeset
3500 The change in the database to make is that for any user there should be
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3501 a list of topics for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding
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3502 a ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seem to fullfill this (note that within
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3503 the code topics are called ``keywords``.) As such, all what has to be
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3504 done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the
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3505 file ``dbinit.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and
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3506 the updated definition of user will be::
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3507
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3508 user = Class(db, "user",
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3509 username=String(), password=Password(),
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3510 address=String(), realname=String(),
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3511 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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3512 alternate_addresses=String(),
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3513 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
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3514 timezone=String(),
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3515 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
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3516
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3517 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy topic list
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
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3518 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1808
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diff changeset
3519
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diff changeset
3520 We want any user to be able to change the list of topics for which
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3521 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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diff changeset
3522 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
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diff changeset
3523 We easily can
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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diff changeset
3524 see that the topic field in the issue view has very similar editting
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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diff changeset
3525 requirements as our nosy topics, both being a list of topics. As
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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diff changeset
3526 such, we search for Topics in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
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3527 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
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diff changeset
3528 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
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diff changeset
3529 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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3530
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diff changeset
3531 <tr>
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diff changeset
3532 <th>Nosy Topics</th>
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3533 <td>
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diff changeset
3534 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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3535 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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3536 </td>
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diff changeset
3537 </tr>
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3538
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3539
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3540 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3541 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1808
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diff changeset
3542
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diff changeset
3543 The more difficult part is the addition of the logic to actually
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3544 at the users to the nosy list when it is required.
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3545 The choice is made to perform this action when the topics on an
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3546 item are set, including when an item is created.
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diff changeset
3547 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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3548 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3549 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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diff changeset
3550 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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3551 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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3552 ``nosyreaction`` function actually is sending the e-mail, which
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diff changeset
3553 we do not need. As such, we can change the init function to::
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3554
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3555 def init(db):
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3556 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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3557 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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3558
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diff changeset
3559 After that we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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diff changeset
3560 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to settings
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diff changeset
3561 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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diff changeset
3562 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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3563 code, which in ``updatenosy`` handled adding the assignedto user(s)
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3564 to the nosy list, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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3565 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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diff changeset
3566 new topics, than loop over all users,
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3567 and assign the user to the nosy list when the topic in the user's
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diff changeset
3568 nosy_keywords. The next part in ``updatenosy``, adding the author
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3569 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list, obviously is not
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diff changeset
3570 relevant here and thus is deleted from the new auditor. The last
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diff changeset
3571 part, copying the new nosy list to newvalues, does not have to be changed.
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diff changeset
3572 This brings the following function::
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3573
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3574 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3575 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the topics
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3576 '''
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3577 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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3578 current = {}
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3579 if nodeid is None:
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3580 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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3581 else:
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3582 ok = ('yes',)
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3583 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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parents: 1800
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3584 # changed
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3585 if not newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3586 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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3587 for value in nosy:
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3588 if not current.has_key(value):
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3589 current[value] = 1
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3590
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3591 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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3592 if newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3593 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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3594 for value in nosy:
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3595 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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parents: 1800
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3596 continue
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3597 if not current.has_key(value):
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3598 current[value] = 1
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3599
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3600 # add users with topic in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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3601 if newvalues.has_key('topic') and newvalues['topic'] is not None:
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3602 topic_ids = newvalues['topic']
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3603 for topic in topic_ids:
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3604 # loop over all users,
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3605 # and assign user to nosy when topic in nosy_keywords
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3606 for user_id in db.user.list():
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3607 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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3608 found = 0
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3609 for kw in nosy_kw:
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3610 if kw == topic:
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parents: 1800
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3611 found = 1
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3612 if found:
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3613 current[user_id] = 1
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3614
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3615 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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3616 newvalues['nosy'] = current.keys()
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3617
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3618 and these two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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3619
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3620 TODO: update this example to use the find() Class method.
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3621
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parents: 1800
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3622 Caveats
2156
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3623 :::::::
1808
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3624
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3625 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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3626
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parents: 1800
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3627 Multiple additions
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parents: 1800
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3628 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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parents: 1800
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3629 from the nosy list, he again is added to the nosy list when the
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parents: 1800
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3630 topic list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
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3631 to only check which topics are new compared to the old list
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parents: 1800
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3632 of topics, and only add users when they have indicated
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parents: 1800
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3633 interest on a new topic.
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parents: 1800
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3634
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3635 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the create() event,
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parents: 1800
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3636 rather than also on the set() event, thus only setting the nosy list
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parents: 1800
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3637 when the issue is created.
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parents: 1800
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3638
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parents: 1800
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3639 Scalability
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parents: 1800
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3640 In the auditor there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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parents: 1800
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3641 only few users this will pose no serious problem, however, with
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parents: 1800
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3642 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
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parents: 1800
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3643 A way out will be to link from the topics to the users which
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parents: 1800
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3644 selected these topics a nosy topics. This will eliminate the
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parents: 1800
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3645 loop over all users.
1559
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parents: 1522
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3646
2156
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3647 Changes to Security and Permissions
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3648 -----------------------------------
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3649
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parents: 2154
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3650 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3651 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3652
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3653 1. In your tracker's "dbinit.py", create a new Role, say "Developer"::
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3654
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3655 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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3656
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3657 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3658 "issue"::
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3659
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3660 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3661 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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parents: 2154
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3662
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3663 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
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parents: 2154
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3664
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3665 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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parents: 2154
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3666
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3667 4. In the issue item edit page ("html/issue.item.html" in your tracker
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3668 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3669 list::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3670
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3671 <select name="assignedto">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3672 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3673 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3674 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3675 'Fixer', context._classname)"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3676 tal:attributes="
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3677 value user/id;
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3678 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3679 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3680 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3681 </select>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3682
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3683 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3684 Permission requirement (install this as "assignedtoFixer.py" in your
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3685 tracker "detectors" directory)::
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parents: 2154
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3686
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3687 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3688 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is a used with the
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3689 Fixer Permission
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3690 '''
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3691 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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parents: 2154
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3692 # don't care
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3693 return
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parents: 2154
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3694
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3695 # get the userid
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3696 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3697 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3698 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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parents: 2154
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3699
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3700 def init(db):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3701 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3702 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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parents: 2154
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3703
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parents: 2154
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3704 So now, if an edit action attempts to set "assignedto" to a user that
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3705 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
1816
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parents: 1808
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3706
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
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3707 Users may only edit their issues
2156
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parents: 2154
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3708 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1954
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parents: 1952
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3709
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3710 Users registering themselves are granted Provisional access - meaning they
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
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3711 have access to edit the issues they submit, but not others. We create a new
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3712 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
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3713 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
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3714 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".) We back up the permissions with
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3715 an auditor.
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3716
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3717 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
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3718 ``dbinit.py``::
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3719
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3720 # New users not approved by the admin
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3721 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
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3722 description='New user registered via web or email')
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3723 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit Own', klass='issue',
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3724 description='Can only edit own issues')
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3725 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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3726
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diff changeset
3727 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue to new users now
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3728 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'issue')
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diff changeset
3729 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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diff changeset
3730 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'issue')
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3731 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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3732
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diff changeset
3733 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
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3734 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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3735 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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3736 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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diff changeset
3737 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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diff changeset
3738
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3739
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diff changeset
3740 Then in the ``config.py`` we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
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3741 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
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3742
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3743 NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES = 'Provisional User'
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3744 NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES = 'Provisional User'
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diff changeset
3745
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diff changeset
3746 Finally we add a new *auditor* to the ``detectors`` directory called
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diff changeset
3747 ``provisional_user_auditor.py``::
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3748
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diff changeset
3749 def audit_provisionaluser(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3750 ''' New users are only allowed to modify their own issues.
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3751 '''
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diff changeset
3752 if (db.getuid() != cl.get(nodeid, 'creator')
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diff changeset
3753 and db.security.hasPermission('Edit Own', db.getuid(), cl.classname)):
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diff changeset
3754 raise ValueError, ('You are only allowed to edit your own %s'
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diff changeset
3755 % cl.classname)
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diff changeset
3756
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diff changeset
3757 def init(db):
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diff changeset
3758 # fire before changes are made
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diff changeset
3759 db.issue.audit('set', audit_provisionaluser)
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diff changeset
3760 db.issue.audit('retire', audit_provisionaluser)
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diff changeset
3761 db.issue.audit('restore', audit_provisionaluser)
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diff changeset
3762
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diff changeset
3763 Note that some older trackers might also want to change the ``page.html``
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diff changeset
3764 template as follows::
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diff changeset
3765
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diff changeset
3766 <p class="classblock"
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diff changeset
3767 - tal:condition="python:request.user.username != 'anonymous'">
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diff changeset
3768 + tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'user')">
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diff changeset
3769 <b>Administration</b><br>
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diff changeset
3770 <tal:block tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', None)">
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diff changeset
3771 <a href="home?:template=classlist">Class List</a><br>
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diff changeset
3772
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diff changeset
3773 (note that the "-" indicates a removed line, and the "+" indicates an added
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diff changeset
3774 line).
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diff changeset
3775
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diff changeset
3776
2156
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diff changeset
3777 Changes to the Web User Interface
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diff changeset
3778 ---------------------------------
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diff changeset
3779
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diff changeset
3780 Adding action links to the index page
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diff changeset
3781 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
3782
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diff changeset
3783 Add a column to the item.index.html template.
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diff changeset
3784
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diff changeset
3785 Resolving the issue::
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diff changeset
3786
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3787 <a tal:attributes="href
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diff changeset
3788 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
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diff changeset
3789
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diff changeset
3790 "Take" the issue::
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diff changeset
3791
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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diff changeset
3792 <a tal:attributes="href
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diff changeset
3793 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
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diff changeset
3794
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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diff changeset
3795 ... and so on
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diff changeset
3796
1966
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diff changeset
3797 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
2156
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diff changeset
3798 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1966
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diff changeset
3799
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diff changeset
3800 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
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3801 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add to the ``<tr>`` that displays the
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3802 actual rows of data::
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3803
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3804 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
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3805
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diff changeset
3806 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
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diff changeset
3807 different priorities, like::
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diff changeset
3808
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3809 tr.priority-critical td {
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3810 background-color: red;
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3811 }
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3812
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diff changeset
3813 tr.priority-urgent td {
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3814 background-color: orange;
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3815 }
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3816
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diff changeset
3817 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
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3818
2009
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diff changeset
3819 Editing multiple items in an index view
2156
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3820 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2009
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diff changeset
3821
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3822 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
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diff changeset
3823 ``issue.item.html``:
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3824
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3825 1. add a form around the listing table, so at the top it reads::
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diff changeset
3826
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diff changeset
3827 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
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diff changeset
3828 <table class="list">
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diff changeset
3829
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diff changeset
3830 and at the bottom of that table::
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diff changeset
3831
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3832 </table>
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3833 </form
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diff changeset
3834
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diff changeset
3835 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
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diff changeset
3836 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
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diff changeset
3837
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3838 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
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3839
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diff changeset
3840 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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diff changeset
3841 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
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diff changeset
3842
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diff changeset
3843 to::
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diff changeset
3844
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diff changeset
3845 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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diff changeset
3846 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
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diff changeset
3847
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diff changeset
3848 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
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3849
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3850 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the actual index items (marked by
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3851 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
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3852
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3853 <tr>
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3854 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
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diff changeset
3855 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
3856 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
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3857 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
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3858 </td>
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3859 </tr>
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3860
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parents: 2007
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3861 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an edit
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parents: 2007
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3862 on any changed statuses and the final block will make sure that the
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parents: 2007
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3863 current index view parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in
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parents: 2007
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3864 rendering the next page (the results of the editing).
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parents: 2007
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3865
2156
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3866
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3867 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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3868 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3869
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3870 Alter the issue.item template section for messages to::
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3871
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3872 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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3873 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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3874 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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3875 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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parents: 2154
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3876 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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3877 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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3878 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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3879 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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3880 <td>
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3881 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
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3882 remove</a>
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3883 </td>
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3884 </tr>
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3885 </table>
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3886
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3887
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3888 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3889 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3890
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3891 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
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3892 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
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3893 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
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3894 that shows either one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
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3895 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
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3896
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3897 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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3898 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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3899 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
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3900 <th colspan="2" class="header">
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3901 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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3902 </th>
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3903 </tr>
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diff changeset
3904 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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diff changeset
3905 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3906 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3907 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3908 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3909 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3910 <td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3911 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3912 </td>
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parents: 2154
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3913 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3914 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
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3915
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3916 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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3917 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3918 <th class="header">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3919 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3920 </th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3921 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3922 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3923 <tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3924 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3925 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3926 <th style="text-align: right">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3927 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3928 </th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3929 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3930 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3931 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3932 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3933 </table>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3934
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3935 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3936 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3937
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3938 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3939 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3940 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3941 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3942 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3943
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3944 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3945 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3946 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3947 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3948
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3949 <strong>Category:</strong>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3950 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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diff changeset
3951 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3952 </form>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3953
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3954 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3955 addition of the following form fragments::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3956
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3957 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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parents: 2154
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3958 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3959 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3960 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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parents: 2154
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3961
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3962 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3963 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3964 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3965 .
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3966 .
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3967 .
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3968 </form>
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3969
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diff changeset
3970 Note that later in the form, I test the value of "cat" include form
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diff changeset
3971 elements that are appropriate. For example::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3972
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3973 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3974 <tr>
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diff changeset
3975 <th>Operating System</th>
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diff changeset
3976 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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parents: 2154
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3977 </tr>
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diff changeset
3978 <tr>
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diff changeset
3979 <th>Web Browser</th>
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diff changeset
3980 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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parents: 2154
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3981 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3982 </tal:block>
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3983
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3984 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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3985 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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3986
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3987 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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3988 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
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3989 those actions in a new ``Action`` class and insert hooks to those actions in
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3990 the "actions" attribute on on the ``interfaces.Client`` class, like so (see
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3991 `defining new web actions`_)::
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3992
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3993 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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3994 def handle(self):
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3995 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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3996 on to page 2.
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3997 '''
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3998 category = self.form['category'].value
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3999 if category == '-1':
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4000 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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4001 return
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4002 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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4003 self.template = 'add_page2'
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4004
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4005 actions = client.Client.actions + (
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4006 ('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction),
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4007 )
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4008
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4009 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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4010 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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4011
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4016 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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4018 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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4019 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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