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1 Customising Roundup
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2 ===================
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3
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4 Instances have the following structure:
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6 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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7 |instance_config.py |Holds the basic instance_configuration |
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9 |dbinit.py |Holds the instance_schema |
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10 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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11 |interfaces.py |Defines the Web and E-Mail interfaces for the instance |
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12 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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13 |select_db.py |Selects the database back-end for the instance |
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14 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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15 |db/ |Holds the instance's database |
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17 |db/files/ |Holds the instance's upload files and messages |
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18 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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19 |detectors/ |Auditors and reactors for this instance |
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20 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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21 |html/ |Web interface templates, images and style sheets |
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22 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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24 Instance Configuration
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25 ----------------------
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27 The instance_config.py located in your instance home contains the basic
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28 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces. This
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29 file is a Python module. The default instance_config.py is given below - as you
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30 can see, the MAIL_DOMAIN must be edited before any interaction with the
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31 instance is attempted.::
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33 MAIL_DOMAIN=MAILHOST=HTTP_HOST=None
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34 HTTP_PORT=0
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36 # roundup home is this package's directory
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37 INSTANCE_HOME=os.path.split(__file__)[0]
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39 # The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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40 if not MAILHOST:
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41 MAILHOST = 'localhost'
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43 # The domain name used for email addresses.
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44 if not MAIL_DOMAIN:
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45 MAIL_DOMAIN = 'fill.me.in.'
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47 # the next two are only used for the standalone HTTP server.
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48 if not HTTP_HOST:
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49 HTTP_HOST = ''
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50 if not HTTP_PORT:
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51 HTTP_PORT = 9080
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53 # This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in
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54 DATABASE = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'db')
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56 # This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in
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57 TEMPLATES = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'html')
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59 # The email address that mail to roundup should go to
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60 ISSUE_TRACKER_EMAIL = 'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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62 # The web address that the instance is viewable at
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63 ISSUE_TRACKER_WEB = 'http://some.useful.url/'
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65 # The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble
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66 ADMIN_EMAIL = 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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68 # Somewhere for roundup to log stuff internally sent to stdout or stderr
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69 LOG = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'roundup.log')
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71 # Where to place the web filtering HTML on the index page
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72 FILTER_POSITION = 'bottom' # one of 'top', 'bottom', 'top and bottom'
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74 # Deny or allow anonymous access to the web interface
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75 ANONYMOUS_ACCESS = 'deny'
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77 # Deny or allow anonymous users to register through the web interface
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78 ANONYMOUS_REGISTER = 'deny'
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80 # Send nosy messages to the author of the message
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81 MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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84 Instance Schema
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85 ---------------
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87 Note: if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to web_interface_to
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88 reflect_your_changes.
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89 An instance schema defines what data is stored in the instance's database. The
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90 two schemas shipped with Roundup turn it into a typical software bug tracker
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91 (the extended schema allowing for support issues as well as bugs). Schemas are
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92 defined using Python code. The "classic" schema looks like this::
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94 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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95 pri.setkey("name")
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96 pri.create(name="critical", order="1")
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99 pri.create(name="feature", order="4")
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102 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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103 stat.setkey("name")
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104 stat.create(name="unread", order="1")
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105 stat.create(name="deferred", order="2")
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108 stat.create(name="in-progress", order="5")
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109 stat.create(name="testing", order="6")
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110 stat.create(name="done-cbb", order="7")
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111 stat.create(name="resolved", order="8")
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113 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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114 keyword.setkey("name")
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116 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), password=String(),
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117 address=String(), realname=String(), phone=String(),
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118 organisation=String())
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119 user.setkey("username")
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120 user.create(username="admin", password=adminpw,
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121 address=instance_config.ADMIN_EMAIL)
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123 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), recipients=Multilink
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124 ("user"), date=Date(), summary=String(), files=Multilink("file"))
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126 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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128 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", assignedto=Link("user"),
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129 topic=Multilink("keyword"), priority=Link("priority"), status=Link
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130 ("status"))
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131 issue.setkey('title')
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133 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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134 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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136 In the instance above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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138 priority
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139 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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141 status
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142 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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144 keyword
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145 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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147 user
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148 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry for all
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149 users using roundup.
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151 msg
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152 Initially empty, will all e-mail messages sent to or generated by
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153 roundup.
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155 file
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156 Initially empty, will all files attached to issues.
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158 issue
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159 Initially emtyp, this is where the issue information is stored.
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162 the amount of information stored on the issue and more powerful, accurate
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170 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored in the
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173 The actual data entered into the database, using class.create() are called
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174 nodes. They have a special immutable property called id. We sometimes refer to
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177 Properties
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180 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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195 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from the rest
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197 which generally makes databases more efficient, and also allows us to use
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198 command-line tools to operate on the files. They are stored in the files sub-
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204 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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206 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and files
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209 are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy reactor (in the detectors
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210 directory) handles this action. The superceder link indicates an issue which
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212 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and "creator"
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220 setkey(property)
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223 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key property
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224 muse be unique, and allows references to the nodes in the class by the content
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225 of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by their username, e.g.
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227 richard who happens to be user 2. To assign an issue to him, we could do either
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230 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=2
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234 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=richard
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238 create(information)
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241 Create a node in the database. This is generally used to create nodes in the
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245 -------------
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247 The web interface works behind the cgi-bin/roundup.cgi or roundup-server
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248 scripts. In both cases, the scripts determine which instance is being accessed
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249 (the first part of the URL path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass
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250 control on to the instance interfaces.Client class which handles the rest of
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251 the access through its main() method. This means that you can do pretty much
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252 anything you want as a web interface to your instance.
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253 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the templates in
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254 the instance html directory. These are divided into index, item and newitem
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255 views. The newitem view is optional - the item view will be used if the newitem
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258 Repurcussions of changing the instance schema
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261 If you choose to change_the_instance_schema you will need to ensure the web
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262 interface knows about it:
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266 2. The default page header relies on the existence of, and some values of
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267 the priority, status, assignedto and activity classes. If you change any
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269 values) you will need to implement your own pagehead() method in your
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270 instance's interfaces.py module.
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272 Displaying Properties
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273 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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275 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices, in
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276 editors, and as filters. For each type of property, there are several display
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277 possibilities. For example, in an index view, a string property may just be
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278 printed as a plain string, but in an editor view, that property should be
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281 The display of a property is handled by functions in the htmltemplate module.
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282 Displayer functions are triggered by <display> tags in templates. The call
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289 in a template triggers a call the "plain" function. The displayer functions can
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290 accept extra arguments to further specify details about the widgets that should
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291 be generated. By defining new displayer functions, the user interface can be
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295 |The displayer functions are |
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297 |plain |Display a String property directly. |
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298 | |Display a Date property in a specified time zone with an option to |
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299 | |omit the time from the date stamp. |
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301 | |linked nodes (or the ids if the linked class has no key property). |
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306 | |field to be edited. Strings, Dates and Intervals use TEXT fields, |
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307 | |Links use SELECT fields and Multilinks use SELECT MULTIPLE fields. |
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314 |menu |For a Links and Multilinks, display the same field as would be |
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317 |link |For a Link or Multilink property, display the names of the linked |
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353 |list |List the nodes specified by property using the standard index for |
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358 |history |List the history of the item. |
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360 |submit |Add a submit button for the item. |
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364 Index Views
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365 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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366
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368 filter section provides some widgets for selecting which items appear in the
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369 index. The index section is a table of items.
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371 Index View Specifiers
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372 :::::::::::::::::::::
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376
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383
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384 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout part and
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385 the filter part. The layout part consists of the query parameters that begin
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386 with colons, and it determines the way that the properties of selected nodes
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387 are displayed. The filter part consists of all the other query parameters, and
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389 The filter part is interactively manipulated with the form widgets displayed in
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390 the filter section. The layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on
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391 the column headings in the table.
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393 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values matching any
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394 specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets of items with values
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395 matching any specified Multilink properties.
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396
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397 The example specifies an index of "issue" nodes. Only items with a "status" of
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398 either "unread" or "in-progres" or "resolved" are displayed, and only items
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399 with "topic" values including both "security" and "ui" are displayed. The items
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400 are grouped by priority, arranged in ascending order; and within groups, sorted
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401 by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter section shows filters for
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402 the "status" and "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the
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403 "title", "status", and "fixer" properties.
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405 Associated with each item class is a default layout specifier. The layout
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406 specifier in the above example is the default layout to be provided with the
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407 default bug-tracker schema described above in section 4.4.
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408
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409 Filter Section
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410 ::::::::::::::
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411
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412 The template for a filter section provides the filtering widgets at the top of
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413 the index view. Fragments enclosed in <property>...</property> tags are
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414 included or omitted depending on whether the view specifier requests a filter
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415 for a particular property.
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416
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417 A property must appear in the filter template for it to be available as a
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418 filter.
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419
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420 Here's a simple example of a filter template.::
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421
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422 <property name=status>
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423 <display call="checklist('status')">
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424 </property>
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425 <br>
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426 <property name=priority>
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427 <display call="checklist('priority')">
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428 </property>
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429 <br>
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430 <property name=fixer>
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431 <display call="menu('fixer')">
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432 </property>
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433
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434 The standard index generation code appends a section to the index pages which
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435 allows selection of the filters - from those which are defined in the filter
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436 template.
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437
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438 Index Section
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439 :::::::::::::
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440
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441 The template for an index section describes one row of the index table.
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442 Fragments enclosed in <property>...</property> tags are included or omitted
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443 depending on whether the view specifier requests a column for a particular
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444 property. The table cells should contain <display> tags to display the values
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445 of the item's properties.
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446
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447 Here's a simple example of an index template.::
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448
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449 <tr>
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450 <property name=title>
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451 <td><display call="plain('title', max=50)"></td>
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452 </property>
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453 <property name=status>
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454 <td><display call="plain('status')"></td>
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455 </property>
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456 <property name=fixer>
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457 <td><display call="plain('fixer')"></td>
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458 </property>
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459 </tr>
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460
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461 Sorting
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462 :::::::
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463
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464 String and Date values are sorted in the natural way. Link properties are
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465 sorted according to the value of the "order" property on the linked nodes if it
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466 is present; or otherwise on the key string of the linked nodes; or finally on
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467 the node ids. Multilink properties are sorted according to how many links are
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468 present.
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470 Item Views
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472
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473 An item view contains an editor section and a spool section. At the top of an
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474 item view, links to superseding and superseded items are always displayed.
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476 Editor Section
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479 The editor section is generated from a template containing <display> tags to
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480 insert the appropriate widgets for editing properties.
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482 Here's an example of a basic editor template.::
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483
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484 <table>
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485 <tr>
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486 <td colspan=2>
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487 <display call="field('title', size=60)">
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488 </td>
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490 <tr>
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491 <td>
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492 <display call="field('fixer', size=30)">
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493 </td>
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494 <td>
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495 <display call="menu('status')>
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499 <td>
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500 <display call="field('nosy', size=30)">
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501 </td>
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502 <td>
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503 <display call="menu('priority')>
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507 <td colspan=2>
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508 <display call="note()">
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509 </td>
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513 As shown in the example, the editor template can also request the display of a
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514 "note" field, which is a text area for entering a note to go along with a
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515 change.
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517 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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518 describing the changed properties.
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519
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520 If a note is given in the "note" field, the note is appended to the
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521 description. The message is then added to the item's message spool (thus
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522 triggering the standard detector to react by sending out this message to the
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523 nosy list).
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524
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525 The message also displays all of the property values on the item and indicates
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526 which ones have changed. An example of such a message might be this::
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528 Polly's taken a turn for the worse - this is now really important!
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529 -----
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530 title: Polly Parrot is dead
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531 priority: critical
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532 status: unread -> in-progress
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533 fixer: terry
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534 keywords: parrot,plumage,perch,nailed,dead
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536 Spool Section
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537 :::::::::::::
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539 The spool section lists messages in the item's "messages" property. The index
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540 of messages displays the "date", "author", and "summary" properties on the
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541 message nodes, and selecting a message takes you to its content.
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543 The <property> tag used in the index may also be used here - it checks to see
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544 if the nominated Multilink property has any entries. This can be used to
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545 eliminate sections of the spool section if the property has no entries.::
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546
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547 <property name="files">
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548 <tr class="strong-header">
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549 <td><b>Files</b></td>
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555 </property>
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