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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.161.2.15 $
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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`_ 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.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 initial_data.py Holds any data to be entered into the database when the
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45 tracker is initialised.
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46 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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47 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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48 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker
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49 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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50 extensions/ Additional web actions and templating utilities.
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51 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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55 Tracker Configuration
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56 =====================
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58 The ``config.ini`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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59 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces.
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61 Changes to the data captured by your tracker is controlled by the `tracker
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62 schema`_. Some configuration is also performed using permissions - see the
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63 `security / access controls`_ section. For example, to allow users to
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64 automatically register through the email interface, you must grant the
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65 "Anonymous" Role the "Email Access" Permission.
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67 The following is taken from the `Python Library Reference`__ (May 20, 2004)
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68 section "ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser":
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70 The configuration file consists of sections, led by a "[section]" header
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80 foodir = %(dir)s/whatever
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86 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html
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88 Section **main**
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89 database -- ``db``
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90 Database directory path. The path may be either absolute or relative
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91 to the directory containig this config file.
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93 templates -- ``html``
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94 Path to the HTML templates directory. The path may be either absolute
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95 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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97 admin_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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98 Email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble. If
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102 dispatcher_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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103 The 'dispatcher' is a role that can get notified of new items to the
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104 database. It is used by the ERROR_MESSAGES_TO config setting. If the
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108 email_from_tag -- default *blank*
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109 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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110 in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From: line
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111 is usually: ``"Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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112 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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113 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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115 new_web_user_roles -- ``User``
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116 Roles that a user gets when they register with Web User Interface.
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119 new_email_user_roles -- ``User``
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120 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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121 This is a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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123 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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124 Send error message emails to the ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``?
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125 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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126 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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128 html_version -- ``html4``
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129 HTML version to generate. The templates are ``html4`` by default.
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130 If you wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this
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131 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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132 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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134 timezone -- ``0``
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135 Numeric timezone offset used when users do not choose their own
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136 in their settings.
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138 instant_registration -- ``yes``
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139 Register new users instantly, or require confirmation via
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140 email?
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141 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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143 Section **tracker**
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144 name -- ``Roundup issue tracker``
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145 A descriptive name for your roundup instance.
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147 web -- ``http://host.example/demo/``
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148 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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149 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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150 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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151 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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152 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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157 Section **rdbms**
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158 Settings in this section are used by Postgresql and MySQL backends only
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160 name -- ``roundup``
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161 Name of the database to use.
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164 Database server host.
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172 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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175 Database user password.
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177 Section **logging**
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178 config -- default *blank*
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179 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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181 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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184 filename -- default *blank*
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185 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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186 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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190 level -- ``ERROR``
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191 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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193 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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194
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195 Section **mail**
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196 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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197 registration approval requests.
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199 domain -- ``localhost``
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200 Domain name used for email addresses.
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203 SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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206 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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207 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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209 password -- default *blank*
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210 SMTP login password.
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211 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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213 tls -- ``no``
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214 If your SMTP mail host provides or requires TLS (Transport Layer Security)
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215 then you may set this option to 'yes'.
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216 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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218 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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219 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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220 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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221 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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223 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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224 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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225 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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228 charset -- utf-8
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229 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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230 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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231 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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232 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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234 debug -- default *blank*
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235 Setting this option makes Roundup to write all outgoing email messages
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236 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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237 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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238 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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239 containig this config file.
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241 Section **mailgw**
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242 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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244 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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245 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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246 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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247 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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249 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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250 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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251 signatures.
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252 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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254 default_class -- ``issue``
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255 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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256 To disable, leave the value blank.
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258 Section **nosy**
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259 Nosy messages sending
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261 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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262 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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263 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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265 signature_position -- ``bottom``
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266 Where to place the email signature.
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267 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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269 add_author -- ``new``
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270 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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271 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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272 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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273 followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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274 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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276 add_recipients -- ``new``
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277 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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278 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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279 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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280 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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281 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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283 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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284 genconfig`` command.
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286 Configuration variables may be referred to in lower or upper case. In code,
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287 variables not in the "main" section are referred to using their section and
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288 name, so "domain" in the section "mail" becomes MAIL_DOMAIN. The
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289 configuration variables available are:
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292 Tracker Schema
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293 ==============
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295 .. note::
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296 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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297 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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298 your changes.
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300 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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302 tracker.
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304 The ``schema.py`` module
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305 ------------------------
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307 The ``schema.py`` module contains two functions:
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309 **open**
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310 This function defines what your tracker looks like on the inside, the
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311 **schema** of the tracker. It defines the **Classes** and **properties**
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312 on each class. It also defines the **security** for those Classes. The
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315 **init**
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316 This function is responsible for setting up the initial state of your
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317 tracker. It's called exactly once - but the ``roundup-admin initialise``
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318 command. See the start of the section on `database content`_ for more
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319 info about how this works.
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323 --------------------
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326 of ``'setkey'``)::
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328 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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331 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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334 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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335 keyword.setkey("name")
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337 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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338 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(),
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339 phone=String())
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340 user.setkey("username")
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341
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342 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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343 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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348 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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349 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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350 priority=Link("priority"))
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351 issue.setkey('title')
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354 What you can't do to the schema
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355 -------------------------------
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357 You must never:
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358
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359 **Remove the users class**
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360 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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361
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362 **Remove the "username", "address", "password" or "realname" user properties**
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363 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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364
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365 **Change the type of a property**
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366 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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367 this kind of action into account. Note that you can't just remove a
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368 property and re-add it as a new type either. If you wanted to make the
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369 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
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370 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
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373 What you can do to the schema
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374 -----------------------------
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375
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376 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
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377 initialised (or used). You may:
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378
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379 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
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380 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repurcussions
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381 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
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382
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383 **Remove properties**
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384 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
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385 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
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386 detectors_.
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390 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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391 ---------------------------------------------------------
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393 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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395 priority
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396 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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398 status
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399 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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401 keyword
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402 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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404 user
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405 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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406 for all users using roundup.
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408 msg
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409 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
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410 generated by roundup.
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412 file
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413 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
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415 issue
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416 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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418 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
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419 reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue and more
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420 powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status. By only
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421 requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single number) we
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422 reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or status - or
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423 simply makes a new one up.
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426 Class and Items
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427 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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429 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
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430 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
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431 the information about the class items.
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433 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
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434 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
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435 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
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438 Properties
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439 ~~~~~~~~~~
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441 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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443 * String properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
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444 * Password properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
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445 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
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446 class.
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447 * Date properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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448 objects.
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449 * Number properties store numeric values.
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450 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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451 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a
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452 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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453 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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454 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified
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455 class. The value is a list of integers.
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457 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
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458
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459 *creator*
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460 Link to the user that created the item.
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461 *creation*
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462 Date the item was created.
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463 *actor*
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464 Link to the user that last modified the item.
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465 *activity*
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466 Date the item was last modified.
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470 ~~~~~~~~~
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471
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472 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
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473 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
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474 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
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475 allows us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are
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476 stored in the files sub-directory of the ``'db'`` directory in your
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477 tracker.
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478
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480 IssueClass
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481 ~~~~~~~~~~
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483 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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484 "superseder" properties.
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486 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
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487 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
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488 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
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489 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
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490 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
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491 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
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492
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493 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
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494 "creator" properties.
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495
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496 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
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497 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
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498 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
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499 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
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500 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
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503 setkey(property)
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504 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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506 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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507 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
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508 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
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509 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
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510 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
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511 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
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513 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
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515 or::
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516
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517 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
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519 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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520
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521 If a class does not have an "order" property, the key is also used to
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522 sort instances of the class when it is rendered in the user interface.
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523 (If a class has no "order" property, sorting is by the labelproperty of
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524 the class. This is computed, in order of precedence, as the key, the
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525 "name", the "title", or the first property alphabetically.)
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526
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528 create(information)
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529 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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531 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
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532 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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534
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535 A note about ordering
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536 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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537
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538 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
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539 depending on the properties being sorted on:
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540
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541 1. If it's a String, Number, Date or Interval property, we just sort the
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542 scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted case-sensitively.
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543 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
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544 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
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545 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
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546 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
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547 so on.
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548
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549 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
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550 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
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551 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
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552
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553
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554 Examples of adding to your schema
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555 ---------------------------------
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556
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557 TODO
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558
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559
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560 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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561 ============================================
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562 .. _detectors:
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563
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564 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
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565 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
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566 initialised via the ``roundup-admin initialise`` command.
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567
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568 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
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569 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
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570 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
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571 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
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572 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
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573 for you are:
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574
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575 **nosyreaction.py**
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576 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
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577 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
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578 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
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579 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
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580 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
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581 **statusauditor.py**
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582 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
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583 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
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584 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
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585 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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586 defined.
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587 **messagesummary.py**
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588 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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589 content.
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590 **userauditor.py**
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591 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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592 roles lists).
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593
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594 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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595 or remove these detectors.
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596
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597 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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598 interface for detectors.
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599
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600 __ design.html
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601
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603 Detector API
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604 ------------
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605
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606 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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607
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608 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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610 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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611 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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612 property names to values.
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614 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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615 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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616 is about to be created.
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618 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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619 properties that are about to be changed.
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621 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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623 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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625 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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627 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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628 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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629 property names to values.
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631 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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632 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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634 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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635 values of properties that were changed.
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636
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637 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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638 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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641 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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642 ----------------------------------
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643
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644 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
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645 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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646 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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647
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648 **newissuecopy.py**
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649 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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650 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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651 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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652 email errors!
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653 **creator_resolution.py**
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654 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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655 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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656 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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657 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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658 **email_auditor.py**
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659 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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660 extension .eml.
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661 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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662 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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663 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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664 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
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666
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667 Auditor or Reactor?
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668 -------------------
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669
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670 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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671
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672 **Auditors**
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673 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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674 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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675 **Reactors**
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676 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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677 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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678 detector loops.
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679
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680
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681 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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682 ---------------------------------------
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683
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684 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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685 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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686 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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687 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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688 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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689
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690 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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691
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692 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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693
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694 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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695
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696 raise Reject
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697
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698
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699 Generating email from Roundup
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700 -----------------------------
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701
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702 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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703 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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704
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705 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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706 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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707 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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708 is not required).
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709
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710
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711 Database Content
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712 ================
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713
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714 .. note::
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715 if you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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716 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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717
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718 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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719 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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720 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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721 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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722
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723 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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724 Edit the initial_data.py module in your tracker to alter the items
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725 created using the ``create( ... )`` methods.
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726
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727 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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728 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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729 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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730 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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731
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732 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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733 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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734 question.
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735
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736 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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737 requires database content changes.
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738
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739
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740 Security / Access Controls
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741 ==========================
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742
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743 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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744
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745 - Create (everything)
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746 - Edit (everything)
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747 - View (everything)
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748
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749 These are assigned to the "Admin" Role by default, and allow a user to do
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750 anything. Every Class you define in your `tracker schema`_ also gets an
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751 Create, Edit and View Permission of its own. The web and email interfaces
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752 also define:
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753
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754 *Email Access*
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755 If defined, the user may use the email interface. Used by default to deny
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756 Anonymous users access to the email interface. When granted to the
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757 Anonymous user, they will be automatically registered by the email
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758 interface (see also the ``new_email_user_roles`` configuration option).
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759 *Web Access*
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760 If defined, the user may use the web interface. All users are able to see
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761 the login form, regardless of this setting (thus enabling logging in).
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762 *Web Roles*
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763 Controls user access to editing the "roles" property of the "user" class.
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764 TODO: deprecate in favour of a property-based control.
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766 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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769 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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770 - Anonymous (Web Access)
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775 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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776
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778 - View priority, status
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779 - View user
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780 - Edit their own user record
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782 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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784 - Web interface access
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785 - Create user (for registration)
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787
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788 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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789
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790 #
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791 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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792 #
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793 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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794 # about security setup.
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796 #
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797 # REGULAR USERS
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798 #
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799 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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800 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Web Access')
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801 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Email Access')
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802
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803 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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804 # to regular users now
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805 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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806 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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807 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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808 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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809 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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810 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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812 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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813 # if you don't want them to
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814 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', 'user')
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815
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816 # Users should be able to edit their own details -- this permission
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817 # is limited to only the situation where the Viewed or Edited item
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818 # is their own.
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819 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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820 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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821 return userid == itemid
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822 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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823 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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824 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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825 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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826 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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827 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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828
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829 #
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830 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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831 #
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832 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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833 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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834 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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835 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Web Access')
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837 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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838 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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839 # "Create" user Permission below)
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840 # This is disabled by default to stop spam from auto-registering users on
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841 # public trackers.
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842 #db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Email Access')
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844 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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845 # Role. Choices here are:
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846 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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847 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Create', 'user')
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848
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849 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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850 # information)
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851 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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852 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'View', cl)
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853
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854 # [OPTIONAL]
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855 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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856 # related file and message items)
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857 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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858 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Create', cl)
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859 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Edit', cl)
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862 Automatic Permission Checks
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865 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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869 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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870 displayed.
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872 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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874 checking performed)
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876 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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879 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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880 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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881 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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882 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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885 New User Roles
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888 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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890 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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892
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894 these parameters.
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897 Changing Access Controls
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901 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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903
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904 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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905 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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908 Adding a new Permission
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909 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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910
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911 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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912
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914 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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916 self.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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917 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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919 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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920 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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921 "``roundup-admin security``")
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922 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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923 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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924 interfaces module
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925
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926 The ``addPermission`` method takes a couple of optional parameters:
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927
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928 **properties**
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929 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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930 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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931 'email') ...``)
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932 **check**
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933 A function to be execute which returns boolean determining whether the
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934 Permission is allowed. The function has the signature ``check(db, userid,
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935 itemid)`` where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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936 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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937 accessed.
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938
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939 Example Scenarios
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940 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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941
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942 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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943 By giving the "anonymous" user the "Email Registration" Role, any
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944 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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945 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through the web
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946 until an admin sets their password). This is the default behaviour
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947 in the tracker templates that ship with Roundup.
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948
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949 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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950 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access" and ("Edit", "issue")
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951 Roles but do not not give them the "Email Registration" Role. This
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952 means that when an unknown user sends email into the tracker, they're
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953 automatically logged in as "anonymous". Since they don't have the
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954 "Email Registration" Role, they won't be automatically registered, but
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955 since "anonymous" has permission to use the gateway, they'll still be
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956 able to submit issues. Note that the Sender information - their email
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957 address - will not be available - they're *anonymous*.
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958
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959 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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960 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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961 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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962 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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963 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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964 auditor. See the example
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965 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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966
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967 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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968 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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969 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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970 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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971 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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972 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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973 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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975 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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976 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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977
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978 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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979 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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980 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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981 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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982 interface.
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983
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984 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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985 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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986 editing users::
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987
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988 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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989 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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990 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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991
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992 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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993
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994
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995 Web Interface
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996 =============
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997
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998 .. contents::
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999 :local:
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1000
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1001 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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1002 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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1003 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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1004 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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1005 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
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1006 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
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1007 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
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1008 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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1009
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1010
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1011
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1012 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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1013 ---------------------------------------------
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1014
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1015 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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1016 the web interface knows about it:
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1017
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1018 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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1019 have properties added or removed,
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1020 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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1021 "home" page's content arguments.
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1022
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1023
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1024 How requests are processed
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1025 --------------------------
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1026
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1027 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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1028
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1029 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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1030 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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1031 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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1032 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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1033 output
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1034
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1035 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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1036
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1037 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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1038 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1039 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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1040 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1041 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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1042 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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1043 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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1044 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
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1045 the action to take place
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1046 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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1047 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
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1048 client
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1049
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1050
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1051 Determining web context
1098
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1052 -----------------------
1073
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1053
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1054 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the
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1055 special request variable ``@template``. The URL path after the tracker
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1056 identifier is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
1057
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1058 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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1059 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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1060 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
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1061 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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1062 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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parents: 1003
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1063
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1064 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
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1065 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1066 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
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parents: 1003
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1067 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
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1068
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1069 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
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1070 context`_ below for more information about how it may be used.
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1071 b. if the path starts with "@@file" (as in example 3,
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diff changeset
1072 "/tracker/@@file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1073 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
2589
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parents: 2588
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1074 from the tracker TEMPLATES (or STATIC_FILES, if configured) directory.
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parents: 2588
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1075 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile
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1076 exception.
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1077 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
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1078 identifies the tracker class we're to display.
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1079 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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1080 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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1081 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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1082 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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parents: 1671
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1083 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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parents: 1671
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1084 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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parents: 1671
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1085 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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1086 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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1087
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1088 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to determine the template we're
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1089 going to use. That's because they don't actually use templates.
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1090
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1091 The template used is specified by the ``@template`` CGI variable, which
1674
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1092 defaults to:
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1093
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1094 - only classname suplied: "index"
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1095 - full item designator supplied: "item"
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1096
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1097
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1098 The "home" Context
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parents: 2209
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1099 ------------------
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1100
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1101 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
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parents: 2209
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1102 pages to your tracker that don't rely on a class or item (ie. an issues
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
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1103 list or specific issue).
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1104
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parents: 2209
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1105 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
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parents: 2209
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1106 interface. You'd probably have:
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parents: 2209
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1107
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1108 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
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1109 it could be served as a static file (see `serving static content`_)
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1110 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
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1111 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
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parents: 2209
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1112 page up, you use the URL:
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parents: 2209
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1113
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1114 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
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parents: 2209
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1115
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1116
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1117 Serving static content
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diff changeset
1118 ----------------------
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1119
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1120 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
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1121 ``@@file`` paths.
2134
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parents: 2129
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1122
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
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parents: 2129
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1123
1073
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1124 Performing actions in web requests
1098
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1125 ----------------------------------
1073
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diff changeset
1126
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parents: 1070
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1127 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1128 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1129 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
1679
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diff changeset
1130 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
1674
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1131 of:
1058
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parents: 1057
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1132
1125
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1133 **login**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
diff changeset
1134 Attempt to log a user in.
1278
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parents: 1270
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1135
1125
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diff changeset
1136 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
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1137 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
1278
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1138
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1139 **register**
1674
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1140 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
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1141 log them in.
1278
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1142
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1143 **edit**
1679
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parents: 1674
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1144 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
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1145 variables`_ you may use.
1058
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1146
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1147 **new**
1679
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1148 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
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1149 variables`_ as in the "edit" action.
1058
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1150
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1151 **retire**
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parents: 1270
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1152 Retire the item in the database.
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
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1153
1125
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1154 **editCSV**
1058
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1155 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
1674
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1156 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
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1157 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
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1158 features.
1058
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parents: 1057
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1159
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1160 **search**
1674
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1161 Mangle some of the form variables:
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1162
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1163 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
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1164 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
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1165 them to :filter.
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1166
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1167 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
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1168 user's query list.
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1169
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1170 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
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1171 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
2915
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1172 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
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1173 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
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1174 web actions`_).
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1175
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1176 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
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1177 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
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1178 for each action are:
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1180 **login**
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1181 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
1125
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1182 **logout**
1058
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1183 No permission checks are made.
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1184 **register**
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1185 Determine whether the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1186 **edit**
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1187 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1188 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1189 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
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1190 special Permission "Web Roles".
1125
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1191 **new**
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1192 Determine whether the user has permission to create this item. No
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1193 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1194 be created if the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
1125
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1195 **editCSV**
2991
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parents: 2983
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1196 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1197 **search**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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diff changeset
1198 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
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1199
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1200
1679
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1201 Special form variables
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parents: 1674
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1202 ----------------------
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1203
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1204 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1205 variables and their values. You can:
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1206
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1207 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1208 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1209 properties,
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1210 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1211 current item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1212 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1213 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1214 operation to be successful.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1215
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1216 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1217 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1218
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1219 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1220
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1221 ``<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1222 property on the current context item
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1223
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1224 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1225 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1226
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1227 Designators name a specific item of a class.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1228
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1229 ``<classname><N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1230 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1231
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1232 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1233 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1234 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1235 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1236 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1237 item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1238
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1239 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1240 if it's special:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1241
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1242 ``@required``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1243 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1244 property names that must be specified when the form is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1245 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1246
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1247 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1248 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1249 present, they are for the item specified by
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1250 <designator>.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1251
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1252 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1253 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1254
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1255 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1256 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1257 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1258 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1259 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1260 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1261 property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1262
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1263 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1264 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1265 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1266 The form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1267 designators. The item corresponding to each
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1268 designator is linked to the property given by simple
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1269 form variable.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1270
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1271 None of the above (ie. just a simple form value)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1272 The value of the form variable is converted
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1273 appropriately, depending on the type of the property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1274
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1275 For a Link('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1276 single key for 'klass', where the key field is
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1277 specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1278
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1279 For a Multilink('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1280 comma-separated list of keys for 'klass', where the
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1281 key field is specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1282
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1283 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1284 and Multilink properties, the linked-to class must
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1285 have a key field.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1286
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1287 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1288 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1289 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1290 they are valid for the class). Otherwise, the property
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1291 is set to the form value.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1292
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1293 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), and Number()
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1294 properties, the form value is converted to the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1295 appropriate
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1296
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diff changeset
1297 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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1298 designator.
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diff changeset
1299
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diff changeset
1300 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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diff changeset
1301
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diff changeset
1302 @note
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1303 This is equivalent to::
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1304
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1305 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
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diff changeset
1306 msg-1@content=value
1679
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1307
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1308 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
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1309 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1310 time, respectively.
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1311
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1312 @file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
1313 This is equivalent to::
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1314
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1315 @link@files=file-1
1918
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diff changeset
1316 file-1@content=value
1679
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1317
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1318 The String content value is handled as described above for file
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1319 uploads.
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1320
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1321 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
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1322 specified, the action::
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1323
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1324 @link@msg-1@files=file-1
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1325
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1326 is also performed.
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1327
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1328 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
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1329 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
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1330 returning.
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1332
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1333 Default templates
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1334 -----------------
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1335
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1336 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
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1337 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
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1338 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
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1339
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1340 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
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1341 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
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1342 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
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1343
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1344 **page.html**
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1345 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
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1346 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
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1347 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
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1348 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
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1349 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
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1350 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
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1351 title.
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1352 **home.html**
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1353 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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1354 **home.classlist.html**
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1355 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
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1356 tracker
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1357 **classname.item.html**
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1358 displays an item of the *classname* class
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1359 **classname.index.html**
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1360 displays a list of *classname* items
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1361 **classname.search.html**
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1362 displays a search page for *classname* items
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1363 **_generic.index.html**
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1364 used to display a list of items where there is no
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1365 ``*classname*.index`` available
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1366 **_generic.help.html**
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1367 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
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1368 ``*classname*.help``
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1369 **user.register.html**
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1370 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
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1371 page
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1372 **style.css.html**
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1373 a static file that is served up as-is
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1374
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1375 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
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1376
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1377 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
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1378 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
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1379 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
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1380 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
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1381
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1382 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
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1383
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1384 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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1385
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1386
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1387 How the templates work
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1388 ----------------------
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1389
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1390
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1391 Basic Templating Actions
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1392 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1393
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1394 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
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1395 These attributes form the `Template Attribute Language`_, or TAL.
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1396 The basic TAL commands are:
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1397
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1398 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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1399 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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1400 example::
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1401
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1402 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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1403 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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1404 </html>
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1405
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1406 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
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1407 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
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1408 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
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1409
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1410 **tal:condition="expression"**
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1411 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
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1412 example::
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1413
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1414 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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1415 Display some issue information.
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1416 </p>
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1417
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1418 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
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1419 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
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1420 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
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1421 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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1422 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
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1423 spaces!).
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1424
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1425 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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1426 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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1427 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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1428 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
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1429
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1430 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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1431 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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1432 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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1433 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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1434 </tr>
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1435
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1436 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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1437 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
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1438 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
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1439 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
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1440 below on `the repeat variable`_.
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1441
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1442 **tal:replace="expression"**
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1443 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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1444
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1445 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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1446
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1447 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
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1448 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
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1449 resultant output would be "Bruce".
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1450
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1451 **tal:content="expression"**
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1452 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
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1453 For example::
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1454
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1455 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
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1456 </span>
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1457
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1458 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
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1459 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
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1460 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
1070
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1461
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1462 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
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1463 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
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1464 example::
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1465
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1466 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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1467
1674
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1468 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
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1469 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
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1470 be something like "user123".
1070
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1471
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1472 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
1070
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1473 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
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1474 example::
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1475
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1476 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
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1477
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1478 would result in output of::
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1479
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1480 Hello, world!
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1481
1674
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1482 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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1483 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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1484
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1485 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
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1486 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
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1487 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
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1488 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
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1489 for repeating multiple table rows, which would othewise require an
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1490 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
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1491
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1492 .. _TAL:
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1493 .. _Template Attribute Language:
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1494 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TAL%20Specification%201.4
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1495
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1496
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1497 Templating Expressions
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1498 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1499
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1500 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
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1501 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
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1502 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
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1503
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1504 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
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1505 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
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1506 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
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1507 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
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1508 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
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1509 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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1510 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
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1511 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
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1512 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
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1513 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
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1514 expression type, so it's not necessary.
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1515
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1516 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
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1517 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
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1518 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
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1519 case of ``tal:attributes``).
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1520
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1521 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
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1522 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
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1523 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
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1524 the case of ``tal:replace``).
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1525
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1526 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
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1527 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
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1528 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
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1529 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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1530
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1531 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
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1532 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
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1533 expressions.
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1534
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1535 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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1536 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
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1537 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
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1538 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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1539
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1540 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
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1541 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
1674
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1542 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
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1543 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
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1544 ``checklist`` is a method.
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1545
1448
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diff changeset
1546 Modifiers:
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1547
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1548 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
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diff changeset
1549 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
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diff changeset
1550 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
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1551 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
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1552 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
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1553 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
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diff changeset
1554
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1555 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
1674
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1556 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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1557 expression.
1448
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1558
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1559 .. _TALES:
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1560 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
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1561 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TALES%20Specification%201.3
1448
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1562
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1563
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1564 Template Macros
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1565 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1566
1674
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1567 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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1568 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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1569 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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1570
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1571 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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1572 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
2296
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1573 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
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1574 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
1213
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1575
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1576 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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1577 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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1578 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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1579 example::
1213
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1580
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1581 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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1582 ...
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1583 </html>
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1584
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1585 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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1586 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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1587 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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1588 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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1589 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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1590 "page" template.
1213
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1591
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1592 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
1674
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1593 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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1594 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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1595 For example::
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1596
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1597 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1598 ...
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1599 </tal:block>
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1600
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1601 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
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1602 "page" template.
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1603
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1604 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
1674
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1605 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
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1606 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
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1607 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
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1608 so::
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1609
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1610 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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parents: 1164
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1611
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1612 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
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1613 like this::
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1614
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1615 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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parents: 1164
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1616
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1617 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
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1618 as the slot in the macro.
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1619
2296
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1620 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
1674
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1621 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
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1622 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1623
2296
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parents: 2227
diff changeset
1624 .. _METAL:
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parents: 2227
diff changeset
1625 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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1626 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/METAL%20Specification%201.0
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1627
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1628 Information available to templates
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1629 ----------------------------------
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1630
3039
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1631 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
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1632
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1633 The following variables are available to templates.
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1634
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1635 **context**
1674
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1636 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
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1637 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
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1638 **request**
1073
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1639 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1640 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1641 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1642 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1643 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
1073
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1644 - *form*
1674
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1645 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
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1646 to value
1254
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1647 **config**
2921
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1648 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
1674
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1649 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
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1650 **db**
1254
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parents: 1252
diff changeset
1651 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
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1652 **templates**
1674
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1653 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
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1654 *use-macro* commands.
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1655 **utils**
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1656 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
1125
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1657 **nothing**
1674
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1658 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
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1659 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
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1660 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
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1661 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
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1662 example::
1100
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1663
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1664 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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1665
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1666 would result in::
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1667
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1668 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1669
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1670 **default**
1100
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1671 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1672 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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1673 remain. So::
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parents: 1098
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1674
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1675 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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1676
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1677 would result in::
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1678
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1679 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1680
2526
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
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parents: 2511
diff changeset
1681 **true**, **false**
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
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parents: 2511
diff changeset
1682 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
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parents: 2511
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1683 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
2540
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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parents: 2526
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1684 **i18n**
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
1685 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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parents: 2526
diff changeset
1686
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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1687 **gettext** (*message*)
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
1688 Return the localized translation of message
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parents: 2526
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1689 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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parents: 2526
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1690 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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parents: 2526
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1691 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
1692 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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parents: 2526
diff changeset
1693 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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1694 return plural otherwise.
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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1695
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
1696 This function requires python2.3; in earlier python versions
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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1697 may not work as expected.
1674
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1698
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1699 The context variable
1098
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1700 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1701
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1702 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
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1703 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
1073
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1704
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1705 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
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1706 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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1707 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1708 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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1709 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
1073
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1710
1674
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1711 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
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1712 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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1713
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1714 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
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1715 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
1073
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1716 ``context/property/field``.
1674
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1717 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
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1718 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
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1719 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
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1720 "context/id".
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1721
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1722 Hyperdb class wrapper
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1723 :::::::::::::::::::::
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1724
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1725 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
1674
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parents: 1671
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1726 class.
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1727
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1728 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1729 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1730 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
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parents: 1671
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1731 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1732 mind.
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1733
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1734 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
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1735 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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parents: 1671
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1736 from the CGI form.
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1737
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1738 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1739
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1740 =========== =============================================================
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1741 Method Description
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1742 =========== =============================================================
1674
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1743 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
1123
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1744 properties.
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1745 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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1746 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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1747 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
2858
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1748 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
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parents: 2855
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1749 options are avaible for sorting:
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parents: 2855
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1750
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parents: 2855
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1751 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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parents: 2855
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1752 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
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parents: 2855
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1753 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
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1754 "group" are ``(dir, prop)`` where dir is '+', '-' or None
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1755 and prop is a prop name or None.
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1756
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parents: 2855
diff changeset
1757 eg. ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1"},
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
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parents: 2855
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1758 sort=('activity', '+'))``
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1759
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1760 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1761 "help" template.
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parents: 1113
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1762 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1763 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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1764 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
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1765 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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parents: 1133
diff changeset
1766 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
1123
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1767 =========== =============================================================
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1768
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1769 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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diff changeset
1770 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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parents: 1671
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1771 expression. For example::
1123
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1772
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1773 python:context['list']
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1774
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1775 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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1776
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1777
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
1778 Hyperdb item wrapper
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
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1779 ::::::::::::::::::::
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1780
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1781 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
1674
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1782 class.
1123
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1783
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1784 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
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1785
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diff changeset
1786 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
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1787 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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parents: 1671
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1788 from the CGI form.
1123
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diff changeset
1789
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diff changeset
1790 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1791
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1792 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1793 Method Description
1674
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1794 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1795 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1796 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1797 implemented**)
1123
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1798 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1799 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
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parents: 1671
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1800 for the query
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parents: 1671
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1801 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
1802 user has a Permission. The signature is::
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parents: 2983
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1803
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1804 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
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parents: 2983
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1805 [property=], [itemid=])
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parents: 2983
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1806
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diff changeset
1807 where the classname defaults to the current context.
1136
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diff changeset
1808 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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parents: 1133
diff changeset
1809 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
2154
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2153
diff changeset
1810 is_retired is the item retired?
2180
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parents: 2159
diff changeset
1811 download_url generates a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
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parents: 2159
diff changeset
1812 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
1674
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1813 =============== ========================================================
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1814
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diff changeset
1815 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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1816 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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parents: 1671
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1817 expression. For example::
1123
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1818
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diff changeset
1819 python:context['journal']
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
1820
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1821 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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1822
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1823
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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1824 Hyperdb property wrapper
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1825 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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1826
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1827 This is implemented by subclasses of the
1674
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1828 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
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1829 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
1123
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1830
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1831 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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1832 value may be either:
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1833
1674
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1834 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1835 the hyperdb
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1836 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1837 the CGI form
1123
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1838
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1839
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1840 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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1841
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1842 =============== ========================================================
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1843 Attribute Description
1674
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1844 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1845 _name the name of the property
1674
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1846 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
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1847 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
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1848 =============== ========================================================
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1849
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1850 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1851
1773
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1852 =========== ================================================================
1780
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diff changeset
1853 Method Description
1773
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1854 =========== ================================================================
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1855 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
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diff changeset
1856 may take two arguments:
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1857
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diff changeset
1858 escape
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1859 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
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1860 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
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1861 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
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1862 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
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1863 expressions are all equivalent::
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1864
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diff changeset
1865 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
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diff changeset
1866 "python:msg.content.plain()"
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diff changeset
1867 "msg/content/plain"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1868 "msg/content"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1869
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diff changeset
1870 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
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diff changeset
1871 complex expression.
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1872
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diff changeset
1873 hyperlink
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1874 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1875 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1876 that you'll need to use the "structure" TAL option if you
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diff changeset
1877 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1878
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diff changeset
1879 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
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diff changeset
1880
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diff changeset
1881 The text is automatically HTML-escaped before the hyperlinking
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parents: 2921
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1882 transformation done in the plain() method.
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1883
1773
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1884 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
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diff changeset
1885
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diff changeset
1886 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
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diff changeset
1887
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diff changeset
1888 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
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1889 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
2958
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1890 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
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parents: 2921
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1891 arguments:
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1892
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1893 size
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1894 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1895
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1896 format (Date properties only)
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1897 Sets the format of the date in the field - uses the same
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1898 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1899 below.
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1900
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1901 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
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diff changeset
1902 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
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diff changeset
1903 installed separately)
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1904 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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diff changeset
1905 field for the property
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1906 email only on String properties - render the value of the property
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diff changeset
1907 as an obscured email address
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1908 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1909 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1910 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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1911 "name:confirm".
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1912 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
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diff changeset
1913 property
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1914 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1915 and now
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diff changeset
1916 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
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diff changeset
1917 with some timezone offset, for example::
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1918
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1919 python:context.creation.local(10)
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1920
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1921 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1922 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1923 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1924
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1925 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1926
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1927 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1928
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1929 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
2958
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1930 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1931 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
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1932 Reference: time module`__)
1773
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1933 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
3128
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parents: 3124
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1934 list for this property. Takes a number of optional arguments
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1935
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parents: 3124
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1936 size
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1937 is used to limit the length of the list labels
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1938 height
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parents: 3124
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1939 is used to set the <select> tag's "size" attribute
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parents: 3124
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1940 showid
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1941 includes the item ids in the list labels
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1942 additional
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1943 lists properties which should be included in the label
f0051e4bc8b7 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1944 sort_on
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parents: 3124
diff changeset
1945 indicates the property to sort the list on as (direction,
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parents: 3124
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1946 property) where direction is '+' or '-'.
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1947
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1948 The remaining keyword arguments are used as conditions for
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1949 filtering the items in the list - they're passed as the
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parents: 3124
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1950 "filterspec" argument to a Class.filter() call.
2883
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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1951 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1952 items sorted by some property, for example::
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1953
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1954 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1955
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1956 Will list the files by upload date.
1773
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1957 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
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1958 items in reverse order
2180
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parents: 2159
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1959 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
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1960 =========== ================================================================
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parents: 1113
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1961
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diff changeset
1962 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html
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diff changeset
1963
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1964 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
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diff changeset
1965 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
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diff changeset
1966 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
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diff changeset
1967
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1968 context/title/field
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1969
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1970 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1971 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
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diff changeset
1972 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
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diff changeset
1973 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
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diff changeset
1974 have permission to view the information.
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1975
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1976
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1977 The request variable
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parents: 1096
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1978 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1979
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parents: 3037
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1980 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
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parents: 1671
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1981 class.
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diff changeset
1982
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diff changeset
1983 The request variable is packed with information about the current
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diff changeset
1984 request.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1985
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parents: 1671
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1986 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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1987
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1988 =========== ============================================================
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1989 Variable Holds
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parents: 1671
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1990 =========== ============================================================
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1991 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
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1992 env the CGI environment variables
1089
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1993 base the base URL for this tracker
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1994 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
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1995 classname the current classname (possibly None)
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1996 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
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1997 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
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1998 =========== ============================================================
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1999
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diff changeset
2000 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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2001
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2002 =========== ============================================================
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2003 Variable Holds
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2004 =========== ============================================================
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2005 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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2006 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
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2007 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
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2008 sort index sort column (direction, column name)
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2009 group index grouping property (direction, column name)
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2010 filter properties to filter the index on
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2011 filterspec values to filter the index on
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2012 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
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2013 =========== ============================================================
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2014
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2015 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2016
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parents: 1671
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2017 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 1123
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2018 Method Description
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2019 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2020 description render a description of the request - handle for the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2021 page title
1124
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2022 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2023 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2024 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2025 of the templating
1124
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2026 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2027 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2028 `batching`_)
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2029 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2030
1142
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2031 The form variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2032 :::::::::::::::::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2033
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2034 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2035 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2036 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2037 "name", use the path expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2038
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2039 request/form/name/value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2040
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2041 or the python expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2042
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2043 python:request.form['name'].value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2044
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2045 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2046 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2047 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2048 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2049 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2050 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2051
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2052
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2053 The db variable
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2054 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2055
3039
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3037
diff changeset
2056 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2057 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2058
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2059 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2060 you want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2061
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2062 db/user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2063 python:db.user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2064
1711
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2065 Also, the current id of the current user is available as
1800
a3b1b1dcf639 Use getuid(), not figure_curuserid()
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1780
diff changeset
2066 ``db.getuid()``. This isn't so useful in templates (where you have
1711
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2067 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2068
1123
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2069 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2070
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2071
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2072 The templates variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2073 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2074
3039
70c9954f619f formatting fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3037
diff changeset
2075 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2076 class.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2077
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2078 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2079 used in expressions to access the templates, and consequently the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2080 template macros. You may access the templates using the following path
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2081 expression::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2082
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2083 templates/name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2084
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2085 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2086
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2087 templates[name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2088
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2089 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2090 template has one useful attribute, namely "macros". To access a specific
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2091 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2092
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2093 templates/name/macros/macro_name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2094
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2095 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2096
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2097 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2098
2855
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2099 The repeat variable
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2101
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2102 The repeat variable holds an entry for each active iteration. That is, if
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2103 you have a ``tal:repeat="user db/users"`` command, then there will be a
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2104 repeat variable entry called "user". This may be accessed as either::
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2105
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2106 repeat/user
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2107 python:repeat['user']
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2108
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2109 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2110
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2111 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2112 Method Description
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2113 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2114 first True if the current item is the first in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2115 last True if the current item is the last in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2116 even True if the current item is an even item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2117 odd True if the current item is an odd item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2118 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2119 letter Current position in the sequence as a letter, a through
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2120 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2121 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2122 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2123 numerals.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2124 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2125 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2126
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2127
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2128 The utils variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2129 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1124
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2130
3039
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3037
diff changeset
2131 This is implemented by the
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2132 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, but it may be extended
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2133 as described below.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2134
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2135 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2136 Method Description
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2137 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2138 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2139 url_quote quote some text as safe for a URL (ie. space, %, ...)
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2140 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2141 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2142
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2143 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2144 ``extensions`` directory and registering them with the templating system
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2145 using ``instance.registerUtil`` (see `adding a time log to your issues`_ for
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2146 an example of this).
2886
0998d1b48182 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2883
diff changeset
2147
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2148
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2149 Batching
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2150 ::::::::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2151
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2152 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2153 series of batches. Its usage is::
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2154
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2155 python:utils.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2156 overlap=0)
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2157
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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2158 or, to get the current index batch::
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2159
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2160 request/batch
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2161
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2162 The parameters are:
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2163
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2164 ========= ==============================================================
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2165 Parameter Usage
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2166 ========= ==============================================================
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2167 sequence a list of HTMLItems
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2168 size how big to make the sequence.
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2169 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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2170 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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2171 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
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2172 then it is combined with this batch
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2173 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
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2174 ========= ==============================================================
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2175
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2176 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
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2177 addition, it has several more attributes:
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2178
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2179 =============== ========================================================
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2180 Attribute Description
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2181 =============== ========================================================
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2182 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
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2183 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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2184 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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2185 index*
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2186 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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2187 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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2188 =============== ========================================================
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2189
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2190 And several methods:
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2191
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2192 =============== ========================================================
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2193 Method Description
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2194 =============== ========================================================
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2195 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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2196 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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2197 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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2198 when compared to the last item
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2199 =============== ========================================================
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2200
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2201 An example of batching::
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2202
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2203 <table class="otherinfo">
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2204 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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2205 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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2206 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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2207 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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2208 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
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2209 keyword here</td>
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2210 </tr>
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2211 </table>
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2212
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2213 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
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2214 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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2215
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2216
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2217 Displaying Properties
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2218 ---------------------
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2219
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2220 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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2221 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
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2222 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
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2223 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
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2224 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
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2225
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2226
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2227 Index Views
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2228 -----------
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2229
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2230 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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2231 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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2232
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2233
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2234 Index View Specifiers
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2235 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2236
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2237 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
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2238 been added for clarity)::
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2239
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2240 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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2241 topic=security,ui&
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2242 @group=priority&
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2243 @sort=-activity&
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2244 @filters=status,topic&
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2245 @columns=title,status,fixer
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2246
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2247 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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2248 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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2249 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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2250 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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2251 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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2252 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
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2253 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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2254 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
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2255 headings in the table.
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2256
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2257 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
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2258 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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2259 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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2260
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2261 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
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2262 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
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2263 displayed, and only items with "topic" values including both "security"
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2264 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority, arranged in
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2265 ascending order; and within groups, sorted by activity, arranged in
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2266 descending order. The filter section shows filters for the "status" and
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2267 "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the "title",
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2268 "status", and "fixer" properties.
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2270 ============ =============================================================
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2271 Argument Description
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2272 ============ =============================================================
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2273 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
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2274 descending or nothing for ascending sorting.
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2275 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
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2276 in descending or nothing for ascending order.
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2277 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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2278 all.
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2279 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
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2280 Default is none.
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2281 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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2282 have (very basic search/filter).
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2283 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
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2284 issue titles, etc)
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2285 ============ =============================================================
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2286
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2287
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2288 Searching Views
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2289 ---------------
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2290
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2291 .. note::
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2292 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
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2293 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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2294 template so that it is actually displayed.
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2295
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2296 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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2297 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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2298 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
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2299
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2300 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
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2301 searching
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2302 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
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2303 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
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2304
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2305 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
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2306 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
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2307 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
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2308 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
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2309 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
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2310 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
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2311 more useful for the end user.
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2312
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2313 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
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2314 provide an additional argument:
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2315
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2316 ============ =============================================================
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2317 Argument Description
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2318 ============ =============================================================
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2319 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
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2320 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
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2321 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
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2322 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
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2323 does not.
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2324 ============ =============================================================
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2325
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2326
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2327 Item Views
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2328 ----------
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2329
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2330 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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2331 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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2332 "history" section.
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2333
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2334
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2335 Editor Section
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2336 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2337
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2338 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
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2339 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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2340
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2341 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
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2342 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
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2343 template)::
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2344
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2345 <table class="form">
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2346 <tr>
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2347 <th>Title</th>
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2348 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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2349 </tr>
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2350
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2351 <tr>
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2352 <th>Priority</th>
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2353 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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2354 <th>Status</th>
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2355 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2356 </tr>
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2357
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2358 <tr>
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2359 <th>Superseder</th>
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2360 <td>
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2361 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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2362 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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2363 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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2364 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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2365 </span>
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2366 </td>
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2367 <th>Nosy List</th>
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2368 <td>
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2369 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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2370 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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2371 </td>
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2372 </tr>
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2373
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2374 <tr>
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2375 <th>Assigned To</th>
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2376 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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2377 assignedto menu
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2378 </td>
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2379 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2380 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2381 </tr>
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2382
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2383 <tr>
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2384 <th>Change Note</th>
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2385 <td colspan="3">
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2386 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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2387 </td>
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2388 </tr>
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2389
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2390 <tr>
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2391 <th>File</th>
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2392 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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2393 </tr>
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2394
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2395 <tr>
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2396 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2397 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2398 submit button will go here
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2399 </td>
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2400 </tr>
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2401 </table>
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2402
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2403
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2404 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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2405 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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2406 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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2407 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
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2408
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2409
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2410 Form values
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2411 :::::::::::
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2412
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2413 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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2414 meet the various needs of:
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2415
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2416 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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2417 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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2418 attached files)
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2419 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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2420 spent on an issue)
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2421
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2422 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
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2423 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
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2424
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2425 Properties are specified as form variables:
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2426
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2427 ``<propname>``
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2428 property on the current context item
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2429
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2430 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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2431 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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2432
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2433 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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2434 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
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2435 items to attach to the current item)
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2436
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2437 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
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2438 the special form values:
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2439
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2440 ``@required``
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2441 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
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2442 raised.
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2443
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2444 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
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2445 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
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2446
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2447 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
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2448 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
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2449
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2450 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
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2451 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
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2452 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
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2453 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
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2454 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
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2455 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
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2456 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
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2457 <classname>-<N>).
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2458
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2459 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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2460 designator.
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2461
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2462 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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2463
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2464 ``:note``
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2465 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
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2466 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
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2467 ``:file``
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2468 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
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2469 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
1638
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2470
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2471
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2472 Spool Section
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2473 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2474
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2475 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
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2476 of an issue.
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2477
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2478 TODO
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2479
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2480
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2481 History Section
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2482 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2483
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2484 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
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2485 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
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2486
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2487 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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2488
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2489 *To be done:*
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2490
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2491 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
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2492 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
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2493
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2494 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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2495 a journal entry
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2496 </tal:block>
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2497
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2498 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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2499
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2500
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2501 Defining new web actions
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2502 ------------------------
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2503
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2504 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2505 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
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2506 using ``instance.registerAction``.
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2507
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2508 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
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2509
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2510 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
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2511 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
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2512 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2513 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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2514
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2515 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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2516 issues`_" for an example.
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2517
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2518
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2519 Define the new action class
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2520 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2521
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2522 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
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2523 example ``myaction.py``::
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2524
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3b03f0981f4d *** empty log message ***
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2525 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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2526
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2527 class MyAction(Action):
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2528 def handle(self):
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2529 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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2530 '''
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2531
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2532 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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2533 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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2534
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2535 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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2536 It may then:
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2537
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2538 - add information to ``self.client.ok_message`` or ``self.client.error_message``
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2539 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
1674
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2540 next
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2541 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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2542 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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2543
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2544
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2545 Register the action class
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2546 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2547
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2548 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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2549 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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2550
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2551 def init(instance):
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2552 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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2553
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2554 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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2555
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2556
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2557 Use the new action
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2558 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2559
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2560 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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2561
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2562 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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2563
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2564 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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2565
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2566 Actions may return content to the user
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2567 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2568
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2569 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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2570 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
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2571 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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2572 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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2573 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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2574 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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2575 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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2576
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2577 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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2578
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2579 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
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2580 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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2581 spreadsheet or database).
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2582
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2583
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2584 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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2585 --------------------------------------------
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2586
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2587 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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2588 and a browser cookie.
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2589
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2590 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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2591 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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2592
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2593 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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2594 ``kio8-r``).
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2595
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2596 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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2597 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
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2598 utf-8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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2599 characters in form fields). This version allows one to change
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2600 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
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2601 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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2602
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2603 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
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2604 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2605 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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2606 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2607 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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2608 </tal:block>
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2609
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2610 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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2611 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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2612
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2613 ``meta http-equiv`` lines added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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2614 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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2615
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2616 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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2617 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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2618 />
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2619
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2620 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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2621
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2622
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2623 Examples
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2624 ========
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2625
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2626 .. contents::
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2627 :local:
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2628 :depth: 2
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2629
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2630
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2631 Changing what's stored in the database
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2632 --------------------------------------
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2633
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2634 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
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2635 the database.
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2636
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2637
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2638 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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2639 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2640
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2641 This example shows how to add a simple field (a due date) to the default
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2642 classic schema. It does not add any additional behaviour, such as enforcing
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2643 the due date, or causing automatic actions to fire if the due date passes.
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2644
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2645
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2646 1. modify the schema::
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2647
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2648 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2649 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2650 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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2651 due_dat=Date())
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2652
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2653 2. add an edit field to the issue.item.html template::
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2654
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2655 <tr>
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2656 <th>Due Date</th>
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2657 <td tal:content="structure context/due_date/field" />
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2658 </tr>
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2659
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2660 3. add the property to the issue.index.html page::
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2661
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2662 (in the heading row)
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2663 <th tal:condition="request/show/due_date">Due Date</th>
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2664 (in the data row)
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2665 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date" tal:content="i/due_date" />
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2666
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2667 4. add the property to the issue.search.html page::
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2668
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2669 <tr tal:define="name string:due_date">
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2670 <th i18n:translate="">Due Date:</th>
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2671 <td metal:use-macro="search_input"></td>
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2672 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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2673 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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2674 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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2675 </tr>
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2676
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2677
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2678 Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema
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2679 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2680
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2681 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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2682 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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2683
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2684
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2685 Introduction
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2686 ::::::::::::
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2687
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2688 To make the classic schema of Roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
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2689 for a group of systems administrators, it needs an extra data field per
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2690 issue: a category.
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2691
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2692 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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2693 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
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2694 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
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2695 best).
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2696
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2698 Adding a field to the database
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2699 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2700
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2701 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
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2702 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
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2703 to add some lines to the ``schema.py`` file of your tracker instance.
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2704 Under the comment::
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2705
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2706 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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2707
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2708 add::
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2709
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2710 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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2711 category.setkey("name")
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2712
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2713 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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2714 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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2715 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
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2716 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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2717 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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2718 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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2719 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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2720 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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2721
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2722 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
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2723 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
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2724 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
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2725 with the issues. To do that, find the lines
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2726 in ``schema.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
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2727 the category::
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2728
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2729 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
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2730 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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2731
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2732 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
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2733 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
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2734 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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2735
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2736 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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2737 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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2738
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2739
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2740 Populating the new category class
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2741 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2742
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2743 If you haven't initialised the database with the ``roundup-admin``
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2744 "initialise" command, then you can add the following to the tracker
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2745 ``initial_data.py`` under the comment::
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2746
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2747 # add any additional database creation steps here - but only if you
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2748 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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2749
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2750 Add::
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2751
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2752 category = db.getclass('category')
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2753 category.create(name="scipy", order="1")
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2754 category.create(name="chaco", order="2")
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2755 category.create(name="weave", order="3")
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2756
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2757 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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2758 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
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2759
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2760 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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2761 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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2762 Type "help" for help.
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2763 roundup> create category name=scipy order=1
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2764 1
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2765 roundup> create category name=chaco order=1
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2766 2
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2767 roundup> create category name=weave order=1
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2768 3
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2769 roundup> exit...
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2770 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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2771
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2772 TODO: explain why order=1 in each case.
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2773
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2775 Setting up security on the new objects
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2776 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2777
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2778 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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2779 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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2780 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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2781 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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2782
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2783 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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2784 is also done in ``schema.py``.
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2785
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2786 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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2787 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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2788
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2789 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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2790 # to regular users now
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2791 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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2792 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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2793 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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2794 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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2795 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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2796
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2797 These lines assign the "View" and "Edit" Permissions to the "User" role,
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2798 so that normal users can view and edit "category" objects.
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2799
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2800 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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2801 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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2802 interface stuff.
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2803
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2805 Changing the web left hand frame
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2806 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2807
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2808 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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2809 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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2810 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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2811 is ``html/page.html``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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2812
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2813 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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2814 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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2815 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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2816 classblock is met. We are going to add the category code at the end of
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2817 the classblock for the *issue* class::
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2818
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2819 <p class="classblock"
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2820 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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2821 <b>Categories</b><br>
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2822 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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2823 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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2824 </p>
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2825
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2826 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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2827 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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2828 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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2829 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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2830 get that.
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2831
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2832 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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2833 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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2834 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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2835 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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2836 categories.
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2837
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2838 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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2839 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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2840 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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2841 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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2842 later on. However, to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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2843 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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2844 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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2845
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2847 Setting up a page to edit categories
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2848 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2849
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2850 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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2851 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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2852 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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2853
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2854 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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2855 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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2856 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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2857 write now.
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2858
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2859 First, we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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2860 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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2861 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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2862 from which files by looking for these comments::
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2863
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2864 <!-- category.item -->
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2865
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2866 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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2867 trappings::
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2868
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2869 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2870 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2871 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2872 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2873 </td>
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2874 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2875
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2876 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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2877 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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2878 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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2879 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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2880 multiple times::
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2881
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2882 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2883 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2884
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2885 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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2886 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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2887 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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2888
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2889 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2890
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2891 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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2892 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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2893 happening::
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2894
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2895 <table class="form">
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2896 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2897
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2898 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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2899 category. The ``context.name.field(size=60)`` bit tells Roundup to
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2900 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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2901 will be the "name" variable of the current context (namely "category").
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2902 The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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2903 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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2904
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2905 <tr>
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2906 <th>Name</th>
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2907 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2908 name</td>
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2909 </tr>
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2910
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2911 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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2912
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2913 <tr>
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2914 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2915 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2916 submit button will go here
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2917 </td>
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2918 </tr>
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2919
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2920 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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2921 stuff::
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2922
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2923 </td>
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2924 </tal:block>
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2925
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2926 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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2927
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2928 <!-- category.item -->
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2929 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2930 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2931 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2932 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2933 </td>
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2934 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2935 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2936 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2937
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2938 <table class="form">
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2939 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2940
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2941 <tr>
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2942 <th>Name</th>
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2943 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2944 name</td>
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2945 </tr>
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2946
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2947 <tr>
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2948 <td>
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2949 &nbsp;
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2950 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2951 </td>
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2952 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2953 submit button will go here
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2954 </td>
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2955 </tr>
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2956 </table>
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2957 </form>
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2958 </td>
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2959 </tal:block>
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2960
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2961 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
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2962 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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2963 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
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2964 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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2965
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2967 Adding the category to the issue
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2968 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2969
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2970 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
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2971 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
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2972 the ``html/category.item.html`` file was used to define how to add a new
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2973 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
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2974 is created.
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2975
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2976 Just like ``category.issue.html``, this file defines a form which has a
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2977 table to lay things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new
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2978 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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2979
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2980 <th>Category</th>
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2981 <td><span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
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2982 <span tal:replace="structure db/category/classhelp" />
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2983 </td>
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2984
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2985 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
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2986 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
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2987 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
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2988 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
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2989 issue).
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2990
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2991 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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2992 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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2993
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2994
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2995 Searching on categories
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2996 :::::::::::::::::::::::
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2997
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2998 Now we can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
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2999 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
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3000 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
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3001 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
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3002
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3003 If you look for "Search Issues" in the ``html/page.html`` file, you will
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3004 find that it looks something like
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3005 ``<a href="issue?@template=search">Search Issues</a>``. This shows us
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3006 that when you click on "Search Issues" it will be looking for a
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3007 ``issue.search.html`` file to display. So that is the file that we will
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3008 change.
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3009
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3010 If you look at this file it should begin to seem familiar, although it
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3011 does use some new macros. You can add the new category search code anywhere you
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3012 like within that form::
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3013
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3014 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
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3015 db_klass string:category;
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3016 db_content string:name;">
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3017 <th>Priority:</th>
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3018 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
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3019 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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3020 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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3021 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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3022 </tr>
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3023
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3024 The definitions in the ``<tr>`` opening tag are used by the macros:
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parents: 3128
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3025
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parents: 3128
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3026 - ``search_select`` expands to a drop-down box with all categories using
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parents: 3128
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3027 ``db_klass`` and ``db_content``.
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parents: 3128
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3028 - ``column_input`` expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns
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parents: 3128
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3029 should be displayed.
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parents: 3128
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3030 - ``sort_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
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3031 should be sorted on.
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parents: 3128
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3032 - ``group_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
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parents: 3128
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3033 should be grouped on.
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3034
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3035 The category search code above would expand to the following::
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3036
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3037 <tr>
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3038 <th>Category:</th>
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3039 <td>
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3040 <select name="category">
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3041 <option value="">don't care</option>
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3042 <option value="">------------</option>
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3043 <option value="1">scipy</option>
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3044 <option value="2">chaco</option>
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3045 <option value="3">weave</option>
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3046 </select>
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3047 </td>
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3048 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
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3049 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort" value="category"></td>
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3050 <td><input type="radio" name=":group" value="category"></td>
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3051 </tr>
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3052
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3053 Adding category to the default view
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d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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3054 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3055
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3056 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
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3057 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
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3058 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
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3059 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
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3060 default when listing all the issues.
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3061
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3062 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
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3063 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
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3064 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
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3065 forth.
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3066
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3067 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
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3068
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3069 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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3070
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3071 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
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3072 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
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3073
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3074 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
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3075 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
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3076 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
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3077
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3078 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
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3079
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3080 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
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3081 tal:content="i/category"></td>
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3082
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3083 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
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3084 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
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3085 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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3086
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3087 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
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3088 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unassigned Issues" or "All Issues",
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3089 the category column should be included in the resulting list. If you
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3090 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
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3091 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
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3092 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
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3093 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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3094
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3095 Adding a time log to your issues
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parents: 2154
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3096 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3097
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3098 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
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3099 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
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3100
2983
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3101 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``schema.py``::
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3102
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3103 # storage for time logging
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3104 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
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3105
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3106 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
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3107 creation through the standard property "creation".
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3108
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3109 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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3110 ``schema.py``)::
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3111
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3112 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3113 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3114 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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3115 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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3116
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3117 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
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3118
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3119 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
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3120 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
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3121 because unlike the other fields in the ``issue.item`` template, it
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3122 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
3131
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3123 item (an issue). We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
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3124 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
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3125 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
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3126 field to capture a new timelog item's period::
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3127
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3128 <tr>
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3129 <th>Time Log</th>
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3130 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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3131 <br />(enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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3132 </td>
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3133 </tr>
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3134
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3135 and another hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
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3136 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the issue item. It looks
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3137 like this::
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3138
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3139 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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3140
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3141 On submission, the "-1" timelog item will be created and assigned a
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3142 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
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3143 added to it.
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3144
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3145 4. We want to display a total of the timelog times that have been
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3146 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
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3147 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
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3148 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a module ``timespent.py``
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3149 to the ``extensions`` directory in our tracker. The contents of this
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3150 file is as follows::
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3151
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3152 def totalTimeSpent(times):
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3153 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
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3154 Interval "period" property)
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3155 '''
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3156 total = Interval('0d')
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3157 for time in times:
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3158 total += time.period._value
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3159 return total
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3160
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3161 def init(instance):
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3162 instance.registerUtil('totalTimeSpent', totalTimeSpent)
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3163
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3164 We will now be able to access the ``totalTimeSpent`` function via the
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3165 ``utils`` variable in our templates, as shown in the next step.
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3166
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3167 5. Display the timelog for an issue::
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3168
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3169 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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3170 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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3171 <tal:block
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3172 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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3173 </th></tr>
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3174 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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3175 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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3176 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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3177 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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3178 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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3179 </tr>
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3180 </table>
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3181
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3182 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
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3183 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
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3184 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
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3185 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
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3186 and 40 minutes).
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3187
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3188 8. If you're using a persistent web server - ``roundup-server`` or
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3189 ``mod_python`` for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
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3190 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
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3191 time logging interface.
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3192
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3193
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3194 Tracking different types of issues
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3195 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3196
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3197 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
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3198 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
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3199 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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3200 a system support issue class to a tracker.
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3201
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3202 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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3203 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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3204 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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3205
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3206 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``schema.py``. Just after the
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3207 "issue" class definition, add::
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3208
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3209 # list our systems
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3210 system = Class(db, "system", name=String(), order=Number())
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3211 system.setkey("name")
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3212
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3213 # store issues related to those systems
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3214 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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3215 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3216 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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3217 affects=Multilink("system"))
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3218
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3219 3. Copy the existing ``issue.*`` (item, search and index) templates in the
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3220 tracker's ``html`` to ``support.*``. Edit them so they use the properties
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3221 defined in the ``support`` class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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3222 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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3223 required properties.
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3224
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3225 4. Edit the modules in the ``detectors``, adding lines to their ``init``
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3226 functions where appropriate. Look for ``audit`` and ``react`` registrations
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3227 on the ``issue`` class, and duplicate them for ``support``.
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3228
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3229 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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3230 existing issues one, changing the ``issue`` class name to ``support``.
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3231
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3232 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new ``support`` class.
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3233
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3234
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3235 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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3236 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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3237 some security declarations::
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3238
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3239 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'View', 'support')
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3240 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Create', 'support')
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3241 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Edit', 'support')
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3242
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3243 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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3244 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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3245
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3246 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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3247 for the ``issue`` class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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3248 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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3249 all with the "User" Role.
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3250
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3251
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3252 Using External User Databases
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3253 -----------------------------
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3254
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3255 Using an external password validation source
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3256 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3257
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3258 .. note:: You will need to either have an "admin" user in your external
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3259 password source *or* have one of your regular users have
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3260 the Admin Role assigned. If you need to assign the Role *after*
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3261 making the changes below, you may use the ``roundup-admin``
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3262 program to edit a user's details.
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3263
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3264 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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3265 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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3266 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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3267 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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3268 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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3269 would be::
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3270
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3271 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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3272
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3273 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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3274 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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3275 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
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3276 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class. The
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3277 following is added as ``externalpassword.py`` in the tracker ``extensions``
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3278 directory::
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3279
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3280 import os, crypt
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3281 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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3282
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3283 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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3284 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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3285 '''Look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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3286 name that matches.
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3287 '''
2156
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3288 # get the user's username
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3289 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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3290
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3291 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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3292 # tracker home
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3293 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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3294
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3295 # see if we can find a match
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3296 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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diff changeset
3297 open(file).readlines()]:
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diff changeset
3298 if ent[0] == username:
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diff changeset
3299 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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3300
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3301 # user doesn't exist in the file
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3302 return 0
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3303
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3304 def init(instance):
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3305 instance.registerAction('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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3306
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3307 You should also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
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3308 template.
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3309
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3310
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3311 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
2156
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3312 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3313
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3314 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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3315 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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3316 and primary user group.
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3317
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3318 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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3319 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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3320 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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3321 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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3322 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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3323
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3324 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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3325 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3326 described in the previous example, `using an external password
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3327 validation source`_. We keep the user lists in sync using a fairly
1674
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diff changeset
3328 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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3329 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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3330
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3331 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
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3332 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
1299
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parents: 1293
diff changeset
3333
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diff changeset
3334 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
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diff changeset
3335 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
1293
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diff changeset
3336 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
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parents: 1293
diff changeset
3337
1292
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3338 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
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diff changeset
3339
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3340 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call
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diff changeset
3341 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
3131
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3342 information though - the user's email address and their Roundup Roles.
1674
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diff changeset
3343 We're going to assume that the user's email address is the same as their
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3344 login name, so we just append the domain name to that. The Roles are
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3345 determined using the passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group
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diff changeset
3346 to an appropriate set of Roles.
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diff changeset
3347
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3348 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is
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3349 as follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the
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diff changeset
3350 tracker we're to work on::
1292
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diff changeset
3351
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diff changeset
3352 import sys, os, smtplib
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diff changeset
3353 from roundup import instance, date
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diff changeset
3354
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3355 # open the tracker
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3356 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
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diff changeset
3357 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
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3358
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3359 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
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3360
3229
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parents: 3131
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3361 # read in the users from the "passwd.txt" file
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3362 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'passwd.txt')
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3363 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
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3364
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3365 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't
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3366 appear in the file)::
1292
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diff changeset
3367
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3368 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
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3369 # "real" users
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3370 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
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3371
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3372 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
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3373 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team',
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3374 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
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3375
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3376 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
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3377
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3378 roles = {
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3379 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
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3380 '502': 'User', # finance
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3381 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
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3382 '504': 'User', # sales
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3383 '505': 'User', # marketing
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3384 }
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3385
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3386 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have
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3387 the tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause,
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3388 so that we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we
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3389 now do all the work::
1292
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3390
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3391 # open the database
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3392 db = tracker.open('admin')
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3393 try:
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3394 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
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3395 msg = []
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3396
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3397 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
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3398 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
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3399 if user in ignore:
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3400 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
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3401 continue
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3402 keep.append(user)
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3403 try:
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3404 # see if the user exists in the tracker
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3405 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
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3406
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3407 # 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
3408 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3409 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3410 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3411 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3412 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3413 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3414 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3415 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
3416
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3417 # 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
3418 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3419 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3420 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3421 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3422 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3423 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3424
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3425 # 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
3426 if msg:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3427 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3428 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3429
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3430 %s
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3431 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3432
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3433 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3434 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3435 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3436 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3437
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3438 # now we're done - commit the changes
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3439 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3440 finally:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3441 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3442 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3443
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3444 And that's it!
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3445
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3446
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3447 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
3448 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3449
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3450 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3451 http://python-ldap.sf.net/ and then compares the list to the users in the
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3452 roundup user database would be pretty easy to write. You'd then have it run
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3453 once an hour / day (or on demand if you can work that into your LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3454 workflow). See the example `Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database`_
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3455 for more information about doing this.
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3456
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3457 To authenticate off the LDAP store (rather than using the passwords in the
3131
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3458 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
3459 extension to the cgi interface. You'd do this by overriding the method called
3131
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3460 ``verifyPassword`` on the ``LoginAction`` class in your tracker's
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3461 ``extensions`` directory (see `using an external password validation
96086801bd61 merge from HEAD
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3128
diff changeset
3462 source`_). The method is implemented by default as::
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3463
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3464 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3465 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3466 '''
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3467 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3468 if password == stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3469 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3470 if not password and not stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3471 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3472 return 0
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3473
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3474 So you could reimplement this as something like::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3475
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3476 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3477 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3478 '''
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3479 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3480 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3481 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3482
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3483
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3484 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3485 ----------------------------
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3486
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3487 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3488 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3489
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3490 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3491 start to see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3492 vacation". Not very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3493
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3494 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3495
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3496 user = Class(db, "user",
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3497 username=String(), password=Password(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3498 address=String(), realname=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3499 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3500 alternate_addresses=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3501 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3502 vacation=Boolean())
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3503
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3504 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3505 following to your ``user.item`` template::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3506
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3507 <tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3508 <th>On Vacation</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3509 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3510 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3511
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3512 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3513 consists of::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3514
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3515 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3516 users = db.user
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3517 messages = db.msg
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3518 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3519 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3520 try:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3521 # figure the recipient ids
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3522 sendto = []
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3523 seen_message = {}
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3524 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3525 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3526 seen_message[recipid] = 1
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3527
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3528 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3529 # the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3530 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3531
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3532 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3533 # they aren't anonymous
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3534 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3535 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3536 sendto.append(authid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3537 seen_message[authid] = 1
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3538
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3539 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3540 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3541 for nosyid in nosy:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3542 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
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parents: 2154
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3543 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
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3544 # in case they do...)
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3545 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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3546 continue
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3547 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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3548 if not seen_message.has_key(nosyid):
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3549 # send it to them
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3550 sendto.append(nosyid)
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3551 recipients.append(nosyid)
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3552
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3553 # generate a change note
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3554 if oldvalues:
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3555 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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3556 else:
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3557 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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3558
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parents: 2154
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3559 # we have new recipients
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parents: 2154
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3560 if sendto:
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3561 # filter out the people on vacation
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3562 sendto = [i for i in sendto
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3563 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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3564
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3565 # map userids to addresses
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3566 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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parents: 2154
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3567
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3568 # update the message's recipients list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3569 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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parents: 2154
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3570
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3571 # send the message
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3572 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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3573 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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3574 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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3575
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3576 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
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3577 addition of::
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3578
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3579 # filter out the people on vacation
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3580 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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3581
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3582 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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3583
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3584 Adding in state transition control
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3585 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3586
3131
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3587 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states to which users may
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parents: 3128
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3588 move issues. You can do this by following these steps:
2156
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3589
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3590 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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3591 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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3592 template::
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3593
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3594 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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3595
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3596 This will force users to select a status.
2156
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3597
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3598 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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3599
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3600 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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diff changeset
3601 ...)
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3602
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3603 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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3604
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3605 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
3131
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3606 b. using the ``roundup-admin`` "set" command.
2156
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3607
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diff changeset
3608 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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parents: 2154
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3609 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
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3610
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3611 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3612 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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diff changeset
3613 property.
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3614 '''
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3615 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3616 return
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3617 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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3618 new = newvalues['status']
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3619 if new == current:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3620 return
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3621 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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3622 if new not in ok:
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3623 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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parents: 2154
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3624 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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parents: 2154
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3625
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3626 def init(db):
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diff changeset
3627 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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parents: 2154
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3628
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3629 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3630 from::
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parents: 2154
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3631
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diff changeset
3632 <th>Status</th>
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diff changeset
3633 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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3634
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3635 to::
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parents: 2154
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3636
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diff changeset
3637 <th>Status</th>
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3638 <td>
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3639 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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diff changeset
3640 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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diff changeset
3641 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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diff changeset
3642 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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diff changeset
3643 tal:attributes="
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diff changeset
3644 value state/id;
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3645 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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3646 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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3647 </tal:block>
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3648 </select>
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3649 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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3650 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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3651 </td>
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3652
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parents: 2154
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3653 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3654
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3655
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3656 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
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diff changeset
3657 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
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3658
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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diff changeset
3659 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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3660 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3661 resolved. To achieve this:
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parents: 1671
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3662
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diff changeset
3663 1. Create a new property on the ``issue`` class:
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parents: 3128
diff changeset
3664 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. To do this, edit the definition of
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diff changeset
3665 this class in your tracker's ``schema.py`` file. Change this::
1559
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parents: 1522
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3666
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3667 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3668 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3669 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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parents: 1522
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3670
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3671 to this, adding the blockers entry::
1559
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parents: 1522
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3672
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3673 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3674 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
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3675 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3676 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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3677
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3678 2. Add the new ``blockers`` property to the ``issue.item.html`` edit
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3679 page, using something like::
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3680
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3681 <th>Waiting On</th>
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3682 <td>
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3683 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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3684 size=20)" />
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3685 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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3686 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
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3687 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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3688 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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3689 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
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3690 </span>
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3691
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3692 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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3693 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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3694 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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3695 the "superseders" field.
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3696
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3697 3. Create a new detector module (see below) which enforces the rules:
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3698
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3699 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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3700 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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3701
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3702 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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3703
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3704
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3705 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3706 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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3707 '''
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3708 if nodeid is None:
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3709 blockers = []
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3710 else:
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3711 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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3712 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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3713
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3714 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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3715 # changed
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3716 if not blockers or not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3717 return
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3718
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3719 # get the resolved state ID
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3720 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3721
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3722 # format the info
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3723 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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3724 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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3725 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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3726 if len(blockers) == 1:
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3727 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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3728 else:
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3729 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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3730
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3731 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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3732 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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3733 raise ValueError, "This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s
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3734
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3735
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3736 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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3737 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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3738 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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3739 '''
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3740 newstatus = cl.get(nodeid,'status')
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3741
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3742 # no change?
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3743 if oldvalues.get('status', None) == newstatus:
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3744 return
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3745
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3746 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3747
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3748 # interesting?
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3749 if newstatus != resolved_id:
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3750 return
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3751
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3752 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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3753 # their blockers list
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3754 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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3755 for issueid in issues:
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3756 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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3757 if nodeid in blockers:
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3758 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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3759 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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3760
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3761 def init(db):
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3762 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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3763 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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3764 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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3765
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3766 # can only happen on a set
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3767 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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3768
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3769 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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3770 "detectors" directory.
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3771
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3772 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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3773 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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3774 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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3775 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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3776 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
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3777
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3778 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status&
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3779 @columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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3780 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3781
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3782 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
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3783 "@filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)@@
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3784
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3785 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status,blockers&
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3786 blockers=-1&@columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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3787 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3788
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3789 The above examples are line-wrapped on the trailing & and should
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3790 be unwrapped.
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3791
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3792 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
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3793 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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3794 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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3795 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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3796 another issue's "blockers" property.
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3797
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3798 Add users to the nosy list based on the topic
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3799 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3800
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3801 Let's say we need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy
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3802 list based
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3803 on the occurance of a topic. Every user should be allowed to edit their
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3804 own list of topics for which they want to be added to the nosy list.
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3805
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3806 Below, we'll show that this change can be done with minimal
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3807 understanding of the Roundup system, using only copy and paste.
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3808
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3809 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
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3810 allow per-user recording of the lists of topics for which he wants to
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3811 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing them to edit
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3812 this list of topics, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
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3813 list when a topic is set.
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3814
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3815 Adding the nosy topic list
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3816 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3817
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3818 The change to make in the database, is that for any user there should be
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3819 a list of topics for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding
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3820 a ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seems to fullfill this (note that within
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3821 the code, topics are called ``keywords``.) As such, all that has to be
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3822 done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the
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3823 file ``schema.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and
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3824 the updated definition of user will be::
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3825
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3826 user = Class(db, "user",
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3827 username=String(), password=Password(),
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3828 address=String(), realname=String(),
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3829 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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3830 alternate_addresses=String(),
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3831 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
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3832 timezone=String(),
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3833 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
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3834
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3835 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy topic list
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3836 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3837
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3838 We want any user to be able to change the list of topics for which
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3839 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
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3840 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
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3841 We can easily
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3842 see that the topic field in the issue view has very similar editing
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3843 requirements as our nosy topics, both being lists of topics. As
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3844 such, we look for Topics in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
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3845 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
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3846 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
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3847 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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3848
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3849 <tr>
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3850 <th>Nosy Topics</th>
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3851 <td>
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3852 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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3853 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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3854 </td>
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3855 </tr>
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3856
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3857
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3858 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
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3859 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3860
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3861 The more difficult part is the logic to add
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3862 the users to the nosy list when required.
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3863 We choose to perform this action whenever the topics on an
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3864 item are set (this includes the creation of items).
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3865 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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3866 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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3867 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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3868 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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3869 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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3870 ``nosyreaction`` function actually sends the e-mail.
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3871 We don't need this. Therefore, we can change the ``init`` function to::
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3872
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3873 def init(db):
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3874 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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3875 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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3876
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3877 After that, we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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3878 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to setting
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3879 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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3880 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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3881 code, which handled adding the assignedto user(s) to the nosy list in
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3882 ``updatenosy``, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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3883 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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3884 new topics, than looping over all users,
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3885 and assign the user to the nosy list when the topic occurs in the user's
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3886 ``nosy_keywords``. The next part in ``updatenosy`` -- adding the author
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3887 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list -- is obviously not
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3888 relevant here and is thus deleted from the new auditor. The last
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3889 part, copying the new nosy list to ``newvalues``, can stay as is.
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3890 This results in the following function::
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3891
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3892 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3893 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the topics
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3894 '''
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3895 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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3896 current = {}
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3897 if nodeid is None:
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3898 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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3899 else:
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3900 ok = ('yes',)
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3901 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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3902 # changed
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3903 if not newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3904 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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3905 for value in nosy:
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3906 if not current.has_key(value):
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3907 current[value] = 1
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3908
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3909 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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3910 if newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3911 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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3912 for value in nosy:
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3913 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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3914 continue
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3915 if not current.has_key(value):
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3916 current[value] = 1
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3917
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3918 # add users with topic in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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3919 if newvalues.has_key('topic') and newvalues['topic'] is not None:
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3920 topic_ids = newvalues['topic']
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3921 for topic in topic_ids:
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3922 # loop over all users,
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3923 # and assign user to nosy when topic in nosy_keywords
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3924 for user_id in db.user.list():
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3925 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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3926 found = 0
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3927 for kw in nosy_kw:
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3928 if kw == topic:
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3929 found = 1
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3930 if found:
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3931 current[user_id] = 1
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3932
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3933 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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3934 newvalues['nosy'] = current.keys()
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3935
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3936 These two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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3937
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3938 TODO: update this example to use the ``find()`` Class method.
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3939
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3940 Caveats
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3941 :::::::
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3942
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3943 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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3944
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3945 Multiple additions
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3946 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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3947 from the nosy list, he is added to the nosy list again when the
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3948 topic list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
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3949 to only check which topics are new compared to the old list
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3950 of topics, and only add users when they have indicated
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3951 interest on a new topic.
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3952
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3953 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the ``create()``
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3954 event, rather than also on the ``set()`` event, thus only setting
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3955 the nosy list when the issue is created.
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3956
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3957 Scalability
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3958 In the auditor, there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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3959 only few users this will pose no serious problem; however, with
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3960 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
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3961 A way out would be to link from the topics to the users who
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3962 selected these topics as nosy topics. This will eliminate the
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3963 loop over all users.
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3964
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3965 Changes to Security and Permissions
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3966 -----------------------------------
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3967
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3968 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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3969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3970
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3971 1. In your tracker's ``schema.py``, create a new Role, say "Developer"::
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3972
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3973 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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3974
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3975 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
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3976 "issue"::
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3977
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3978 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
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3979 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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3980
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3981 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
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3982
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3983 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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3984
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3985 4. In the issue item edit page (``html/issue.item.html`` in your tracker
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3986 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
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3987 list::
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3988
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3989 <select name="assignedto">
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3990 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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3991 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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3992 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
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3993 'Fixer', context._classname)"
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3994 tal:attributes="
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3995 value user/id;
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3996 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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3997 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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3998 </tal:block>
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3999 </select>
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4000
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4001 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
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4002 Permission requirement (install this as ``assignedtoFixer.py`` in your
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4003 tracker ``detectors`` directory)::
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4004
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4005 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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4006 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is used with the
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4007 Fixer Permission
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4008 '''
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4009 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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4010 # don't care
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4011 return
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4012
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4013 # get the userid
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4014 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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4015 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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4016 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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4017
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4018 def init(db):
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4019 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4020 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4021
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4022 So now, if an edit action attempts to set "assignedto" to a user that
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4023 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
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4024
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4025
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4026 Users may only edit their issues
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4027 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4028
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4029 In this case, users registering themselves are granted Provisional
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4030 access, meaning they
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4031 have access to edit the issues they submit, but not others. We create a new
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4032 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
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4033 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
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4034 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".)
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4035
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4036 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
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4037 ``schema.py``::
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4038
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4039 #
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4040 # New users not approved by the admin
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4041 #
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4042 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
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4043 description='New user registered via web or email')
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4044
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4045 # These users need to be able to view and create issues but only edit
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4046 # and view their own
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4047 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', 'issue')
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4048 def own_issue(db, userid, itemid):
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4049 '''Determine whether the userid matches the creator of the issue.'''
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4050 return userid == db.issue.get(itemid, 'creator')
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4051 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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4052 check=own_issue, description='Can only edit own issues')
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4053 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4054 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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4055 check=own_issue, description='Can only view own issues')
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4056 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4057
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4058 # Assign the Permissions for issue-related classes
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4059 for cl in 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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4060 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4061 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Edit', cl)
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4062 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', cl)
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4063 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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4064 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4065
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4066 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
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4067 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Web Access')
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4068 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Email Access')
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4069
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4070 # make sure they can view & edit their own user record
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4071 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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4072 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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4073 return userid == itemid
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4074 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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4075 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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4076 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4077 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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4078 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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4079 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4081 Then, in ``config.ini``, we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
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4082 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
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4083
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4084 [main]
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4085 ...
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4086 new_web_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
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4087 new_email_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
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4088
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4089
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4090 Changes to the Web User Interface
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4091 ---------------------------------
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4092
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4093 Adding action links to the index page
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4094 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4095
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4096 Add a column to the ``item.index.html`` template.
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4097
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4098 Resolving the issue::
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4099
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4100 <a tal:attributes="href
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4101 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
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4102
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4103 "Take" the issue::
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4104
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4105 <a tal:attributes="href
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4106 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
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4107
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4108 ... and so on.
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4109
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4110 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
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4111 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4112
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4113 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
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4114 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add this to the ``<tr>`` that
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4115 displays the rows of data::
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4116
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4117 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
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4118
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4119 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
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4120 different priorities, as follows::
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4121
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4122 tr.priority-critical td {
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4123 background-color: red;
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4124 }
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4125
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4126 tr.priority-urgent td {
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4127 background-color: orange;
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4128 }
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4129
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4130 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
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4131
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4132 Editing multiple items in an index view
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4133 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4134
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4135 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
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4136 ``issue.item.html``:
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4137
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4138 1. add a form around the listing table (separate from the existing
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4139 index-page form), so at the top it reads::
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4140
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4141 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
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4142 <table class="list">
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4143
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4144 and at the bottom of that table::
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4145
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4146 </table>
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4147 </form
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4148
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4149 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
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4150 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
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4151
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4152 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
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4153
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4154 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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4155 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
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4156
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4157 to::
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4158
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4159 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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4160 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
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4161
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4162 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
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4163
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4164 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the index items (marked by
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4165 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
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4166
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4167 <tr>
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4168 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
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4169 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
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4170 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
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4171 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
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4172 </td>
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4173 </tr>
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4174
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4175 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an edit
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4176 on any changed statuses. The final ``tal:block`` will make sure that the
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4177 current index view parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in
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4178 rendering the next page (the results of the editing).
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4179
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4180
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4181 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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4182 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4183
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4184 Alter the ``issue.item`` template section for messages to::
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4185
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4186 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4187 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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4188 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4189 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4190 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4191 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4192 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4193 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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4194 <td>
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4195 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
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4196 remove</a>
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4197 </td>
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4198 </tr>
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4199 </table>
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4200
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4201
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4202 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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4203 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4204
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4205 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
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4206 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
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4207 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
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4208 that shows either the one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
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4209 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
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4210
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4211 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4212 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4213 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
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4214 <th colspan="2" class="header">
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4215 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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4216 </th>
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4217 </tr>
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4218 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4219 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4220 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4221 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4222 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4223 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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4224 <td>
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4225 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
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4226 </td>
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4227 </tr>
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4228 </tal:block>
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4229
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4230 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4231 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
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4232 <th class="header">
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4233 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
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4234 </th>
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4235 </tr>
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4236 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4237 <tr>
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4238 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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4239 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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4240 <th style="text-align: right">
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4241 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
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4242 </th>
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4243 </tr>
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4244 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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4245 </tal:block>
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4246 </tal:block>
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4247 </table>
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4248
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4249
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4250 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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4251 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4252
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4253 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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4254 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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4255 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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4256 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
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4257 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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4258
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4259 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4260 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4261 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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4262 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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4263
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4264 <strong>Category:</strong>
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4265 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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4266 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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4267 </form>
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4268
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4269 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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4270 addition of the following form fragments::
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4271
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4272 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4273 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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4274 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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4275 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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4276
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4277 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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4278 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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4279 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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4280 .
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4281 .
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4282 .
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4283 </form>
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4284
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4285 Note that later in the form, I use the value of "cat" to decide which
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4286 form elements should be displayed. For example::
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4287
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4288 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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4289 <tr>
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4290 <th>Operating System</th>
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4291 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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4292 </tr>
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4293 <tr>
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4294 <th>Web Browser</th>
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4295 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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4296 </tr>
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4297 </tal:block>
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4298
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4299 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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4300 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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4301
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4302 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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4303 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
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4304 those actions in a new ``Action`` class (see `defining new web actions`_)::
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4305
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4306 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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4307
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4308 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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4309 def handle(self):
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4310 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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4311 on to page 2.
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4312 '''
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4313 category = self.form['category'].value
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4314 if category == '-1':
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4315 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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4316 return
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4317 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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4318 self.template = 'add_page2'
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4319
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4320 def init(instance):
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4321 instance.registerAction('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction)
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4322
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4323 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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4324 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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4325
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4327 -------------------
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4328
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4329 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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4331 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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4332 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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4333 .. _`admin guide`: admin_guide.html
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