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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.80 $
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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 five forms:
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21 1. `tracker configuration`_ file changes
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22 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes
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23 3. "definition" class `database content`_ changes
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24 4. behavioural changes, through detectors_
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25 5. `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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41 =================== ========================================================
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42 config.py Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 dbinit.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 interfaces.py Defines the Web and E-Mail interfaces for the tracker
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45 select_db.py Selects the database back-end for the tracker
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46 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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47 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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48 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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49 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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50 =================== ========================================================
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52 Tracker Configuration
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55 The config.py located in your tracker home contains the basic configuration
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56 for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces. As the name
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57 suggests, this file is a Python module. This means that any valid python
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58 expression may be used in the file. Mostly though, you'll be setting the
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59 configuration variables to string values. Python string values must be quoted
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60 with either single or double quotes::
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62 'this is a string'
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63 "this is also a string - use it when you have a 'single quote' in the value"
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64 this is not a string - it's not quoted
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66 Python strings may use formatting that's almost identical to C string
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67 formatting. The ``%`` operator is used to perform the formatting, like so::
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69 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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71 this will create a string ``'roundup-admin@tracker.domain.example'`` if
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72 MAIL_DOMAIN is set to ``'tracker.domain.example'``.
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74 You'll also note some values are set to::
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76 os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'db')
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78 or similar. This creates a new string which holds the path to the "db"
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79 directory in the TRACKER_HOME directory. This is just a convenience so if the
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80 TRACKER_HOME changes you don't have to edit multiple valoues.
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82 The configuration variables available are:
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84 **TRACKER_HOME** - ``os.path.split(__file__)[0]``
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85 The tracker home directory. The above default code will automatically
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86 determine the tracker home for you, so you can just leave it alone.
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88 **MAILHOST** - ``'localhost'``
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89 The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send e-mail.
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91 **MAIL_DOMAIN** - ``'tracker.domain.example'``
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92 The domain name used for email addresses.
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94 **DATABASE** - ``os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'db')``
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95 This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in. By default
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96 it is in the tracker home.
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98 **TEMPLATES** - ``os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'html')``
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99 This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in. By default they are
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100 in the tracker home.
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102 **TRACKER_NAME** - ``'Roundup issue tracker'``
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103 A descriptive name for your roundup tracker. This is sent out in e-mails and
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104 appears in the heading of CGI pages.
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106 **TRACKER_EMAIL** - ``'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN``
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107 The email address that e-mail sent to roundup should go to. Think of it as the
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108 tracker's personal e-mail address.
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110 **TRACKER_WEB** - ``'http://tracker.example/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/bugs/'``
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111 The web address that the tracker is viewable at. This will be included in
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112 information sent to users of the tracker. The URL **must** include the
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113 cgi-bin part or anything else that is required to get to the home page of
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114 the tracker. You **must** include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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116 **ADMIN_EMAIL** - ``'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN``
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117 The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble.
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119 **EMAIL_FROM_TAG** - ``''``
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120 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the ``From:`` address used
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121 in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the ``From:`` line is
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122 usually::
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124 "Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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126 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so::
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128 "Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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130 **MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR** - ``'yes'`` or``'no'``
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131 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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133 **ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY** - ``'new'``, ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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134 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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135 If ``'new'`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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136 creates a new issue. If ``'yes'``, then the author will be added on followups
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137 too. If ``'no'``, they're never added to the nosy.
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139 **ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY** - ``'new'``, ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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140 Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy list?
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141 If ``'new'`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a message
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142 creates a new issue. If ``'yes'``, then the recipients will be added on
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144
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145 **EMAIL_SIGNATURE_POSITION** - ``'top'``, ``'bottom'`` or ``'none'``
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146 Where to place the email signature in messages that Roundup generates.
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147
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148 **EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT** - ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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149 Keep email citations. Citations are the part of e-mail which the sender has
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150 quoted in their reply to previous e-mail.
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152 **EMAIL_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED** - ``'no'``
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153 Preserve the email body as is. Enabiling this will cause the entire message
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154 body to be stored, including all citations and signatures. It should be
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155 either ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``.
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157 **MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS** - ``'issue'`` or ``''``
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158 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email
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159 subjects. To disable, comment out the variable below or leave it blank.
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163 tracker is attempted.::
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165 # roundup home is this package's directory
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166 TRACKER_HOME=os.path.split(__file__)[0]
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168 # The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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169 MAILHOST = 'localhost'
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171 # The domain name used for email addresses.
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172 MAIL_DOMAIN = 'your.tracker.email.domain.example'
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174 # This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in
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175 DATABASE = os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'db')
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177 # This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in
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178 TEMPLATES = os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'html')
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180 # A descriptive name for your roundup tracker
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181 TRACKER_NAME = 'Roundup issue tracker'
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183 # The email address that mail to roundup should go to
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184 TRACKER_EMAIL = 'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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186 # The web address that the tracker is viewable at. This will be included in
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187 # information sent to users of the tracker. The URL MUST include the cgi-bin
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188 # part or anything else that is required to get to the home page of the
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189 # tracker. You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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190 TRACKER_WEB = 'http://tracker.example/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/bugs/'
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192 # The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble
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193 ADMIN_EMAIL = 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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195 # Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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196 # in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From: line is
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197 # usually: "Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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198 # the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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199 # "Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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200 EMAIL_FROM_TAG = ""
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201
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202 # Send nosy messages to the author of the message
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203 MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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205 # Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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206 # If 'new' is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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207 # creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the author will be added on followups
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208 # too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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209 ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY = 'new' # one of 'yes', 'no', 'new'
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211 # Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy list?
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212 # If 'new' is used, then the recipients will only be added when a message
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213 # creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the recipients will be added on followups
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214 # too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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215 ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY = 'new' # either 'yes', 'no', 'new'
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217 # Where to place the email signature
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218 EMAIL_SIGNATURE_POSITION = 'bottom' # one of 'top', 'bottom', 'none'
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219
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220 # Keep email citations
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221 EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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222
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223 # Preserve the email body as is
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224 EMAIL_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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226 # Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email
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227 # subjects. To disable, comment out the variable below or leave it blank.
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228 # Examples:
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229 MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS = 'issue' # use "issue" class by default
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230 #MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS = '' # disable (or just comment the var out)
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232 #
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233 # SECURITY DEFINITIONS
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234 #
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235 # define the Roles that a user gets when they register with the tracker
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236 # these are a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. 'Admin,User')
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237 NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES = 'User'
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238 NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES = 'User'
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240 Tracker Schema
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241 ==============
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243 Note: if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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244 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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245 your changes.
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247 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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248 Schemas are defined using Python code in the ``dbinit.py`` module of your
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249 tracker. The "classic" schema looks like this::
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251 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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252 pri.setkey("name")
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254 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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255 stat.setkey("name")
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256
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257 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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258 keyword.setkey("name")
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260 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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261 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(), phone=String())
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262 user.setkey("username")
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264 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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265 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"), files=Multilink("file"))
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267 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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269 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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270 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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271 priority=Link("priority"))
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272 issue.setkey('title')
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274 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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275 ---------------------------------------------------------
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277 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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279 priority
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280 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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282 status
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283 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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285 keyword
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289 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry for all
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293 Initially empty, will all e-mail messages sent to or generated by
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294 roundup.
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296 file
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297 Initially empty, will all files attached to issues.
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303 the amount of information stored on the issue and more powerful, accurate
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305 issue (which is stored as a single number) we reduce the chance that someone
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316 this as the itemid.
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318 Properties
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325 default encoding is defined on the roundup.password.Password class.
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327 objects.
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328 * Number properties store numeric values.
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329 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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330 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a specified
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331 class. The class is part of the property; the value is an integer, the id
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332 of the chosen item.
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333 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified class.
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336 FileClass
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337 ~~~~~~~~~
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339 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from the rest
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340 of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in the database,
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341 which generally makes databases more efficient, and also allows us to use
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342 command-line tools to operate on the files. They are stored in the files sub-
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343 directory of the db directory in your tracker.
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345 IssueClass
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346 ~~~~~~~~~~
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348 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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349 "superseder" properties.
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350 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and files
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351 related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to users who wish to
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352 be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed" e-mails when messages
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353 are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy reactor (in the detectors
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354 directory) handles this action. The superceder link indicates an issue which
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355 has superceded this one.
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356 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and "creator"
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357 properties.
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358 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was created, and
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359 the value of the "activity" property is the date when any property on the item
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360 was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates on the first and last
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361 records in the item's journal). The "creator" property holds a link to the user
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362 that created the issue.
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364 setkey(property)
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365 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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366
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367 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key property
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368 muse be unique, and allows references to the items in the class by the content
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369 of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by their username, e.g.
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370 let's say that there's an issue in roundup, issue 23. There's also a user,
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371 richard who happens to be user 2. To assign an issue to him, we could do either
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372 of::
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374 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=2
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376 or::
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378 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=richard
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380 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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382 create(information)
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383 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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385 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items in the
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386 "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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389 Examples of adding to your schema
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390 ---------------------------------
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391
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392 TODO
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394
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395 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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396 ============================================
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397 .. _detectors:
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398
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399 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so you're
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400 free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is initliased
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401 via the "roundup-admin initalise" command.
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402
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403 The detectors in your tracker fire before (*auditors*) and after (*reactors*)
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404 changes to the contents of your database. They are Python modules that sit in
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405 your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will have some installed by
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406 default - have a look. You can write new detectors or modify the existing
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407 ones. The existing detectors installed for you are:
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408
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409 **nosyreaction.py**
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410 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending. The nosy
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411 reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added to issues.
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412 The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are changed and figures
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413 what changes need to be made to the nosy list (like adding new authors etc)
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414 **statusauditor.py**
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415 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status from
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416 ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear. It also
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417 provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the status to
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418 ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly defined.
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419
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420 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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421 interface for detectors.
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422
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423 __ design.html
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424
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425 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in the
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426 ``detectors`` directory of the Roundup distribution:
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427
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428 **newissuecopy.py**
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429 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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430 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it before you
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431 use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get email errors!
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432
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433 The detector code::
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434
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435 from roundup import roundupdb
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437 def newissuecopy(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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438 ''' Copy a message about new issues to a team address.
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439 '''
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440 # so use all the messages in the create
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441 change_note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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442
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443 # send a copy to the nosy list
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444 for msgid in cl.get(nodeid, 'messages'):
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445 try:
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446 # note: last arg must be a list
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447 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, change_note, ['team@team.host'])
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448 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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449 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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451 def init(db):
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452 db.issue.react('create', newissuecopy)
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455 Database Content
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456 ================
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457
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458 Note: if you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most likely
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459 need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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461 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status, priority,
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462 resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the tracker is
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463 initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely different in each
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464 case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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465
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466 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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467 Edit the dbinit module in your tracker to alter the items created in using
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468 the create() methods.
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469
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470 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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471 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web interface
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472 to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the name of the class
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473 you wish to change the content of.
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474
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475 You may also use the roundup-admin interface's create, set and retire
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476 methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in question.
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478 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that requires
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479 database content changes.
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482 Access Controls
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483 ===============
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484
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485 A set of Permissions are built in to the security module by default:
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486
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487 - Edit (everything)
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488 - View (everything)
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489
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490 The default interfaces define:
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491
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492 - Web Registration
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493 - Web Access
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494 - Web Roles
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495 - Email Registration
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496 - Email Access
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497
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498 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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499
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500 - Admin (Edit everything, View everything, Web Roles)
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501 - User (Web Access, Email Access)
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502 - Anonymous (Web Registration, Email Registration)
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503
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504 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous" user
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505 gets the "Anonymous" assigned when the database is initialised on installation.
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506 The two default schemas then define:
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507
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508 - Edit issue, View issue (both)
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509 - Edit file, View file (both)
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510 - Edit msg, View msg (both)
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511 - Edit support, View support (extended only)
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512
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513 and assign those Permissions to the "User" Role. Put together, these settings
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514 appear in the ``open()`` function of the tracker ``dbinit.py`` (the following
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515 is taken from the "minimal" template ``dbinit.py``)::
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516
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517 #
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518 # SECURITY SETTINGS
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519 #
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520 # new permissions for this schema
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521 for cl in ('user', ):
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522 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass=cl,
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523 description="User is allowed to edit "+cl)
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524 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass=cl,
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525 description="User is allowed to access "+cl)
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526
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527 # and give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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528 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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529 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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530 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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531 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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532
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533 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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534 # if you don't want them to
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535 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'user')
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536 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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537
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538 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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539 # Role. Choices here are:
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540 # - Allow anonymous users to register through the web
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541 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Registration')
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542 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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543 # - Allow anonymous (new) users to register through the email gateway
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544 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Registration')
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545 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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546
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547
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548 New User Roles
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549 --------------
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550
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551 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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552
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553 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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554 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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556
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557 Changing Access Controls
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558 ------------------------
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559
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560 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new web or
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561 email users get, for example to not give them access to the web interface if
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562 they register through email.
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563
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564 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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565 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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566
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567 Adding a new Permission
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568 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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569
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570 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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571
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572 1. add it to your tracker's dbinit so it is created
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573 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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574 "``roundup-admin security``")
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575 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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576 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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577 interfaces module
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578
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579 Example Scenarios
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580 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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581
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582 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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583 By giving the "anonymous" user the "Email Registration" Role, any
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584 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker (with
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585 no password, so they won't be able to log in through the web until an admin
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586 sets them a password). Note: this is the default behaviour in the tracker
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587 templates that ship with Roundup.
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588
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589 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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590 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access" and ("Edit", "issue") Roles
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591 but not giving them the "Email Registration" Role. This means that when an
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592 unknown user sends email into the tracker, they're automatically logged in
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593 as "anonymous". Since they don't have the "Email Registration" Role, they
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594 won't be automatically registered, but since "anonymous" has permission
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595 to use the gateway, they'll still be able to submit issues. Note that the
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596 Sender information - their email address - will not be available - they're
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597 *anonymous*.
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598
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599 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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600 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a new
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601 Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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602 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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603 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an auditor. See
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604 the example `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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605
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606 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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607 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a new
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608 Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the appropriate
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609 users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved" issue state option
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610 when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce the Permission with
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611 an auditor. This is very similar to the previous example, except that the
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612 web interface check would look like::
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613
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614 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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615 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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616
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617 **don't give users who register through email web access**
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618 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of the
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619 normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will allow users
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620 to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web interface.
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621
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622 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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623 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for editing
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624 users::
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625
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626 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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627 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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628 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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629
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630 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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632
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633 Web Interface
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634 =============
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635
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636 .. contents::
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637 :local:
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638 :depth: 1
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639
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640 The web is provided by the roundup.cgi.client module and is used by
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641 roundup.cgi, roundup-server and ZRoundup.
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642 In all cases, we determine which tracker is being accessed
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643 (the first part of the URL path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass
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644 control on to the tracker interfaces.Client class - which uses the Client class
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645 from roundup.cgi.client - which handles the rest of
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646 the access through its main() method. This means that you can do pretty much
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647 anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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648
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649 Repurcussions of changing the tracker schema
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650 ---------------------------------------------
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651
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652 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure the web
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653 interface knows about it:
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654
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655 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to have
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656 properties added or removed,
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657 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the "home"
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658 page's content arguments.
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659
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660 How requests are processed
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661 --------------------------
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662
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663 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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664
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665 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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666 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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667 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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668 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML output
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669
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670 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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671
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672 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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673 - SendFile (generally raised by determine_context)
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674 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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675 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by determine_context)
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676 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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677 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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678 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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679 message is displayed indicating that permission was not
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680 granted for the action to take place
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681 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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682 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the client
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683
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684 Determining web context
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685 -----------------------
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686
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687 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the special
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688 request variable ``:template``. The URL path after the tracker identifier
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689 is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
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690
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691 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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692 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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693 3. ``/tracker/_file/style.css``
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694 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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695 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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696
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697 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
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698 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "_file/style.css", "file1" and
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699 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
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700 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
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701
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702 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context.
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703 b. if the path starts with "_file" (as in example 3,
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704 "/tracker/_file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
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705 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
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706 from the tracker "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile
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707 exception.
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708 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it identifies
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709 the tracker class we're to display.
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710 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1" and
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711 "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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712 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than
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713 one entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed
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714 to be handling an item of a
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715 FileClass, and the extra path information gives the filename
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716 that the client is going to label the download with (ie
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717 "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1"). This
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718 raises a SendFile exception.
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719
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720 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to
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721 determine the template we're going to use. That's because they
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722 don't actually use templates.
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723
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724 The template used is specified by the ``:template`` CGI variable,
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725 which defaults to:
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726
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727 - only classname suplied: "index"
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728 - full item designator supplied: "item"
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729
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731 Performing actions in web requests
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734 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
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735 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
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736 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
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737 triggered by using a ``:action`` CGI variable, where the value is one of:
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738
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739 **login**
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740 Attempt to log a user in.
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741
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742 **logout**
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743 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
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744
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745 **register**
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746 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then log
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747 them in.
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748
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749 **edit**
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750 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some special form
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751 elements you may use:
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752
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753 :link=designator:property and :multilink=designator:property
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754 The value specifies an item designator and the property on that
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755 item to add *this* item to as a link or multilink.
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756 :note
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757 Create a message and attach it to the current item's
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758 "messages" property.
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759 :file
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760 Create a file and attach it to the current item's
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761 "files" property. Attach the file to the message created from
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762 the :note if it's supplied.
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763 :required=property,property,...
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764 The named properties are required to be filled in the form.
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765 :remove:<propname>=id(s)
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766 The ids will be removed from the multilink property. You may have multiple
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767 :remove:<propname> form elements for a single <propname>.
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768 :add:<propname>=id(s)
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769 The ids will be added to the multilink property. You may have multiple
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770 :add:<propname> form elements for a single <propname>.
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771
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772 **new**
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773 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same special form elements
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774 as in the "edit" action.
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775
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776 **retire**
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777 Retire the item in the database.
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778
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779 **editCSV**
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780 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
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781 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be edited, and
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782 the "_generic.index" template which uses both of these features.
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783
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784 **search**
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785 Mangle some of the form variables.
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786
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787 Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the
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788 filter variables - if they're set to anything other than
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789 "dontcare" then add them to :filter.
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790
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791 Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to
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792 the user's query list.
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793
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794 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding *actionAction* (where
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795 "action" is the name of the action) method on
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796 the roundup.cgi.Client class, which also happens to be in your tracker as
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797 interfaces.Client. So if you need to define new actions, you may add them
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798 there (see `defining new web actions`_).
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799
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800 Each action also has a corresponding *actionPermission* (where
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801 "action" is the name of the action) method which determines
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802 whether the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission
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803 checks are:
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804
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805 **login**
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806 Determine whether the user has permission to log in.
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807 Base behaviour is to check the user has "Web Access".
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808 **logout**
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809 No permission checks are made.
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810 **register**
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811 Determine whether the user has permission to register
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812 Base behaviour is to check the user has "Web Registration".
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813 **edit**
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814 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item.
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815 Base behaviour is to check the user can edit this class. If we're
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816 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own
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817 details. Unless it's the "roles" property, which requires the
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818 special Permission "Web Roles".
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819 **new**
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820 Determine whether the user has permission to create (edit) this item.
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821 Base behaviour is to check the user can edit this class. No
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822 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items
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823 may be created if the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
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824 **editCSV**
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825 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
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826 Base behaviour is to check the user can edit this class.
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827 **search**
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828 Determine whether the user has permission to search this class.
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829 Base behaviour is to check the user can view this class.
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830
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831
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832 Default templates
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833 -----------------
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834
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835 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the templates in
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836 the tracker **html** directory. There are several types of files in there:
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837
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838 **page**
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839 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When you
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840 view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an index, it
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841 also appears inside this template. This template defines a macro called
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842 "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a coating for their
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843 content, using its "content" slot. It will also define the "head_title"
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844 and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page title.
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845 **home**
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846 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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847 **home.classlist**
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848 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the tracker
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849 **classname.item**
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850 displays an item of the *classname* class
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851 **classname.index**
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852 displays a list of *classname* items
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853 **classname.search**
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854 displays a search page for *classname* items
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855 **_generic.index**
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856 used to display a list of items where there is no *classname*.index available
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857 **_generic.help**
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858 used to display a "class help" page where there is no *classname*.help
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859 **user.register**
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860 a special page just for the user class that renders the registration page
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861 **style.css**
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862 a static file that is served up as-is
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863
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864 Note: Remember that you can create any template extension you want to, so
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865 if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues, you can
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866 copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then access the
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867 test template using the ":template" URL argument::
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868
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869 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?:template=test
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870
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871 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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872
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873
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874 How the templates work
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875 ----------------------
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876
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877 Basic Templating Actions
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878 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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879
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880 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on your template tags.
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881 These attributes form the Template Attribute Language, or TAL. The basic tag
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882 commands are:
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883
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884 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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885 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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886 example::
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887
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888 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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889 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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890 </html>
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891
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892 In the example, the variable "title" is defined as being the result of the
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893 expression "request/description". The tal:content command inside the <html>
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894 tag may then use the "title" variable.
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895
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896 **tal:condition="expression"**
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897 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For example::
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898
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899 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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900 Display some issue information.
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901 </p>
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902
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903 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if the
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904 user has the View permission for issues. We consider the number zero, a
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905 blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable nothing to be false
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906 values. Nearly every other value is true, including non-zero numbers, and
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907 strings with anything in them (even spaces!).
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909 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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910 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence that the
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911 expression returns, defining a new local variable and a special "repeat"
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912 variable for each element. For example::
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913
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914 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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915 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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916 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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917 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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918 </tr>
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919
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920 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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921 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry.
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922
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923 **tal:replace="expression"**
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924 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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925
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926 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname"></span>
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927
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928 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the user's
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929 realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the resultant output
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930 would be "Bruce".
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931
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933 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression. For
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934 example::
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935
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936 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here</span>
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937
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938 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the user's
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939 realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the resultant output
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940 would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
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942 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
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943 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For example::
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944
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945 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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946
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947 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the value of
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948 the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will be something
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949 like "user123".
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950
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951 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
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952 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
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953 example::
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954
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955 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
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956
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957 would result in output of::
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958
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959 Hello, world!
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960
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961 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above, so
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962 *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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963
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964 Additionally, a tag is defined, tal:block, which is removed from output. Its
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965 content is not, but the tag itself is (so don't go using any tal:attributes
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966 commands on it). This is useful for making arbitrary blocks of HTML
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967 conditional or repeatable (very handy for repeating multiple table rows,
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968 which would othewise require an illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
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971 Templating Expressions
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973
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974 The expressions you may use in the attibute values may be one of the following
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975 forms:
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977 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
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978 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the path
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979 ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``, ``status``
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980 and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the expression.
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981 We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or failing that, a
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982 ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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983 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object we're
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984 left with is evaluated to get a string - methods are called, objects are
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985 stringified. Path expressions may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, though
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986 they are the default expression type, so it's not necessary.
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988 If an expression evaluates to ``default`` then the expression is
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989 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will remain
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990 (tag content in the case of tal:content, attributes in the case of
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991 tal:attributes).
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992
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993 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the expression
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994 is removed (tag content in the case of tal:content, attributes in the case
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995 of tal:attributes and the tag itself in the case of tal:replace).
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996
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997 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
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998 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the expression
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999 ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave the current HTML
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1000 in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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1001
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1002 You may use the python function ``path``, as in ``path("item/status")``, to
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1003 embed path expressions in Python expressions.
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1006 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can be just
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1007 plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The expression in the
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1008 ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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1011 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
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1012 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would be
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1013 equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that ``checklist`` is
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1014 a method.
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1015
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1016 Modifiers:
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1017
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1018 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
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1019 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
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1020 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
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1021 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the result
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1022 of the expression is now assumed to be HTML structured text.
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1024 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
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1025 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another expression.
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1028 Template Macros
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1029 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1031 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common page
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1032 stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro you'll use
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1033 is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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1034
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1035 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special attributes
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1036 similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case though, the
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1037 attributes belong to the Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language, or
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1038 METAL. The macro commands are:
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1040 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
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1041 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be inserted
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1042 into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For example::
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1043
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1044 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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1045 ...
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1046 </html>
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1047
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1048 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its contents.
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1049 Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're defined on in the
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1050 ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on through the ``templates``
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1051 variable, eg. the most common ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the
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1052 "page" macro of the "page" template.
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1053
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1054 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
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1055 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above). This
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1056 will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents. For
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1057 example::
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1059 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1060 ...
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1061 </tal:block>
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1062
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1063 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the "page"
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1064 template.
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1065
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1066 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
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1067 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may be
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1068 filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For example, the
1214
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1069 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like so::
1213
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1070
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1071 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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1072
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1073 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command like
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1074 this::
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1075
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1076 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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1077
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1078 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined as
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1079 the slot in the macro.
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1080
1214
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1081 Note that you may not mix METAL and TAL commands on the same tag, but TAL
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1082 commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your *fill-slots*
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1083 tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1084
1213
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1085
1073
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1086 Information available to templates
1098
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1087 ----------------------------------
1073
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1088
1125
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1089 Note: this is implemented by roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate
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1090
1073
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1091 The following variables are available to templates.
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1092
1125
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1093 **context**
1123
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1094 The current context. This is either None, a
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1095 `hyperdb class wrapper`_ or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
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1096 **request**
1073
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1097 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1098 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1099 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1100 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
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1101 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
1073
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1102 - *form*
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1103 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument
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1104 name to value
1254
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1105 **config**
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1106 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.py file
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1107 (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
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1108 **db**
1254
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1109 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
1213
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1110 **templates**
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1111 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in *use-macro*
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1112 commands.
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1113 **utils**
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1114 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
1125
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1115 **nothing**
1100
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1116 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1117 tag (in the case of a tal:replace), its contents (in the case of
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1118 tal:content) or some attributes (in the case of tal:attributes) will not
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1119 appear in the the output. So for example::
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1120
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1121 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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1122
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1123 would result in::
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1124
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1125 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1126
1125
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1127 **default**
1100
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1128 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1129 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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1130 remain. So::
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1131
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1132 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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1133
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1134 would result in::
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1135
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1136 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1137
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1138 The context variable
1098
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1139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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1140
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1141 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current context
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1142 (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
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1143
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1144 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
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1145 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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1146 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1147 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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1148 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
1073
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1149
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1150 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or item.
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1151 The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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1152
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1153 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will appear if
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1154 the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
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1155 ``context/property/field``.
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1156 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case, but
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1157 a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether we're
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1158 looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing "context/id".
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1159
1123
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1160 Hyperdb class wrapper
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1161 :::::::::::::::::::::
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1162
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1163 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass class.
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1164
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1165 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used primarily
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1166 in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable anywhere else that
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1167 you wish to access information about a class, or the items of a class, when
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1168 you don't have a specific item of that class in mind.
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1169
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1170 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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1171 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name from
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1172 the CGI form.
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1173
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1174 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1175
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1176 =========== =============================================================
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1177 Method Description
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1178 =========== =============================================================
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1179 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class'
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1180 properties.
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1181 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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1182 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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1183 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
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1184 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted
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1185 by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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1186 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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1187 "help" template.
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1188 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1189 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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1190 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
1136
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1191 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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1192 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
1123
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1193 =========== =============================================================
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1194
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1195 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above methods,
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1196 you'll need to access it using a python "item access" expression. For example::
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1197
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1198 python:context['list']
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1199
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1200 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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1201
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1202
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1203 Hyperdb item wrapper
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1204 ::::::::::::::::::::
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1205
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1206 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem class.
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1207
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1208 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
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1209
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1210 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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1211 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name from
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1212 the CGI form.
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1213
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1214 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1215
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1216 =============== =============================================================
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1217 Method Description
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1218 =============== =============================================================
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1219 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1220 journal return the journal of the current item (**not implemented**)
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1221 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
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1222 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form for
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1223 the query
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1224 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the user
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1225 has a Permission
1136
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1226 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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1227 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
1123
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1228 =============== =============================================================
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1229
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1230
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1231 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above methods,
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1232 you'll need to access it using a python "item access" expression. For example::
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1233
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1234 python:context['journal']
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1235
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1236 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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1237
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1238
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1239 Hyperdb property wrapper
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1240 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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1241
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1242 Note: this is implemented by subclasses roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty
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1243 class (HTMLStringProperty, HTMLNumberProperty, and so on).
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1244
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1245 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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1246 value may be either:
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1247
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1248 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from the
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1249 hyperdb
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1250 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from the
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1251 CGI form
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1252
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1253
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1254 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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1255
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1256 =============== =============================================================
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1257 Attribute Description
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1258 =============== =============================================================
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1259 _name the name of the property
1317
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1260 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual value
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1261 retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
1123
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1262 =============== =============================================================
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1263
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1264 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1265
1374
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1266 ========= =====================================================================
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1267 Method Description
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1268 ========= =====================================================================
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1269 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method may
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1270 take two arguments:
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1271
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1272 escape
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1273 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
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1274 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
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1275 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
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1276 option is used in the template. The following are all equivalent::
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1277
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1278 <p tal:content="structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)" />
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1279 <p tal:content="python:msg.content.plain()" />
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1280 <p tal:content="msg/content/plain" />
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1281 <p tal:content="msg/content" />
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1282
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1283 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a complex
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1284 expression.
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1285
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1286 hyperlink
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1287 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item designators
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1288 in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note that you'll need
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1289 to use the "structure" TAL option if you want to use this::
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1290
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1291 <p tal:content="structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)" />
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1292
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1293 Note also that the text is automatically HTML-escape before the
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1294 hyperlinking transformation.
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1295
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1296 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for most
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1297 types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a tri-state
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1298 yes/no/neither selection.
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1299 stext only on String properties - render the value of the
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1300 property as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module
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1301 to be installed separately)
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1302 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
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1303 field for the property
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1304 email only on String properties - render the value of the
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1305 property as an obscured email address
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1306 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field for
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1307 the property, used for confirmation that the user typed the
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1308 password correctly. Generates a field with name "name:confirm".
1436
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1309 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new property
1374
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1310 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the
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1311 date and now
1436
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1312 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property with
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1313 some timezone offset
1374
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1314 pretty only on Interval properties - render the interval in a
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1315 pretty format (eg. "yesterday")
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1316 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
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1317 list for this property
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1318 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
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1319 items in reverse order
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1320 ========= =====================================================================
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1321
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1322 The request variable
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1323 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1324
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1325 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest class.
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1326
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1327 The request variable is packed with information about the current request.
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1328
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1329 .. taken from roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest docstring
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1330
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1331 =========== =================================================================
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1332 Variable Holds
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1333 =========== =================================================================
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1334 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
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1335 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1336 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
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1337 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
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1338 classname the current classname (possibly None)
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1339 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
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1340 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
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1341 =========== =================================================================
1083
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1342
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1343 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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1344
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1345 =========== =================================================================
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1346 Variable Holds
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1347 =========== =================================================================
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1348 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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1349 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
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1350 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
1073
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1351 sort index sort column (direction, column name)
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1352 group index grouping property (direction, column name)
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1353 filter properties to filter the index on
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1354 filterspec values to filter the index on
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1355 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
1144
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1356 =========== =================================================================
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1357
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1358 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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1359
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1360 =============== =============================================================
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1361 Method Description
1144
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1362 =============== =============================================================
1124
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1363 description render a description of the request - handle for the page
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1364 title
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1365 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
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1366 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
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1367 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components of
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1368 the templating
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1369 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
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1370 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
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1371 `batching`_)
1144
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1372 =============== =============================================================
1124
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1373
1142
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1374 The form variable
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1375 :::::::::::::::::
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1376
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1377 The form variable is a little special because it's actually a python
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1378 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
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1379 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
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1380 "name", use the path expression::
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1381
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1382 request/form/name/value
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1383
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1384 or the python expression::
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1385
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1386 python:request.form['name'].value
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1387
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1388 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the explicit
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1389 "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form variables are
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1390 stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one "name" value in
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1391 the form, then the above will break since ``request/form/name`` is actually a
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1392 *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's best to know beforehand what you're
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1393 dealing with.
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1394
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1395
1123
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1396 The db variable
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1397 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1398
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1399 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase class.
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1400
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1401 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If you
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1402 want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
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1403
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1404 db/user
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1405 python:db.user
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1406
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1407 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1408
1213
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1409 The templates variable
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1410 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1411
1213
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1412 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.Templates class.
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1413
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1414 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
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1415 used in expressions to access the templates, and subsequently the template
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1416 macros. You may access the templates using the following path expression::
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1417
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1418 templates/name
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1419
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1420 or the python expression::
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1421
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1422 templates[name]
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1423
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1424 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The template you
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1425 get access to has one useful attribute, "macros". To access a specific macro
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1426 (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
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1427
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1428 templates/name/macros/macro_name
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1429
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1430 or the python expression::
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1431
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1432 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
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1433
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1434
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1435 The utils variable
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1436 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1124
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1437
1270
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1438 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils class,
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1439 but it may be extended as described below.
1124
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1440
1144
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1441 =============== =============================================================
1124
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1442 Method Description
1144
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1443 =============== =============================================================
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1444 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
1144
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1445 =============== =============================================================
1124
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1446
1270
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1447 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
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1448 ``interfaces.py`` module's ``TemplatingUtils`` class. See `adding a time log
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1449 to your issues`_ for an example. The TemplatingUtils class itself will have a
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1450 single attribute, ``client``, which may be used to access the ``client.db``
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1451 when you need to perform arbitrary database queries.
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1452
1124
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1453 Batching
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1454 ::::::::
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1455
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1456 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a series
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1457 of batches. Its usage is::
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1458
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1459 python:util.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0, overlap=0)
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1460
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1461 or, to get the current index batch::
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1462
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1463 request/batch
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1464
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1465 The parameters are:
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1466
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1467 ========= ==================================================================
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1468 Parameter Usage
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1469 ========= ==================================================================
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1470 sequence a list of HTMLItems
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1471 size how big to make the sequence.
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1472 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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1473 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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1474 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this
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1475 value, then it is combined with this batch
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1476 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
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1477 ========= ==================================================================
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1478
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1479 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
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1480 addition, it has several more attributes:
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1481
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1482 =============== ============================================================
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1483 Attribute Description
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1484 =============== ============================================================
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1485 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Note: unlike the
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1486 argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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1487 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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1488 index*
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1489 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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1490 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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1491 =============== ============================================================
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1492
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1493 And several methods:
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1494
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1495 =============== ============================================================
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1496 Method Description
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1497 =============== ============================================================
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1498 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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1499 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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1500 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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1501 when compared to the last item
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1502 =============== ============================================================
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1503
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1504 An example of batching::
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1505
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1506 <table class="otherinfo">
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1507 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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1508 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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1509 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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1510 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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1511 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">keyword here</td>
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1512 </tr>
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1513 </table>
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1514
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1515 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of the
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1516 "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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1517
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1518 Displaying Properties
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1519 ---------------------
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1520
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1521 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices, in
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1522 editors, and as search arguments.
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1523 For each type of property, there are several display possibilities.
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1524 For example, in an index view, a string property may just be
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1525 printed as a plain string, but in an editor view, that property may be
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1526 displayed in an editable field.
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1527
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1529 Index Views
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1530 -----------
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1531
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1532 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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1533 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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1534
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1535 Index View Specifiers
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1536 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1537
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1538 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has been
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1539 added for clarity)::
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1540
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1541 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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1542 topic=security,ui&
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1543 :group=+priority&
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1544 :sort==activity&
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1545 :filters=status,topic&
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1546 :columns=title,status,fixer
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1547
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1548 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout part and
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1549 the filter part. The layout part consists of the query parameters that begin
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1550 with colons, and it determines the way that the properties of selected items
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1551 are displayed. The filter part consists of all the other query parameters, and
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1552 it determines the criteria by which items are selected for display.
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1553 The filter part is interactively manipulated with the form widgets displayed in
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1554 the filter section. The layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on
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1555 the column headings in the table.
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1556
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1557 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values matching any
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1558 specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets of items with values
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1559 matching any specified Multilink properties.
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1560
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1561 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a "status" of
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1562 either "unread" or "in-progres" or "resolved" are displayed, and only items
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1563 with "topic" values including both "security" and "ui" are displayed. The items
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1564 are grouped by priority, arranged in ascending order; and within groups, sorted
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1565 by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter section shows filters for
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1566 the "status" and "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the
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1567 "title", "status", and "fixer" properties.
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1568
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1569 Searching Views
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1570 ---------------
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1571
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1572 Note: if you add a new column to the ``:columns`` form variable potentials
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1573 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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1574 template so it is actually displayed.
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1575
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1576 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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1577 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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1578 ``:action`` variable. The "search" action:
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1579
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1580 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text searching
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1581 - sets the ``:filter`` variable correctly
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1582 - saves the query off if ``:query_name`` is set.
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1583
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1584 The searching page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the user
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1585 to search one. If your schema contains a large number of properties, you
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1586 should be wary of making all of those properties available for searching, as
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1587 this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are Strings, consider
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1588 having their value indexed, and then they will be searchable using the full
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1589 text indexed search. This is both faster, and more useful for the end user.
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1590
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1591 The two special form values on search pages which are handled by the "search"
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1592 action are:
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1593
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1594 :search_text
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1595 Text to perform a search of the text index with. Results from that search
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1596 will be used to limit the results of other filters (using an intersection
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1597 operation)
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1598 :query_name
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1599 If supplied, the search parameters (including :search_text) will be saved
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1600 off as a the query item and registered against the user's queries property.
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1601 Note that the *classic* template schema has this ability, but the *minimal*
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1602 template schema does not.
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1603
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1604
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1605 Item Views
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1606 ----------
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1607
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1608 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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1609 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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1610 "history" section.
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1611
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1612
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1613
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1614 Editor Section
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1615 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1616
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1617 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a
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1618 static display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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1619
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1620 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default "classic"
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1621 template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item" template)::
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1622
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1623 <table class="form">
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1624 <tr>
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1625 <th nowrap>Title</th>
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1626 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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1627 </tr>
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1628
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1629 <tr>
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1630 <th nowrap>Priority</th>
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1631 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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1632 <th nowrap>Status</th>
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1633 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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1634 </tr>
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1635
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1636 <tr>
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1637 <th nowrap>Superseder</th>
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1638 <td>
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1639 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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1640 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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1641 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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1642 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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1643 </span>
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1644 </td>
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1645 <th nowrap>Nosy List</th>
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1646 <td>
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1647 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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1648 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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1649 </td>
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1650 </tr>
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1651
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1652 <tr>
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1653 <th nowrap>Assigned To</th>
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1654 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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1655 assignedto menu
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1656 </td>
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1657 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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1658 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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1659 </tr>
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1660
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1661 <tr>
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1662 <th nowrap>Change Note</th>
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1663 <td colspan=3>
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1664 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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1665 </td>
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1666 </tr>
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1668 <tr>
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1669 <th nowrap>File</th>
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1670 <td colspan=3><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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1671 </tr>
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1672
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1673 <tr>
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1674 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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1675 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure context/submit">
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1676 submit button will go here
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1677 </td>
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1678 </tr>
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1681
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1682 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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1683 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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1684 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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1685 standard change note message generated by Roundup.
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1686
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1687 Spool Section
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1688 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1689
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1690 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files of
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1691 an issue.
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1692
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1693 TODO
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1694
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1695
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1696 History Section
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1697 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1698
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1699 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database journal.
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1700 This is generally generated with the template::
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1701
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1702 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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1703
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1704 *To be done:*
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1705
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1706 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual templating
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1707 through the "journal" method of the item*::
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1708
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1709 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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1710 a journal entry
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1711 </tal:block>
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1712
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1713 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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1714
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1715 Defining new web actions
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1716 ------------------------
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1717
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1718 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``:action`` form variable.
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1719 These are added to the tracker ``interfaces.py`` as methods on the ``Client``
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1720 class.
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1721
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1722 Adding action methods takes three steps; first you `define the new action
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1723 method`_, then you `register the action method`_ with the cgi interface so
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1724 it may be triggered by the ``:action`` form variable. Finally you actually
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1725 `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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1726
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1727 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues`_"
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1728 for an example.
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1729
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1730 Define the new action method
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1731 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1732
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1733 The action methods have the following interface::
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1734
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1735 def myActionMethod(self):
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1736 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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1737 '''
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1738
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1739 The *self* argument is an instance of your tracker ``instance.Client`` class -
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1740 thus it's mostly implemented by ``roundup.cgi.Client``. See the docstring of
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1741 that class for details of what it can do.
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1742
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1743 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents. It
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1744 may then:
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1745
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1746 - add information to ``self.ok_message`` or ``self.error_message``
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1747 - change the ``self.template`` variable to alter what the user will see next
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1748 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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1749 exceptions
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1750
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1751
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1752 Register the action method
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1753 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1754
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1755 The method is now written, but isn't available to the user until you add it to
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1756 the `instance.Client`` class ``actions`` variable, like so::
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1757
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1758 actions = client.Class.actions + (
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1759 ('myaction', 'myActionMethod'),
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1760 )
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1761
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1762 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action method we defined.
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1763
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1764
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1765 Use the new action
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1766 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1767
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1768 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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1769
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1770 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="myaction">
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1771
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1772 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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1773
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1775 Examples
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1776 ========
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1777
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1778 .. contents::
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1779 :local:
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1780 :depth: 1
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1781
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1782 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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1783 ----------------------------------------
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1784
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1785 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (ie. a selection of
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1786 distinct values) to your tracker.
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1787
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1788 Introduction
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1789 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1790
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1791 To make the classic schema of roundup useful as a todo tracking system
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1792 for a group of systems administrators, it needed an extra data field
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1793 per issue: a category.
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1794
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1795 This would let sysads quickly list all todos in their particular
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1796 area of interest without having to do complex queries, and without
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1797 relying on the spelling capabilities of other sysads (a losing
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1798 proposition at best).
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1800 Adding a field to the database
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1801 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1803 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a plain
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1804 string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need to add
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1805 some lines to the ``open()`` function in ``dbinit.py`` under the comment::
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1806
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1807 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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1808
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1809 add::
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1811 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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1812 category.setkey("name")
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1813
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1814 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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1815 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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1816 lack of a more imaginative title. Then we are setting the key of this chunk
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1817 of the database to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for
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1818 database types. This also means that there can only be one category with a
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1819 given name.
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1820
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1821 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not tied
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1822 to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of categories
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1823 off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in with the issues.
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1824 To do that, find the lines in the ``open()`` function in ``dbinit.py`` which
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1825 set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to the category::
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1826
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1827 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... , category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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1828
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1829 The Multilink() means that each issue can have many categories. If you were
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1830 adding something with a more one to one relationship use Link() instead.
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1831
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1832 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort is
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1833 fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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1834
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1835 Populating the new category class
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1836 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1837
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1838 If you haven't initialised the database with the roundup-admin "initialise"
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1839 command, then you can add the following to the tracker ``dbinit.py`` in the
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1840 ``init()`` function under the comment::
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1841
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1842 # add any additional database create steps here - but only if you
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1843 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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1844
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1845 add::
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1846
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1847 category = db.getclass('category')
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1848 category.create(name="scipy", order="1")
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1849 category.create(name="chaco", order="2")
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1850 category.create(name="weave", order="3")
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1851
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1852 If the database is initalised, the you need to use the roundup-admin tool::
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1853
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1854 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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1855 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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1856 Type "help" for help.
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1857 roundup> create category name=scipy order=1
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1858 1
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1859 roundup> create category name=chaco order=1
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1860 2
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1861 roundup> create category name=weave order=1
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1862 3
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1863 roundup> exit...
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1864 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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1865
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1866
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1867 Setting up security on the new objects
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1868 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1870 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This doesn't
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1871 suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories as
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1872 required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the categories of
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1873 issues for it to be useful.
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1874
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1875 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This is
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1876 also done in the ``open()`` function of ``dbinit.py``.
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1877
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1878 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign them
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1879 to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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1880
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1881 # new permissions for this schema
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1882 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'user', 'category':
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1883 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass=cl,
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1884 description="User is allowed to edit "+cl)
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1885 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass=cl,
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1886 description="User is allowed to access "+cl)
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1887
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1888 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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1889 # to regular users now
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1890 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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1891 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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1892 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1893 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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1894 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1895
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1896 So you are in effect doing the following::
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1897
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1898 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass='category',
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1899 description="User is allowed to edit "+'category')
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1900 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='category',
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1901 description="User is allowed to access "+'category')
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1902
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1903 which is creating two permission types; that of editing and viewing
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1904 "category" objects respectively. Then the following lines assign those new
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1905 permissions to the "User" role, so that normal users can view and edit
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1906 "category" objects::
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1907
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1908 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'category')
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1909 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1910
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1911 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'category')
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1912 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1914 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will store
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1915 categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the interface
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1916 stuff.
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1917
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1918 Changing the web left hand frame
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1921 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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1922 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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1923 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks is
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1924 ``html/page``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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1925
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1926 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of "classblock"
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1927 sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or excluded in the
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1928 output depending on whether the condition in the classblock is met. Under
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1929 the end of the classblock for issue is where we are going to add the
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1930 category code::
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1931
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1932 <p class="classblock"
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1933 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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1934 <b>Categories</b><br>
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1935 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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1936 href="category?:template=item">New Category<br></a>
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1937 </p>
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1938
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1939 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a condition
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1940 that only users who have "View" permission to the "category" object will
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1941 have this section included in their output. Next comes a plain "Categories"
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1942 header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will get that.
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1943
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1944 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will only
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1945 appear if the condition is matched: that condition being that the user has
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1946 "Edit" permissions for the "category" objects. If they do have permission
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1947 then they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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1948 categories.
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1950 Note that if you have permission to view but not edit categories then all
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1951 you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath it. This is
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1952 obviously not very good interface design, but will do for now. I just claim
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1953 that it is so I can add more links in this section later on. However to fix
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1954 the problem you could change the condition in the classblock statement, so
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1955 that only users with "Edit" permission would see the "Categories" stuff.
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1957 Setting up a page to edit categories
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1958 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1960 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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1961 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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1962 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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1963
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1964 The link was for the item template for the category object. This translates
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1965 into the system looking for a file called ``category.item`` in the ``html``
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1966 tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to write now.
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1968 First we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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1969 of the code at all but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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1970 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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1971 from which files by looking for these comments::
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1973 <!-- category.item -->
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1974
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1975 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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1976 trappings::
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1978 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1979 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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1980 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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1981 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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1982 </td>
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1983 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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1985 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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1986 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the form
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1987 through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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1988 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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1989 multiple times::
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1991 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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1992 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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1993
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1994 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that we
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1995 require the user to enter. There will be only one field, that of "name", so
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1996 they user better put something in it otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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1997
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1998 <input type="hidden" name=":required" value="name">
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1999
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2000 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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2001 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is happening::
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2003 <table class="form">
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2004 <tr><th class="header" colspan=2>Category</th></tr>
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2005
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2006 Next we need the actual field that the user is going to enter the new
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2007 category. The "context.name.field(size=60)" bit tells roundup to generate a
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2008 normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field will be the
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2009 "name" variable of the current context (which is "category"). The upshot of
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2010 this is that when the user types something in to the form, a new category
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2011 will be created with that name::
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2012
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2013 <tr>
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2014 <th nowrap>Name</th>
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2015 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">name</td>
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2016 </tr>
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2017
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2018 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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2020 <tr>
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2021 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2022 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2023 submit button will go here
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2024 </td>
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2025 </tr>
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2026
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2027 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL stuff::
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2028
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2029 </td>
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2030 </tal:block>
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2031
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2032 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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2033
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2034 <!-- category.item -->
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2035 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2036 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2037 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2038 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2039 </td>
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2040 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2041 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2042 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2043
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2044 <input type="hidden" name=":required" value="name">
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2045
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2046 <table class="form">
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2047 <tr><th class="header" colspan=2>Category</th></tr>
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2048
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2049 <tr>
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2050 <th nowrap>Name</th>
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2051 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">name</td>
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2052 </tr>
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2053
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2054 <tr>
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2055 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2056 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2057 submit button will go here
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2058 </td>
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2059 </tr>
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2060 </table>
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2061 </form>
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2062 </td>
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2063 </tal:block>
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2065 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but
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2066 there is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do
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2067 its work. To add another field to "category" would involve one more line
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2068 (well maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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2069
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2070 Adding the category to the issue
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2071 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2072
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2073 We now have the ability to create issues to our hearts content, but
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2074 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
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2075 the ``html/category.item`` file was used to define how to add a new
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2076 category, the ``html/issue.item`` is used to define how a new issue is
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2077 created.
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2078
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2079 Just like ``category.issue`` this file defines a form which has a table to lay
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2080 things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new stuff,
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2081 it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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2082
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2083 <th nowrap>Category</th>
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2084 <td><span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
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2085 <span tal:replace="structure db/category/classhelp" />
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2086 </td>
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2087
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2088 First we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next section
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2089 is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in. This
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2090 ``context/category/field`` gets replaced with a field which contains the
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2091 category in the current context (the current context being the new issue).
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2092
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2093 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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2094 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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2095
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2096 Searching on categories
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2097 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2099 We can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next obvious
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2100 thing that we would like to be would be to search issues based on their
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2101 category, so that any one working on the web server could look at all
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2102 issues in the category "Web" for example.
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2103
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2104 If you look in the html/page file and look for the "Search Issues" you will
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2105 see that it looks something like ``<a href="issue?:template=search">Search
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2106 Issues</a>`` which shows us that when you click on "Search Issues" it will
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2107 be looking for a ``issue.search`` file to display. So that is indeed the file
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2108 that we are going to change.
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2109
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2110 If you look at this file it should be starting to seem familiar. It is a
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2111 simple HTML form using a table to define structure. You can add the new
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2112 category search code anywhere you like within that form::
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2113
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2114 <tr>
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2115 <th>Category:</th>
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2116 <td>
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2117 <select name="category">
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2118 <option value="">don't care</option>
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2119 <option value="">------------</option>
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2120 <option tal:repeat="s db/category/list" tal:attributes="value s/name"
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2121 tal:content="s/name">category to filter on</option>
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2122 </select>
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2123 </td>
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2124 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category" checked></td>
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2125 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort" value="category"></td>
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2126 <td><input type="radio" name=":group" value="category"></td>
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2127 </tr>
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2129 Most of this is straightforward to anyone who knows HTML. It is just
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2130 setting up a select list followed by a checkbox and a couple of radio
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2131 buttons.
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2132
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2133 The ``tal:repeat`` part repeats the tag for every item in the "category"
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2134 table and setting "s" to be each category in turn.
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2135
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2136 The ``tal:attributes`` part is setting up the ``value=`` part of the option tag
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2137 to be the name part of "s" which is the current category in the loop.
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2138
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2139 The ``tal:content`` part is setting the contents of the option tag to be the
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2140 name part of "s" again. For objects more complex than category, obviously
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2141 you would put an id in the value, and the descriptive part in the content;
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2142 but for category they are the same.
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2144 Adding category to the default view
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2145 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2147 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search issues
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2148 based on categories. This is everything that we need to do, however there
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2149 is some more icing that we would like. I think the category of an issue is
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2150 important enough that it should be displayed by default when listing all
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2151 the issues.
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2152
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2153 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The code
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2154 defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index``. This is a large table
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2155 with a form down the bottom for redisplaying and so forth.
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2156
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2157 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
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2158
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2159 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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2160
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2161 The condition part of this statement is so that if the user has selected
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2162 not to see the Category column then they won't.
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2163
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2164 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
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2165 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means that
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2166 every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
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2167
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2168 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
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2169
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2170 <td tal:condition="request/show/category" tal:content="i/category"></td>
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2171
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2172 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
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2173 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the content
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2174 of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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2175
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2176 Finally we have to edit ``html/page`` again. This time to tell it that when the
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2177 user clicks on "Unnasigned Issues" or "All Issues" that the category should
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2178 be displayed. If you scroll down the page file, you can see the links with
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2179 lots of options. The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one
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2180 which tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
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2181 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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2182
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2183
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2184 Adding in state transition control
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2185 ----------------------------------
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2186
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2187 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states that users may move issues
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2188 to.
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2189
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2190 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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2191 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item`` template::
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2192
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2193 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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2194
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2195 this will force users to select a status.
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2196
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2197 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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2198
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2199 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'), ...)
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2200
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2201 and then edit the statuses already created either:
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2202
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2203 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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2204 b. using the roundup-admin "set" command.
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2205
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2206 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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2207 ``detectors`` directory::
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2208
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2209 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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2210 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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2211 property.
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2212 '''
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2213 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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2214 return
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2215 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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2216 new = newvalues['status']
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2217 if new == current:
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2218 return
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2219 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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2220 if new not in ok:
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2221 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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2222 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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2223
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2224 def init(db):
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2225 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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2226
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2227 4. in the ``issue.item`` template, change the status editing bit from::
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2228
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2229 <th nowrap>Status</th>
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2230 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2231
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2232 to::
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2233
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2234 <th nowrap>Status</th>
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2235 <td>
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2236 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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2237 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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2238 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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2239 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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2240 tal:attributes="value state/id;
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2241 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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2242 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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2243 </tal:block>
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2244 </select>
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2245 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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2246 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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2247 </td>
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2248
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2249 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
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2250
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2251
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2252 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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2253 ------------------------------------------------------
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2254
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2255 Alter the issue.item template section for messages to::
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2256
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2257 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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2258 <tr><th colspan=5 class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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2259 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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2260 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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2261 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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2262 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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2263 <td nowrap tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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2264 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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2265 <td>
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2266 <a tal:attributes="href string:?:remove:messages=${msg/id}&:action=edit">remove</a>
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2267 </td>
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2268 </tr>
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2269 </table>
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2270
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2271 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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2272 -----------------------------------------------------------
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2273
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2274 1. In your tracker's "dbinit.py", create a new Role, say "Developer"::
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2275
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2276 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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2277
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2278 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to "issue"::
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2279
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2280 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
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2281 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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2282
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2283 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
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2284
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2285 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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2286
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2287 4. In the issue item edit page ("html/issue.item" in your tracker dir), use
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2288 the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto" list::
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2289
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diff changeset
2290 <select name="assignedto">
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2291 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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2292 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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2293 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission('Fixer', context._classname)"
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2294 tal:attributes="value user/id;
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2295 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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2296 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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2297 </tal:block>
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2298 </select>
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2299
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2300 For extra security, you may wish to set up an auditor to enforce the
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2301 Permission requirement (install this as "assignedtoFixer.py" in your tracker
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2302 "detectors" directory)::
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2303
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2304 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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2305 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is a used with the Fixer
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2306 Permission
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2307 '''
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2308 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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2309 # don't care
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2310 return
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2311
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2312 # get the userid
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2313 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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2314 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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2315 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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2316
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2317 def init(db):
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2318 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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2319 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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2320
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2321 So now, if the edit attempts to set the assignedto to a user that doesn't have
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2322 the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
1147
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2323
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2324
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2325 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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2326 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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2327
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2328 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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2329 is going to be a two-step process, first figuring out what category of
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2330 issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to that
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2331 category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining what the
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2332 category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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2333
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2334 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2335 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2336 <input type="hidden" name=":template" value="add_page1">
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2337 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="page1submit">
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2338
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2339 <strong>Category:</strong>
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2340 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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2341 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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2342 </form>
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2343
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2344 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the addition of
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2345 the following form fragments::
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2346
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2347 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2348 enctype="multipart/form-data" tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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2349 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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2350
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2351 <input type="hidden" name=":template" value="add_page2">
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2352 <input type="hidden" name=":required" value="title">
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2353 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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2354
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2355 .
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2356 .
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2357 .
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2358 </form>
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2359
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2360 Note that later in the form, I test the value of "cat" include form
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2361 elements that are appropriate. For example::
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2362
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2363 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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2364 <tr>
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2365 <th nowrap>Operating System</th>
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2366 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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2367 </tr>
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2368 <tr>
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2369 <th nowrap>Web Browser</th>
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2370 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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2371 </tr>
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2372 </tal:block>
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2373
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2374 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one of 6,
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2375 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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2376
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2377 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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2378 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now
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2379 encode those actions in methods on the interfaces Client class and insert
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2380 hooks to those actions in the "actions" attribute on that class, like so::
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2381
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2382 actions = client.Client.actions + (
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2383 ('page1_submit', 'page1SubmitAction'),
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2384 )
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2385
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2386 def page1SubmitAction(self):
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2387 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move on
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2388 to page 2.
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2389 '''
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2390 category = self.form['category'].value
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2391 if category == '-1':
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2392 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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2393 return
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2394 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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2395 self.template = 'add_page2'
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2396
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2397 4. Use the usual "new" action as the :action on the final page, and you're
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2398 done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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2399
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2400
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2401 Using an external password validation source
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2402 --------------------------------------------
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2403
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2404 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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2405 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of users.
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2406 Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the password is
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2407 encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see the ``crypt``
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2408 module in your Python distribution). An example entry would be::
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2409
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2410 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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2411
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2412 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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2413 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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2414 add the following code to our ``Client`` class in the tracker home
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2415 ``interfaces.py`` module::
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2416
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2417 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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2418 # get the user's username
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2419 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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2420
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2421 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the tracker
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2422 # home
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2423 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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2424
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2425 # see if we can find a match
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2426 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in open(file).readlines()]:
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2427 if ent[0] == username:
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2428 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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2429
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2430 # user doesn't exist in the file
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2431 return 0
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2432
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2433 What this does is look through the file, line by line, looking for a name that
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2434 matches.
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2435
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2436 We also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item`` template.
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2437
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2438
1244
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2439 Adding a "vacation" flag to users for stopping nosy messages
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2440 ------------------------------------------------------------
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2441
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2442 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll start to
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2443 see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on vacation". Not
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2444 very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
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2445
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2446 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
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2447
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2448 user = Class(db, "user",
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2449 username=String(), password=Password(),
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2450 address=String(), realname=String(),
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2451 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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2452 alternate_addresses=String(),
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2453 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
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2454 vacation=Boolean())
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2455
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2456 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
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2457 following to your ``user.item`` template::
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2458
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2459 <tr>
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2460 <th>On Vacation</th>
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2461 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
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2462 </tr>
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2463
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2464 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
1244
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2465 consists of::
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2466
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2467 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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2468 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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2469 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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2470 try:
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2471 users = db.user
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2472 messages = db.msg
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2473
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2474 # figure the recipient ids
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2475 sendto = []
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2476 r = {}
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2477 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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2478 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
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2479 r[recipid] = 1
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2480
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2481 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received the
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2482 # message
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2483 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
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2484
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2485 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as they aren't
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2486 # anonymous
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2487 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
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2488 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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2489 sendto.append(authid)
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2490 r[authid] = 1
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2491
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2492 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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2493 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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2494 for nosyid in nosy:
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2495 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that user
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2496 # shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just in case they
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2497 # do...)
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2498 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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2499 continue
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2500 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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2501 if not r.has_key(nosyid):
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2502 # send it to them
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2503 sendto.append(nosyid)
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2504 recipients.append(nosyid)
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2505
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2506 # generate a change note
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2507 if oldvalues:
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2508 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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2509 else:
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2510 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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2511
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2512 # we have new recipients
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2513 if sendto:
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2514 # filter out the people on vacation
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2515 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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2516
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2517 # map userids to addresses
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2518 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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2519
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2520 # update the message's recipients list
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2521 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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2522
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2523 # send the message
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2524 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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2525 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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2526 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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2527
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2528 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small addition
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2529 of::
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2530
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2531 # filter out the people on vacation
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2532 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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2533
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2534 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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2535
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2536
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2537 Adding a time log to your issues
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2538 --------------------------------
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2539
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2540 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and be
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2541 able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
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2542
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2543 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``dbinit.py``::
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2544
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2545 # storage for time logging
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2546 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
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2547
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2548 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry creation
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2549 through the standard property "creation".
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2550
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2551 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in ``dbinit.py``)::
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2552
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2553 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2554 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2555 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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2556 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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2557
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2558 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
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2559
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2560 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web interface
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2561 we'll have a new entry field, just below the change note box::
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2562
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2563 <tr>
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2564 <th nowrap>Time Log</th>
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2565 <td colspan=3><input name=":timelog">
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2566 (enter as "3y 1m 4d 2:40:02" or parts thereof)
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2567 </td>
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2568 </tr>
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2569
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2570 Note that we've made up a new form variable, but since we place a colon ":"
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2571 in front of it, it won't clash with any existing property variables. The
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2572 names you *can't* use are ``:note``, ``:file``, ``:action``, ``:required``
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2573 and ``:template``. These variables are described in the section
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2574 `performing actions in web requests`_.
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2575
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2576 4. We also need to handle this new field in the CGI interface - the way to
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2577 do this is through implementing a new form action (see `Setting up a
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2578 "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues`_ for another example
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2579 where we implemented a new CGI form action).
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2580
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2581 In this case, we'll want our action to:
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2582
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2583 1. create a new "timelog" entry,
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2584 2. fake that the issue's "times" property has been edited, and then
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2585 3. call the normal CGI edit action handler.
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2586
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2587 The code to do this is::
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2588
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2589 class Client(client.Client):
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2590 ''' derives basic CGI implementation from the standard module,
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2591 with any specific extensions
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2592 '''
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2593 actions = client.Client.actions + (
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2594 ('edit_with_timelog', 'timelogEditAction'),
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2595 ('new_with_timelog', 'timelogEditAction'),
1406
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2596 )
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2597
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2598 def timelogEditAction(self):
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2599 ''' Handle the creation of a new time log entry if necessary.
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2600
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2601 If we create a new entry, fake up a CGI form value for the
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2602 altered "times" property of the issue being edited.
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2603
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2604 Punt to the regular edit action when we're done.
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2605 '''
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2606 # if there's a timelog value specified, create an entry
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2607 if self.form.has_key(':timelog') and \
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2608 self.form[':timelog'].value.strip():
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2609 period = Interval(self.form[':timelog'].value)
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2610 # create it
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2611 newid = self.db.timelog.create(period=period)
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2612
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2613 # if we're editing an existing item, get the old timelog value
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2614 if self.nodeid:
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2615 l = self.db.issue.get(self.nodeid, 'times')
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2616 l.append(newid)
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2617 else:
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2618 l = [newid]
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2619
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2620 # now make the fake CGI form values
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2621 for entry in l:
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2622 self.form.list.append(MiniFieldStorage('times', entry))
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2623
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2624 # punt to the normal edit action
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2625 if self.nodeid:
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2626 return self.editItemAction()
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2627 else:
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2628 return self.newItemAction()
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2629
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2630 you add this code to your Client class in your tracker's ``interfaces.py``
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2631 file. Locate the section that looks like::
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2632
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2633 class Client:
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2634 ''' derives basic CGI implementation from the standard module,
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2635 with any specific extensions
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2636 '''
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2637 pass
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2638
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2639 and insert this code in place of the ``pass`` statement.
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2640
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2641 5. You'll also need to modify your ``issue.item`` form submit action so it
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2642 calls the time logging action we just created. The current template will
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2643 look like this::
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2644
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2645 <tr>
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2646 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2647 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2648 submit button will go here
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2649 </td>
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2650 </tr>
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2651
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2652 replace it with this::
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2653
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2654 <tr>
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2655 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2656 <td colspan=3>
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2657 <tal:block tal:condition="context/id">
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2658 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="edit_with_timelog">
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2659 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Changes">
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2660 </tal:block>
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2661 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id">
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2662 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="new_with_timelog">
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2663 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit New Issue">
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2664 </tal:block>
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2665 </td>
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2666 </tr>
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2667
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2668 The important change is setting the action to "edit_with_timelog" for
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2669 edit operations (where the item exists) and "new_with_timelog" for
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2670 creations operations.
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2671
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2672 6. We want to display a total of the time log times that have been accumulated
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2673 for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write some Python code,
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2674 since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to perform such calculations.
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2675 We do this by adding a method to the TemplatingUtils class in our tracker
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2676 ``interfaces.py`` module::
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2677
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2678 class TemplatingUtils:
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2679 ''' Methods implemented on this class will be available to HTML
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2680 templates through the 'utils' variable.
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2681 '''
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2682 def totalTimeSpent(self, times):
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2683 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an Interval
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2684 "period" property)
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2685 '''
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2686 total = Interval('')
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2687 for time in times:
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2688 total += time.period._value
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2689 return total
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2690
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2691 Replace the ``pass`` line as we did in step 4 above with the Client class.
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2692 As indicated in the docstrings, we will be able to access the
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2693 ``totalTimeSpent`` method via the ``utils`` variable in our templates.
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2694
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2695 7. Display the time log for an issue::
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2696
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2697 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
1270
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2698 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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2699 <tal:block tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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2700 </th></tr>
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2701 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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2702 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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2703 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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2704 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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2705 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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2706 </tr>
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2707 </table>
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2708
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2709 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our use
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2710 of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times for the
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2711 issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically displayed in
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2712 the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours and 40 minutes).
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2713
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2714 8. If you're using a persistent web server - roundup-server or mod_python for
1262
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2715 example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up the code changes.
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2716 When that's done, you'll be able to use the new time logging interface.
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2717
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2718 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
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2719 ---------------------------------------------
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2720
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2721 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It holds
1292
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2722 information on users such as their username, real name, password and primary
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2723 user group.
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2724
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2725 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information, but it
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2726 needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup Roles, vacation
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2727 flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired" users must still exist
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2728 in the user database, unlike some passwd files in which the users are removed
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2729 when they no longer have access to a system.
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2730
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2731 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two user
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diff changeset
2732 stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as described
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2733 in the previous example, `using an external password validation source`_. We
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2734 keep the users lists in sync using a fairly simple script that runs once a
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2735 day, or several times an hour if more immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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2736
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2737 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
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2738 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
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2739
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2740 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
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2741 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
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2742 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
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2743
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2744 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
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2745
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2746 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call to
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2747 ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more information
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2748 though - the user's email address and their roundup Roles. We're going to
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diff changeset
2749 assume that the user's email address is the same as their login name, so we
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2750 just append the domain name to that. The Roles are determined using the
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diff changeset
2751 passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group to an appropriate set of
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2752 Roles.
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2753
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diff changeset
2754 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is as
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2755 follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the tracker we're
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2756 to work on::
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2757
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2758 import sys, os, smtplib
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2759 from roundup import instance, date
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2760
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2761 # open the tracker
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2762 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
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2763 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2764
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2765 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2766
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2767 # read in the users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2768 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'users.passwd')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2769 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
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2770
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2771 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't appear
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2772 in the file)::
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2773
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2774 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
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2775 # "real" users
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2776 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2777
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2778 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2779 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team', 'cs_pool',
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2780 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2781
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2782 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2783
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2784 roles = {
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2785 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
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2786 '502': 'User', # finance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2787 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2788 '504': 'User', # sales
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2789 '505': 'User', # marketing
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2790 }
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2791
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diff changeset
2792 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have the
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2793 tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause, so that
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2794 we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we now do all
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2795 the work::
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2796
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2797 # open the database
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2798 db = tracker.open('admin')
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2799 try:
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2800 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
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2801 msg = []
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2802
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2803 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2804 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
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2805 if user in ignore:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2806 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2807 continue
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2808 keep.append(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2809 try:
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2810 # see if the user exists in the tracker
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2811 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2812
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2813 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2814 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2815 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2816 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2817 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2818 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2819 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2820 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2821 msg.append('ADD %s - %s (%s)'%(user, real, roles[gid]))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2822
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diff changeset
2823 # now check that all the users in the tracker are also in our "keep"
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2824 # list - retire those who aren't
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2825 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2826 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2827 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2828 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2829 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
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2830
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2831 # if we did work, then send email to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2832 if msg:
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diff changeset
2833 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2834 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
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2835
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2836 %s
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2837 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
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2838
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2839 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2840 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2841 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2842 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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2843
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2844 # now we're done - commit the changes
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2845 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2846 finally:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2847 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2848 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2849
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2850 And that's it!
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2851
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2852
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2853 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2854 -------------------------------------------------------------------
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2855
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2856 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the example
1304
61ad556cfc8d working toward 0.5.2 release
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2857 `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into our template
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2858 alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch that shows either
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2859 one or the other. We'll use a new form variable, ``:whole_messages`` to
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2860 achieve this::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2861
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2862 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2863 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/:whole_messages/value | python:0">
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2864 <tr><th colspan=3 class="header">Messages</th>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2865 <th colspan=2 class="header">
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2866 <a href="?:whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2867 </th>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2868 </tr>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2869 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2870 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2871 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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diff changeset
2872 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2873 <td nowrap tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2874 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2875 <td>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2876 <a tal:attributes="href string:?:remove:messages=${msg/id}&:action=edit">remove</a>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2877 </td>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2878 </tr>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2879 </tal:block>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2880
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2881 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/:whole_messages/value | python:0">
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2882 <tr><th colspan=2 class="header">Messages</th>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2883 <th class="header"><a href="?:whole_messages=">show only summaries</a></th>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2884 </tr>
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diff changeset
2885 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2886 <tr>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2887 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2888 <th nowrap tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2889 <th style="text-align: right">
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2890 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?:remove:messages=${msg/id}&:action=edit">remove</a>)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2891 </th>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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2892 </tr>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2893 <tr><td colspan=3 tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2894 </tal:block>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2895 </tal:block>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2896 </table>
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2897
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
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2898
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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2899 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
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2900 -------------------------------------------
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2901
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2902 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
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2903 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on
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2904 is resolved. To achieve this:
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2905
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2906 1. Create a new property on the issue Class, ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``.
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2907 Edit your tracker's dbinit.py file. Where the "issue" class is defined,
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2908 something like::
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2909
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2910 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2911 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2912 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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2913
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2914 add the blockers entry like so::
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2915
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2916 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2917 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
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2918 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2919 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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2920
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2921 2. Add the new "blockers" property to the issue.item edit page, using
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2922 something like::
1559
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2923
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2924 <th nowrap>Waiting On</th>
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2925 <td>
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2926 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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2927 size=20)" />
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2928 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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2929 <span tal:condition="context/blockers" tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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2930 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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2931 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
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2932 </span>
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2933
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2934 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an appropriate
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2935 place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you. Just make sure it
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2936 appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near the "superseders"
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2937 field.
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2938
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2939 3. Create a new detector module (attached) which enforces the rules:
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2940
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2941 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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2942 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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2943
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2944 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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2945
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2946 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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2947 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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2948 '''
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2949 if nodeid is None:
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2950 blockers = []
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2951 else:
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2952 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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2953 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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2954
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2955 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't changed
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2956 if not blockers or not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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2957 return
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2958
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2959 # get the resolved state ID
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2960 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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2961
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2962 # format the info
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2963 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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2964 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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2965 if len(blockers) == 1:
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2966 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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2967 else:
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2968 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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2969
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2970 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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2971 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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2972 raise ValueError, "This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s
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2973
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2974 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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2975 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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2976 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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2977 '''
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2978 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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2979 return
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2980
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2981 # get the resolved state ID
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2982 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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2983
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2984 # interesting?
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2985 if newvalues['status'] != resolved_id:
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2986 return
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2987
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2988 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from their
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2989 # blockers list
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2990 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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2991 for issueid in issues:
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2992 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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2993 if nodeid in blockers:
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2994 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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2995 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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2996
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2997
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2998 def init(db):
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2999 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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3000 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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3001 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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3002
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3003 # can only happen on a set
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3004 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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3005
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3006 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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3007 "detectors" directory.
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3008
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3009 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page URLs
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3010 so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by adding an
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3011 additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For example, the
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3012 existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the tracker's
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3013 "html" directory) looks like this::
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3014
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3015 <a href="issue?:sort=-activity&:group=priority&:filter=status&:columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3016
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3017 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
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3018 ":filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)::
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3019
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3020 <a href="issue?:sort=-activity&:group=priority&:filter=status,blockers@blockers=-1&:columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3021
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3022 That's it. You should now be able to se blockers on your issues. Note that
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3023 if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent on it
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3024 (ie. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal history
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3025 at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to another
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3026 issue's "blockers" property.
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3027
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3028
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3029 -------------------
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3030
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3031 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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3032
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3033 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
1244
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3034 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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3035
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/