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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.70 $
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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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40 Tracker File Description
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42 config.py Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 dbinit.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 interfaces.py Defines the Web and E-Mail interfaces for the tracker
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45 select_db.py Selects the database back-end for the tracker
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46 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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47 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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48 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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49 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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52 Tracker Configuration
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55 The config.py located in your tracker home contains the basic 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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123 "Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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125 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so::
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127 "Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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129 **MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR** - ``'yes'`` or``'no'``
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130 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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132 **ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY** - ``'new'``, ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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133 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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134 If ``'new'`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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138 **ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY** - ``'new'``, ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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139 Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy list?
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140 If ``'new'`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a message
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144 **EMAIL_SIGNATURE_POSITION** - ``'top'``, ``'bottom'`` or ``'none'``
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145 Where to place the email signature in messages that Roundup generates.
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146
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147 **EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT** - ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``
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148 Keep email citations. Citations are the part of e-mail which the sender has
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149 quoted in their reply to previous e-mail.
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150
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151 **EMAIL_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED** - ``'no'``
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152 Preserve the email body as is. Enabiling this will cause the entire message
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153 body to be stored, including all citations and signatures. It should be
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154 either ``'yes'`` or ``'no'``.
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156 **MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS** - ``'issue'`` or ``''``
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157 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email
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158 subjects. To disable, comment out the variable below or leave it blank.
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162 tracker is attempted.::
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164 # roundup home is this package's directory
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165 TRACKER_HOME=os.path.split(__file__)[0]
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167 # The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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168 MAILHOST = 'localhost'
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170 # The domain name used for email addresses.
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171 MAIL_DOMAIN = 'your.tracker.email.domain.example'
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173 # This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in
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174 DATABASE = os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'db')
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176 # This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in
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177 TEMPLATES = os.path.join(TRACKER_HOME, 'html')
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179 # A descriptive name for your roundup tracker
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180 TRACKER_NAME = 'Roundup issue tracker'
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181
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182 # The email address that mail to roundup should go to
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183 TRACKER_EMAIL = 'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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185 # The web address that the tracker is viewable at. This will be included in
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186 # information sent to users of the tracker. The URL MUST include the cgi-bin
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187 # part or anything else that is required to get to the home page of the
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188 # tracker. You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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189 TRACKER_WEB = 'http://tracker.example/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/bugs/'
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190
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191 # The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble
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192 ADMIN_EMAIL = 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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193
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194 # Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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195 # in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From: line is
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196 # usually: "Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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197 # the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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198 # "Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>
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199 EMAIL_FROM_TAG = ""
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200
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201 # Send nosy messages to the author of the message
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202 MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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203
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204 # Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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205 # If 'new' is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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206 # creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the author will be added on followups
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207 # too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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208 ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY = 'new' # one of 'yes', 'no', 'new'
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210 # Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy list?
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211 # If 'new' is used, then the recipients will only be added when a message
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212 # creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the recipients will be added on followups
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213 # too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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214 ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY = 'new' # either 'yes', 'no', 'new'
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216 # Where to place the email signature
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217 EMAIL_SIGNATURE_POSITION = 'bottom' # one of 'top', 'bottom', 'none'
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218
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219 # Keep email citations
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220 EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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221
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222 # Preserve the email body as is
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223 EMAIL_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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225 # Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email
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226 # subjects. To disable, comment out the variable below or leave it blank.
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227 # Examples:
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228 MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS = 'issue' # use "issue" class by default
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229 #MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS = '' # disable (or just comment the var out)
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231 #
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232 # SECURITY DEFINITIONS
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233 #
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234 # define the Roles that a user gets when they register with the tracker
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235 # these are a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. 'Admin,User')
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236 NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES = 'User'
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237 NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES = 'User'
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239 Tracker Schema
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240 ==============
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242 Note: if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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243 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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244 your changes.
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246 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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247 Schemas are defined using Python code in the ``dbinit.py`` module of your
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248 tracker. The "classic" schema looks like this::
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250 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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251 pri.setkey("name")
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252
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253 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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254 stat.setkey("name")
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256 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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257 keyword.setkey("name")
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259 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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260 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(), phone=String())
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261 user.setkey("username")
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263 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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264 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"), files=Multilink("file"))
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266 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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268 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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269 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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270 priority=Link("priority"))
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271 issue.setkey('title')
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273 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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274 ---------------------------------------------------------
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276 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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278 priority
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279 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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281 status
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282 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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284 keyword
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285 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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288 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry for all
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291 msg
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292 Initially empty, will all e-mail messages sent to or generated by
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293 roundup.
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295 file
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296 Initially empty, will all files attached to issues.
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299 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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301 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things: reduction in
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302 the amount of information stored on the issue and more powerful, accurate
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303 searching of issues by priority and status. By only requiring a link on the
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304 issue (which is stored as a single number) we reduce the chance that someone
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305 mis-types a priority or status - or simply makes a new one up.
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310 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored in the
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312 about the class items.
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313 The actual data entered into the database, using class.create() are called
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314 items. They have a special immutable property called id. We sometimes refer to
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315 this as the itemid.
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317 Properties
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318 ~~~~~~~~~~
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320 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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323 * Password properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings. The
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324 default encoding is defined on the roundup.password.Password class.
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325 * Date properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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326 objects.
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327 * Number properties store numeric values.
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328 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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329 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a specified
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330 class. The class is part of the property; the value is an integer, the id
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331 of the chosen item.
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332 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified class.
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335 FileClass
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336 ~~~~~~~~~
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338 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from the rest
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339 of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in the database,
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340 which generally makes databases more efficient, and also allows us to use
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341 command-line tools to operate on the files. They are stored in the files sub-
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342 directory of the db directory in your tracker.
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344 IssueClass
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345 ~~~~~~~~~~
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347 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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348 "superseder" properties.
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349 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and files
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350 related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to users who wish to
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351 be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed" e-mails when messages
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352 are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy reactor (in the detectors
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353 directory) handles this action. The superceder link indicates an issue which
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354 has superceded this one.
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355 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and "creator"
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356 properties.
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357 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was created, and
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358 the value of the "activity" property is the date when any property on the item
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359 was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates on the first and last
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360 records in the item's journal). The "creator" property holds a link to the user
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361 that created the issue.
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363 setkey(property)
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364 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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365
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366 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key property
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367 muse be unique, and allows references to the items in the class by the content
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368 of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by their username, e.g.
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369 let's say that there's an issue in roundup, issue 23. There's also a user,
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370 richard who happens to be user 2. To assign an issue to him, we could do either
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371 of::
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373 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=2
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375 or::
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377 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=richard
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379 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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381 create(information)
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382 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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383
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384 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items in the
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385 "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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388 Examples of adding to your schema
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389 ---------------------------------
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390
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391 TODO
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394 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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395 ============================================
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396 .. _detectors:
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397
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398 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so you're
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399 free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is initliased
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400 via the "roundup-admin initalise" command.
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401
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402 The detectors in your tracker fire before (*auditors*) and after (*reactors*)
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403 changes to the contents of your database. They are Python modules that sit in
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404 your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will have some installed by
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405 default - have a look. You can write new detectors or modify the existing
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406 ones. The existing detectors installed for you are:
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407
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408 **nosyreaction.py**
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409 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending. The nosy
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410 reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added to issues.
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411 The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are changed and figures
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412 what changes need to be made to the nosy list (like adding new authors etc)
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413 **statusauditor.py**
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414 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status from
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415 ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear. It also
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416 provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the status to
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417 ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly defined.
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418
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419 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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420 interface for detectors.
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421
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422 __ design.html
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423
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424 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in the
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425 ``detectors`` directory of the Roundup distribution:
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426
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427 **newissuecopy.py**
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428 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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429 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it before you
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430 use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get email errors!
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431
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432 The detector code::
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433
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434 from roundup import roundupdb
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435
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436 def newissuecopy(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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437 ''' Copy a message about new issues to a team address.
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438 '''
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439 # so use all the messages in the create
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440 change_note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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441
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442 # send a copy to the nosy list
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443 for msgid in cl.get(nodeid, 'messages'):
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444 try:
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445 # note: last arg must be a list
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446 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, change_note, ['team@team.host'])
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447 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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448 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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450 def init(db):
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451 db.issue.react('create', newissuecopy)
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454 Database Content
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455 ================
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456
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457 Note: if you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most likely
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458 need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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459
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460 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status, priority,
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461 resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the tracker is
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462 initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely different in each
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463 case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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464
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465 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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466 Edit the dbinit module in your tracker to alter the items created in using
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467 the create() methods.
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468
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469 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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470 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web interface
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471 to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the name of the class
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472 you wish to change the content of.
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473
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474 You may also use the roundup-admin interface's create, set and retire
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475 methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in question.
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477 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that requires
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478 database content changes.
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481 Access Controls
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482 ===============
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483
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484 A set of Permissions are built in to the security module by default:
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485
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486 - Edit (everything)
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487 - View (everything)
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488
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489 The default interfaces define:
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490
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491 - Web Registration
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492 - Web Access
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493 - Web Roles
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494 - Email Registration
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495 - Email Access
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496
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497 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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498
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499 - Admin (Edit everything, View everything, Web Roles)
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500 - User (Web Access, Email Access)
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501 - Anonymous (Web Registration, Email Registration)
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502
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503 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous" user
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504 gets the "Anonymous" assigned when the database is initialised on installation.
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505 The two default schemas then define:
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506
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507 - Edit issue, View issue (both)
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508 - Edit file, View file (both)
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509 - Edit msg, View msg (both)
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510 - Edit support, View support (extended only)
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511
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512 and assign those Permissions to the "User" Role. Put together, these settings
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513 appear in the ``open()`` function of the tracker ``dbinit.py`` (the following
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514 is taken from the "minimal" template ``dbinit.py``)::
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515
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516 #
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517 # SECURITY SETTINGS
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518 #
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519 # new permissions for this schema
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520 for cl in ('user', ):
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521 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass=cl,
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522 description="User is allowed to edit "+cl)
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523 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass=cl,
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524 description="User is allowed to access "+cl)
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525
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526 # and give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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527 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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528 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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529 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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530 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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531
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532 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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533 # if you don't want them to
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534 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'user')
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535 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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536
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537 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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538 # Role. Choices here are:
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539 # - Allow anonymous users to register through the web
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540 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Registration')
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541 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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542 # - Allow anonymous (new) users to register through the email gateway
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543 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Registration')
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544 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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545
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546
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547 New User Roles
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548 --------------
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549
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550 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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551
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552 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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553 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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555
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556 Changing Access Controls
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557 ------------------------
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558
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559 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new web or
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560 email users get, for example to not give them access to the web interface if
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561 they register through email.
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562
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563 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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564 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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565
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566 Adding a new Permission
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567 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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568
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569 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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570
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571 1. add it to your tracker's dbinit so it is created
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572 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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573 "``roundup-admin security``")
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574 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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575 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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576 interfaces module
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577
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578 Example Scenarios
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579 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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580
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581 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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582 By giving the "anonymous" user the "Email Registration" Role, any
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583 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker (with
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584 no password, so they won't be able to log in through the web until an admin
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585 sets them a password). Note: this is the default behaviour in the tracker
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586 templates that ship with Roundup.
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587
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588 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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589 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access" and ("Edit", "issue") Roles
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590 but not giving them the "Email Registration" Role. This means that when an
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591 unknown user sends email into the tracker, they're automatically logged in
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592 as "anonymous". Since they don't have the "Email Registration" Role, they
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593 won't be automatically registered, but since "anonymous" has permission
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594 to use the gateway, they'll still be able to submit issues. Note that the
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595 Sender information - their email address - will not be available - they're
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596 *anonymous*.
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597
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598 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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599 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a new
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600 Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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601 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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602 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an auditor. See
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603 the example `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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604
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605 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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606 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a new
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607 Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the appropriate
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608 users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved" issue state option
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609 when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce the Permission with
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610 an auditor. This is very similar to the previous example, except that the
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611 web interface check would look like::
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612
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613 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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614 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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615
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616 **don't give users who register through email web access**
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617 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of the
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618 normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will allow users
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619 to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web interface.
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620
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621 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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622 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for editing
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623 users::
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624
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625 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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626 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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627 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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628
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629 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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630
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631
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632 Web Interface
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633 =============
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634
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635 .. contents::
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636 :local:
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637 :depth: 1
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638
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639 The web is provided by the roundup.cgi.client module and is used by
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640 roundup.cgi, roundup-server and ZRoundup.
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641 In all cases, we determine which tracker is being accessed
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642 (the first part of the URL path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass
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643 control on to the tracker interfaces.Client class - which uses the Client class
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644 from roundup.cgi.client - which handles the rest of
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645 the access through its main() method. This means that you can do pretty much
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646 anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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647
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648 Repurcussions of changing the tracker schema
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649 ---------------------------------------------
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650
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651 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure the web
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652 interface knows about it:
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653
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654 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to have
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655 properties added or removed,
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656 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the "home"
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657 page's content arguments.
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658
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659 How requests are processed
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660 --------------------------
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661
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662 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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663
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664 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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665 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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666 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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667 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML output
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668
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669 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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670
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671 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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672 - SendFile (generally raised by determine_context)
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673 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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674 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by determine_context)
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675 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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676 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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677 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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678 message is displayed indicating that permission was not
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679 granted for the action to take place
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680 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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681 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the client
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682
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683 Determining web context
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684 -----------------------
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685
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686 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the special
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687 request variable ``:template``. The URL path after the tracker identifier
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688 is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
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689
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690 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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691 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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692 3. ``/tracker/_file/style.css``
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693 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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694 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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695
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696 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
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697 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "_file/style.css", "file1" and
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698 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
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699 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
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700
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701 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context.
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702 b. if the path starts with "_file" (as in example 3,
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703 "/tracker/_file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
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704 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
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705 from the tracker "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile
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706 exception.
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707 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it identifies
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708 the tracker class we're to display.
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709 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1" and
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710 "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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711 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than
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712 one entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed
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713 to be handling an item of a
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714 FileClass, and the extra path information gives the filename
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715 that the client is going to label the download with (ie
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716 "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1"). This
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717 raises a SendFile exception.
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718
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719 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to
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720 determine the template we're going to use. That's because they
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721 don't actually use templates.
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722
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723 The template used is specified by the ``:template`` CGI variable,
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724 which defaults to:
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725
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726 - only classname suplied: "index"
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727 - full item designator supplied: "item"
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730 Performing actions in web requests
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733 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
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734 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
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735 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
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736 triggered by using a ``:action`` CGI variable, where the value is one of:
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738 **login**
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739 Attempt to log a user in.
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741 **logout**
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742 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
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743
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744 **register**
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745 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then log
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746 them in.
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747
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748 **edit**
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749 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some special form
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750 elements you may use:
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751
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752 :link=designator:property and :multilink=designator:property
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753 The value specifies an item designator and the property on that
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754 item to add *this* item to as a link or multilink.
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755 :note
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756 Create a message and attach it to the current item's
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757 "messages" property.
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758 :file
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759 Create a file and attach it to the current item's
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760 "files" property. Attach the file to the message created from
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761 the :note if it's supplied.
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762 :required=property,property,...
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763 The named properties are required to be filled in the form.
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764 :remove:<propname>=id(s)
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765 The ids will be removed from the multilink property. You may have multiple
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766 :remove:<propname> form elements for a single <propname>.
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767 :add:<propname>=id(s)
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768 The ids will be added to the multilink property. You may have multiple
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769 :add:<propname> form elements for a single <propname>.
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770
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771 **new**
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772 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same special form elements
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773 as in the "edit" action.
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774
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775 **retire**
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776 Retire the item in the database.
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777
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778 **editCSV**
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779 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
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780 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be edited, and
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781 the "_generic.index" template which uses both of these features.
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782
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783 **search**
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784 Mangle some of the form variables.
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785
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786 Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the
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787 filter variables - if they're set to anything other than
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788 "dontcare" then add them to :filter.
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789
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790 Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to
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791 the user's query list.
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792
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793 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding *actionAction* (where
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794 "action" is the name of the action) method on
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795 the roundup.cgi.Client class, which also happens to be in your tracker as
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796 interfaces.Client. So if you need to define new actions, you may add them
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797 there (see `defining new web actions`_).
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798
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799 Each action also has a corresponding *actionPermission* (where
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800 "action" is the name of the action) method which determines
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801 whether the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission
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802 checks are:
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803
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804 **login**
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805 Determine whether the user has permission to log in.
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806 Base behaviour is to check the user has "Web Access".
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807 **logout**
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808 No permission checks are made.
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809 **register**
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810 Determine whether the user has permission to register
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811 Base behaviour is to check the user has "Web Registration".
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812 **edit**
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813 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item.
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814 Base behaviour is to check the user can edit this class. If we're
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815 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own
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816 details. Unless it's the "roles" property, which requires the
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817 special Permission "Web Roles".
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818 **new**
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819 Determine whether the user has permission to create (edit) this item.
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820 Base behaviour is to check the user can edit this class. No
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821 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items
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822 may be created if the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
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823 **editCSV**
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824 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
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825 Base behaviour is to check the user can edit this class.
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826 **search**
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827 Determine whether the user has permission to search this class.
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828 Base behaviour is to check the user can view this class.
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829
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831 Default templates
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832 -----------------
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833
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834 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the templates in
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835 the tracker **html** directory. There are several types of files in there:
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836
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837 **page**
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838 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When you
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839 view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an index, it
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840 also appears inside this template. This template defines a macro called
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841 "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a coating for their
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842 content, using its "content" slot. It will also define the "head_title"
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843 and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page title.
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844 **home**
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845 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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846 **home.classlist**
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847 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the tracker
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848 **classname.item**
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849 displays an item of the *classname* class
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850 **classname.index**
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851 displays a list of *classname* items
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852 **classname.search**
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853 displays a search page for *classname* items
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854 **_generic.index**
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855 used to display a list of items where there is no *classname*.index available
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856 **_generic.help**
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857 used to display a "class help" page where there is no *classname*.help
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858 **user.register**
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859 a special page just for the user class that renders the registration page
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860 **style.css**
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861 a static file that is served up as-is
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862
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863 Note: Remember that you can create any template extension you want to, so
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864 if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues, you can
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865 copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then access the
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866 test template using the ":template" URL argument::
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867
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868 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?:template=test
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869
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870 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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871
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872
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873 How the templates work
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874 ----------------------
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875
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876 Basic Templating Actions
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877 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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878
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879 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on your template tags.
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880 These attributes form the Template Attribute Language, or TAL. The basic tag
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881 commands are:
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882
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883 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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884 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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885 example::
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886
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887 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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888 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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889 </html>
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890
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891 In the example, the variable "title" is defined as being the result of the
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892 expression "request/description". The tal:content command inside the <html>
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893 tag may then use the "title" variable.
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894
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895 **tal:condition="expression"**
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896 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For example::
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897
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898 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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899 Display some issue information.
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900 </p>
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901
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902 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if the
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903 user has the View permission for issues. We consider the number zero, a
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904 blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable nothing to be false
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905 values. Nearly every other value is true, including non-zero numbers, and
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906 strings with anything in them (even spaces!).
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907
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908 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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909 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence that the
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910 expression returns, defining a new local variable and a special "repeat"
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911 variable for each element. For example::
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912
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913 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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914 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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915 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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916 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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917 </tr>
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918
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919 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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920 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry.
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921
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922 **tal:replace="expression"**
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923 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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924
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925 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname"></span>
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926
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927 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the user's
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928 realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the resultant output
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929 would be "Bruce".
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930
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932 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression. For
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933 example::
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934
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935 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here</span>
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936
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937 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the user's
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938 realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the resultant output
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939 would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
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941 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
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942 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For example::
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943
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944 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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945
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946 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the value of
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947 the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will be something
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948 like "user123".
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949
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950 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
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951 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
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952 example::
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953
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954 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
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955
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956 would result in output of::
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957
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958 Hello, world!
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959
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960 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above, so
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961 *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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962
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963 Additionally, a tag is defined, tal:block, which is removed from output. Its
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964 content is not, but the tag itself is (so don't go using any tal:attributes
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965 commands on it). This is useful for making arbitrary blocks of HTML
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966 conditional or repeatable (very handy for repeating multiple table rows,
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967 which would othewise require an illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
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970 Templating Expressions
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971 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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972
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973 The expressions you may use in the attibute values may be one of the following
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974 forms:
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976 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
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977 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the path
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978 ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``, ``status``
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979 and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the expression.
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980 We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or failing that, a
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981 ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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982 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object we're
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983 left with is evaluated to get a string - methods are called, objects are
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984 stringified. Path expressions may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, though
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985 they are the default expression type, so it's not necessary.
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987 If an expression evaluates to ``default`` then the expression is
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988 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will remain
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989 (tag content in the case of tal:content, attributes in the case of
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990 tal:attributes).
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991
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992 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the expression
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993 is removed (tag content in the case of tal:content, attributes in the case
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994 of tal:attributes and the tag itself in the case of tal:replace).
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995
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996 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
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997 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the expression
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998 ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave the current HTML
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999 in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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1001 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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1002 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can be just
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1003 plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The expression in the
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1004 ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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1005
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1006 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
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1007 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
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1008 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would be
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1009 equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that ``checklist`` is
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1010 a method.
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1011
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1012 Template Macros
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1013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1015 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common page
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1016 stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro you'll use
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1017 is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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1018
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1019 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special attributes
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1020 similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case though, the
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1021 attributes belong to the Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language, or
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1022 METAL. The macro commands are:
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1023
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1024 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
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1025 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be inserted
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1026 into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For example::
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1027
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1028 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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1029 ...
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1030 </html>
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1032 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its contents.
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1033 Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're defined on in the
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1034 ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on through the ``templates``
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1035 variable, eg. the most common ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the
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1036 "page" macro of the "page" template.
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1037
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1038 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
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1039 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above). This
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1040 will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents. For
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1041 example::
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1042
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1043 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1044 ...
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1045 </tal:block>
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1046
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1047 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the "page"
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1048 template.
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1050 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
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1051 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may be
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1052 filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For example, the
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1053 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like so::
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1055 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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1057 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command like
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1058 this::
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1059
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1060 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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1061
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1062 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined as
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1063 the slot in the macro.
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1064
1214
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1065 Note that you may not mix METAL and TAL commands on the same tag, but TAL
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parents: 1213
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1066 commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your *fill-slots*
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parents: 1213
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1067 tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1068
1213
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1069
1073
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1070 Information available to templates
1098
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1071 ----------------------------------
1073
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1072
1125
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1073 Note: this is implemented by roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate
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1074
1073
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1075 The following variables are available to templates.
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1076
1125
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1077 **context**
1123
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1078 The current context. This is either None, a
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1079 `hyperdb class wrapper`_ or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
1125
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1080 **request**
1073
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1081 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1082 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1083 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1084 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
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parents: 1083
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1085 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
1073
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1086 - *form*
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1087 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument
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1088 name to value
1254
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parents: 1252
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1089 **config**
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1090 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.py file
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1091 (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
1125
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1092 **db**
1254
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1093 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
1213
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1094 **templates**
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1095 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in *use-macro*
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parents: 1164
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1096 commands.
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1097 **utils**
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1098 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
1125
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1099 **nothing**
1100
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1100 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1101 tag (in the case of a tal:replace), its contents (in the case of
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1102 tal:content) or some attributes (in the case of tal:attributes) will not
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1103 appear in the the output. So for example::
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1104
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1105 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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1106
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1107 would result in::
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1108
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1109 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1110
1125
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1111 **default**
1100
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1112 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1113 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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1114 remain. So::
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1115
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1116 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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1117
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1118 would result in::
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1119
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1120 <span>Hello, World!</span>
1073
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1121
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1122 The context variable
1098
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1123 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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1124
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1125 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current context
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1126 (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
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1127
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1128 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
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1129 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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1130 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1131 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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1132 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
1073
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1133
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1134 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or item.
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1135 The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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1136
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1137 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will appear if
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1138 the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
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parents: 1070
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1139 ``context/property/field``.
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parents: 1070
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1140 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case, but
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parents: 1070
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1141 a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether we're
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1142 looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing "context/id".
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1143
1123
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1144 Hyperdb class wrapper
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1145 :::::::::::::::::::::
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1146
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1147 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass class.
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1148
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1149 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used primarily
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1150 in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable anywhere else that
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1151 you wish to access information about a class, or the items of a class, when
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1152 you don't have a specific item of that class in mind.
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1153
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1154 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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1155 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name from
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parents: 1113
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1156 the CGI form.
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parents: 1113
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1157
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1158 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1159
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1160 =========== =============================================================
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1161 Method Description
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1162 =========== =============================================================
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1163 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class'
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1164 properties.
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1165 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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1166 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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1167 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
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1168 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted
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1169 by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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1170 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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1171 "help" template.
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1172 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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parents: 1113
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1173 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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1174 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
1136
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1175 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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1176 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
1123
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1177 =========== =============================================================
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1178
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1179 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above methods,
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1180 you'll need to access it using a python "item access" expression. For example::
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1181
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1182 python:context['list']
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1183
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1184 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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1185
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1186
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1187 Hyperdb item wrapper
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1188 ::::::::::::::::::::
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1189
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1190 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem class.
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1191
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1192 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
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1193
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1194 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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1195 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name from
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1196 the CGI form.
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1197
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1198 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1199
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1200 =============== =============================================================
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1201 Method Description
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1202 =============== =============================================================
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1203 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1204 journal return the journal of the current item (**not implemented**)
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1205 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
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1206 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form for
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1207 the query
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1208 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the user
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1209 has a Permission
1136
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1210 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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1211 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
1123
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1212 =============== =============================================================
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1213
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1214
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1215 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above methods,
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1216 you'll need to access it using a python "item access" expression. For example::
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1217
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1218 python:context['journal']
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1219
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1220 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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1221
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1222
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1223 Hyperdb property wrapper
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1224 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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1225
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1226 Note: this is implemented by subclasses roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty
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1227 class (HTMLStringProperty, HTMLNumberProperty, and so on).
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1228
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1229 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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1230 value may be either:
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1231
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1232 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from the
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1233 hyperdb
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1234 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from the
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1235 CGI form
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1236
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1237
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1238 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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1239
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1240 =============== =============================================================
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1241 Attribute Description
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1242 =============== =============================================================
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1243 _name the name of the property
1317
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1244 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual value
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1245 retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
1123
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1246 =============== =============================================================
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1247
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1248 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1249
1144
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1250 =========== =================================================================
1123
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1251 Method Description
1144
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1252 =========== =================================================================
1123
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1253 plain render a "plain" representation of the property
1335
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1254 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for most
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1255 types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a tri-state
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1256 yes/no/neither selection.
1124
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1257 stext only on String properties - render the value of the
1123
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1258 property as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module
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1259 to be installed separately)
1124
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1260 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
1123
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1261 field for the property
1124
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1262 email only on String properties - render the value of the
1123
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1263 property as an obscured email address
1144
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1264 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field for
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1265 the property, used for confirmation that the user typed the
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1266 password correctly. Generates a field with name "name:confirm".
1124
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1267 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the
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1268 date and now
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1269 pretty only on Interval properties - render the interval in a
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1270 pretty format (eg. "yesterday")
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1271 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
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1272 list for this property
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1273 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
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1274 items in reverse order
1144
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1275 =========== =================================================================
1123
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1276
1073
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1277 The request variable
1098
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1278 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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1279
1123
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1280 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest class.
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1281
1073
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1282 The request variable is packed with information about the current request.
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1283
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1284 .. taken from roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest docstring
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diff changeset
1285
1144
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1286 =========== =================================================================
1073
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1287 Variable Holds
1144
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1288 =========== =================================================================
1073
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1289 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
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1290 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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diff changeset
1291 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
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1292 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
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1293 classname the current classname (possibly None)
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1294 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
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1295 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
1144
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1296 =========== =================================================================
1083
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1297
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1298 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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diff changeset
1299
1144
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1300 =========== =================================================================
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1301 Variable Holds
1144
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1302 =========== =================================================================
1073
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1303 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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1304 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
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1305 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
1073
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1306 sort index sort column (direction, column name)
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1307 group index grouping property (direction, column name)
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1308 filter properties to filter the index on
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1309 filterspec values to filter the index on
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diff changeset
1310 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
1144
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1311 =========== =================================================================
1073
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1312
1124
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1313 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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1314
1144
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1315 =============== =============================================================
1124
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1316 Method Description
1144
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1317 =============== =============================================================
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1318 description render a description of the request - handle for the page
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diff changeset
1319 title
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1320 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
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1321 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
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diff changeset
1322 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components of
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1323 the templating
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1324 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
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1325 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
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1326 `batching`_)
1144
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1327 =============== =============================================================
1124
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1328
1142
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1329 The form variable
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1330 :::::::::::::::::
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1331
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1332 The form variable is a little special because it's actually a python
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1333 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
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1334 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
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1335 "name", use the path expression::
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1336
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1337 request/form/name/value
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1338
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1339 or the python expression::
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1340
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1341 python:request.form['name'].value
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1342
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diff changeset
1343 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the explicit
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1344 "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form variables are
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1345 stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one "name" value in
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1346 the form, then the above will break since ``request/form/name`` is actually a
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1347 *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's best to know beforehand what you're
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parents: 1136
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1348 dealing with.
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1349
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1350
1123
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1351 The db variable
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1352 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1353
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1354 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase class.
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1355
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1356 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If you
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1357 want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
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1358
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1359 db/user
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diff changeset
1360 python:db.user
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1361
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1362 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1363
1213
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1364 The templates variable
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1365 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1366
1213
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1367 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.Templates class.
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1368
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1369 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
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1370 used in expressions to access the templates, and subsequently the template
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1371 macros. You may access the templates using the following path expression::
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1372
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1373 templates/name
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1374
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1375 or the python expression::
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1376
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1377 templates[name]
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1378
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1379 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The template you
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1380 get access to has one useful attribute, "macros". To access a specific macro
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1381 (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
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1382
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1383 templates/name/macros/macro_name
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1384
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1385 or the python expression::
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1386
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1387 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
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1388
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1389
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1390 The utils variable
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1391 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1124
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1392
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1393 Note: this is implemented by the roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils class,
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1394 but it may be extended as described below.
1124
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1395
1144
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1396 =============== =============================================================
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1397 Method Description
1144
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1398 =============== =============================================================
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1399 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
1144
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1400 =============== =============================================================
1124
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1401
1270
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1402 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
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1403 ``interfaces.py`` module's ``TemplatingUtils`` class. See `adding a time log
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1404 to your issues`_ for an example. The TemplatingUtils class itself will have a
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1405 single attribute, ``client``, which may be used to access the ``client.db``
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1406 when you need to perform arbitrary database queries.
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1407
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1408 Batching
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1409 ::::::::
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1410
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1411 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a series
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1412 of batches. Its usage is::
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1413
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1414 python:util.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0, overlap=0)
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1415
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1416 or, to get the current index batch::
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1417
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1418 request/batch
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1419
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1420 The parameters are:
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1421
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1422 ========= ==================================================================
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1423 Parameter Usage
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1424 ========= ==================================================================
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1425 sequence a list of HTMLItems
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1426 size how big to make the sequence.
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1427 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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1428 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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1429 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this
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1430 value, then it is combined with this batch
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1431 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
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1432 ========= ==================================================================
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1433
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1434 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
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1435 addition, it has several more attributes:
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1436
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1437 =============== ============================================================
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1438 Attribute Description
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1439 =============== ============================================================
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1440 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Note: unlike the
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1441 argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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1442 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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1443 index*
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1444 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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1445 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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1446 =============== ============================================================
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1447
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1448 And several methods:
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1449
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1450 =============== ============================================================
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1451 Method Description
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1452 =============== ============================================================
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1453 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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1454 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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1455 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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1456 when compared to the last item
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1457 =============== ============================================================
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1458
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1459 An example of batching::
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1460
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1461 <table class="otherinfo">
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1462 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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1463 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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1464 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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1465 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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1466 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">keyword here</td>
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1467 </tr>
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1468 </table>
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1469
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1470 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of the
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1471 "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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1472
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1473 Displaying Properties
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1474 ---------------------
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1475
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1476 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices, in
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1477 editors, and as search arguments.
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1478 For each type of property, there are several display possibilities.
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1479 For example, in an index view, a string property may just be
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1480 printed as a plain string, but in an editor view, that property may be
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1481 displayed in an editable field.
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1482
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1483
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1484 Index Views
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1485 -----------
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1486
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1487 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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1488 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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1489
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1490 Index View Specifiers
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1491 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1492
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1493 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has been
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1494 added for clarity)::
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1495
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1496 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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1497 topic=security,ui&
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1498 :group=+priority&
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1499 :sort==activity&
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1500 :filters=status,topic&
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1501 :columns=title,status,fixer
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1502
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1503 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout part and
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1504 the filter part. The layout part consists of the query parameters that begin
1089
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1505 with colons, and it determines the way that the properties of selected items
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1506 are displayed. The filter part consists of all the other query parameters, and
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1507 it determines the criteria by which items are selected for display.
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1508 The filter part is interactively manipulated with the form widgets displayed in
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1509 the filter section. The layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on
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1510 the column headings in the table.
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1511
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1512 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values matching any
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1513 specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets of items with values
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1514 matching any specified Multilink properties.
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1515
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1516 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a "status" of
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1517 either "unread" or "in-progres" or "resolved" are displayed, and only items
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1518 with "topic" values including both "security" and "ui" are displayed. The items
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1519 are grouped by priority, arranged in ascending order; and within groups, sorted
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1520 by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter section shows filters for
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1521 the "status" and "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the
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1522 "title", "status", and "fixer" properties.
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1523
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1524 Searching Views
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1525 ---------------
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1526
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1527 Note: if you add a new column to the ``:columns`` form variable potentials
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1528 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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1529 template so it is actually displayed.
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1530
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1531 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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1532 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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1533 ``:action`` variable. The "search" action:
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1534
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1535 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text searching
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1536 - sets the ``:filter`` variable correctly
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1537 - saves the query off if ``:query_name`` is set.
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1538
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1539 The searching page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the user
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1540 to search one. If your schema contains a large number of properties, you
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1541 should be wary of making all of those properties available for searching, as
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1542 this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are Strings, consider
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1543 having their value indexed, and then they will be searchable using the full
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1544 text indexed search. This is both faster, and more useful for the end user.
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1545
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1546 The two special form values on search pages which are handled by the "search"
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1547 action are:
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1548
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1549 :search_text
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1550 Text to perform a search of the text index with. Results from that search
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1551 will be used to limit the results of other filters (using an intersection
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1552 operation)
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1553 :query_name
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1554 If supplied, the search parameters (including :search_text) will be saved
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1555 off as a the query item and registered against the user's queries property.
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1556 Note that the *classic* template schema has this ability, but the *minimal*
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1557 template schema does not.
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1558
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1559
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1560 Item Views
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1561 ----------
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1562
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1563 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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1564 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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1565 "history" section.
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1566
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1567
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1568
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1569 Editor Section
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1570 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1571
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1572 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a
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1573 static display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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1574
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1575 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default "classic"
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1576 template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item" template)::
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1577
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1578 <table class="form">
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1579 <tr>
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1580 <th nowrap>Title</th>
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1581 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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1582 </tr>
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1583
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1584 <tr>
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1585 <th nowrap>Priority</th>
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1586 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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1587 <th nowrap>Status</th>
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1588 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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1589 </tr>
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1590
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1591 <tr>
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1592 <th nowrap>Superseder</th>
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1593 <td>
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1594 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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1595 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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1596 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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1597 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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1598 </span>
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1599 </td>
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1600 <th nowrap>Nosy List</th>
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1601 <td>
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1602 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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1603 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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1604 </td>
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1605 </tr>
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1606
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1607 <tr>
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1608 <th nowrap>Assigned To</th>
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1609 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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1610 assignedto menu
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1611 </td>
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1612 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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1613 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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1614 </tr>
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1615
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1616 <tr>
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1617 <th nowrap>Change Note</th>
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1618 <td colspan=3>
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1619 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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1620 </td>
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1621 </tr>
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1622
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1623 <tr>
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1624 <th nowrap>File</th>
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1625 <td colspan=3><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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1626 </tr>
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1627
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1628 <tr>
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1629 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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1630 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure context/submit">
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1631 submit button will go here
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1632 </td>
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1633 </tr>
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1634 </table>
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1635
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1636
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1637 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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1638 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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1639 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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1640 standard change note message generated by Roundup.
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1641
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1642 Spool Section
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1643 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1644
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1645 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files of
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1646 an issue.
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1647
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1648 TODO
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1649
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1650
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1651 History Section
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1652 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1653
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1654 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database journal.
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1655 This is generally generated with the template::
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1656
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1657 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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1658
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1659 *To be done:*
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1660
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1661 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual templating
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1662 through the "journal" method of the item*::
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1663
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1664 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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1665 a journal entry
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1666 </tal:block>
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1667
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1668 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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1669
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1670 Defining new web actions
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1671 ------------------------
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1672
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1673 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``:action`` form variable.
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1674 These are added to the tracker ``interfaces.py`` as methods on the ``Client``
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1675 class.
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1676
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1677 Adding action methods takes three steps; first you `define the new action
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1678 method`_, then you `register the action method`_ with the cgi interface so
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1679 it may be triggered by the ``:action`` form variable. Finally you actually
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1680 `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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1681
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1682 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues`_"
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1683 for an example.
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1684
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1685 Define the new action method
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1686 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1687
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1688 The action methods have the following interface::
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1689
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1690 def myActionMethod(self):
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1691 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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1692 '''
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1693
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1694 The *self* argument is an instance of your tracker ``instance.Client`` class -
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1695 thus it's mostly implemented by ``roundup.cgi.Client``. See the docstring of
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1696 that class for details of what it can do.
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1697
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1698 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents. It
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1699 may then:
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1700
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1701 - add information to ``self.ok_message`` or ``self.error_message``
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1702 - change the ``self.template`` variable to alter what the user will see next
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1703 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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1704 exceptions
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1705
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1706
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1707 Register the action method
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1708 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1709
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1710 The method is now written, but isn't available to the user until you add it to
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1711 the `instance.Client`` class ``actions`` variable, like so::
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1712
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1713 actions = client.Class.actions + (
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1714 ('myaction', 'myActionMethod'),
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1715 )
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1716
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1717 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action method we defined.
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1718
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1719
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1720 Use the new action
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1721 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1722
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1723 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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1724
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1725 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="myaction">
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1726
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1727 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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1728
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1729
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1730 Examples
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1731 ========
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1732
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1733 .. contents::
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1734 :local:
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1735 :depth: 1
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1736
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1737 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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1738 ----------------------------------------
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1739
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1740 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (ie. a selection of
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1741 distinct values) to your tracker.
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1742
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1743 Introduction
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1744 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1745
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1746 To make the classic schema of roundup useful as a todo tracking system
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1747 for a group of systems administrators, it needed an extra data field
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1748 per issue: a category.
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1749
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1750 This would let sysads quickly list all todos in their particular
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1751 area of interest without having to do complex queries, and without
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1752 relying on the spelling capabilities of other sysads (a losing
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1753 proposition at best).
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1754
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1755 Adding a field to the database
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1756 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1757
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1758 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a plain
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1759 string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need to add
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1760 some lines to the ``open()`` function in ``dbinit.py`` under the comment::
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1761
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1762 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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1763
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1764 add::
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1765
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1766 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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1767 category.setkey("name")
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1768
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1769 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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1770 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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1771 lack of a more imaginative title. Then we are setting the key of this chunk
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1772 of the database to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for
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1773 database types. This also means that there can only be one category with a
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1774 given name.
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1775
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1776 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not tied
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1777 to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of categories
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1778 off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in with the issues.
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1779 To do that, find the lines in the ``open()`` function in ``dbinit.py`` which
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1780 set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to the category::
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1781
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1782 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... , category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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1783
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1784 The Multilink() means that each issue can have many categories. If you were
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1785 adding something with a more one to one relationship use Link() instead.
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1786
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1787 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort is
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1788 fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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1789
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1790 Populating the new category class
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1791 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1792
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1793 If you haven't initialised the database with the roundup-admin "initialise"
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1794 command, then you can add the following to the tracker ``dbinit.py`` in the
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1795 ``init()`` function under the comment::
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1796
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1797 # add any additional database create steps here - but only if you
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1798 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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1799
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1800 add::
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1801
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1802 category = db.getclass('category')
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1803 category.create(name="scipy", order="1")
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1804 category.create(name="chaco", order="2")
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1805 category.create(name="weave", order="3")
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1806
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1807 If the database is initalised, the you need to use the roundup-admin tool::
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1808
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1809 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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1810 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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1811 Type "help" for help.
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1812 roundup> create category name=scipy order=1
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1813 1
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1814 roundup> create category name=chaco order=1
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1815 2
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1816 roundup> create category name=weave order=1
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1817 3
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1818 roundup> exit...
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1819 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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1820
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1822 Setting up security on the new objects
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1825 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This doesn't
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1826 suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories as
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1827 required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the categories of
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1828 issues for it to be useful.
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1830 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This is
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1831 also done in the ``open()`` function of ``dbinit.py``.
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1832
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1833 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign them
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1834 to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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1835
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1836 # new permissions for this schema
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1837 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'user', 'category':
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1838 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass=cl,
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1839 description="User is allowed to edit "+cl)
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1840 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass=cl,
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1841 description="User is allowed to access "+cl)
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1842
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1843 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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1844 # to regular users now
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1845 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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1846 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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1847 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1848 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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1849 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1850
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1851 So you are in effect doing the following::
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1852
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1853 db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass='category',
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1854 description="User is allowed to edit "+'category')
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1855 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='category',
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1856 description="User is allowed to access "+'category')
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1857
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1858 which is creating two permission types; that of editing and viewing
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1859 "category" objects respectively. Then the following lines assign those new
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1860 permissions to the "User" role, so that normal users can view and edit
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1861 "category" objects::
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1862
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1863 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'category')
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1864 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1865
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1866 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'category')
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1867 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1868
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1869 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will store
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1870 categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the interface
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1871 stuff.
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1872
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1873 Changing the web left hand frame
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1875
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1876 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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1877 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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1878 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks is
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1879 ``html/page``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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1880
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1881 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of "classblock"
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1882 sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or excluded in the
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1883 output depending on whether the condition in the classblock is met. Under
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1884 the end of the classblock for issue is where we are going to add the
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1885 category code::
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1886
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1887 <p class="classblock"
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1888 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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1889 <b>Categories</b><br>
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1890 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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1891 href="category?:template=item">New Category<br></a>
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1892 </p>
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1893
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1894 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a condition
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1895 that only users who have "View" permission to the "category" object will
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1896 have this section included in their output. Next comes a plain "Categories"
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1897 header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will get that.
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1899 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will only
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1900 appear if the condition is matched: that condition being that the user has
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1901 "Edit" permissions for the "category" objects. If they do have permission
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1902 then they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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1903 categories.
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1904
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1905 Note that if you have permission to view but not edit categories then all
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1906 you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath it. This is
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1907 obviously not very good interface design, but will do for now. I just claim
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1908 that it is so I can add more links in this section later on. However to fix
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1909 the problem you could change the condition in the classblock statement, so
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1910 that only users with "Edit" permission would see the "Categories" stuff.
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1912 Setting up a page to edit categories
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1915 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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1916 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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1917 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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1918
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1919 The link was for the item template for the category object. This translates
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1920 into the system looking for a file called ``category.item`` in the ``html``
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1921 tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to write now.
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1922
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1923 First we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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1924 of the code at all but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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1925 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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1926 from which files by looking for these comments::
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1927
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1928 <!-- category.item -->
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1929
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1930 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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1931 trappings::
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1932
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1934 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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1935 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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1936 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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1937 </td>
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1938 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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1940 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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1941 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the form
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1942 through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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1943 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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1944 multiple times::
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1945
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1946 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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1947 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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1948
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1949 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that we
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1950 require the user to enter. There will be only one field, that of "name", so
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1951 they user better put something in it otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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1953 <input type="hidden" name=":required" value="name">
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1955 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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1956 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is happening::
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1958 <table class="form">
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1959 <tr><th class="header" colspan=2>Category</th></tr>
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1961 Next we need the actual field that the user is going to enter the new
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1962 category. The "context.name.field(size=60)" bit tells roundup to generate a
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1963 normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field will be the
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1964 "name" variable of the current context (which is "category"). The upshot of
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1965 this is that when the user types something in to the form, a new category
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1969 <th nowrap>Name</th>
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1970 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">name</td>
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1975 <tr>
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1976 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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1977 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure context/submit">
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1978 submit button will go here
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1979 </td>
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1982 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL stuff::
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1984 </td>
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1985 </tal:block>
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1989 <!-- category.item -->
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1992 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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1993 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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1994 </td>
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1995 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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1996 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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1997 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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1999 <input type="hidden" name=":required" value="name">
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2001 <table class="form">
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2002 <tr><th class="header" colspan=2>Category</th></tr>
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2004 <tr>
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2005 <th nowrap>Name</th>
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2006 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">name</td>
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2007 </tr>
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2009 <tr>
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2010 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2011 <td colspan=3 tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2012 submit button will go here
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2013 </td>
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2014 </tr>
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2015 </table>
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2016 </form>
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2017 </td>
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2018 </tal:block>
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2020 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but
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2021 there is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do
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2022 its work. To add another field to "category" would involve one more line
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2023 (well maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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2025 Adding the category to the issue
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2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2028 We now have the ability to create issues to our hearts content, but
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2029 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
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2030 the ``html/category.item`` file was used to define how to add a new
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2031 category, the ``html/issue.item`` is used to define how a new issue is
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2032 created.
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2033
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2034 Just like ``category.issue`` this file defines a form which has a table to lay
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2035 things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new stuff,
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2036 it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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2037
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2038 <th nowrap>Category</th>
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2039 <td><span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
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2040 <span tal:replace="structure db/category/classhelp" />
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2041 </td>
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2042
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2043 First we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next section
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2044 is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in. This
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2045 ``context/category/field`` gets replaced with a field which contains the
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2046 category in the current context (the current context being the new issue).
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2047
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2048 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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2049 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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2051 Searching on categories
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2052 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2054 We can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next obvious
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2055 thing that we would like to be would be to search issues based on their
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2056 category, so that any one working on the web server could look at all
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2057 issues in the category "Web" for example.
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2058
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2059 If you look in the html/page file and look for the "Search Issues" you will
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2060 see that it looks something like ``<a href="issue?:template=search">Search
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2061 Issues</a>`` which shows us that when you click on "Search Issues" it will
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2062 be looking for a ``issue.search`` file to display. So that is indeed the file
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2063 that we are going to change.
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2064
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2065 If you look at this file it should be starting to seem familiar. It is a
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2066 simple HTML form using a table to define structure. You can add the new
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2067 category search code anywhere you like within that form::
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2069 <tr>
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2070 <th>Category:</th>
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2071 <td>
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2072 <select name="category">
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2073 <option value="">don't care</option>
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2074 <option value="">------------</option>
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2075 <option tal:repeat="s db/category/list" tal:attributes="value s/name"
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2076 tal:content="s/name">category to filter on</option>
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2077 </select>
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2078 </td>
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2079 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category" checked></td>
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2080 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort" value="category"></td>
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2081 <td><input type="radio" name=":group" value="category"></td>
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2082 </tr>
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2083
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2084 Most of this is straightforward to anyone who knows HTML. It is just
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2085 setting up a select list followed by a checkbox and a couple of radio
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2086 buttons.
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2087
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2088 The ``tal:repeat`` part repeats the tag for every item in the "category"
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2089 table and setting "s" to be each category in turn.
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2090
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2091 The ``tal:attributes`` part is setting up the ``value=`` part of the option tag
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2092 to be the name part of "s" which is the current category in the loop.
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2093
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2094 The ``tal:content`` part is setting the contents of the option tag to be the
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2095 name part of "s" again. For objects more complex than category, obviously
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2096 you would put an id in the value, and the descriptive part in the content;
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2097 but for category they are the same.
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2099 Adding category to the default view
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2102 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search issues
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2103 based on categories. This is everything that we need to do, however there
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2104 is some more icing that we would like. I think the category of an issue is
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2105 important enough that it should be displayed by default when listing all
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2106 the issues.
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2108 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The code
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2109 defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index``. This is a large table
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2110 with a form down the bottom for redisplaying and so forth.
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2112 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
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2114 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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2115
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2116 The condition part of this statement is so that if the user has selected
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2117 not to see the Category column then they won't.
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2119 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
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2120 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means that
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2121 every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
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2123 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
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2124
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2125 <td tal:condition="request/show/category" tal:content="i/category"></td>
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2126
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2127 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
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2128 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the content
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2129 of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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2130
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2131 Finally we have to edit ``html/page`` again. This time to tell it that when the
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2132 user clicks on "Unnasigned Issues" or "All Issues" that the category should
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2133 be displayed. If you scroll down the page file, you can see the links with
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2134 lots of options. The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one
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2135 which tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
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2136 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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2139 Adding in state transition control
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2140 ----------------------------------
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2141
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2142 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states that users may move issues
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2143 to.
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2144
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2145 1. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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2146
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2147 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'), ...)
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2148
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2149 and then edit the statuses already created either:
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2150
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2151 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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2152 b. using the roundup-admin "set" command.
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2153
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2154 2. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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2155 ``detectors`` directory::
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2156
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2157 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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2158 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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2159 property.
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2160 '''
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2161 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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2162 return
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2163 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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2164 new = newvalues['status']
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2165 if new == current:
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2166 return
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2167 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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2168 if new not in ok:
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2169 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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2170 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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2171
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2172 def init(db):
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2173 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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2174
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2175 3. in the ``issue.item`` template, change the status editing bit from::
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2176
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2177 <th nowrap>Status</th>
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2178 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2179
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2180 to::
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2181
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2182 <th nowrap>Status</th>
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2183 <td>
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2184 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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diff changeset
2185 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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2186 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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2187 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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2188 tal:attributes="value state/id;
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2189 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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2190 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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2191 </tal:block>
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2192 </select>
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2193 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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2194 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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2195 </td>
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2196
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2197 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
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2198
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2199
1304
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2200 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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2201 ------------------------------------------------------
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2202
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2203 Alter the issue.item template section for messages to::
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2204
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2205 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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2206 <tr><th colspan=5 class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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2207 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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2208 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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2209 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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2210 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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2211 <td nowrap tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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2212 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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2213 <td>
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2214 <a tal:attributes="href string:?:remove:messages=${msg/id}&:action=edit">remove</a>
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2215 </td>
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2216 </tr>
1133
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2217 </table>
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2218
1147
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2219 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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diff changeset
2220 -----------------------------------------------------------
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2221
1150
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2222 1. In your tracker's "dbinit.py", create a new Role, say "Developer"::
1147
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2223
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2224 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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2225
1150
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2226 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to "issue"::
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2227
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2228 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
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2229 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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2230
1150
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2231 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
1147
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2232
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2233 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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2234
1150
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2235 4. In the issue item edit page ("html/issue.item" in your tracker dir), use
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2236 the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto" list::
1147
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2237
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diff changeset
2238 <select name="assignedto">
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parents: 1144
diff changeset
2239 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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parents: 1144
diff changeset
2240 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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diff changeset
2241 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission('Fixer', context.classname)"
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diff changeset
2242 tal:attributes="value user/id;
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parents: 1144
diff changeset
2243 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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diff changeset
2244 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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parents: 1144
diff changeset
2245 </tal:block>
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parents: 1144
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2246 </select>
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2247
1149
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2248 For extra security, you may wish to set up an auditor to enforce the
1150
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diff changeset
2249 Permission requirement (install this as "assignedtoFixer.py" in your tracker
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diff changeset
2250 "detectors" directory)::
1147
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2251
1149
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2252 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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diff changeset
2253 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is a used with the Fixer
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2254 Permission
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diff changeset
2255 '''
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diff changeset
2256 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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diff changeset
2257 # don't care
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diff changeset
2258 return
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2259
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diff changeset
2260 # get the userid
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diff changeset
2261 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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diff changeset
2262 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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2263 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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2264
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diff changeset
2265 def init(db):
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diff changeset
2266 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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diff changeset
2267 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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2268
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diff changeset
2269 So now, if the edit attempts to set the assignedto to a user that doesn't have
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2270 the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
1147
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2271
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diff changeset
2272
1151
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2273 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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diff changeset
2274 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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2275
1154
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diff changeset
2276 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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diff changeset
2277 is going to be a two-step process, first figuring out what category of
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diff changeset
2278 issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to that
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diff changeset
2279 category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining what the
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diff changeset
2280 category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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2281
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diff changeset
2282 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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diff changeset
2283 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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diff changeset
2284 <input type="hidden" name=":template" value="add_page1">
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diff changeset
2285 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="page1submit">
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diff changeset
2286
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diff changeset
2287 <strong>Category:</strong>
1156
d0da32fbdedc gadfly backend now complete
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diff changeset
2288 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
1154
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diff changeset
2289 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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2290 </form>
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2291
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diff changeset
2292 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the addition of
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diff changeset
2293 the following form fragments::
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2294
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2295 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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diff changeset
2296 enctype="multipart/form-data" tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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2297 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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2298
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2299 <input type="hidden" name=":template" value="add_page2">
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2300 <input type="hidden" name=":required" value="title">
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2301 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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2302
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2303 .
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2304 .
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2305 .
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2306 </form>
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2307
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2308 Note that later in the form, I test the value of "cat" include form
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2309 elements that are appropriate. For example::
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2310
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2311 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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2312 <tr>
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2313 <th nowrap>Operating System</th>
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2314 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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2315 </tr>
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2316 <tr>
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2317 <th nowrap>Web Browser</th>
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2318 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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2319 </tr>
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2320 </tal:block>
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2321
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2322 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one of 6,
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2323 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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2324
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2325 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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2326 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now
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2327 encode those actions in methods on the interfaces Client class and insert
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2328 hooks to those actions in the "actions" attribute on that class, like so::
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2329
1262
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2330 actions = client.Client.actions + (
1244
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2331 ('page1_submit', 'page1SubmitAction'),
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2332 )
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2333
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2334 def page1SubmitAction(self):
1154
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2335 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move on
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2336 to page 2.
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2337 '''
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2338 category = self.form['category'].value
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2339 if category == '-1':
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2340 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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2341 return
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2342 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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2343 self.template = 'add_page2'
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2344
1164
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2345 4. Use the usual "new" action as the :action on the final page, and you're
1154
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2346 done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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2347
1236
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2348
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2349 Using an external password validation source
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2350 --------------------------------------------
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2351
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2352 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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2353 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of users.
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2354 Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the password is
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2355 encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see the ``crypt``
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2356 module in your Python distribution). An example entry would be::
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2357
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2358 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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2359
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2360 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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2361 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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2362 add the following code to our ``Client`` class in the tracker home
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2363 ``interfaces.py`` module::
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2364
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2365 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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2366 # get the user's username
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2367 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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2368
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2369 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the tracker
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2370 # home
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2371 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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2372
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2373 # see if we can find a match
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2374 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in open(file).readlines()]:
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2375 if ent[0] == username:
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2376 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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2377
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2378 # user doesn't exist in the file
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2379 return 0
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2380
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2381 What this does is look through the file, line by line, looking for a name that
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2382 matches.
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2383
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2384 We also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item`` template.
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2385
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2386
1244
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2387 Adding a "vacation" flag to users for stopping nosy messages
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2388 ------------------------------------------------------------
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2389
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2390 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll start to
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2391 see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on vacation". Not
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2392 very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
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2393
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2394 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
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2395
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2396 user = Class(db, "user",
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2397 username=String(), password=Password(),
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2398 address=String(), realname=String(),
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2399 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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2400 alternate_addresses=String(),
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2401 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
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2402 vacation=Boolean())
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2403
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2404 2. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
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2405 consists of::
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2406
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2407 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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2408 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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2409 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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2410 try:
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2411 users = db.user
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2412 messages = db.msg
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2413
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2414 # figure the recipient ids
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2415 sendto = []
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2416 r = {}
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2417 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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2418 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
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2419 r[recipid] = 1
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2420
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2421 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received the
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2422 # message
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2423 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
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2424
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2425 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as they aren't
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2426 # anonymous
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2427 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
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2428 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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2429 sendto.append(authid)
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2430 r[authid] = 1
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2431
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2432 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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2433 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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2434 for nosyid in nosy:
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2435 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that user
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2436 # shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just in case they
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2437 # do...)
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2438 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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2439 continue
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2440 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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2441 if not r.has_key(nosyid):
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2442 # send it to them
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2443 sendto.append(nosyid)
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2444 recipients.append(nosyid)
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2445
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2446 # generate a change note
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2447 if oldvalues:
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2448 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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2449 else:
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2450 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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2451
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2452 # we have new recipients
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2453 if sendto:
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2454 # filter out the people on vacation
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2455 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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2456
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2457 # map userids to addresses
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2458 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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2459
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2460 # update the message's recipients list
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2461 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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2462
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2463 # send the message
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2464 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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2465 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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2466 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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2467
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2468 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small addition
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2469 of::
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2470
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2471 # filter out the people on vacation
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2472 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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2473
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2474 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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2475
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2476
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2477 Adding a time log to your issues
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2478 --------------------------------
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2479
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2480 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and be
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2481 able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
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2482
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2483 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``dbinit.py``::
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2484
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2485 # storage for time logging
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2486 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
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2487
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2488 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry creation
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2489 through the standard property "creation".
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2490
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2491 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in ``dbinit.py``)::
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2492
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2493 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2494 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2495 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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2496 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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2497
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2498 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
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2499
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2500 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web interface
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2501 we'll have a new entry field, just below the change note box::
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2502
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2503 <tr>
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2504 <th nowrap>Time Log</th>
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2505 <td colspan=3><input name=":timelog">
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2506 (enter as "3y 1m 4d 2:40:02" or parts thereof)
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2507 </td>
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2508 </tr>
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2509
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2510 Note that we've made up a new form variable, but since we place a colon ":"
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2511 in front of it, it won't clash with any existing property variables. The
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2512 names you *can't* use are ``:note``, ``:file``, ``:action``, ``:required``
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2513 and ``:template``. These variables are described in the section
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2514 `performing actions in web requests`_.
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2515
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2516 4. We also need to handle this new field in the CGI interface - the way to
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2517 do this is through implementing a new form action (see `Setting up a
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2518 "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues`_ for another example
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2519 where we implemented a new CGI form action).
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2520
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2521 In this case, we'll want our action to:
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2522
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2523 1. create a new "timelog" entry,
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2524 2. fake that the issue's "times" property has been edited, and then
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2525 3. call the normal CGI edit action handler.
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2526
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2527 The code to do this is::
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2528
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2529 actions = client.Client.actions + (
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2530 ('edit_with_timelog', 'timelogEditAction'),
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2531 )
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2532
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2533 def timelogEditAction(self):
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2534 ''' Handle the creation of a new time log entry if necessary.
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2535
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2536 If we create a new entry, fake up a CGI form value for the altered
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2537 "times" property of the issue being edited.
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2538
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2539 Punt to the regular edit action when we're done.
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2540 '''
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2541 # if there's a timelog value specified, create an entry
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2542 if self.form.has_key(':timelog') and \
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2543 self.form[':timelog'].value.strip():
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2544 period = Interval(self.form[':timelog'].value)
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2545 # create it
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2546 newid = self.db.timelog.create(period=period)
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2547
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2548 # if we're editing an existing item, get the old timelog value
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2549 if self.nodeid:
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2550 l = self.db.issue.get(self.nodeid, 'times')
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2551 l.append(newid)
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2552 else:
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2553 l = [newid]
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2554
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2555 # now make the fake CGI form values
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2556 for entry in l:
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2557 self.form.list.append(MiniFieldStorage('times', entry))
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2558
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2559 # punt to the normal edit action
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2560 return self.editItemAction()
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2561
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2562 you add this code to your Client class in your tracker's ``interfaces.py``
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2563 file.
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2564
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2565 5. You'll also need to modify your ``issue.item`` form submit action so it
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2566 calls the time logging action we just created::
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2567
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2568 <tr>
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2569 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2570 <td colspan=3>
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2571 <tal:block tal:condition="context/id">
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2572 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="edit_with_timelog">
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2573 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Changes">
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2574 </tal:block>
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2575 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id">
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2576 <input type="hidden" name=":action" value="new">
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2577 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit New Issue">
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2578 </tal:block>
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2579 </td>
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2580 </tr>
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2581
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2582 Note that the "context/submit" command usually handles all that for you -
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2583 isn't it handy? The important change is setting the action to
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2584 "edit_with_timelog" for edit operations (where the item exists)
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2585
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2586 6. We want to display a total of the time log times that have been accumulated
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2587 for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write some Python code,
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2588 since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to perform such calculations.
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2589 We do this by adding a method to the TemplatingUtils class in our tracker
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2590 ``interfaces.py`` module::
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2591
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2592
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2593 class TemplatingUtils:
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2594 ''' Methods implemented on this class will be available to HTML
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2595 templates through the 'utils' variable.
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2596 '''
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2597 def totalTimeSpent(self, times):
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2598 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an Interval
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2599 "period" property)
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2600 '''
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2601 total = Interval('')
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2602 for time in times:
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2603 total += time.period._value
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2604 return total
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2605
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2606 As indicated in the docstrings, we will be able to access the
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2607 ``totalTimeSpent`` method via the ``utils`` variable in our templates. See
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2608
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2609 7. Display the time log for an issue::
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2610
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2611 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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2612 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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2613 <tal:block tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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2614 </th></tr>
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2615 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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2616 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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2617 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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2618 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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2619 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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2620 </tr>
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2621 </table>
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2622
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2623 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our use
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
2624 of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times for the
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2625 issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically displayed in
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2626 the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours and 40 minutes).
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
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2627
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2628 8. If you're using a persistent web server - roundup-server or mod_python for
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
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2629 example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up the code changes.
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
2630 When that's done, you'll be able to use the new time logging interface.
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
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2631
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2632 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2633 ---------------------------------------------
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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2634
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
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parents: 1293
diff changeset
2635 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It holds
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2636 information on users such as their username, real name, password and primary
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2637 user group.
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2638
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2639 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information, but it
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2640 needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup Roles, vacation
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2641 flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired" users must still exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2642 in the user database, unlike some passwd files in which the users are removed
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2643 when they no longer have access to a system.
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2644
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2645 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two user
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2646 stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as described
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2647 in the previous example, `using an external password validation source`_. We
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2648 keep the users lists in sync using a fairly simple script that runs once a
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2649 day, or several times an hour if more immediate access is needed. In short, it:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2650
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2651 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2652 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1293
diff changeset
2653
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2654 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2655 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
1293
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1292
diff changeset
2656 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1293
diff changeset
2657
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2658 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2659
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2660 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call to
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2661 ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more information
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2662 though - the user's email address and their roundup Roles. We're going to
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2663 assume that the user's email address is the same as their login name, so we
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2664 just append the domain name to that. The Roles are determined using the
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2665 passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group to an appropriate set of
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2666 Roles.
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2667
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2668 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is as
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2669 follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the tracker we're
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2670 to work on::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2671
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2672 import sys, os, smtplib
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2673 from roundup import instance, date
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2674
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2675 # open the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2676 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2677 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2678
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2679 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2680
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2681 # read in the users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2682 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'users.passwd')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2683 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2684
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2685 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't appear
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2686 in the file)::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2687
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2688 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2689 # "real" users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2690 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2691
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2692 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2693 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team', 'cs_pool',
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2694 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2695
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2696 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2697
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2698 roles = {
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2699 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2700 '502': 'User', # finance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2701 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2702 '504': 'User', # sales
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2703 '505': 'User', # marketing
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2704 }
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2705
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2706 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have the
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2707 tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause, so that
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2708 we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we now do all
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2709 the work::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2710
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2711 # open the database
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2712 db = tracker.open('admin')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2713 try:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2714 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2715 msg = []
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2716
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2717 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2718 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2719 if user in ignore:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2720 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2721 continue
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2722 keep.append(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2723 try:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2724 # see if the user exists in the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2725 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2726
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2727 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2728 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2729 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2730 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2731 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2732 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2733 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2734 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2735 msg.append('ADD %s - %s (%s)'%(user, real, roles[gid]))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2736
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2737 # now check that all the users in the tracker are also in our "keep"
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2738 # list - retire those who aren't
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2739 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2740 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2741 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2742 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2743 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2744
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
2745 # 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
2746 if msg:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2747 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2748 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2749
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2750 %s
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diff changeset
2751 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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2752
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2753 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2754 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2755 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2756 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2757
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2758 # now we're done - commit the changes
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2759 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2760 finally:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
2761 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
2762 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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2763
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2764 And that's it!
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2765
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2766
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2767 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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2768 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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2769
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2770 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the example
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2771 `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into our template
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2772 alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch that shows either
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2773 one or the other. We'll use a new form variable, ``:whole_messages`` to
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2774 achieve this::
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2775
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2776 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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2777 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/:whole_messages/value | python:0">
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2778 <tr><th colspan=3 class="header">Messages</th>
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2779 <th colspan=2 class="header">
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2780 <a href="?:whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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2781 </th>
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parents: 1278
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2782 </tr>
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2783 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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2784 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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2785 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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2786 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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2787 <td nowrap tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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2788 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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parents: 1278
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2789 <td>
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2790 <a tal:attributes="href string:?:remove:messages=${msg/id}&:action=edit">remove</a>
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parents: 1278
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2791 </td>
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parents: 1278
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2792 </tr>
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parents: 1278
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2793 </tal:block>
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parents: 1278
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2794
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2795 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/:whole_messages/value | python:0">
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2796 <tr><th colspan=2 class="header">Messages</th>
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2797 <th class="header"><a href="?:whole_messages=">show only summaries</a></th>
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2798 </tr>
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2799 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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2800 <tr>
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2801 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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2802 <th nowrap tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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2803 <th style="text-align: right">
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2804 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?:remove:messages=${msg/id}&:action=edit">remove</a>)
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parents: 1278
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2805 </th>
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2806 </tr>
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2807 <tr><td colspan=3 tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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2808 </tal:block>
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2809 </tal:block>
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2810 </table>
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2811
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a66dd1573ebd new example
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2812
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c5819344714c more doc
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2813 -------------------
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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2814
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2815 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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2816
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2817 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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2818 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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2819

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