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Modifications for the final 0.4.2 release.
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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2 Implementation notes
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.3 $
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7 [see also the roundup package docstring]
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9 There have been some modifications to the spec. I've marked these in the
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10 source with 'XXX' comments when I remember to.
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12 In short:
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13 Class.find() - may match multiple properties, uses keyword args.
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15 Class.filter() - isn't in the spec and it's very useful to have at the Class
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16 level.
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18 CGI interface index view specifier layout part - lose the '+' from the
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19 sorting arguments (it's a reserved URL character ;). Just made no
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20 prefix mean ascending and '-' prefix descending.
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22 ItemClass - renamed to IssueClass to better match it only having one
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23 hypderdb class "issue". Allowing > 1 hyperdb class breaks the
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24 "superseder" multilink (since it can only link to one thing, and we'd
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25 want bugs to link to support and vice-versa).
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27 templates - the call="link()" is handled by special-case mechanisms in my
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28 top-level CGI handler. In a nutshell, the handler looks for a method on
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29 itself called 'index%s' or 'item%s' where %s is a class. Most items
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30 pass on to the templating mechanism, but the file class _always_ does
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31 downloading. It'll probably stay this way too...
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33 template - call="link(property)" may be used to link "the current node"
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34 (from an index) - the link text is the property specified.
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36 template - added functions that I found very useful: List, History and
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37 Submit.
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39 template - items must specify the message lists, history, etc. Having them
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40 by default was sometimes not wanted.
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42 template - index view determines its default columns from the template's
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43 <property> tags.
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45 template - menu() and field() look awfully similar now .... ;)
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47 roundup.py - the command-line tool has a lot more commands at its disposal
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51 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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53 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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