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2 <title>Roundup: an Issue-Tracking System for Knowledge Workers</title>
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5 <h1 align=center>Roundup (0.3.0)</h1>
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6 <h3 align=center>An Issue-Tracking System for Knowledge Workers</h2>
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11 <li><a href="overview.html">Overview</a> (Initial submission to SC Track)
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15 <li><a href="#getting">Getting Roundup</a>
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16 <li><a href="#installing">Installing Roundup</a>
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18 <li><a href="#starting">Getting Started</a>
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19 <ul>
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20 <li><a href="#instance">The Instance</a>
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21 <li><a href="#startcmd">Command Line Tool</a>
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25 <li><a href="#issues">Issues</a>
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27 <li><a href="#guide">User Guide</a>
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39 <li><a href="spec.html">Roundup's Design Document</a> ("Implementation Guide")
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40 <li><a href="#ack">Acknowledgements</a>
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51 <dd>Python 2.0 with pydoc installed. See http://www.lfw.org/ for pydoc.
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56 Download the latest version from
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57 <a href="http://www.python.org/">http://www.python.org/</a>.
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64 <a href="http://roundup.sf.net/">http://roundup.sf.net/</a>.
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70 <li>Run:
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71 <br><tt>python setup.py install</tt>
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72 <li>If you would prefer the scripts installed in somewhere other than
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73 <tt>/usr/local/bin</tt>, add <tt>"--install-scripts=&lt;dir&gt;"</tt>
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75 <br><tt>python setup.py install --install-scripts=&lt;dir&gt;</tt>
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77 <br><tt>python setup.py install --help</tt>
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78 <br>gives all the options available for installation.
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87 ie. "./roundup-admin init".
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90 <h2><a name="instance">The Instance</a></h2>
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93 instance is
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94 a directory in your filesystem that is where all the information about a
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95 live issue tracker database is stored. The data that is entered as issues,
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96 the users who access the database and the definition of the database itself
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97 all reside there:
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99 <li><strong>Hyperdatabase</strong>
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100 <br>This is the lowest component of Roundup and is where all the
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101 issues, users, file attachments and messages are stored.
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102 <li><strong>Database schema</strong>
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103 <br>This describes the content of the hyperdatabase - what fields are
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104 stored for issues, what user information, etc. Being stored in the
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105 instance, this allows it to be customised for a particular application.
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106 It also means that changes in the Roundup core code do not affect a
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107 running instance.
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108 <li><strong>Web Interface</strong>
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109 <br>The web interface templates are defined in the instance too - and
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110 the actual CGI interface class is defined (mostly using base classes in
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111 the Roundup core code) so it, like the database, may be customised for
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112 each instance in use.
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115 Instances are created using the <tt>roundup-admin</tt> tool.
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119 To initiliase a new instance, run <tt>roundup-admin init</tt>. You will be
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125 <li>Database back-end to use
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126 <li>Administration user "admin" password.
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130 to the instance on the machine the instance is running on. That is, who can
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131 actually make changes to the database using the roundup-admin tool. See
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132 the section on <a href="#users">Users and Access Control</a> for
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133 information on how to secure your instance from the start.
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137 Roundup is configurable using an instance_config.py file in the instance home.
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138 It should be edited before roundup is used, and may have the following
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150 <p>
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151 The email addresses used by the system by default are:
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158 </ol>
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162 <blockquote>
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163 <tt>|/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw
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165 </blockquote>
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167 In some installations (e.g. RedHat 6.2 I think) you'll need to set up smrsh
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168 so sendmail will accept the pipe command. In that case, symlink
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170 command to:
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171 <blockquote>
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172 <tt>|roundup-mailgw &lt;instance_home&gt;</tt>
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175 To test the mail gateway on unix systems, try:
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177 <blockquote>
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178 <tt>echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' issue_tracker@your.domain</tt>
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183 <h2><a name="startweb">Web Interface</a></h2>
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184 This software will work through apache or stand-alone.
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185 <p>
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186 <strong>Stand-alone:</strong>
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187 <ol>
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188 <li>Edit roundup-server at the top - ROUNDUP_INSTANCE_HOMES needs to know
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189 about your instance. *** command-line option
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190 <li><tt>roundup-server [hostname port]</tt> (hostname may be "")
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191 <li>Load up the page <tt>/&lt;instance name&gt;/index</tt> where
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192 instance name is the
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193 name you nominated in <tt>ROUNDUP_INSTANCE_HOMES</tt>.
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194 *** command-line option
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195 </ol>
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197 <strong>Apache:</strong>
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198 <ol>
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199 <li>Make sure roundup.cgi is executable. Edit it at the top -
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200 ROUNDUP_INSTANCE_HOMES needs to know about your instance.
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201 <li>Edit your <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf</tt> and make sure that the
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202 <tt>/home/httpd/html/roundup/roundup.cgi</tt> script will be treated as a CGI
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203 script.
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204 <li>Add the following to your <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf</tt>:
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205 <pre>
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206 ------8<------- snip here ------8<-------
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207 RewriteEngine on
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208 RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
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209 RewriteRule ^/roundup/roundup.cgi(.*) /home/httpd/html/roundup/roundup.cgi$1 [e=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1,t=application/x-httpd-cgi,l]
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210 ------8<------- snip here ------8<-------
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211 </pre>
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212 note: the RewriteRule must be on one line - no breaks
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213 <li>Re-start your apache to re-load the config
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214 <li>Load up the page <tt>/roundup/roundup.cgi/&lt;instance name&gt;/index</tt> where
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215 instance name is the name you nominated in ROUNDUP_INSTANCE_HOMES.
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219 <h2><a name="users">Users</a></h2>
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221 <h3>Users and permissions</h3>
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222 By default, roundup automatically creates one user when the instance
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223 database is initialised (using roundup-admin init). The user is "admin" and
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224 the password is the one you supply at that time.
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225 <p>
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226 If users attempt to use roundup in any manner and are not identified to
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227 roundup, they will be using the database in a read-only mode. That is, if
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228 roundup doesn't know who they are, they can't change anything. This has the
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229 following repurcussions:
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230 <dl>
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231 <dt><strong>Command-line interface</strong>
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232 <dd>The data modification commands (create, init, retire, set) are
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233 performed as the "admin" user. It is therefore important that the database
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234 be protected by the filesystem if protection is required. On a Unix system,
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235 the easiest and most flexible method of doing so is:
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236 <ol>
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237 <li>Add a new user and group to your system (e.g. "issue_tracker")
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238 <li>When creating a new instance home, use the following commands
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239 (substituting instance_home for the directory you want to use):<br>
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240 <pre>
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241 mkdir instance_home
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242 chown issue_tracker:issue_tracker instance_home
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243 chmod g+rwxs instance_home
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244 roundup-admin -i instance_home init
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245 </pre>
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246 <li>Now, edit the /etc/group line for the issue_tracker group so it includes
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247 the unix logins of all the users who are going to administer your roundup
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248 instance. If you're running the web or mail gateways, then be sure to
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249 include those users in the group too (on some Linux systems, these
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250 users are "www" or "apache" and "mail".)
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253 <dt><strong>E-Mail interface</strong>
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254 <dd>Users are identified by e-mail address - a new user entry will be
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255 created for any e-mail address that is not recognised, so users are
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256 <em>always</em> identified by roundup.
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257 <dt><strong>Web interface</strong>
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258 <dd>Unidentified users have read-only access. If the users database has an
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259 entry with the username "anonymous", then unidentified users are
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260 automatically logged in as that user. This gives them write access.
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261 </dl>
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262 <p>
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264 <h3>Adding users</h3>
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265 To add users, use one of the following interfaces:
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267 <ol>
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268 <li>On the web, access the URL <tt>.../&lt;instance name&gt;/newuser</tt>
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269 to bring up a form which may be used to add a new user.
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270 <li>On the command-line, use:
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271 <br><tt>roundup-admin -i &lt;instance home&gt; create user
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272 username=bozo password=bozo address=richard@clown.org</tt>
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273 <br>Supply the admin username and password. roundup-admin will print the
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274 id of the new user.
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275 <li>Any e-mail sent to roundup from an address that doesn't match an
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276 existing user in the database will result in a new user entry being
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277 created for that user.
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278 </ol>
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282 <h2><a name="issues">Issues</a></h2>
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283 To add issues, use one of the following interfaces:
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285 <ol>
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286 <li>On the web, access the URL <tt>.../&lt;instance name&gt;/newissue</tt>
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288 <li>On the command-line, use:
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289 <br><tt>roundup-admin -i &lt;instance home&gt; create issue
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291 <br>Supply the admin username and password. roundup-admin will print the
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292 id of the new issue.
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293 <li>Any e-mail sent to roundup with the subject line containing [issue]
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295 contents of the e-mail.
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296 </ol>
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298 <p><hr>
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299 <h1><a name="guide">User Guide</a></h1>
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300 <h2><a name="cmd">Command Line Tool</a></h2>
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302 Usage:
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303 <tt>roundup-admin [-i instance home] [-u login] [-c] &lt;command&gt;
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304 &lt;arguments&gt;</tt>
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305
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306 <p>
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307 <table><tr><th colspan=2>Options:</th></tr>
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308 <tr><td>-i instance home </td><td>specify the issue tracker "home directory" to administer
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309 </td></tr>
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310 <tr><td>-u </td><td>the user[:password] to use for commands
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311 </td></tr>
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312 <tr><td>-c </td><td>when outputting lists of data, just comma-separate them
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313 </td></tr>
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314 </table>
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315
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316 <p>
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317 <table border=1 cellspacing=0>
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318 <tr><th colspan=2>Command Help</th></tr>
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319 <tr><td valign=top><strong>history</strong></td>
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320 <td><tt>history designator</tt><p>
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321 Lists the journal entries for the node identified by the designator.
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322 </td></tr>
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323
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324 <tr><td valign=top><strong>find</strong></td>
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325 <td><tt>find classname propname=value ...</tt><p>
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326 Find the nodes of the given class with a given property value. The
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327 value may be either the nodeid of the linked node, or its key value.
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328 </td></tr>
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329
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330 <tr><td valign=top><strong>list</strong></td>
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331 <td><tt>list classname [property]</tt><p>
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332 Lists all instances of the given class along. If the property is not
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333 specified, the "label" property is used. The label property is tried
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334 in order: the key, "name", "title" and then the first property,
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335 alphabetically.
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336 </td></tr>
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337
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338 <tr><td valign=top><strong>retire</strong></td>
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339 <td><tt>retire designator[,designator]*</tt><p>
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340 This action indicates that a particular node is not to be retrieved by
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341 the list or find commands, and its key value may be re-used.
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342 </td></tr>
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343
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344 <tr><td valign=top><strong>create</strong></td>
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345 <td><tt>create classname property=value ...</tt><p>
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346 This creates a new entry of the given class using the property
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347 name=value arguments provided on the command line after the "create"
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348 command.
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349 </td></tr>
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350
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351 <tr><td valign=top><strong>get</strong></td>
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352 <td><tt>get property designator[,designator]*</tt><p>
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353 Retrieves the property value of the nodes specified by the designators.
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354 </td></tr>
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356 <tr><td valign=top><strong>spec</strong></td>
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357 <td><tt>spec classname</tt><p>
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358 This lists the properties for a given class.
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359 </td></tr>
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360
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361 <tr><td valign=top><strong>set</strong></td>
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362 <td><tt>set designator[,designator]* propname=value ...</tt><p>
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363 Sets the property to the value for all designators given.
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364 </td></tr>
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365
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366 <tr><td valign=top><strong>init</strong></td>
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367 <td><tt>init [template [backend [admin password]]]</tt><p>
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368 The command will prompt for the instance home directory (if not supplied
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369 through INSTANCE_HOME or the -i option. The template, backend and admin
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370 password may be specified on the command-line as arguments, in that order.
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371 </td></tr>
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373 <tr><td valign=top><strong>export</strong></td>
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374 <td><tt>export class[,class] destination_dir</tt><p>
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375 This action exports the current data from the database into
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376 comma-separated files that are placed in the nominated destination
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377 directory. The journals are not exported.
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378 </td></tr>
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380 <tr><td valign=top><strong>import</strong></td>
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381 <td><tt>import class file</tt><p>
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382 The file must define the same properties as the class (including having
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383 a "header" line with those property names.)
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384 </td></tr>
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386 <tr><td valign=top><strong>freshen</strong></td>
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387 <td><tt>freshen</tt><p>
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388 <strong>**DO NOT USE**</strong>
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389 <p>
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390 This currently kills databases!!!!
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391 <p>
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392 This action should generally not be used. It reads in an instance
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393 database and writes it again. In the future, is may also update
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394 instance code to account for changes in templates. It's probably wise
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395 not to use it anyway. Until we're sure it won't break things...
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396 </td></tr>
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398 <tr><td><strong>help</strong></td>
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399 <td><tt>help [command]</tt><p>
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400 Short help about roundup-admin or the specific command.
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401 </td></tr>
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403 <tr><td><strong>morehelp</strong></td>
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404 <td><tt>morehelp</tt><p>
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405 All available help from the roundup-admin tool.
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406 </td></tr>
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407 </table>
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409 <p>
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410 All commands (except help) require an instance specifier. This is just the path
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411 to the roundup instance you're working with. A roundup instance is where
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412 roundup keeps the database and configuration file that defines an issue
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413 tracker. It may be thought of as the issue tracker's "home directory". It may
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414 be specified in the environment variable ROUNDUP_INSTANCE or on the command
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415 line as "-i instance".
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416
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417 <p>
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418 A designator is a classname and a nodeid concatenated, eg. bug1, user10, ...
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419
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420 <p>
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421 Property values are represented as strings in command arguments and in the
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422 printed results:
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423 <ul>
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424 <li>Strings are, well, strings.
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425 <li>Password values will display as their encoded value.
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426 <li>Date values are printed in the full date format in the local time zone, and
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427 accepted in the full format or any of the partial formats explained below.
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429 <tr><th>Input of...</th><th>Means...</th></tr>
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430 <tr><td>"2000-04-17.03:45"</td><td>2000-04-17.08:45:00</td></tr>
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431 <tr><td>"2000-04-17"</td><td>2000-04-17.00:00:00</td></tr>
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432 <tr><td>"01-25"</td><td>yyyy-01-25.00:00:00</td></tr>
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433 <tr><td>"08-13.22:13"</td><td>yyyy-08-14.03:13:00</td></tr>
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434 <tr><td>"11-07.09:32:43"</td><td>yyyy-11-07.14:32:43</td></tr>
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435 <tr><td>"14:25"</td><td>yyyy-mm-dd.19:25:00</td></tr>
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436 <tr><td>"8:47:11"</td><td>yyyy-mm-dd.13:47:11</td></tr>
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437 <tr><td>"."</td><td>"right now"</td></tr>
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438 </table>
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439 <li>Link values are printed as node designators. When given as an argument,
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440 node designators and key strings are both accepted.
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441 <li>Multilink values are printed as lists of node designators joined by commas.
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442 When given as an argument, node designators and key strings are both
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443 accepted; an empty string, a single node, or a list of nodes joined by
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444 commas is accepted.
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445 </ul>
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446 When multiple nodes are specified to the roundup get or roundup set
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447 commands, the specified properties are retrieved or set on all the listed
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448 nodes.
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449 <p>
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450 When multiple results are returned by the roundup get or roundup find
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451 commands, they are printed one per line (default) or joined by commas (with
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452 the -c) option.
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453 <p>
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454 Where the command changes data, a login name/password is required. The
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455 login may be specified as either "name" or "name:password".
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456 <ul>
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457 <li>ROUNDUP_LOGIN environment variable
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458 <li>the -u command-line option
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459 </ul>
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460 If either the name or password is not supplied, they are obtained from the
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461 command-line.
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462
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463 <h2><a name="web">Web Interface</a></h2>
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464 Index views may be modified by the following arguments:
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465 <pre>
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466 :sort - sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-'
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467 to give descending or nothing for ascending sorting.
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468 :group - group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or
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469 to sort in descending or nothing for ascending order.
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470 :filter - selects which props should be displayed in the filter
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471 section. Default is all.
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472 :columns - selects the columns that should be displayed.
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473 Default is all.
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474 propname - selects the values the node properties given by propname
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475 must have (very basic search/filter).
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476 </pre>
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478 <strong>Not sure what to put in here...</strong>
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480 <h2><a name="mail">E-Mail Gateway</a></h2>
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482 <h3>Performing Actions</h3>
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483 The subject line of the incoming message is examined to determine whether
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484 the message is an attempt to create a new item or to discuss an existing
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485 item. A designator enclosed in square brackets is sought as the first thing
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486 on the subject line (after skipping any "Fwd:" or "Re:" prefixes).
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487 <p>
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488 If an item designator (class name and id number) is found there, the newly
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489 created "msg" node is added to the "messages" property for that item, and
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490 any new "file" nodes are added to the "files" property for the item.
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491 <p>
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492 If just an item class name is found there, we attempt to create a new item
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493 of that class with its "messages" property initialized to contain the new
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494 "msg" node and its "files" property initialized to contain any new "file"
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495 nodes.
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496
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497 <h3>Setting Properties</h3>
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498 The e-mail interface also provides a simple way to set
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499 properties on items. At the end of the subject line,
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500 <em>propname</em><tt>=</tt><em>value</em> pairs can be
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501 specified in square brackets, using the same conventions
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502 as for the <tt>roundup&nbsp;set</tt> shell command.
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503 explanatory message given in the exception.
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504
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505 <h3>Message content</h3>
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506 Incoming messages are examined for multiple parts:
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507 <ul>
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508 <li>In a multipart/mixed message or part, each subpart is extracted and
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509 examined. The text/plain subparts are assembled to form the textual
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510 body of the message, to be stored in the file associated with a "msg"
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511 class node. Any parts of other types are each stored in separate files
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512 and given "file" class nodes that are linked to the "msg" node.
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513 <li>In a multipart/alternative message or part, we look for a text/plain
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514 subpart and ignore the other parts.
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515 </ul>
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516
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517 <h4>Message summary</h4>
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518 The "summary" property on message nodes is taken from the first non-quoting
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519 section in the message body. The message body is divided into sections by
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520 blank lines. Sections where the second and all subsequent lines begin with
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521 a "&gt;" or "|" character are considered "quoting sections". The first line of
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522 the first non-quoting section becomes the summary of the message.
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523
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524 <h3>Address handling</h3>
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525 All of the addresses in the To: and Cc: headers of the incoming message are
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526 looked up among the user nodes, and the corresponding users are placed in
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527 the "recipients" property on the new "msg" node. The address in the From:
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528 header similarly determines the "author" property of the new "msg"
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529 node. The default handling for addresses that don't have corresponding
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530 users is to create new users with no passwords and a username equal to the
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531 address. (The web interface does not permit logins for users with no
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532 passwords.) If we prefer to reject mail from outside sources, we can simply
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533 register an auditor on the "user" class that prevents the creation of user
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534 nodes with no passwords.
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535
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536 <h3>Triggers</h3>
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537 Both cases may trigger detectors (in the first case we are calling the
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538 set() method to add the message to the item's spool; in the second case we
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539 are calling the create() method to create a new node). If an auditor raises
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540 an exception, the original message is bounced back to the sender with the
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541
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542 <h4>Nosy Lists</h4>
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543 A standard detector is provided that watches for additions
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544 to the "messages" property. When a new message is added, the
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545 detector sends it to all the users on the "nosy" list for the
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546 item that are not already on the "recipients" list of the
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547 message. Those users are then appended to the "recipients"
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548 property on the message, so multiple copies of a message
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549 are never sent to the same user. The journal recorded by
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550 the hyperdatabase on the "recipients" property then provides
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551 a log of when the message was sent to whom.
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553 <p><hr>
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554 <h1><a name="custom">Customising Roundup</a></h1>
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555
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556 Instances have the following structure:
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557 <table>
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558 <tr><td valign=top><strong>instance_config.py</strong></td>
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559 <td>Holds the basic <a href="#config">instance configuration</a></td></tr>
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560 <tr><td valign=top><strong>dbinit.py</strong></td>
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561 <td>Holds the <a href="#custinst">instance schema</a></td></tr>
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562 <tr><td valign=top><strong>interfaces.py</strong></td>
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563 <td>Defines the <a href="#custweb">Web</a> and E-Mail interfaces for the instance</td></tr>
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565 <td>Selects the database back-end for the instance</td></tr>
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566 <tr><td valign=top><strong>db/</strong></td>
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567 <td>Holds the instance's database</td></tr>
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568 <tr><td valign=top><strong>db/files/</strong></td>
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569 <td>Holds the instance's upload files and messages</td></tr>
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570 <tr><td valign=top><strong>detectors/</strong></td>
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571 <td>Auditors and reactors for this instance</td></tr>
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572 <tr><td valign=top><strong>html/</strong></td>
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573 <td>Web interface <a href="#custweb">templates</a>, images and style sheets</td></tr>
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574 </table>
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576 <h2><a name="config">Instance Configuration</a></h2>
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577 The <tt>instance_config.py</tt> located in your instance home contains the
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578 basic configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's
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579 interfaces. This file is a Python module. The default
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580 <tt>instance_config.py</tt> is given below - as you can see, the
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581 MAIL_DOMAIN must be edited before any interaction with the instance is
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582 attempted.
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583
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584 <p>
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585 <pre>
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586 MAIL_DOMAIN=MAILHOST=HTTP_HOST=None
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587 HTTP_PORT=0
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588
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589 # roundup home is this package's directory
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590 INSTANCE_HOME=os.path.split(__file__)[0]
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591
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592 # The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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593 if not MAILHOST:
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594 MAILHOST = 'localhost'
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595
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596 # The domain name used for email addresses.
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597 if not MAIL_DOMAIN:
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598 MAIL_DOMAIN = 'fill.me.in.'
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600 # the next two are only used for the standalone HTTP server.
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601 if not HTTP_HOST:
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602 HTTP_HOST = ''
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603 if not HTTP_PORT:
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604 HTTP_PORT = 9080
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605
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606 # This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in
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607 DATABASE = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'db')
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609 # This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in
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610 TEMPLATES = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'html')
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611
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612 # The email address that mail to roundup should go to
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613 ISSUE_TRACKER_EMAIL = 'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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615 # The web address that the instance is viewable at
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616 ISSUE_TRACKER_WEB = 'http://some.useful.url/'
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618 # The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble
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619 ADMIN_EMAIL = 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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620
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621 # Somewhere for roundup to log stuff internally sent to stdout or stderr
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622 LOG = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'roundup.log')
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623 </pre>
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625 <h2><a name="custinst">Instance Schema</a></h2>
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626 An instance schema defines what data is stored in the instance's database.
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627 The two schemas shipped with Roundup turn it into a typical software bug
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628 tracker (the extended schema allowing for support issues as well as bugs).
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629 Schemas are defined using Python code. The "classic" schema looks like
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630 this:
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631 <p>
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632 <pre>
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633 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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634 pri.setkey("name")
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635 pri.create(name="critical", order="1")
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636 pri.create(name="urgent", order="2")
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637 pri.create(name="bug", order="3")
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638 pri.create(name="feature", order="4")
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639 pri.create(name="wish", order="5")
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640
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641 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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642 stat.setkey("name")
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643 stat.create(name="unread", order="1")
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644 stat.create(name="deferred", order="2")
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645 stat.create(name="chatting", order="3")
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646 stat.create(name="need-eg", order="4")
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647 stat.create(name="in-progress", order="5")
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648 stat.create(name="testing", order="6")
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649 stat.create(name="done-cbb", order="7")
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650 stat.create(name="resolved", order="8")
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651
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652 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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653 keyword.setkey("name")
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654
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655 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), password=String(),
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656 address=String(), realname=String(), phone=String(), organisation=String())
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657 user.setkey("username")
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658 user.create(username="admin", password=adminpw, address=instance_config.ADMIN_EMAIL)
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659
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660 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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661 date=Date(), summary=String(), files=Multilink("file"))
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663 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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665 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", assignedto=Link("user"),
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666 topic=Multilink("keyword"), priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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667 issue.setkey('title')
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668 </pre>
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670 <h3>Classes and Properties - creating a new information store</h3>
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672 <dl>
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673 <dt><strong>priority</strong>
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674 <dd>Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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675 <dt><strong>status</strong>
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676 <dd>Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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677 <dt><strong>keyword</strong>
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678 <dd>Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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679 <dt><strong>user</strong>
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680 <dd>Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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681 for all users using roundup.
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682 <dt><strong>msg</strong>
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683 <dd>Initially empty, will all e-mail messages sent to or generated by roundup.
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684 <dt><strong>file</strong>
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685 <dd>Initially empty, will all files attached to issues.
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686 <dt><strong>issue</strong>
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687 <dd>Initially emtyp, this is where the issue information is stored.
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688 </dl>
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689 <p>
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690 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things: reduction
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691 in the amount of information stored on the issue and more powerful, accurate
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692 searching of issues by priority and status. By only requiring a link on
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693 the issue (which is stored as a single number) we reduce the chance
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694 that someone mis-types a priority or status - or simply makes a new one
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695 up.
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697 <h4>Class and Nodes</h4>
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698 A <em>Class</em> defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be
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699 stored in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which
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700 given the information about the class nodes.
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701 <p>
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702 The actual data entered into the database, using <em>class</em>.create()
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704 id. We sometimes refer to this as the <em>nodeid</em>.
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707 <h4>Properties</h4>
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708 A Class is comprised of one or more <em>properties</em> of the following types:
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710 <ul>
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711 <li><em>String</em> properties are for storing arbitrary-length
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712 strings.
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713
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714 <li><em>Password</em> properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length
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715 strings. The default encoding is defined on the roundup.password.Password
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716 class.
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717
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718 <li><em>Date</em> properties store date-and-time stamps.
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719 Their values are Timestamp objects.
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720
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721 <li>A <em>Link</em> property refers to a single other node
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722 selected from a specified class. The class is part of the property;
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723 the value is an integer, the id of the chosen node.
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724
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725 <li>A <em>Multilink</em> property refers to possibly many nodes
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726 in a specified class. The value is a list of integers.
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727 </ul>
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729 <h4>FileClass</h4>
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730 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from the
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731 rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in the
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732 database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also allows
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733 us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are stored in
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734 the files sub-directory of the db directory in your instance.
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736 <h4>IssueClass</h4>
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737 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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738 "superseder" properties.
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739 <p>
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740 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and files
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741 related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to users who
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742 wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed" e-mails when
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743 messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy reactor (in the
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744 detectors directory) handles this action. The superceder link indicates an
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745 issue which has superceded this one.
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746 <p>
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747 They also have the dynamically generated
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748 "creation", "activity" and "creator" properties.
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749 <p>
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750 The value of the "creation" property is the date when a node was created,
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751 and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any property on
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752 the node was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates on the first
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753 and last records in the node's journal). The "creator" property holds a
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754 link to the user that created the issue.
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755
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756 <h4>setkey(property)</h4>
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757 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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758 property muse be unique, and allows references to the nodes in the class by
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759 the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by their
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760 username, e.g. let's say that there's an issue in roundup, issue 23. There's
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761 also a user, richard who happens to be user 2. To assign an issue to him,
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762 we could do either of:
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763 <p>
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764 <blockquote><tt>roundup-admin set issue assignedto=2</tt></blockquote>
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765 <p>
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766 or
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767 <p>
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768 <blockquote><tt>roundup-admin set issue
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769 assignedto=richard</tt></blockquote>
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770 <p>
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771 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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773 <h4>create(information)</h4>
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774 Create a node in the database. This is generally used to create nodes in
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775 the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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776
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778 <h2><a name="custweb">Web Interface</a></h2>
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779
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780 The web interface works behind the cgi-bin/roundup.cgi or roundup-server
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781 scripts. In both cases, the scripts determine which instance is being
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782 accessed (the first part of the URL path inside the scope of the CGI
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783 handler) and pass control on to the instance interfaces.Client class which
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784 handles the rest of the access through its main() method. This means that
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785 you can do pretty much anything you want as a web interface to your
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786 instance.
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787 <p>
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788 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the templates
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789 in the instance html directory. These are divided into index, item and
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790 newitem views. The newitem view is optional - the item view will be used if
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791 the newitem view doesn't exist.
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792
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793 <h3>Displaying Properties</h3>
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794
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795 <p>
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796 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts:
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797 in indices, in editors, and as filters. For each type of
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798 property, there are several display possibilities. For example,
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799 in an index view, a string property may just be printed as
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800 a plain string, but in an editor view, that property should
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801 be displayed in an editable field.
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802
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803 <p>
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804 The display of a property is handled by functions in
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805 the htmltemplate module.
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806
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807 <p>
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808 Displayer functions are triggered by <tt>&lt;display&gt;</tt>
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809 tags in templates. The <tt>call</tt> attribute of the tag
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810 provides a Python expression for calling the displayer
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811 function. The three standard arguments are inserted in
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812 front of the arguments given. For example, the occurrence of
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813
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814 <blockquote><pre><small
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815 > &lt;display call="plain('status')"&gt;
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816 </small></pre></blockquote>
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817
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819 functions can accept extra arguments to further specify
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820 details about the widgets that should be generated. By defining new
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821 displayer functions, the user interface can be highly customized.
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822
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823 <p>
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824 <table border=1 cellspacing=0>
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825 <tr><th colspan=2>The displayer functions are</th></tr>
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826
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827 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>plain</strong></td>
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828 <td>Display a String property directly.
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829 <p>
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830 Display a Date property in a specified time zone with an option
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831 to omit the time from the date stamp.
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832 <p>
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833 For a Link or Multilink
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834 property, display the key strings of the linked nodes (or the
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835 ids if the linked class has no key property).
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836 <p>
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837 <em>Options:</em><br>
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838 escape (boolean) - HTML-escape the resulting text.
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839 </td></tr>
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840
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841 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>field</strong></td>
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842 <td>Display a property like the
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843 <strong>plain</strong> displayer above, but in a form field
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844 to be edited. Strings, Dates and Intervals use TEXT fields, Links use
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845 SELECT fields and Multilinks use SELECT MULTIPLE fields.
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846 <p>
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847 <em>Options:</em><br>
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848 size (number) - width of TEXT fields.<br>
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849 height (number) - number of nows in SELECT MULTIPLE tags.<br>
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850 showid (boolean) - true includes the id of linked nodes in the SELECT
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851 MULTIPLE fields.
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852 </td></tr>
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853
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854 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>menu</strong></td>
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855 <td>For a Links and Multilinks, display the same field as would be
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856 generated using <strong>field</strong>.
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857 </td></tr>
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859 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>link</strong></td>
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860 <td>For a Link or Multilink property, display the names of the linked
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861 nodes, hyperlinked to the item views on those nodes. For other properties,
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862 link to this node with the property as the text.
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863 <p>
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864 <em>Options:</em><br>
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865 property (property name) - the property to use in the second case.
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868 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>count</strong></td>
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869 <td>For a Multilink property, display
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870 a count of the number of links in the list.
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871 <p>
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872 <em>Arguments:</em><br>
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873 property (property name) - the property to use.
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874
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875 </td></tr>
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877 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>reldate</strong></td>
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878 <td>Display a Date property in terms
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880 <p>
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881 <em>Arguments:</em><br>
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882 property (property name) - the property to use.
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883 <p>
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884 <em>Options:</em><br>
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885 pretty (boolean) - display the relative date in an English form.
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886 </td></tr>
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887
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888 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>download</strong></td>
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889 <td>Show a Link("file") or Multilink("file")
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890 property using links that allow you to download files.
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891 <p>
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892 <em>Arguments:</em><br>
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893 property (property name) - the property to use.
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894 </td></tr>
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895
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896 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>checklist</strong></td>
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897 <td>For a Link or Multilink property,
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898 display checkboxes for the available choices to permit filtering.
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899 <p>
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900 <em>Arguments:</em><br>
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901 property (property name) - the property to use.
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902 </td></tr>
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903
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904 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>note</strong></td>
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905 <td>Display the special notes field, which is a text area for entering a
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906 note to go along with a change.
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907 </td></tr>
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908
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909 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>list</strong></td>
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910 <td>List the nodes specified by property using the standard index for
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911 the class.
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912 <p>
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913 <em>Arguments:</em><br>
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914 property (property name) - the property to use.
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915 </td></tr>
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916
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917 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>history</strong></td>
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918 <td>List the history of the item.
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919 </td></tr>
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920
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921 <tr><td valign="top"><strong>submit</strong></td>
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922 <td>Add a submit button for the item.
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923 </td></tr>
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924
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925 </table>
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926
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927 <h3>Index Views</h3>
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929 <p>An index view contains two sections: a filter section
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930 and an index section.
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931 The filter section provides some widgets for selecting
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932 which items appear in the index. The index section is
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933 a table of items.
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934
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935 <h4>Index View Specifiers</h4>
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936
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937 <p>An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace
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939
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940 <blockquote><pre><small
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941 >/issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&amp;
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942 topic=security,ui&amp;
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943 :group=+priority&amp;
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944 :sort=-activity&amp;
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945 :filters=status,topic&amp;
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946 :columns=title,status,fixer
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947 </small></pre></blockquote>
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948
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949 <p>The index view is determined by two parts of the
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950 specifier: the layout part and the filter part.
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951 The layout part consists of the query parameters that
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952 begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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953 properties of selected nodes are displayed.
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954 The filter part consists of all the other query parameters,
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955 and it determines the criteria by which nodes
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956 are selected for display.
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957
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958 <p>The filter part is interactively manipulated with
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959 the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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960 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking
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961 on the column headings in the table.
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962
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963 <p>The filter part selects the <em>union</em> of the
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964 sets of items with values matching any specified Link
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965 properties and the <em>intersection</em> of the sets
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966 of items with values matching any specified Multilink
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967 properties.
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968
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969 <p>The example specifies an index of "issue" nodes.
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970 Only items with a "status" of <em>either</em>
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971 "unread" or "in-progres" or "resolved" are displayed,
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972 and only items with "topic" values including <em>both</em>
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973 "security" <em>and</em> "ui" are displayed. The items
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974 are grouped by priority, arranged in ascending order;
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975 and within groups, sorted by activity, arranged in
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976 descending order. The filter section shows filters
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977 for the "status" and "topic" properties, and the
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978 table includes columns for the "title", "status", and
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979 "fixer" properties.
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980
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981 <p>Associated with each item class is a default
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982 layout specifier. The layout specifier in the above
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983 example is the default layout to be provided with
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984 the default bug-tracker schema described above in
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985 section 4.4.
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986
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987 <h4>Filter Section</h4>
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988
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989 <p>The template for a filter section provides the
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990 filtering widgets at the top of the index view.
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991 Fragments enclosed in <tt>&lt;property&gt;</tt>...<tt>&lt;/property&gt;</tt>
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992 tags are included or omitted depending on whether the
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993 view specifier requests a filter for a particular property.
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994
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995 <p>Here's a simple example of a filter template.
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996
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997 <blockquote><pre><small
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998 >&lt;property name=status&gt;
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999 &lt;display call="checklist('status')"&gt;
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1000 &lt;/property&gt;
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1001 &lt;br&gt;
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1002 &lt;property name=priority&gt;
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1003 &lt;display call="checklist('priority')"&gt;
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1004 &lt;/property&gt;
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1005 &lt;br&gt;
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1006 &lt;property name=fixer&gt;
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1007 &lt;display call="menu('fixer')"&gt;
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1008 &lt;/property&gt;</small></pre></blockquote>
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1010 <p>
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1011 The standard index generation code appends a section to the index pages
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1012 which allows selection of the filters - from those which are defined in the
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1013 filter template.
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1014
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1015 <h4>Index Section</h4>
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1016
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1017 <p>The template for an index section describes one row of
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1018 the index table.
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1019 Fragments enclosed in <tt>&lt;property&gt;</tt>...<tt>&lt;/property&gt;</tt>
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1020 tags are included or omitted depending on whether the
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1021 view specifier requests a column for a particular property.
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1022 The table cells should contain <tt>&lt;display&gt;</tt> tags
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1023 to display the values of the item's properties.
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1024
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1025 <p>Here's a simple example of an index template.
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1027 <blockquote><pre><small
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1028 >&lt;tr&gt;
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1029 &lt;property name=title&gt;
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1030 &lt;td&gt;&lt;display call="plain('title', max=50)"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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1031 &lt;/property&gt;
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1032 &lt;property name=status&gt;
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1034 &lt;/property&gt;
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1035 &lt;property name=fixer&gt;
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1036 &lt;td&gt;&lt;display call="plain('fixer')"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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1037 &lt;/property&gt;
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1038 &lt;/tr&gt;</small></pre></blockquote>
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1040 <h4>Sorting</h4>
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1041
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1042 <p>String and Date values are sorted in the natural way.
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1043 Link properties are sorted according to the value of the
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1044 "order" property on the linked nodes if it is present; or
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1045 otherwise on the key string of the linked nodes; or
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1046 finally on the node ids. Multilink properties are
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1047 sorted according to how many links are present.
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1048
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1049 <h3>Item Views</h3>
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1050
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1051 <p>An item view contains an editor section and a spool section.
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1052 At the top of an item view, links to superseding and superseded
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1053 items are always displayed.
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1054
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1057 <h4>Editor Section</h4>
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1058
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1059 <p>The editor section is generated from a template
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1060 containing <tt>&lt;display&gt;</tt> tags to insert
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1061 the appropriate widgets for editing properties.
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1062
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1063 <p>Here's an example of a basic editor template.
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1064
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1065 <blockquote><pre><small
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1066 >&lt;table&gt;
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1067 &lt;tr&gt;
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1068 &lt;td colspan=2&gt;
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1069 &lt;display call="field('title', size=60)"&gt;
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1070 &lt;/td&gt;
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1071 &lt;/tr&gt;
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1072 &lt;tr&gt;
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1073 &lt;td&gt;
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1074 &lt;display call="field('fixer', size=30)"&gt;
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1075 &lt;/td&gt;
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1076 &lt;td&gt;
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1077 &lt;display call="menu('status')&gt;
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1078 &lt;/td&gt;
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1079 &lt;/tr&gt;
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1080 &lt;tr&gt;
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1081 &lt;td&gt;
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1082 &lt;display call="field('nosy', size=30)"&gt;
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1083 &lt;/td&gt;
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1084 &lt;td&gt;
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1085 &lt;display call="menu('priority')&gt;
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1086 &lt;/td&gt;
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1087 &lt;/tr&gt;
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1088 &lt;tr&gt;
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1089 &lt;td colspan=2&gt;
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1090 &lt;display call="note()"&gt;
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1091 &lt;/td&gt;
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1092 &lt;/tr&gt;
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1093 &lt;/table&gt;
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1094 </small></pre></blockquote>
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1095
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1096 <p>As shown in the example, the editor template can also
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1097 request the display of a "note" field, which is a
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1098 text area for entering a note to go along with a change.
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1099
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1100 <p>When a change is submitted, the system automatically
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1101 generates a message describing the changed properties.
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1102
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1103 <p>If a note is given in the "note" field, the note is
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1104 appended to the description. The message is then added
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1105 to the item's message spool (thus triggering the standard
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1106 detector to react by sending out this message to the nosy list).
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1107
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1108 <p>
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1109 The message also displays all of the property values on the
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1110 item and indicates which ones have changed.
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1111 An example of such a message might be this:
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1112
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1113 <blockquote><pre>
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1114 Polly's taken a turn for the worse - this is now really important!
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1115 -----
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1116 title: Polly Parrot is dead
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1117 priority: critical
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1118 status: unread -&gt; in-progress
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1119 fixer: terry
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1120 keywords: parrot,plumage,perch,nailed,dead
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1121 </pre></blockquote>
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1122
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1123 <h4>Spool Section</h4>
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1124
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1125 <p>The spool section lists messages in the item's "messages"
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1126 property. The index of messages displays the "date", "author",
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1127 and "summary" properties on the message nodes, and selecting a
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1128 message takes you to its content.
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1129
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1130 <p>The &lt;property&gt; tag used in the index may also be used here -
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1131 it checks to see if the nominated Multilink property has any entries.
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1132 This can be used to eliminate sections of the spool section if the
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1133 property has no entries.
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1134
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1135 <blockquote><pre>
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1136 &lt;property name="files"&gt;
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1137 &lt;tr class="strong-header"&gt;
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1138 &lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Files&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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1139 &lt;/tr&gt;
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1140
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1141 &lt;tr&gt;
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1142 &lt;td&gt;&lt;display call="list('files')"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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1143 &lt;/tr&gt;
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1144 &lt;/property&gt;
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1145 </pre></blockquote>
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1146
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1147 <p><hr>
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1148 <h1><a name="ack">Acknowledgements</a></h1>
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1149
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1150 Go Ping, you rock! Also, go Bizar Software for letting me implement this
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1151 system on their time.
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1152
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1153 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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1154 <hr>
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1155 $Id: index.html,v 1.14 2001-10-10 03:58:40 richard Exp $
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1156 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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1157
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1158 </body></html>
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1159
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