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More doc tweaks
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.5 $
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7 .. contents::
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10 Instances have the following structure:
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12 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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13 |instance_config.py |Holds the basic instance_configuration |
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14 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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15 |dbinit.py |Holds the instance_schema |
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16 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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17 |interfaces.py |Defines the Web and E-Mail interfaces for the instance |
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18 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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19 |select_db.py |Selects the database back-end for the instance |
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20 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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21 |db/ |Holds the instance's database |
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22 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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23 |db/files/ |Holds the instance's upload files and messages |
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24 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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25 |detectors/ |Auditors and reactors for this instance |
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26 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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27 |html/ |Web interface templates, images and style sheets |
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28 +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
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30 Instance Configuration
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31 ----------------------
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33 The instance_config.py located in your instance home contains the basic
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34 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces. This
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35 file is a Python module. The default instance_config.py is given below - as you
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36 can see, the MAIL_DOMAIN must be edited before any interaction with the
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37 instance is attempted.::
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39 MAIL_DOMAIN=MAILHOST=HTTP_HOST=None
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40 HTTP_PORT=0
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42 # roundup home is this package's directory
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43 INSTANCE_HOME=os.path.split(__file__)[0]
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45 # The SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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46 if not MAILHOST:
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47 MAILHOST = 'localhost'
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49 # The domain name used for email addresses.
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50 if not MAIL_DOMAIN:
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51 MAIL_DOMAIN = 'fill.me.in.'
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53 # the next two are only used for the standalone HTTP server.
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54 if not HTTP_HOST:
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55 HTTP_HOST = ''
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56 if not HTTP_PORT:
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57 HTTP_PORT = 9080
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59 # This is the directory that the database is going to be stored in
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60 DATABASE = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'db')
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62 # This is the directory that the HTML templates reside in
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63 TEMPLATES = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'html')
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65 # The email address that mail to roundup should go to
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66 ISSUE_TRACKER_EMAIL = 'issue_tracker@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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68 # The web address that the instance is viewable at
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69 ISSUE_TRACKER_WEB = 'http://some.useful.url/'
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71 # The email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble
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72 ADMIN_EMAIL = 'roundup-admin@%s'%MAIL_DOMAIN
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74 # Somewhere for roundup to log stuff internally sent to stdout or stderr
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75 LOG = os.path.join(INSTANCE_HOME, 'roundup.log')
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77 # Where to place the web filtering HTML on the index page
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78 FILTER_POSITION = 'bottom' # one of 'top', 'bottom', 'top and bottom'
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80 # Deny or allow anonymous access to the web interface
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81 ANONYMOUS_ACCESS = 'deny'
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83 # Deny or allow anonymous users to register through the web interface
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84 ANONYMOUS_REGISTER = 'deny'
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86 # Send nosy messages to the author of the message
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87 MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR = 'no' # either 'yes' or 'no'
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90 Instance Schema
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91 ---------------
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93 Note: if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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94 `web interface`_ HTML template files to reflect your changes.
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96 An instance schema defines what data is stored in the instance's database. The
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97 two schemas shipped with Roundup turn it into a typical software bug tracker
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98 (the extended schema allowing for support issues as well as bugs). Schemas are
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99 defined using Python code. The "classic" schema looks like this::
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101 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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102 pri.setkey("name")
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103 pri.create(name="critical", order="1")
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104 pri.create(name="urgent", order="2")
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105 pri.create(name="bug", order="3")
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106 pri.create(name="feature", order="4")
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107 pri.create(name="wish", order="5")
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109 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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110 stat.setkey("name")
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111 stat.create(name="unread", order="1")
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112 stat.create(name="deferred", order="2")
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113 stat.create(name="chatting", order="3")
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114 stat.create(name="need-eg", order="4")
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115 stat.create(name="in-progress", order="5")
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116 stat.create(name="testing", order="6")
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117 stat.create(name="done-cbb", order="7")
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118 stat.create(name="resolved", order="8")
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120 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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121 keyword.setkey("name")
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123 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), password=String(),
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124 address=String(), realname=String(), phone=String(),
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125 organisation=String())
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126 user.setkey("username")
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127 user.create(username="admin", password=adminpw,
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128 address=instance_config.ADMIN_EMAIL)
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130 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), recipients=Multilink
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131 ("user"), date=Date(), summary=String(), files=Multilink("file"))
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133 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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135 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", assignedto=Link("user"),
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136 topic=Multilink("keyword"), priority=Link("priority"), status=Link
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137 ("status"))
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138 issue.setkey('title')
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140 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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141 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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143 In the instance above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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145 priority
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146 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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148 status
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149 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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151 keyword
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152 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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154 user
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155 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry for all
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156 users using roundup.
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158 msg
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159 Initially empty, will all e-mail messages sent to or generated by
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160 roundup.
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162 file
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163 Initially empty, will all files attached to issues.
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165 issue
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166 Initially emtyp, this is where the issue information is stored.
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168 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things: reduction in
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171 issue (which is stored as a single number) we reduce the chance that someone
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187 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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202 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from the rest
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204 which generally makes databases more efficient, and also allows us to use
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205 command-line tools to operate on the files. They are stored in the files sub-
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211 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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212 "superseder" properties.
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213 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and files
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214 related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to users who wish to
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215 be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed" e-mails when messages
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216 are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy reactor (in the detectors
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217 directory) handles this action. The superceder link indicates an issue which
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219 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and "creator"
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220 properties.
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221 The value of the "creation" property is the date when a node was created, and
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222 the value of the "activity" property is the date when any property on the node
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224 records in the node's journal). The "creator" property holds a link to the user
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225 that created the issue.
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227 setkey(property)
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230 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key property
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231 muse be unique, and allows references to the nodes in the class by the content
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232 of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by their username, e.g.
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233 let's say that there's an issue in roundup, issue 23. There's also a user,
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234 richard who happens to be user 2. To assign an issue to him, we could do either
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235 of::
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237 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=2
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239 or::
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241 roundup-admin set issue assignedto=richard
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243 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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245 create(information)
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248 Create a node in the database. This is generally used to create nodes in the
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249 "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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252 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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255 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in the
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258 newissuecopy.py
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259 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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261 use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get email errors!
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264 Web Interface
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265 -------------
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267 The web interface works behind the cgi-bin/roundup.cgi or roundup-server
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268 scripts. In both cases, the scripts determine which instance is being accessed
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269 (the first part of the URL path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass
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270 control on to the instance interfaces.Client class which handles the rest of
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271 the access through its main() method. This means that you can do pretty much
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272 anything you want as a web interface to your instance.
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273 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the templates in
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274 the instance html directory. These are divided into index, item and newitem
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275 views. The newitem view is optional - the item view will be used if the newitem
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276 view doesn't exist.
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278 Repurcussions of changing the instance schema
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281 If you choose to change_the_instance_schema you will need to ensure the web
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284 1. Index, item and filter pages for the relevant classes may need to have
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286 2. The default page header relies on the existence of, and some values of
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287 the priority, status, assignedto and activity classes. If you change any
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288 of these (specifically if you remove any of the classes or their default
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289 values) you will need to implement your own pagehead() method in your
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290 instance's interfaces.py module.
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293 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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295 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices, in
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296 editors, and as filters. For each type of property, there are several display
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297 possibilities. For example, in an index view, a string property may just be
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298 printed as a plain string, but in an editor view, that property should be
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299 displayed in an editable field.
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301 The display of a property is handled by functions in the htmltemplate module.
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302 Displayer functions are triggered by <display> tags in templates. The call
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309 in a template triggers a call the "plain" function. The displayer functions can
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310 accept extra arguments to further specify details about the widgets that should
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311 be generated. By defining new displayer functions, the user interface can be
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312 highly customized.
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315 |The displayer functions are |
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317 |plain |Display a String property directly. |
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318 | |Display a Date property in a specified time zone with an option to |
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319 | |omit the time from the date stamp. |
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321 | |linked nodes (or the ids if the linked class has no key property). |
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327 | |Links use SELECT fields and Multilinks use SELECT MULTIPLE fields. |
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334 |menu |For a Links and Multilinks, display the same field as would be |
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335 | |generated using field. |
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337 |link |For a Link or Multilink property, display the names of the linked |
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338 | |nodes, hyperlinked to the item views on those nodes. |
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339 | |For other properties, link to this node with the property as the |
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340 | |text. |
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341 | |Options: |
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342 | |property (property name) - the property to use in the second case. |
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344 | | "value" will be set as a tooltip) |
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346 |count |For a Multilink property, display a count of the number of links in|
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347 | |the list. |
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348 | |Arguments: |
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349 | |property (property name) - the property to use. |
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351 |reldate |Display a Date property in terms of an interval relative to the |
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352 | |current date (e.g. "+ 3w", "- 2d"). |
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353 | |Arguments: |
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354 | |property (property name) - the property to use. |
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355 | |Options: |
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356 | |pretty (boolean) - display the relative date in an English form. |
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358 |download |For a Link or Multilink property, display the names of the linked |
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359 | |nodes, hyperlinked to the item views on those nodes. |
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360 | |For other properties, link to this node with the property as the |
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361 | |text. |
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362 | |In all cases, append the name (key property) of the item to the |
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363 | |path so it is the name of the file being downloaded. |
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364 | |Arguments: |
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365 | |property (property name) - the property to use. |
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366 +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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367 |checklist|For a Link or Multilink property, display checkboxes for the |
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368 | |available choices to permit filtering. |
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369 | |Arguments: |
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370 | |property (property name) - the property to use. |
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371 +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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372 |note |Display the special notes field, which is a text area for entering |
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373 | |a note to go along with a change. |
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374 +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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375 |list |List the nodes specified by property using the standard index for |
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376 | |the class. |
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377 | |Arguments: |
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378 | |property (property name) - the property to use. |
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380 |history |List the history of the item. |
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381 +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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382 |submit |Add a submit button for the item. |
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383 +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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384
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386 Index Views
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387 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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388
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389 An index view contains two sections: a filter section and an index section. The
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390 filter section provides some widgets for selecting which items appear in the
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391 index. The index section is a table of items.
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392
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393 Index View Specifiers
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394 :::::::::::::::::::::
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395
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396 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has been
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397 added for clarity)::
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398
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399 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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400 topic=security,ui&
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401 :group=+priority&
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402 :sort=-activity&
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403 :filters=status,topic&
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404 :columns=title,status,fixer
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405
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406 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout part and
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407 the filter part. The layout part consists of the query parameters that begin
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408 with colons, and it determines the way that the properties of selected nodes
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409 are displayed. The filter part consists of all the other query parameters, and
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410 it determines the criteria by which nodes are selected for display.
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411 The filter part is interactively manipulated with the form widgets displayed in
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412 the filter section. The layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on
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413 the column headings in the table.
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414
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415 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values matching any
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416 specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets of items with values
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417 matching any specified Multilink properties.
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418
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419 The example specifies an index of "issue" nodes. Only items with a "status" of
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420 either "unread" or "in-progres" or "resolved" are displayed, and only items
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421 with "topic" values including both "security" and "ui" are displayed. The items
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422 are grouped by priority, arranged in ascending order; and within groups, sorted
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423 by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter section shows filters for
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424 the "status" and "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the
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425 "title", "status", and "fixer" properties.
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426
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427 Associated with each item class is a default layout specifier. The layout
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428 specifier in the above example is the default layout to be provided with the
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429 default bug-tracker schema described above in section 4.4.
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430
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431 Filter Section
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432 ::::::::::::::
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433
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434 The template for a filter section provides the filtering widgets at the top of
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435 the index view. Fragments enclosed in <property>...</property> tags are
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436 included or omitted depending on whether the view specifier requests a filter
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437 for a particular property.
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438
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439 A property must appear in the filter template for it to be available as a
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440 filter.
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441
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442 Here's a simple example of a filter template.::
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443
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444 <property name=status>
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445 <display call="checklist('status')">
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446 </property>
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447 <br>
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448 <property name=priority>
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449 <display call="checklist('priority')">
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450 </property>
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451 <br>
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452 <property name=fixer>
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453 <display call="menu('fixer')">
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454 </property>
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455
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456 The standard index generation code appends a section to the index pages which
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457 allows selection of the filters - from those which are defined in the filter
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458 template.
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459
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460 Index Section
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461 :::::::::::::
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463 The template for an index section describes one row of the index table.
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464 Fragments enclosed in <property>...</property> tags are included or omitted
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465 depending on whether the view specifier requests a column for a particular
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466 property. The table cells should contain <display> tags to display the values
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467 of the item's properties.
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468
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469 Here's a simple example of an index template.::
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471 <tr>
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472 <property name=title>
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473 <td><display call="plain('title', max=50)"></td>
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474 </property>
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475 <property name=status>
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476 <td><display call="plain('status')"></td>
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477 </property>
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478 <property name=fixer>
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479 <td><display call="plain('fixer')"></td>
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480 </property>
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481 </tr>
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483 Sorting
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484 :::::::
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485
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486 String and Date values are sorted in the natural way. Link properties are
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487 sorted according to the value of the "order" property on the linked nodes if it
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488 is present; or otherwise on the key string of the linked nodes; or finally on
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489 the node ids. Multilink properties are sorted according to how many links are
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490 present.
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491
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492 Item Views
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493 ~~~~~~~~~~
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494
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495 An item view contains an editor section and a spool section. At the top of an
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496 item view, links to superseding and superseded items are always displayed.
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498 Editor Section
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499 ::::::::::::::
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500
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501 The editor section is generated from a template containing <display> tags to
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502 insert the appropriate widgets for editing properties.
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503
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504 Here's an example of a basic editor template.::
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506 <table>
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507 <tr>
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508 <td colspan=2>
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509 <display call="field('title', size=60)">
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510 </td>
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511 </tr>
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512 <tr>
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513 <td>
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514 <display call="field('fixer', size=30)">
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515 </td>
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516 <td>
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517 <display call="menu('status')>
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518 </td>
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519 </tr>
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520 <tr>
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521 <td>
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522 <display call="field('nosy', size=30)">
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523 </td>
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524 <td>
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525 <display call="menu('priority')>
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526 </td>
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527 </tr>
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528 <tr>
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529 <td colspan=2>
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530 <display call="note()">
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531 </td>
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532 </tr>
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533 </table>
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534
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535 As shown in the example, the editor template can also request the display of a
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536 "note" field, which is a text area for entering a note to go along with a
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537 change.
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538
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539 The <property> tag used in the index may also be used here - it checks to see
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540 if the nominated Multilink property has any entries. This can be used to
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541 eliminate sections of the editor section if the property has no entries::
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542
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543 <td class="form-text">
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544 <display call="field('superseder', size=40, showid=1)">
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545 <display call="classhelp('issue', 'id,title', label='list', width=500)">
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546 <property name="superseder">
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547 <br>View: <display call="link('superseder', showid=1)">
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548 </property>
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549 </td>
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550
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551 The "View: " part with the links will only display if the superseder property
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552 has values.
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553
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554 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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555 describing the changed properties.
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556
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557 If a note is given in the "note" field, the note is appended to the
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558 description. The message is then added to the item's message spool (thus
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559 triggering the standard detector to react by sending out this message to the
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560 nosy list).
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561
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562 The message also displays all of the property values on the item and indicates
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563 which ones have changed. An example of such a message might be this::
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564
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565 Polly's taken a turn for the worse - this is now really important!
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566 -----
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567 title: Polly Parrot is dead
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568 priority: critical
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569 status: unread -> in-progress
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570 fixer: terry
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571 keywords: parrot,plumage,perch,nailed,dead
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572
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573 Spool Section
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574 :::::::::::::
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575
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576 The spool section lists messages in the item's "messages" property. The index
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577 of messages displays the "date", "author", and "summary" properties on the
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578 message nodes, and selecting a message takes you to its content.
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579
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580 The <property> tag used in the index may also be used here - it checks to see
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581 if the nominated Multilink property has any entries. This can be used to
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582 eliminate sections of the spool section if the property has no entries::
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583
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584 <property name="files">
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585 <tr class="strong-header">
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586 <td><b>Files</b></td>
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587 </tr>
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588
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589 <tr>
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590 <td><display call="list('files')"></td>
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591 </tr>
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592 </property>
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593
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596 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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597
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598 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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