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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.212 $
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7 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
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8 http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
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10 .. contents::
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11 :depth: 1
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13 What You Can Do
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14 ===============
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16 Before you get too far, it's probably worth having a quick read of the Roundup
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17 `design documentation`_.
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19 Customisation of Roundup can take one of six forms:
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21 1. `tracker configuration`_ changes
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22 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes
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23 3. "definition" class `database content`_ changes
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24 4. behavioural changes, through detectors_
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25 5. `security / access controls`_
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26 6. change the `web interface`_
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28 The third case is special because it takes two distinctly different forms
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29 depending upon whether the tracker has been initialised or not. The other two
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30 may be done at any time, before or after tracker initialisation. Yes, this
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31 includes adding or removing properties from classes.
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34 Trackers in a Nutshell
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35 ======================
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37 Trackers have the following structure:
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39 =================== ========================================================
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40 Tracker File Description
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42 config.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 initial_data.py Holds any data to be entered into the database when the
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45 tracker is initialised.
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46 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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47 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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48 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker
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49 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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50 extensions/ Additional web actions and templating utilities.
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51 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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55 Tracker Configuration
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58 The ``config.ini`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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59 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces.
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61 Changes to the data captured by your tracker is controlled by the `tracker
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62 schema`_. Some configuration is also performed using permissions - see the
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63 `security / access controls`_ section. For example, to allow users to
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64 automatically register through the email interface, you must grant the
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65 "Anonymous" Role the "Email Access" Permission.
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67 The following is taken from the `Python Library Reference`__ (May 20, 2004)
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68 section "ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser":
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70 The configuration file consists of sections, led by a "[section]" header
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80 foodir = %(dir)s/whatever
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86 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html
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88 Section **main**
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89 database -- ``db``
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90 Database directory path. The path may be either absolute or relative
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91 to the directory containig this config file.
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93 templates -- ``html``
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94 Path to the HTML templates directory. The path may be either absolute
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95 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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97 admin_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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98 Email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble. If
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99 the email address doesn't contain an ``@`` part, the MAIL_DOMAIN defined
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102 dispatcher_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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103 The 'dispatcher' is a role that can get notified of new items to the
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104 database. It is used by the ERROR_MESSAGES_TO config setting. If the
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108 email_from_tag -- default *blank*
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109 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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110 in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From: line
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111 is usually: ``"Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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112 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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113 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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115 new_web_user_roles -- ``User``
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116 Roles that a user gets when they register with Web User Interface.
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117 This is a comma-separated list of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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119 new_email_user_roles -- ``User``
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120 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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121 This is a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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123 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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124 Send error message emails to the ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``?
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125 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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126 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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128 html_version -- ``html4``
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129 HTML version to generate. The templates are ``html4`` by default.
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130 If you wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this
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131 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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132 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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134 timezone -- ``0``
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135 Numeric timezone offset used when users do not choose their own
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136 in their settings.
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138 instant_registration -- ``yes``
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139 Register new users instantly, or require confirmation via
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140 email?
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141 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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143 email_registration_confirmation -- ``yes``
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144 Offer registration confirmation by email or only through the web?
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145 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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147 indexer_stopwords -- default *blank*
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148 Additional stop-words for the full-text indexer specific to
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149 your tracker. See the indexer source for the default list of
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150 stop-words (e.g. ``A,AND,ARE,AS,AT,BE,BUT,BY, ...``).
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152 Section **tracker**
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153 name -- ``Roundup issue tracker``
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154 A descriptive name for your roundup instance.
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155
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156 web -- ``http://host.example/demo/``
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157 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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158 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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159 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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160 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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161 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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162
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163 email -- ``issue_tracker``
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164 Email address that mail to roundup should go to.
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166 Section **web**
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167 http_auth -- ``yes``
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168 Whether to use HTTP Basic Authentication, if present.
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169 Roundup will use either the REMOTE_USER or HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
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170 variables supplied by your web server (in that order).
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171 Set this option to 'no' if you do not wish to use HTTP Basic
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172 Authentication in your web interface.
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174 use_browser_language -- ``yes``
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175 Whether to use HTTP Accept-Language, if present.
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176 Browsers send a language-region preference list.
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177 It's usually set in the client's browser or in their
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178 Operating System.
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179 Set this option to 'no' if you want to ignore it.
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180
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181 debug -- ``no``
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182 Setting this option makes Roundup display error tracebacks
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183 in the user's browser rather than emailing them to the
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184 tracker admin."),
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186 Section **rdbms**
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187 Settings in this section are used by Postgresql and MySQL backends only
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188
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189 name -- ``roundup``
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190 Name of the database to use.
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191
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192 host -- ``localhost``
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193 Database server host.
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194
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195 port -- default *blank*
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196 TCP port number of the database server. Postgresql usually resides on
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197 port 5432 (if any), for MySQL default port number is 3306. Leave this
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198 option empty to use backend default.
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199
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200 user -- ``roundup``
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201 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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203 password -- ``roundup``
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204 Database user password.
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205
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206 Section **logging**
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207 config -- default *blank*
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208 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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209 option is set, logging configuration is loaded from specified file;
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210 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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211 be either absolute or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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213 filename -- default *blank*
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214 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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215 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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216 option is set, this option has no effect. The path may be either absolute
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217 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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219 level -- ``ERROR``
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220 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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221 option is set, this option has no effect.
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222 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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223
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224 Section **mail**
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225 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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226 registration approval requests.
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227
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228 domain -- ``localhost``
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229 Domain name used for email addresses.
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230
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231 host -- default *blank*
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232 SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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234 username -- default *blank*
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235 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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236 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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238 password -- default *blank*
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239 SMTP login password.
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240 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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242 tls -- ``no``
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243 If your SMTP mail host provides or requires TLS (Transport Layer Security)
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244 then you may set this option to 'yes'.
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245 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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247 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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248 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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249 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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250 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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252 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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253 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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254 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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255 to the directory containig this config file.
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256
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257 charset -- utf-8
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258 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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259 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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260 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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261 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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263 debug -- default *blank*
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264 Setting this option makes Roundup to write all outgoing email messages
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265 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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266 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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267 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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268 containig this config file.
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270 Section **mailgw**
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271 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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273 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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274 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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275 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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276 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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278 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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279 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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280 signatures.
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281 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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283 default_class -- ``issue``
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284 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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285 To disable, leave the value blank.
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287 subject_prefix_parsing -- ``strict``
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288 Controls the parsing of the [prefix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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289 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [prefix] is not
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290 recognised. ``loose`` will attempt to parse the [prefix] but just
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291 pass it through as part of the issue title if not recognised. ``none``
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294 subject_suffix_parsing -- ``strict``
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295 Controls the parsing of the [suffix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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296 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [suffix] is not
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297 recognised. ``loose`` will attempt to parse the [suffix] but just
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298 pass it through as part of the issue title if not recognised. ``none``
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301 subject_suffix_delimiters -- ``[]``
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302 Defines the brackets used for delimiting the commands suffix in a subject
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303 line.
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305 subject_content_match -- ``always``
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306 Controls matching of the incoming email subject line against issue titles
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307 in the case where there is no designator [prefix]. ``never`` turns off
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308 matching. ``creation + interval`` or ``activity + interval`` will match
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309 an issue for the interval after the issue's creation or last activity.
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310 The interval is a standard Roundup interval.
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312 Section **nosy**
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313 Nosy messages sending
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315 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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316 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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317 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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320 Where to place the email signature.
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321 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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323 add_author -- ``new``
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324 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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325 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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326 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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328 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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330 add_recipients -- ``new``
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331 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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332 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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333 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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334 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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335 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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337 email_sending -- ``single``
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338 Controls the email sending from the nosy reactor. If ``multiple`` then
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339 a separate email is sent to each recipient. If ``single`` then a single
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340 email is sent with each recipient as a CC address.
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342 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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343 genconfig`` command.
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345 Configuration variables may be referred to in lower or upper case. In code,
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346 variables not in the "main" section are referred to using their section and
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347 name, so "domain" in the section "mail" becomes MAIL_DOMAIN. The
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348 configuration variables available are:
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351 Tracker Schema
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352 ==============
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354 .. note::
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355 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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356 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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357 your changes.
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359 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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360 Schemas are defined using Python code in the ``schema.py`` module of your
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361 tracker.
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362
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363 The ``schema.py`` module
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364 ------------------------
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365
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366 The ``schema.py`` module contains two functions:
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367
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368 **open**
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369 This function defines what your tracker looks like on the inside, the
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370 **schema** of the tracker. It defines the **Classes** and **properties**
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371 on each class. It also defines the **security** for those Classes. The
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372 next few sections describe how schemas work and what you can do with
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373 them.
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374 **init**
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375 This function is responsible for setting up the initial state of your
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376 tracker. It's called exactly once - but the ``roundup-admin initialise``
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377 command. See the start of the section on `database content`_ for more
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378 info about how this works.
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379
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381 The "classic" schema
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382 --------------------
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383
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384 The "classic" schema looks like this (see section `setkey(property)`_
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385 below for the meaning of ``'setkey'`` -- you may also want to look into
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386 the sections `setlabelprop(property)`_ and `setorderprop(property)`_ for
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387 specifying (default) labelling and ordering of classes.)::
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389 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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390 pri.setkey("name")
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392 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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393 stat.setkey("name")
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395 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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396 keyword.setkey("name")
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398 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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399 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(),
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400 phone=String(), alternate_addresses=String(),
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401 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(), timezone=String())
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402 user.setkey("username")
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404 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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405 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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406 files=Multilink("file"), messageid=String(), inreplyto=String())
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408 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String())
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410 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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411 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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412 priority=Link("priority"))
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413 issue.setkey('title')
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416 What you can't do to the schema
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417 -------------------------------
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419 You must never:
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420
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421 **Remove the users class**
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422 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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424 **Remove the "username", "address", "password" or "realname" user properties**
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425 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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427 **Change the type of a property**
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428 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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429 this kind of action into account. Note that you can't just remove a
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430 property and re-add it as a new type either. If you wanted to make the
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431 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
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432 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
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435 What you can do to the schema
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436 -----------------------------
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438 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
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439 initialised (or used). You may:
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440
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441 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
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442 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repurcussions
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443 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
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444
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445 **Remove properties**
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446 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
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447 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
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448 detectors_.
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452 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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453 ---------------------------------------------------------
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455 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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457 priority
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458 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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460 status
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461 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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462
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463 keyword
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464 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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465
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466 user
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467 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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468 for all users using roundup.
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469
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470 msg
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471 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
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472 generated by roundup.
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473
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474 file
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475 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
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476
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477 issue
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478 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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479
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480 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
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481 reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue and more
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482 powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status. By only
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483 requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single number) we
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484 reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or status - or
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485 simply makes a new one up.
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486
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487
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488 Class and Items
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489 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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490
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491 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
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492 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
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493 the information about the class items.
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494
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495 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
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496 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
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497 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
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498
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499
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500 Properties
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501 ~~~~~~~~~~
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502
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503 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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504
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505 * String properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
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506 * Password properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
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507 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
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508 class.
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509 * Date properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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510 objects.
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511 * Number properties store numeric values.
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512 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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513 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a
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514 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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515 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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516 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified
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517 class. The value is a list of integers.
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518
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519 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
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520
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521 *creator*
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522 Link to the user that created the item.
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523 *creation*
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524 Date the item was created.
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525 *actor*
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526 Link to the user that last modified the item.
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527 *activity*
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528 Date the item was last modified.
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529
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531 FileClass
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532 ~~~~~~~~~
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533
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534 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
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535 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
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536 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
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537 allows us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are
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538 stored in the files sub-directory of the ``'db'`` directory in your
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539 tracker. FileClasses also have a "type" attribute to store the MIME
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540 type of the file.
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541
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542
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543 IssueClass
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544 ~~~~~~~~~~
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545
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546 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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547 "superseder" properties.
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548
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549 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
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550 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
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551 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
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552 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
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553 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
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554 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
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555
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556 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
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557 "creator" properties.
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558
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559 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
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560 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
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561 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
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562 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
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563 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
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564
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566 setkey(property)
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567 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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568
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569 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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570 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
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571 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
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572 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
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573 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
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574 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
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575
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576 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
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578 or::
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579
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580 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
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581
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582 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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583
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584 setlabelprop(property)
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585 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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586
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587 Select a property of the class to be the label property. The label
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588 property is used whereever an item should be uniquely identified, e.g.,
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589 when displaying a link to an item. If setlabelprop is not specified for
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590 a class, the following values are tried for the label:
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591
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592 * the key of the class (see the `setkey(property)`_ section above)
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593 * the "name" property
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594 * the "title" property
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595 * the first property from the sorted property name list
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596
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597 So in most cases you can get away without specifying setlabelprop
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598 explicitly.
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599
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600 setorderprop(property)
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601 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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602
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603 Select a property of the class to be the order property. The order
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604 property is used whenever using a default sort order for the class,
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605 e.g., when grouping or sorting class A by a link to class B in the user
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606 interface, the order property of class B is used for sorting. If
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607 setorderprop is not specified for a class, the following values are tried
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608 for the order property:
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609
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610 * the property named "order"
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611 * the label property (see `setlabelprop(property)`_ above)
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612
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613 So in most cases you can get away without specifying setorderprop
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614 explicitly.
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616 create(information)
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617 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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618
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619 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
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620 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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621
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622
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623 A note about ordering
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624 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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625
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626 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
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627 depending on the properties being sorted on:
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628
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629 1. If it's a String, Number, Date or Interval property, we just sort the
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630 scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted case-sensitively.
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631 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
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632 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
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633 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
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634 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
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635 so on.
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636
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637 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
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638 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
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639 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
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640
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641
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642 Examples of adding to your schema
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643 ---------------------------------
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644
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645 The Roundup wiki has examples of how schemas can be customised to add
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646 new functionality.
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647
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648
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649 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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650 ============================================
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651 .. _detectors:
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652
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653 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
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654 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
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655 initialised via the ``roundup-admin initialise`` command.
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656
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657 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
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658 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
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659 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
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660 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
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661 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
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662 for you are:
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663
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664 **nosyreaction.py**
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665 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
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666 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
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667 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
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668 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
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669 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
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670 **statusauditor.py**
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671 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
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672 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
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673 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
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674 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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675 defined.
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676 **messagesummary.py**
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677 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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678 content.
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679 **userauditor.py**
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680 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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681 roles lists).
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682
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683 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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684 or remove these detectors.
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685
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686 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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687 interface for detectors.
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688
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689 __ design.html
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690
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692 Detector API
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693 ------------
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694
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695 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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696
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697 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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698
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699 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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700 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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701 property names to values.
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702
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703 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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704 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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705 is about to be created.
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706
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707 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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708 properties that are about to be changed.
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709
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710 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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712 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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713
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714 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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716 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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717 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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718 property names to values.
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719
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720 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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721 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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722
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723 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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724 values of properties that were changed.
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725
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726 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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727 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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730 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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731 ----------------------------------
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732
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733 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
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734 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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735 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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737 **newissuecopy.py**
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738 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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739 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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740 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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741 email errors!
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742 **creator_resolution.py**
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743 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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744 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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745 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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746 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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747 **email_auditor.py**
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748 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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749 extension .eml.
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750 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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751 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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752 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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753 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
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754
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756 Auditor or Reactor?
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757 -------------------
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758
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759 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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760
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761 **Auditors**
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762 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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763 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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764 **Reactors**
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765 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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766 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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767 detector loops.
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769
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770 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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771 ---------------------------------------
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773 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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774 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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775 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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776 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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777 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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778
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779 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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780
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781 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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782
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783 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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784
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785 raise Reject
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788 Generating email from Roundup
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791 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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792 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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793
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794 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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795 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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796 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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797 is not required - this is referred to as a "System Message" because it
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798 comes from "the system" and not a user).
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799
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800
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801 Database Content
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802 ================
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803
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804 .. note::
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805 If you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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806 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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807
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808 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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809 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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810 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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811 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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812
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813 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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814 Edit the initial_data.py module in your tracker to alter the items
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815 created using the ``create( ... )`` methods.
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816
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817 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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818 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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819 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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820 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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821
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822 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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823 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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824 question.
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825
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826 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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827 requires database content changes.
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828
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829
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830 Security / Access Controls
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831 ==========================
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832
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833 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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834
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835 - Create (everything)
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836 - Edit (everything)
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837 - View (everything)
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838
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839 These are assigned to the "Admin" Role by default, and allow a user to do
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840 anything. Every Class you define in your `tracker schema`_ also gets an
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841 Create, Edit and View Permission of its own. The web and email interfaces
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842 also define:
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843
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844 *Email Access*
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845 If defined, the user may use the email interface. Used by default to deny
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846 Anonymous users access to the email interface. When granted to the
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847 Anonymous user, they will be automatically registered by the email
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848 interface (see also the ``new_email_user_roles`` configuration option).
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849 *Web Access*
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850 If defined, the user may use the web interface. All users are able to see
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851 the login form, regardless of this setting (thus enabling logging in).
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852 *Web Roles*
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853 Controls user access to editing the "roles" property of the "user" class.
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854 TODO: deprecate in favour of a property-based control.
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855
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856 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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857
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858 - Admin (Create, Edit, View and everything; Web Roles)
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859 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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860 - Anonymous (Web Access)
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861
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862 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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863 user gets "Anonymous" assigned when the tracker is installed.
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864
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865 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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866
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867 - Create, Edit and View issue, file, msg, query, keyword
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868 - View priority, status
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869 - View user
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870 - Edit their own user record
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871
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872 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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873
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874 - Web interface access
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875 - Create user (for registration)
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876 - View issue, file, msg, query, keyword, priority, status
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877
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878 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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879
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880 #
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881 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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882 #
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883 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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884 # about security setup.
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885
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886 #
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887 # REGULAR USERS
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888 #
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889 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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890 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Web Access')
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891 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Email Access')
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892
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893 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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894 # to regular users now
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895 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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896 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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897 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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898 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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899 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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900 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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901
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902 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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903 # if you don't want them to
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904 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', 'user')
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905
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906 # Users should be able to edit their own details -- this permission
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907 # is limited to only the situation where the Viewed or Edited item
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908 # is their own.
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909 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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910 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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911 return userid == itemid
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912 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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913 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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914 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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915 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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916 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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917 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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918
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919 #
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920 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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921 #
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922 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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923 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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924 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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925 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Web Access')
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926
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927 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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928 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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929 # "Create" user Permission below)
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930 # This is disabled by default to stop spam from auto-registering users on
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931 # public trackers.
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932 #db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Email Access')
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933
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934 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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935 # Role. Choices here are:
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936 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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937 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Create', 'user')
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938
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939 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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940 # information)
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941 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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942 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'View', cl)
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943
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944 # [OPTIONAL]
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945 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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946 # related file and message items)
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947 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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948 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Create', cl)
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949 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Edit', cl)
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950
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951
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952 Automatic Permission Checks
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953 ---------------------------
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954
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955 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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956 through the web. This includes:
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957
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958 1. View checks for properties when being rendered via the ``plain()`` or
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959 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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960 displayed.
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961 2. Edit checks for properties when the edit field is being rendered via
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962 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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963 will be rendered via the ``plain()`` method (see point 1. for subsequent
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964 checking performed)
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965 3. View checks are performed in index pages for each item being displayed
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966 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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967 4. View checks are performed at the top of item pages for the Item being
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968 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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969 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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970 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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971 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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972 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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973
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974
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975 New User Roles
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977
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978 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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979
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980 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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981 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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982
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983 The `users may only edit their issues`_ example shows customisation of
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984 these parameters.
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985
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986
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987 Changing Access Controls
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988 ------------------------
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989
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990 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new
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991 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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992 interface if they register through email.
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993
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994 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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995 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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996
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997
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998 Adding a new Permission
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999 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1000
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1001 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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1002
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1004 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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1005
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1006 self.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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1007 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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1009 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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1010 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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1011 "``roundup-admin security``")
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1012 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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1013 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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1014 interfaces module
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1015
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1017
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1018 **properties**
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1019 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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1020 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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1021 'email') ...``)
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1022 **check**
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1023 A function to be execute which returns boolean determining whether the
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1024 Permission is allowed. The function has the signature ``check(db, userid,
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1025 itemid)`` where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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1026 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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1027 accessed.
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1029 Example Scenarios
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1030 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1031
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1032 See the `examples`_ section for longer examples of customisation.
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1033
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1034 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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1035 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access", ("Edit", "issue") and
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1036 ("Create", "msg") Permissions but do not not give them the ("Create",
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1037 "user") Permission. This means that when an unknown user sends email
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1038 into the tracker, they're automatically logged in as "anonymous".
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1039 Since they don't have the ("Create", "user") Permission, they won't
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1040 be automatically registered, but since "anonymous" has permission to
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1041 use the gateway, they'll still be able to submit issues. Note that
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1042 the Sender information - their email address - will not be available
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1043 - they're *anonymous*.
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1044
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1045 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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1046 By giving the "anonymous" user the ("Create", "user") Permission, any
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1047 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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1048 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through
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1049 the web until an admin sets their password). By default new Roundup
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1050 trackers don't allow this as it opens them up to spam. It may be enabled
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1051 by uncommenting the appropriate addPermissionToRole in your tracker's
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1052 ``schema.py`` file. The new user is given the Roles list defined in the
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1053 "new_email_user_roles" config variable.
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1054
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1055 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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1056 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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1057 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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1058 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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1059 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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1060 auditor. See the example
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1061 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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1062
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1063 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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1064 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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1065 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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1066 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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1067 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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1068 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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1069 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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1070
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1071 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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1072 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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1073
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1074 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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1075 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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1076 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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1077 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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1078 interface.
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1079
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1080 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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1081 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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1082 editing users::
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1083
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1084 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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1085 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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1086 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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1087
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1088 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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1089
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1090
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1091 Web Interface
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1092 =============
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1093
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diff changeset
1094 .. contents::
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diff changeset
1095 :local:
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1096
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1097 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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1098 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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1099 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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1100 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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1101 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
2915
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1102 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
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1103 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
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1104 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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1105
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1106
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1107
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1108 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
1098
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1109 ---------------------------------------------
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1110
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1111 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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1112 the web interface knows about it:
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1113
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1114 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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1115 have properties added or removed,
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1116 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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1117 "home" page's content arguments.
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1118
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1119
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1120 How requests are processed
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1121 --------------------------
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1122
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1123 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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1124
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1125 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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1126 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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1127 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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1128 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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1129 output
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1130
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1131 In some situations, exceptions occur:
1070
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parents: 1058
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1132
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1133 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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1134 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1135 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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1136 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1137 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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1138 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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1139 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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1140 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
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1141 the action to take place
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1142 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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1143 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
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1144 client
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1145
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1146
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1147 Determining web context
1098
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1148 -----------------------
1073
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1149
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1150 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the
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1151 special request variable ``@template``. The URL path after the tracker
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1152 identifier is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
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1153
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1154 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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1155 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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1156 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
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1157 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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1158 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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1159
1089
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1160 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
2589
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1161 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
1057
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1162 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
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1163 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
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1164
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1165 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
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parents: 2209
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1166 context`_ below for more information about how it may be used.
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1167 b. if the path starts with "@@file" (as in example 3,
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1168 "/tracker/@@file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
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1169 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
2589
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1170 from the tracker TEMPLATES (or STATIC_FILES, if configured) directory.
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1171 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile
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1172 exception.
1674
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1173 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
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1174 identifies the tracker class we're to display.
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1175 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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1176 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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1177 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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1178 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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1179 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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1180 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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parents: 1671
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1181 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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parents: 1671
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1182 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1183
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1184 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to determine the template we're
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1185 going to use. That's because they don't actually use templates.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1186
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1187 The template used is specified by the ``@template`` CGI variable, which
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1188 defaults to:
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1189
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1190 - only classname suplied: "index"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1191 - full item designator supplied: "item"
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1192
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1193
2227
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1194 The "home" Context
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1195 ------------------
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1196
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1197 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1198 pages to your tracker that don't rely on a class or item (ie. an issues
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1199 list or specific issue).
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1200
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1201 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1202 interface. You'd probably have:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1203
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1204 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1205 it could be served as a static file (see `serving static content`_)
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1206 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1207 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1208 page up, you use the URL:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1209
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1210 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1211
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
1212
2134
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1213 Serving static content
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
1214 ----------------------
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
1215
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
1216 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
2589
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
1217 ``@@file`` paths.
2134
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
1218
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
1219
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1220 Performing actions in web requests
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1221 ----------------------------------
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1222
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1223 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1224 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
1225 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1226 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1227 of:
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1228
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1229 **login**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1230 Attempt to log a user in.
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
1231
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1232 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1233 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
1234
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1235 **register**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1236 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1237 log them in.
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
1238
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1239 **edit**
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1240 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1241 variables`_ you may use.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1242
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1243 **new**
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1244 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1245 variables`_ as in the "edit" action.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1246
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
1247 **retire**
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
1248 Retire the item in the database.
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
1249
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1250 **editCSV**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1251 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1252 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1253 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1254 features.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1255
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1256 **search**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1257 Mangle some of the form variables:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1258
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1259 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1260 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1261 them to :filter.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1262
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1263 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1264 user's query list.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1265
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1266 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1267 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
1268 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
1269 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1270 web actions`_).
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1271
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1272 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
1273 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
1274 for each action are:
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1275
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1276 **login**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
1277 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1278 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1279 No permission checks are made.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1280 **register**
3404
7d48c5b1e8f2 merge from maint-0-8
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3363
diff changeset
1281 Determine whether the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
1282 **edit**
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1283 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1284 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1285 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1286 special Permission "Web Roles".
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1287 **new**
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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parents: 2958
diff changeset
1288 Determine whether the user has permission to create this item. No
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1289 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
3404
7d48c5b1e8f2 merge from maint-0-8
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3363
diff changeset
1290 be created if the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1291 **editCSV**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
1292 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1293 **search**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
1294 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1295
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1296
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1297 Special form variables
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1298 ----------------------
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1299
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1300 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1301 variables and their values. You can:
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1302
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1303 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1304 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1305 properties,
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1306 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1307 current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1308 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1309 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1310 operation to be successful.
3429
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1311 - Set up user interface locale.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1312
3293
8897483a9f8b doc tweak
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3292
diff changeset
1313 These operations will only take place if the form action (the
8897483a9f8b doc tweak
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parents: 3292
diff changeset
1314 ``@action`` variable) is "edit" or "new".
8897483a9f8b doc tweak
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parents: 3292
diff changeset
1315
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1316 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1317 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1318
3429
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1319 Two special form variables are used to specify user language preferences:
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1320
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1321 ``@language``
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1322 value may be locale name or ``none``. If this variable is set to
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1323 locale name, web interface language is changed to given value
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1324 (provided that appropriate translation is available), the value
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1325 is stored in the browser cookie and will be used for all following
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1326 requests. If value is ``none`` the cookie is removed and the
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1327 language is changed to the tracker default, set up in the tracker
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1328 configuration or OS environment.
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1329
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1330 ``@charset``
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1331 value may be character set name or ``none``. Character set name
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1332 is stored in the browser cookie and sets output encoding for all
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1333 HTML pages generated by Roundup. If value is ``none`` the cookie
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1334 is removed and HTML output is reset to Roundup internal encoding
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1335 (UTF-8).
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
1336
1679
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1337 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1338
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1339 ``<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1340 property on the current context item
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1341
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1342 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1343 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1344
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1345 Designators name a specific item of a class.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1346
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1347 ``<classname><N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1348 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1349
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1350 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1351 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1352 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1353 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1354 designator of this form always refers to the same new
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1355 item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1356
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1357 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1358 if it's special:
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1359
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1360 ``@required``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1361 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1362 property names that must be specified when the form is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1363 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1364
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1365 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1366 for the current context item. When <designator> is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1367 present, they are for the item specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1368 <designator>.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1369
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1370 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1371 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1372
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1373 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1374 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1375 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1376 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1377 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1378 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1379 property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1380
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1381 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1382 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1383 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1384 The form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1385 designators. The item corresponding to each
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1386 designator is linked to the property given by simple
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1387 form variable.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1388
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1389 None of the above (ie. just a simple form value)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1390 The value of the form variable is converted
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1391 appropriately, depending on the type of the property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1392
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1393 For a Link('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1394 single key for 'klass', where the key field is
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1395 specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1396
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1397 For a Multilink('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1398 comma-separated list of keys for 'klass', where the
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1399 key field is specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1400
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1401 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1402 and Multilink properties, the linked-to class must
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1403 have a key field.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1404
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1405 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1406 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1407 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1408 they are valid for the class). Otherwise, the property
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1409 is set to the form value.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1410
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1411 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), and Number()
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1412 properties, the form value is converted to the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1413 appropriate
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1414
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1415 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1416 designator.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1417
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1418 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1419
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1420 @note
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1421 This is equivalent to::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1422
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1423 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
1424 msg-1@content=value
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1425
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1426 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1427 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1428 time, respectively.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1429
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1430 @file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1431 This is equivalent to::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1432
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1433 @link@files=file-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
1434 file-1@content=value
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1435
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1436 The String content value is handled as described above for file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1437 uploads.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1438
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1439 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1440 specified, the action::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1441
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1442 @link@msg-1@files=file-1
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1443
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1444 is also performed.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1445
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1446 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1447 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1448 returning.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1449
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1450
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
1451 Default templates
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1452 -----------------
1091
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1453
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1454 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
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1455 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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1456 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
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1457
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1458 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
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1459 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
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1460 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
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1461
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1462 **page.html**
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1463 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
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1464 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
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1465 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
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1466 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
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1467 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
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1468 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
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1469 title.
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1470 **home.html**
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1471 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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1472 **home.classlist.html**
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1473 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
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1474 tracker
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1475 **classname.item.html**
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1476 displays an item of the *classname* class
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1477 **classname.index.html**
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1478 displays a list of *classname* items
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1479 **classname.search.html**
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1480 displays a search page for *classname* items
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1481 **_generic.index.html**
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1482 used to display a list of items where there is no
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1483 ``*classname*.index`` available
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1484 **_generic.help.html**
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1485 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
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1486 ``*classname*.help``
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1487 **user.register.html**
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1488 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
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1489 page
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1490 **style.css.html**
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1491 a static file that is served up as-is
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parents:
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1492
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1493 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
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1494
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1495 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
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1496 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
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1497 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
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1498 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
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1499
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1500 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
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1501
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diff changeset
1502 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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1503
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1504
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1505 How the templates work
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diff changeset
1506 ----------------------
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1507
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1508
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1509 Basic Templating Actions
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1510 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1511
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1512 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
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1513 These attributes form the `Template Attribute Language`_, or TAL.
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1514 The basic TAL commands are:
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1515
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1516 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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1517 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1518 example::
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1519
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1520 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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1521 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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1522 </html>
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1523
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1524 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
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1525 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
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1526 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
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1527
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1528 **tal:condition="expression"**
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1529 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
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1530 example::
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1531
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1532 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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diff changeset
1533 Display some issue information.
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1534 </p>
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1535
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1536 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
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1537 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
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1538 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
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1539 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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1540 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
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1541 spaces!).
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1542
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1543 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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1544 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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1545 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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1546 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
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1547
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1548 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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1549 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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1550 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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1551 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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1552 </tr>
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1553
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diff changeset
1554 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
1555 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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diff changeset
1556 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
1557 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
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1558 below on `the repeat variable`_.
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1559
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1560 **tal:replace="expression"**
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1561 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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1562
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1563 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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1564
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1565 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
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1566 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
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1567 resultant output would be "Bruce".
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1568
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1569 **tal:content="expression"**
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1570 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
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1571 For example::
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1572
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1573 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
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1574 </span>
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1575
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1576 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
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1577 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
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1578 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
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1579
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1580 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
1674
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1581 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
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1582 example::
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1583
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1584 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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1585
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1586 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
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1587 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
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1588 be something like "user123".
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af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1589
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1590 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
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af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1591 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
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1592 example::
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1593
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1594 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1595
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1596 would result in output of::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1597
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1598 Hello, world!
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1599
1674
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1600 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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1601 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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1602
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1603 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
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1604 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
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1605 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
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1606 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
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1607 for repeating multiple table rows, which would othewise require an
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1608 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
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1609
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1610 .. _TAL:
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1611 .. _Template Attribute Language:
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1612 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TAL%20Specification%201.4
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1613
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1614
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1615 Templating Expressions
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1616 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1617
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1618 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
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1619 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
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1620 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
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1621
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1622 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
1674
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1623 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
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1624 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
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1625 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
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1626 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
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1627 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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1628 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
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1629 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
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1630 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
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1631 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
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1632 expression type, so it's not necessary.
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1633
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1634 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
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1635 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
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1636 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
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1637 case of ``tal:attributes``).
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1638
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1639 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
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1640 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
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1641 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
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1642 the case of ``tal:replace``).
1244
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1643
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1644 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
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1645 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
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1646 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
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1647 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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1648
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1649 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
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1650 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
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1651 expressions.
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1652
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1653 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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1654 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
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1655 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
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1656 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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1657
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1658 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
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diff changeset
1659 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
1674
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1660 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
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1661 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
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1662 ``checklist`` is a method.
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1663
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1664 Modifiers:
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1665
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diff changeset
1666 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
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diff changeset
1667 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
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diff changeset
1668 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
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1669 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
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1670 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
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1671 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
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diff changeset
1672
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diff changeset
1673 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
1674
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1674 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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1675 expression.
1448
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diff changeset
1676
2296
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1677 .. _TALES:
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diff changeset
1678 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
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1679 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TALES%20Specification%201.3
1448
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1680
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1681
1214
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1682 Template Macros
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1683 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1684
1674
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1685 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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1686 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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1687 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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1688
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1689 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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1690 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
2296
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1691 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
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1692 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
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1693
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1694 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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1695 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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1696 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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1697 example::
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1698
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1699 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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1700 ...
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1701 </html>
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1702
1674
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1703 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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1704 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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1705 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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1706 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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1707 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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1708 "page" template.
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1709
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1710 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
1674
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1711 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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1712 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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1713 For example::
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1714
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1715 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1716 ...
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1717 </tal:block>
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1718
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1719 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
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1720 "page" template.
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1721
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1722 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
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1723 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
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1724 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
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1725 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
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1726 so::
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1727
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1728 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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1729
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1730 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
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1731 like this::
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1732
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1733 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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1734
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1735 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
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1736 as the slot in the macro.
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1737
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1738 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
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1739 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
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1740 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1741
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1742 .. _METAL:
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1743 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
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1744 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/METAL%20Specification%201.0
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1745
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1746 Information available to templates
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1747 ----------------------------------
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1748
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1749 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
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1750
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1751 The following variables are available to templates.
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1752
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1753 **context**
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1754 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
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1755 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
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1756 **request**
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1757 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1758 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1759 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1760 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1761 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
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1762 - *form*
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1763 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
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1764 to value
1254
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1765 **config**
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1766 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
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1767 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
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1768 **db**
1254
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1769 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
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1770 **templates**
1674
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1771 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
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1772 *use-macro* commands.
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1773 **utils**
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1774 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
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1775 **nothing**
1674
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1776 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
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1777 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
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1778 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
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1779 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
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1780 example::
1100
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1781
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1782 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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1783
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1784 would result in::
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1785
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1786 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1787
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1788 **default**
1100
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1789 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1790 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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1791 remain. So::
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1792
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1793 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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1794
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1795 would result in::
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1796
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1797 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1798
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1799 **true**, **false**
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1800 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
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1801 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
2540
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1802 **i18n**
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1803 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
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1804
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1805 **gettext** (*message*)
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1806 Return the localized translation of message
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1807 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
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1808 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
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1809 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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1810 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
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1811 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
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1812 return plural otherwise.
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1813
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1814 This function requires python2.3; in earlier python versions
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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1815 may not work as expected.
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1816
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1817 The context variable
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1818 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1819
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1820 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
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1821 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
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1822
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1823 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
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1824 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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1825 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1826 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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1827 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
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1828
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1829 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
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1830 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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1831
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1832 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
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1833 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
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1834 ``context/property/field``.
1674
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1835 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
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1836 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
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1837 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
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1838 "context/id".
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1839
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1840 Hyperdb class wrapper
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1841 :::::::::::::::::::::
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1842
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1843 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
1674
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1844 class.
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1845
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1846 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used
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1847 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
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1848 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
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1849 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
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1850 mind.
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1851
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1852 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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1853 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1854 from the CGI form.
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1855
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1856 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1857
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1858 =========== =============================================================
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1859 Method Description
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1860 =========== =============================================================
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1861 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
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1862 properties.
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1863 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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1864 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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1865 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
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1866 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
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1867 options are avaible for sorting:
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1868
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1869 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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1870 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
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1871 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
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1872 "group" are an optionally empty list ``[(dir, prop)]``
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1873 where dir is '+', '-' or None
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1874 and prop is a prop name or None.
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1875
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1876 The propname in filterspec and prop in a sort/group spec
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1877 may be transitive, i.e., it may contain properties of
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1878 the form link.link.link.name.
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1879
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1880 eg. All issues with a priority of "1" with messages added in
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1881 the last week, sorted by activity date:
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1882 ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1",
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1883 'messages.creation' : '.-1w;'}, sort=[('activity', '+')])``
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1884
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1885 filter_sql **Only in SQL backends**
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1886
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1887 Lists the items that match the SQL provided. The SQL is a
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1888 complete "select" statement.
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1889
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1890 The SQL select must include the item id as the first column.
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1891
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1892 This function **does not** filter out retired items, add
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1893 on a where clause "__retired__ <> 1" if you don't want
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1894 retired nodes.
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1895
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1896 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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1897 "help" template.
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1898
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1899 This generates a link to a popup window which displays the
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1900 properties indicated by "properties" of the class named by
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1901 "classname". The "properties" should be a comma-separated list
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1902 (eg. 'id,name,description'). Properties defaults to all the
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1903 properties of a class (excluding id, creator, created and
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1904 activity).
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1905
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1906 You may optionally override the "label" displayed, the "width",
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1907 the "height", the number of items per page ("pagesize") and
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1908 the field on which the list is sorted ("sort").
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1909
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1910 With the "filter" arg it is possible to specify a filter for
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1911 which items are supposed to be displayed. It has to be of
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1912 the format "<field>=<values>;<field>=<values>;...".
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1913
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1914 The popup window will be resizable and scrollable.
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1915
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1916 If the "property" arg is given, it's passed through to the
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1917 javascript help_window function. This allows updating of a
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1918 property in the calling HTML page.
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1919
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1920 If the "form" arg is given, it's passed through to the
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1921 javascript help_window function - it's the name of the form
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1922 the "property" belongs to.
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1923
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1924 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1925 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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1926 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
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1927 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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1928 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
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1929 =========== =============================================================
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1930
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1931 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1932 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1933 expression. For example::
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1934
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1935 python:context['list']
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1936
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1937 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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1938
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1939
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1940 Hyperdb item wrapper
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1941 ::::::::::::::::::::
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1942
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1943 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
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1944 class.
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1945
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1946 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
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1947
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1948 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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1949 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1950 from the CGI form.
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1951
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1952 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1953
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1954 =============== ========================================================
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1955 Method Description
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1956 =============== ========================================================
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1957 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1958 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
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1959 implemented**)
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1960 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
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1961 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
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1962 for the query
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1963 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
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1964 user has a Permission. The signature is::
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1965
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1966 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
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1967 [property=], [itemid=])
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1968
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1969 where the classname defaults to the current context.
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1970 hasRole specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
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1971 user has a Role. The signature is::
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1972
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1973 hasRole(self, rolename)
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1974
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1975 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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1976 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
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1977 is_retired is the item retired?
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1978 download_url generate a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
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1979 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
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1980 copy_url generate a url-quoted link for creating a copy
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1981 of this item. By default, the copy will acquire
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1982 all properties of the current item except for
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1983 ``messages`` and ``files``. This can be overridden
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1984 by passing ``exclude`` argument which contains a list
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1985 (or any iterable) of property names that shall not be
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1986 copied. Database-driven properties like ``id`` or
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1987 ``activity`` cannot be copied.
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1988 =============== ========================================================
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1989
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1990 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1991 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1992 expression. For example::
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1993
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1994 python:context['journal']
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1995
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1996 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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1997
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1998
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1999 Hyperdb property wrapper
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2000 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2001
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2002 This is implemented by subclasses of the
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2003 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
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2004 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
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2005
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2006 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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2007 value may be either:
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2008
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2009 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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2010 the hyperdb
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2011 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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2012 the CGI form
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2013
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2014
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2015 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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2016
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2017 =============== ========================================================
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2018 Attribute Description
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2019 =============== ========================================================
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2020 _name the name of the property
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2021 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
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2022 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
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2023 =============== ========================================================
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2024
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2025 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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2026
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2027 =========== ================================================================
1780
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2028 Method Description
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2029 =========== ================================================================
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2030 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
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2031 may take two arguments:
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2032
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2033 escape
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2034 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
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2035 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
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2036 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
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2037 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
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2038 expressions are all equivalent::
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2039
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2040 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
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diff changeset
2041 "python:msg.content.plain()"
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diff changeset
2042 "msg/content/plain"
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diff changeset
2043 "msg/content"
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2044
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diff changeset
2045 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
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diff changeset
2046 complex expression.
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2047
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diff changeset
2048 hyperlink
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parents: 1730
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2049 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
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2050 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2051 that you'll need to use the "structure" TAL option if you
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2052 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
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2053
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diff changeset
2054 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
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2055
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2056 The text is automatically HTML-escaped before the hyperlinking
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2057 transformation done in the plain() method.
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2058
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2059 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
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2060
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diff changeset
2061 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
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diff changeset
2062
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2063 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
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2064 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
2958
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diff changeset
2065 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2066 arguments:
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2067
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parents: 2921
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2068 size
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2069 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2070
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2071 format (Date properties only)
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parents: 2921
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2072 Sets the format of the date in the field - uses the same
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2073 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2074 below.
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2075
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diff changeset
2076 popcal (Date properties only)
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
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parents: 3648
diff changeset
2077 Include the Javascript-based popup calendar for date
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
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parents: 3648
diff changeset
2078 selection. Defaults to on.
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
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diff changeset
2079
1773
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2080 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
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diff changeset
2081 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2082 installed separately)
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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diff changeset
2083 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2084 field for the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2085 email only on String properties - render the value of the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2086 as an obscured email address
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2087 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
2088 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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diff changeset
2089 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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diff changeset
2090 "name:confirm".
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2091 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
2092 property
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diff changeset
2093 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
2094 and now
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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diff changeset
2095 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
2007
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
2096 with some timezone offset, for example::
55046bb7f789 tweaking
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
2097
55046bb7f789 tweaking
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
2098 python:context.creation.local(10)
55046bb7f789 tweaking
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
2099
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
2100 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2101 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2102 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2103
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2104 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2105
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2106 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2107
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
2108 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
2958
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diff changeset
2109 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2110 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
2111 Reference: time module`__)
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
2112 popcal Generate a link to a popup calendar which may be used to
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
2113 edit the date field, for example::
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
2114
3597
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parents: 3590
diff changeset
2115 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
2116
3647
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
2117 you still need to include the ``field`` for the property, so
3648
d1b38bde7d5a fix rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3647
diff changeset
2118 typically you'd have::
3647
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
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parents: 3597
diff changeset
2119
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
2120 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/field" />
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
2121 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
2122
1773
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
2123 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2124 list for this property. Takes a number of optional arguments
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2125
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
2126 size
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
2127 is used to limit the length of the list labels
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2128 height
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
2129 is used to set the <select> tag's "size" attribute
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
2130 showid
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
2131 includes the item ids in the list labels
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2132 additional
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2133 lists properties which should be included in the label
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2134 sort_on
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
2135 indicates the property to sort the list on as (direction,
3363
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
2136 (direction, property) where direction is '+' or '-'. A
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
2137 single string with the direction prepended may be used.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
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parents: 3293
diff changeset
2138 For example: ('-', 'order'), '+name'.
3470
fd32170475f5 allow preselection of values in templating menu()s (patch [SF#1396085])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3463
diff changeset
2139 value
fd32170475f5 allow preselection of values in templating menu()s (patch [SF#1396085])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3463
diff changeset
2140 gives a default value to preselect in the menu
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2141
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2142 The remaining keyword arguments are used as conditions for
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2143 filtering the items in the list - they're passed as the
3597
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
2144 "filterspec" argument to a Class.filter() call. For example::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
2145
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
2146 <span tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
2147
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
2148 <span tal:replace="python:context.status.menu(order='+name",
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
2149 value='chatting',
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
2150 filterspec={'status': '1,2,3,4'}" />
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
2151
2883
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
2152 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
2153 items sorted by some property, for example::
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
2154
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
2155 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
2156
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
2157 Will list the files by upload date.
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
2158 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
2159 items in reverse order
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2160 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
2161 =========== ================================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2162
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
2163 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
2164
2138
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2165 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2166 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2167 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2168
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2169 context/title/field
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2170
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2171 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2172 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2173 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2174 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2175 have permission to view the information.
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
2176
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2177
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2178 The request variable
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2179 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2180
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
2181 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2182 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2183
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2184 The request variable is packed with information about the current
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2185 request.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2186
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2187 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2188
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2189 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2190 Variable Holds
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2191 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2192 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2193 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
2194 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2195 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2196 classname the current classname (possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2197 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2198 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2199 =========== ============================================================
1083
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
2200
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
2201 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
2202
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2203 =========== ============================================================
1083
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
2204 Variable Holds
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2205 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2206 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2207 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2208 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
2209 sort index sort columns [(direction, column name)]
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
2210 group index grouping properties [(direction, column name)]
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2211 filter properties to filter the index on
3718
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
2212 filterspec values to filter the index on (property=value, eg
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
2213 ``priority=1`` or ``messages.author=42``
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2214 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2215 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2216
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2217 There are several methods available on the request variable:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2218
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2219 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2220 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2221 =============== ========================================================
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2222 description render a description of the request - handle for the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2223 page title
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2224 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2225 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2226 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2227 of the templating
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2228 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2229 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2230 `batching`_)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2231 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2232
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2233 The form variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2234 :::::::::::::::::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2235
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2236 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2237 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2238 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2239 "name", use the path expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2240
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2241 request/form/name/value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2242
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2243 or the python expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2244
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2245 python:request.form['name'].value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2246
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2247 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2248 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2249 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2250 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2251 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2252 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2253
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2254
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2255 The db variable
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2256 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2257
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
2258 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2259 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2260
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2261 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2262 you want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2263
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2264 db/user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2265 python:db.user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2266
1711
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2267 Also, the current id of the current user is available as
1800
a3b1b1dcf639 Use getuid(), not figure_curuserid()
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1780
diff changeset
2268 ``db.getuid()``. This isn't so useful in templates (where you have
1711
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2269 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2270
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2271 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2272
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2273
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2274 The templates variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2275 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2276
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
2277 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2278 class.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2279
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2280 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2281 used in expressions to access the templates, and consequently the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2282 template macros. You may access the templates using the following path
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2283 expression::
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2284
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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2285 templates/name
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2286
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2287 or the python expression::
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parents: 1164
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2288
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parents: 1164
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2289 templates[name]
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2290
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2291 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
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2292 template has one useful attribute, namely "macros". To access a specific
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2293 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
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2294
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2295 templates/name/macros/macro_name
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parents: 1164
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2296
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2297 or the python expression::
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2298
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2299 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
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2300
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2301 The repeat variable
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
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2302 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2303
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2304 The repeat variable holds an entry for each active iteration. That is, if
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2305 you have a ``tal:repeat="user db/users"`` command, then there will be a
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2306 repeat variable entry called "user". This may be accessed as either::
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2307
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2308 repeat/user
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2309 python:repeat['user']
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2310
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2311 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2312
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2313 =============== =========================================================
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2314 Method Description
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parents: 2739
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2315 =============== =========================================================
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parents: 2739
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2316 first True if the current item is the first in the sequence.
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2317 last True if the current item is the last in the sequence.
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2318 even True if the current item is an even item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2319 odd True if the current item is an odd item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2320 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2321 letter Current position in the sequence as a letter, a through
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2322 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2323 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2324 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2325 numerals.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2326 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2327 =============== =========================================================
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2328
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2329
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2330 The utils variable
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2331 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1124
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diff changeset
2332
3052
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
2333 This is implemented by the
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2334 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, but it may be extended
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2335 as described below.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2336
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2337 =============== ========================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2338 Method Description
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2339 =============== ========================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2340 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2341 url_quote quote some text as safe for a URL (ie. space, %, ...)
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2342 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
2343 html_calendar renders an HTML calendar used by the
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
2344 ``_generic.calendar.html`` template (itself invoked by
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
2345 the popupCalendar DateHTMLProperty method
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2346 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2347
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2348 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2349 ``extensions`` directory and registering them with the templating system
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2350 using ``instance.registerUtil`` (see `adding a time log to your issues`_ for
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
2351 an example of this).
2886
0998d1b48182 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2883
diff changeset
2352
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2353
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2354 Batching
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2355 ::::::::
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2356
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2357 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2358 series of batches. Its usage is::
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2359
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2360 python:utils.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2361 overlap=0)
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2362
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2363 or, to get the current index batch::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2364
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2365 request/batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2366
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2367 The parameters are:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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diff changeset
2368
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diff changeset
2369 ========= ==============================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2370 Parameter Usage
1674
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diff changeset
2371 ========= ==============================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2372 sequence a list of HTMLItems
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2373 size how big to make the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2374 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2375 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2376 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2377 then it is combined with this batch
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2378 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2379 ========= ==============================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2380
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2381 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2382 addition, it has several more attributes:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2383
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2384 =============== ========================================================
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diff changeset
2385 Attribute Description
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2386 =============== ========================================================
3052
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
2387 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2388 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2389 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2390 index*
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2391 length the actual number of elements in the batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2392 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2393 =============== ========================================================
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diff changeset
2394
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diff changeset
2395 And several methods:
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diff changeset
2396
1674
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2397 =============== ========================================================
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2398 Method Description
1674
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2399 =============== ========================================================
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2400 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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diff changeset
2401 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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diff changeset
2402 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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2403 when compared to the last item
1674
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2404 =============== ========================================================
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2405
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diff changeset
2406 An example of batching::
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diff changeset
2407
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diff changeset
2408 <table class="otherinfo">
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2409 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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diff changeset
2410 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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diff changeset
2411 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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2412 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
1674
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diff changeset
2413 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
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diff changeset
2414 keyword here</td>
1124
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2415 </tr>
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2416 </table>
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2417
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2418 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
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2419 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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2420
2910
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
2421
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
2422 Displaying Properties
1098
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diff changeset
2423 ---------------------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
2424
1674
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2425 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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2426 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
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2427 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
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2428 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
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2429 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
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2430
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2431
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2432 Index Views
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2433 -----------
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2434
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2435 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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2436 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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2437
1674
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2438
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2439 Index View Specifiers
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2440 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2441
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2442 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
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2443 been added for clarity)::
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2444
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2445 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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2446 topic=security,ui&
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2447 @group=priority,-status&
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2448 @sort=-activity&
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2449 @filters=status,topic&
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2450 @columns=title,status,fixer
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2451
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2452 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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2453 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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2454 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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2455 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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2456 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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2457 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
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2458 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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2459 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
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2460 headings in the table.
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2461
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2462 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
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2463 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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2464 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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2465
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2466 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
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2467 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
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2468 displayed, and only items with "topic" values including both "security"
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2469 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority arranged in
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2470 ascending order and in descending order by status; and within
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2471 groups, sorted by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
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2472 section shows filters for the "status" and "topic" properties, and the
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2473 table includes columns for the "title", "status", and "fixer"
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2474 properties.
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2475
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2476 ============ =============================================================
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2477 Argument Description
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2478 ============ =============================================================
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2479 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
3696
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2480 descending or nothing for ascending sorting. Several
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2481 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
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diff changeset
2482 Internally a search-page using several sort properties may
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
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parents: 3688
diff changeset
2483 use @sort0, @sort1 etc. with option @sortdir0, @sortdir1
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parents: 3688
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2484 etc. for the direction of sorting (a non-empty value of
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
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diff changeset
2485 sortdir0 specifies reverse order).
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2486 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
3696
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diff changeset
2487 in descending or nothing for ascending order. Several
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2488 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
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parents: 3688
diff changeset
2489 Internally a search-page using several grouping properties may
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
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parents: 3688
diff changeset
2490 use @group0, @group1 etc. with option @groupdir0, @groupdir1
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parents: 3688
diff changeset
2491 etc. for the direction of grouping (a non-empty value of
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parents: 3688
diff changeset
2492 groupdir0 specifies reverse order).
3036
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2493 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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2494 all.
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2495 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
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2496 Default is none.
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2497 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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2498 have (very basic search/filter).
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2499 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
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2500 issue titles, etc)
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2501 ============ =============================================================
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2502
2910
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2503
1057
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2504 Searching Views
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2505 ---------------
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2506
3052
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diff changeset
2507 .. note::
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diff changeset
2508 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
2509 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
2510 template so that it is actually displayed.
1320
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2511
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2512 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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parents: 1244
diff changeset
2513 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2514 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
1245
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parents: 1244
diff changeset
2515
1674
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2516 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
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2517 searching
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2518 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
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2519 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
1245
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parents: 1244
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2520
1674
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2521 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
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2522 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
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2523 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
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2524 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
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2525 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
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2526 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
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2527 more useful for the end user.
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2528
3036
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2529 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
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diff changeset
2530 provide an additional argument:
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2531
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2532 ============ =============================================================
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2533 Argument Description
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2534 ============ =============================================================
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2535 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
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2536 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
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parents: 2991
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2537 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
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2538 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
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2539 does not.
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2540 ============ =============================================================
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2541
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2542
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2543 Item Views
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2544 ----------
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2545
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2546 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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2547 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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2548 "history" section.
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2549
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2550
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2551 Editor Section
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2552 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2553
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2554 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
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2555 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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parents: 1671
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2556
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2557 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
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2558 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
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2559 template)::
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2560
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2561 <table class="form">
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2562 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
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2563 <th>Title</th>
1674
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2564 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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2565 </tr>
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2566
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2567 <tr>
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2568 <th>Priority</th>
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2569 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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2570 <th>Status</th>
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2571 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2572 </tr>
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2573
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2574 <tr>
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2575 <th>Superseder</th>
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2576 <td>
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2577 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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2578 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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2579 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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2580 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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2581 </span>
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2582 </td>
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2583 <th>Nosy List</th>
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2584 <td>
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2585 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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2586 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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2587 </td>
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2588 </tr>
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2589
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2590 <tr>
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2591 <th>Assigned To</th>
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2592 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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2593 assignedto menu
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2594 </td>
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2595 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2596 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2597 </tr>
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2598
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2599 <tr>
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2600 <th>Change Note</th>
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2601 <td colspan="3">
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2602 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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2603 </td>
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2604 </tr>
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2605
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2606 <tr>
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2607 <th>File</th>
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2608 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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2609 </tr>
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2610
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2611 <tr>
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2612 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2613 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2614 submit button will go here
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2615 </td>
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2616 </tr>
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2617 </table>
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2618
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2619
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2620 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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2621 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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2622 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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2623 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
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2624
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2625
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2626 Form values
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2627 :::::::::::
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2628
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2629 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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2630 meet the various needs of:
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2631
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2632 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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2633 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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2634 attached files)
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2635 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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2636 spent on an issue)
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2637
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2638 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
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2639 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
1638
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2640
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2641 Properties are specified as form variables:
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2642
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2643 ``<propname>``
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2644 property on the current context item
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2645
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2646 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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2647 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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2648
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2649 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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2650 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
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2651 items to attach to the current item)
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2652
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2653 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
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2654 the special form values:
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2655
1679
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2656 ``@required``
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2657 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
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2658 raised.
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2659
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2660 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
1638
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2661 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
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2662
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2663 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
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2664 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
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2665
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2666 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
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2667 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
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2668 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
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2669 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
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2670 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
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2671 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
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2672 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
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2673 <classname>-<N>).
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2674
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2675 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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2676 designator.
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2677
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2678 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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2679
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2680 ``:note``
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2681 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
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2682 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
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2683 ``:file``
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2684 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
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2685 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
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2686
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2687
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2688 Spool Section
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2689 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2690
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2691 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
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2692 of an issue.
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2693
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2694 TODO
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2695
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2696
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2697 History Section
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2698 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2699
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2700 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
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2701 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
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2702
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2703 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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2704
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2705 *To be done:*
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2706
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2707 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
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2708 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
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2709
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2710 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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2711 a journal entry
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2712 </tal:block>
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2713
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2714 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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2716
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2717 Defining new web actions
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2718 ------------------------
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2719
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2720 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2721 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
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2722 using ``instance.registerAction``.
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2723
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2724 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
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2725
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2726 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
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2727 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
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2728 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2729 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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2730
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2731 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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2732 issues`_" for an example.
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2733
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2734
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2735 Define the new action class
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2736 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2737
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2738 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
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2739 example ``myaction.py``::
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2740
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bb08ffc56967 *** empty log message ***
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2741 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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2742
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2743 class MyAction(Action):
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2744 def handle(self):
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2745 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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2746 '''
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2747
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2748 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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2749 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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2750
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2751 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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2752 It may then:
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2753
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2754 - add information to ``self.client.ok_message`` or ``self.client.error_message``
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2755 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
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2756 next
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2757 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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2758 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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2759
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2760
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2761 Register the action class
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2762 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2763
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2764 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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2765 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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2766
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2767 def init(instance):
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2768 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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2769
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2770 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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2771
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2772
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2773 Use the new action
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2774 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2775
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2776 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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2777
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2778 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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2779
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2780 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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2781
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2782 Actions may return content to the user
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2783 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2784
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2785 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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2786 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
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2787 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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2788 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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2789 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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2790 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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2791 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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2792
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2793 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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2794
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2795 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
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2796 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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2797 spreadsheet or database).
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2798
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2799
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2800 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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2801 --------------------------------------------
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2802
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2803 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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2804 and a browser cookie.
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2805
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2806 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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2807 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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2808
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2809 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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2810 ``kio8-r``).
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2811
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2812 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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2813 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
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2814 utf-8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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2815 characters in form fields). This version allows one to change
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2816 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
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2817 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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2818
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2819 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
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2820 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2821 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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2822 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2823 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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2824 </tal:block>
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2825
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2826 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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2827 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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2828
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2829 ``meta http-equiv`` lines added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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2830 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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2831
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2832 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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2833 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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2834 />
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2835
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2836 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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2837
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2838
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2839 Examples
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2840 ========
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2841
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2842 .. contents::
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2843 :local:
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2844 :depth: 2
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2845
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2846
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2847 Changing what's stored in the database
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2848 --------------------------------------
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2849
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2850 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
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2851 the database.
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2852
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2853
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2854 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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2855 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2856
3122
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2857 This example shows how to add a simple field (a due date) to the default
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2858 classic schema. It does not add any additional behaviour, such as enforcing
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diff changeset
2859 the due date, or causing automatic actions to fire if the due date passes.
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diff changeset
2860
3409
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2861 You add new fields by editing the ``schema.py`` file in you tracker's home.
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parents: 3404
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2862 Schema changes are automatically applied to the database on the next
80dc8011228e mention schema mutation
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parents: 3404
diff changeset
2863 tracker access (note that roundup-server would need to be restarted as it
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parents: 3404
diff changeset
2864 caches the schema).
3122
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2865
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2866 1. modify the ``schema.py``::
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2867
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2868 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2869 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2870 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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2871 due_date=Date())
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2872
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2873 2. add an edit field to the ``issue.item.html`` template::
3122
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2874
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2875 <tr>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2876 <th>Due Date</th>
6e8eb05435cf new example
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2877 <td tal:content="structure context/due_date/field" />
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2878 </tr>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2879
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diff changeset
2880 3. add the property to the ``issue.index.html`` page::
3122
6e8eb05435cf new example
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2881
3123
5894c7bea8ce *** empty log message ***
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parents: 3122
diff changeset
2882 (in the heading row)
5894c7bea8ce *** empty log message ***
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parents: 3122
diff changeset
2883 <th tal:condition="request/show/due_date">Due Date</th>
5894c7bea8ce *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3122
diff changeset
2884 (in the data row)
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diff changeset
2885 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date" tal:content="i/due_date" />
3122
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2886
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2887 4. add the property to the ``issue.search.html`` page::
3122
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2888
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2889 <tr tal:define="name string:due_date">
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parents: 3121
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2890 <th i18n:translate="">Due Date:</th>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
2891 <td metal:use-macro="search_input"></td>
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diff changeset
2892 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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diff changeset
2893 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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2894 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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2895 </tr>
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2896
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diff changeset
2897 5. if you wish for the due date to appear in the standard views listed
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2898 in the sidebar of the web interface then you'll need to add "due_date"
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2899 to the list of @columns in the links in the sidebar section of
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2900 ``page.html``.
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2901
3122
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2902
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diff changeset
2903 Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema
6e8eb05435cf new example
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diff changeset
2904 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2905
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2906 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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2907 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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2908
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2909
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diff changeset
2910 Introduction
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2911 ::::::::::::
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2912
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2913 To make the classic schema of Roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
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2914 for a group of systems administrators, it needs an extra data field per
1674
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2915 issue: a category.
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2916
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2917 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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diff changeset
2918 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
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2919 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
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diff changeset
2920 best).
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2921
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2922
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diff changeset
2923 Adding a field to the database
2156
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2924 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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diff changeset
2925
1674
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2926 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
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2927 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
3130
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diff changeset
2928 to add some lines to the ``schema.py`` file of your tracker instance.
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diff changeset
2929 Under the comment::
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2930
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diff changeset
2931 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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2932
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2933 add::
1098
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2934
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2935 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2936 category.setkey("name")
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2937
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diff changeset
2938 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2939 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
1674
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diff changeset
2940 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2941 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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diff changeset
2942 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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diff changeset
2943 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2944 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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diff changeset
2945 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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diff changeset
2946
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diff changeset
2947 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
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diff changeset
2948 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2949 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
2950 with the issues. To do that, find the lines
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
2951 in ``schema.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
1674
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diff changeset
2952 the category::
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diff changeset
2953
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2954 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
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diff changeset
2955 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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diff changeset
2956
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diff changeset
2957 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2958 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2959 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2960
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diff changeset
2961 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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diff changeset
2962 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2963
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diff changeset
2964
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diff changeset
2965 Populating the new category class
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
2966 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1235
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diff changeset
2967
3130
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diff changeset
2968 If you haven't initialised the database with the ``roundup-admin``
1674
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diff changeset
2969 "initialise" command, then you can add the following to the tracker
3130
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diff changeset
2970 ``initial_data.py`` under the comment::
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diff changeset
2971
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diff changeset
2972 # add any additional database creation steps here - but only if you
1235
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diff changeset
2973 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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diff changeset
2974
1674
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diff changeset
2975 Add::
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diff changeset
2976
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diff changeset
2977 category = db.getclass('category')
3582
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parents: 3580
diff changeset
2978 category.create(name="scipy")
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parents: 3580
diff changeset
2979 category.create(name="chaco")
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diff changeset
2980 category.create(name="weave")
1235
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diff changeset
2981
1674
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diff changeset
2982 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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diff changeset
2983 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
1235
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diff changeset
2984
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diff changeset
2985 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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diff changeset
2986 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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diff changeset
2987 Type "help" for help.
3582
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diff changeset
2988 roundup> create category name=scipy
1235
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diff changeset
2989 1
3582
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diff changeset
2990 roundup> create category name=chaco
1235
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diff changeset
2991 2
3582
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2992 roundup> create category name=weave
1235
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diff changeset
2993 3
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2994 roundup> exit...
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2995 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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2996
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2997
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2998 Setting up security on the new objects
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2999 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3000
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3001 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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3002 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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3003 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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3004 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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3005
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3006 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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3007 is also done in ``schema.py``.
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3008
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3009 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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3010 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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3011
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3012 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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3013 # to regular users now
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3014 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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3015 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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3016 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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3017 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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3018 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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3019
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3020 These lines assign the "View" and "Edit" Permissions to the "User" role,
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3021 so that normal users can view and edit "category" objects.
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3022
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3023 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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3024 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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3025 interface stuff.
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3026
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3028 Changing the web left hand frame
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3029 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3030
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3031 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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3032 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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3033 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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3034 is ``html/page.html``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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3035
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3036 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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3037 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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3038 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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3039 classblock is met. We are going to add the category code at the end of
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3040 the classblock for the *issue* class::
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3042 <p class="classblock"
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3043 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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3044 <b>Categories</b><br>
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3045 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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3046 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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3047 </p>
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3048
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3049 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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3050 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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3051 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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3052 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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3053 get that.
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3054
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3055 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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3056 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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3057 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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3058 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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3059 categories.
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3060
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3061 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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3062 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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3063 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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3064 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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3065 later on. However, to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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3066 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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3067 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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3068
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3070 Setting up a page to edit categories
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3071 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3072
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3073 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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3074 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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3075 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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3076
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3077 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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3078 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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3079 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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3080 write now.
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3081
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3082 First, we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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3083 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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3084 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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3085 from which files by looking for these comments::
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3086
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3087 <!-- category.item -->
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3088
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3089 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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3090 trappings::
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3091
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3092 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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3093 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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3094 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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3095 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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3096 </td>
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3097 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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3099 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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3100 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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3101 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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3102 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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3103 multiple times::
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3104
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3105 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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3106 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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3107
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3108 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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3109 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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3110 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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3111
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3112 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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3113
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3114 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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3115 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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3116 happening::
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3117
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3118 <table class="form">
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3119 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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3120
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3121 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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3122 category. The ``context.name.field(size=60)`` bit tells Roundup to
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3123 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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3124 will be the "name" variable of the current context (namely "category").
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3125 The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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3126 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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3128 <tr>
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3129 <th>Name</th>
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3130 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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3131 name</td>
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3132 </tr>
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3133
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3134 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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3135
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3136 <tr>
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3137 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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3138 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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3139 submit button will go here
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3140 </td>
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3141 </tr>
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3142
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3143 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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3144 stuff::
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3145
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3146 </td>
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3147 </tal:block>
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3148
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3149 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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3150
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3151 <!-- category.item -->
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3152 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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3153 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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3154 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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3155 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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3156 </td>
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3157 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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3158 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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3159 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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3160
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3161 <table class="form">
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3162 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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3163
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3164 <tr>
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3165 <th>Name</th>
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3166 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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3167 name</td>
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3168 </tr>
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3169
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3170 <tr>
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3171 <td>
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3172 &nbsp;
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3173 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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3174 </td>
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3175 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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3176 submit button will go here
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3177 </td>
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3178 </tr>
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3179 </table>
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3180 </form>
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3181 </td>
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3182 </tal:block>
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3183
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3184 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
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3185 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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3186 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
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3187 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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3188
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3189
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3190 Adding the category to the issue
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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3191 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3192
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3193 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
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3194 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
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3195 the ``html/category.item.html`` file was used to define how to add a new
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diff changeset
3196 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
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3197 is created.
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3198
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3199 Just like ``category.issue.html``, this file defines a form which has a
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3200 table to lay things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new
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3201 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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3202
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3203 <th>Category</th>
3582
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diff changeset
3204 <td>
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3205 <span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
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diff changeset
3206 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.category.classhelp('name',
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3207 property='category', width='200')" />
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3208 </td>
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3209
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3210 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
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3211 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
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3212 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
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3213 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
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3214 issue).
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3215
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3216 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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3217 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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3218
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3219
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3220 Searching on categories
2156
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3221 :::::::::::::::::::::::
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3222
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3223 Now we can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
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3224 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
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3225 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
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3226 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
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3227
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3228 If you look for "Search Issues" in the ``html/page.html`` file, you will
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3229 find that it looks something like
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3230 ``<a href="issue?@template=search">Search Issues</a>``. This shows us
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3231 that when you click on "Search Issues" it will be looking for a
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3232 ``issue.search.html`` file to display. So that is the file that we will
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diff changeset
3233 change.
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3234
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3235 If you look at this file it should begin to seem familiar, although it
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3236 does use some new macros. You can add the new category search code anywhere you
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diff changeset
3237 like within that form::
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3238
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3239 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
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3240 db_klass string:category;
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diff changeset
3241 db_content string:name;">
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3242 <th>Priority:</th>
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3243 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
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3244 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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3245 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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3246 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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3247 </tr>
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3248
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3249 The definitions in the ``<tr>`` opening tag are used by the macros:
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3250
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3251 - ``search_select`` expands to a drop-down box with all categories using
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diff changeset
3252 ``db_klass`` and ``db_content``.
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3253 - ``column_input`` expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns
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parents: 3127
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3254 should be displayed.
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3255 - ``sort_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
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parents: 3127
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3256 should be sorted on.
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parents: 3127
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3257 - ``group_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
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3258 should be grouped on.
1730
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3259
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3260 The category search code above would expand to the following::
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3261
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3262 <tr>
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3263 <th>Category:</th>
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parents: 1711
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3264 <td>
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3265 <select name="category">
1730
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parents: 1711
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3266 <option value="">don't care</option>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
3267 <option value="">------------</option>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
3268 <option value="1">scipy</option>
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parents: 1711
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3269 <option value="2">chaco</option>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
3270 <option value="3">weave</option>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3271 </select>
1730
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
3272 </td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
3273 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3274 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort0" value="category"></td>
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3275 <td><input type="radio" name=":group0" value="category"></td>
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
3276 </tr>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3277
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3278 Adding category to the default view
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3279 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3280
1674
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parents: 1671
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3281 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
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parents: 1671
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3282 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3283 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3284 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3285 default when listing all the issues.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3286
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3287 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3288 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3289 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3290 forth.
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3291
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3292 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3293
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3294 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3295
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3296 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3297 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3298
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3299 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
1674
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parents: 1671
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3300 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3301 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3302
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3303 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3304
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3305 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3306 tal:content="i/category"></td>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3307
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3308 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3309 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3310 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3311
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3312 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
3313 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unassigned Issues" or "All Issues",
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3314 the category column should be included in the resulting list. If you
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3315 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3316 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3317 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3318 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3319
1262
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
3320 Adding a time log to your issues
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3321 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1262
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
3322
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3323 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3324 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
1262
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
3325
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
3326 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``schema.py``::
1262
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3327
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3328 # storage for time logging
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
3329 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3330
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3331 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3332 creation through the standard property "creation".
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3333
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
3334 You will need to grant "Creation" permission to the users who are
3653
cfa7fa2c5e0f arg rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3652
diff changeset
3335 allowed to add timelog entries. You may do this with::
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
3336
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
3337 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
3338 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
3339
3653
cfa7fa2c5e0f arg rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3652
diff changeset
3340 If users are also able to *edit* timelog entries, then also include::
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
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parents: 3649
diff changeset
3341
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
3342 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
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parents: 3649
diff changeset
3343
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3344 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
3345 ``schema.py``)::
1262
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3346
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3347 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3348 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
3349 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
3350 times=Multilink("timelog"))
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3351
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3352 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3353
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3354 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3355 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
3356 because unlike the other fields in the ``issue.item`` template, it
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3357 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3358 item (an issue). We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3359 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3360 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3361 field to capture a new timelog item's period::
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3362
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3363 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3364 <th>Time Log</th>
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3365 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3366 <br />(enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3367 </td>
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3368 </tr>
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3369
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3370 and another hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3371 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the issue item. It looks
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3372 like this::
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3373
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3374 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3375
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3376 On submission, the "-1" timelog item will be created and assigned a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3377 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3378 added to it.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3379
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
3380 4. We want to display a total of the timelog times that have been
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3381 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3382 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
2915
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3383 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a module ``timespent.py``
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3384 to the ``extensions`` directory in our tracker. The contents of this
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3385 file is as follows::
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3386
3717
5770f1802cd0 better conflict retry in postgresql backend [SF#1552809]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3697
diff changeset
3387 from roundup import date
5770f1802cd0 better conflict retry in postgresql backend [SF#1552809]
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parents: 3697
diff changeset
3388
2915
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3389 def totalTimeSpent(times):
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3390 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3391 Interval "period" property)
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
3392 '''
3717
5770f1802cd0 better conflict retry in postgresql backend [SF#1552809]
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parents: 3697
diff changeset
3393 total = date.Interval('0d')
2915
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3394 for time in times:
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3395 total += time.period._value
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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3396 return total
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3397
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3398 def init(instance):
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3399 instance.registerUtil('totalTimeSpent', totalTimeSpent)
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3400
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3401 We will now be able to access the ``totalTimeSpent`` function via the
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3402 ``utils`` variable in our templates, as shown in the next step.
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3403
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3404 5. Display the timelog for an issue::
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3405
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3406 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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3407 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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3408 <tal:block
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3409 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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3410 </th></tr>
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3411 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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3412 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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3413 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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3414 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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3415 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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3416 </tr>
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3417 </table>
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3418
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3419 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
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3420 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
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3421 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
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3422 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
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3423 and 40 minutes).
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3424
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3425 8. If you're using a persistent web server - ``roundup-server`` or
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3426 ``mod_python`` for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
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3427 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
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3428 time logging interface.
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3429
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3430 An extension of this modification attaches the timelog entries to any
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3431 change message entered at the time of the timelog entry:
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3432
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3433 1. Add a link to the timelog to the msg class:
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3434
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3435 msg = FileClass(db, "msg",
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3436 author=Link("user", do_journal='no'),
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3437 recipients=Multilink("user", do_journal='no'),
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3438 date=Date(),
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3439 summary=String(),
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3440 files=Multilink("file"),
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3441 messageid=String(),
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3442 inreplyto=String()
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3443 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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3444
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3445 2. Add a new hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
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3446 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the new message.
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3447 It looks like this::
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3448
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3449 <input type="hidden" name="msg-1@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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3450
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3451 The "times" property of the message will have the new id added to it.
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3452
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3453 3. Add the timelog listing from step 5. to the ``msg.item.html`` template
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3454 so that the timelog entry appears on the message view page.
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3455
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3456
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3457 Tracking different types of issues
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3458 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3459
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3460 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
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3461 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
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3462 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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3463 a system support issue class to a tracker.
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3464
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3465 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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3466 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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3467 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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3468
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3469 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``schema.py``. Just after the
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3470 "issue" class definition, add::
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3471
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3472 # list our systems
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3473 system = Class(db, "system", name=String(), order=Number())
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3474 system.setkey("name")
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3475
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3476 # store issues related to those systems
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3477 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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3478 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3479 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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3480 affects=Multilink("system"))
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3481
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3482 3. Copy the existing ``issue.*`` (item, search and index) templates in the
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3483 tracker's ``html`` to ``support.*``. Edit them so they use the properties
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3484 defined in the ``support`` class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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3485 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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3486 required properties.
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3487
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3488 4. Edit the modules in the ``detectors``, adding lines to their ``init``
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3489 functions where appropriate. Look for ``audit`` and ``react`` registrations
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3490 on the ``issue`` class, and duplicate them for ``support``.
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3491
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3492 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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3493 existing issues one, changing the ``issue`` class name to ``support``.
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3494
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3495 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new ``support`` class.
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3496
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3497
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3498 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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3499 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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3500 some security declarations::
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3501
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3502 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'View', 'support')
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3503 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Create', 'support')
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3504 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Edit', 'support')
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3505
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3506 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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3507 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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3508
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3509 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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3510 for the ``issue`` class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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3511 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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3512 all with the "User" Role.
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3513
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3514
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3515 Using External User Databases
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3516 -----------------------------
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3517
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3518 Using an external password validation source
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3519 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3520
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3521 .. note:: You will need to either have an "admin" user in your external
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3522 password source *or* have one of your regular users have
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3523 the Admin Role assigned. If you need to assign the Role *after*
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3524 making the changes below, you may use the ``roundup-admin``
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3525 program to edit a user's details.
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3526
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3527 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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3528 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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3529 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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3530 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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3531 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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3532 would be::
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3533
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3534 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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3535
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3536 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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3537 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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3538 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
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3539 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class. The
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3540 following is added as ``externalpassword.py`` in the tracker ``extensions``
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3541 directory::
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3542
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3543 import os, crypt
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3544 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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3545
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3546 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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3547 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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3548 '''Look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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3549 name that matches.
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3550 '''
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3551 # get the user's username
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3552 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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3553
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3554 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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3555 # tracker home
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3556 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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3557
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3558 # see if we can find a match
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diff changeset
3559 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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diff changeset
3560 open(file).readlines()]:
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3561 if ent[0] == username:
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3562 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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3563
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3564 # user doesn't exist in the file
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3565 return 0
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3566
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3567 def init(instance):
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3568 instance.registerAction('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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3569
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3570 You should also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
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3571 template.
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3572
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3573
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3574 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
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3575 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3576
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3577 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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3578 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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3579 and primary user group.
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3580
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3581 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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3582 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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3583 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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3584 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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3585 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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3586
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3587 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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3588 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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diff changeset
3589 described in the previous example, `using an external password
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3590 validation source`_. We keep the user lists in sync using a fairly
1674
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3591 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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3592 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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3593
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3594 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
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3595 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
1299
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parents: 1293
diff changeset
3596
1292
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diff changeset
3597 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
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diff changeset
3598 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
1293
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diff changeset
3599 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
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parents: 1293
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3600
1292
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3601 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
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diff changeset
3602
1674
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3603 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call
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3604 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
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3605 information though - the user's email address and their Roundup Roles.
1674
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diff changeset
3606 We're going to assume that the user's email address is the same as their
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diff changeset
3607 login name, so we just append the domain name to that. The Roles are
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3608 determined using the passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
3609 to an appropriate set of Roles.
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3610
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3611 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is
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3612 as follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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3613 tracker we're to work on::
1292
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3614
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
3615 import sys, os, smtplib
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diff changeset
3616 from roundup import instance, date
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
3617
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3618 # open the tracker
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3619 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
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diff changeset
3620 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
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diff changeset
3621
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diff changeset
3622 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
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diff changeset
3623
3228
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parents: 3130
diff changeset
3624 # read in the users from the "passwd.txt" file
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diff changeset
3625 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'passwd.txt')
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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3626 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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3627
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diff changeset
3628 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't
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diff changeset
3629 appear in the file)::
1292
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3630
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3631 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
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3632 # "real" users
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3633 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
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3634
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3635 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
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3636 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team',
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3637 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
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3638
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3639 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
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3640
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3641 roles = {
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3642 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
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3643 '502': 'User', # finance
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3644 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
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3645 '504': 'User', # sales
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3646 '505': 'User', # marketing
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3647 }
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3648
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3649 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have
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3650 the tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause,
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3651 so that we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we
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3652 now do all the work::
1292
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3653
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3654 # open the database
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3655 db = tracker.open('admin')
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3656 try:
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3657 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
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3658 msg = []
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3659
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3660 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
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3661 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
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3662 if user in ignore:
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3663 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
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3664 continue
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3665 keep.append(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3666 try:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3667 # see if the user exists in the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3668 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3669
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3670 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3671 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3672 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3673 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3674 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3675 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3676 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3677 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3678 msg.append('ADD %s - %s (%s)'%(user, real, roles[gid]))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3679
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3680 # now check that all the users in the tracker are also in our
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3681 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3682 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3683 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3684 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3685 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3686 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3687
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3688 # if we did work, then send email to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3689 if msg:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3690 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3691 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3692
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3693 %s
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3694 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3695
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3696 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3697 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3698 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3699 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3700
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3701 # now we're done - commit the changes
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3702 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3703 finally:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3704 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3705 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3706
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3707 And that's it!
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3708
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3709
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3710 Using an LDAP database for user information
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3711 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3712
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3713 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3714 http://python-ldap.sf.net/ and then compares the list to the users in the
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3715 roundup user database would be pretty easy to write. You'd then have it run
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3716 once an hour / day (or on demand if you can work that into your LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3717 workflow). See the example `Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database`_
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3718 for more information about doing this.
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3719
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3720 To authenticate off the LDAP store (rather than using the passwords in the
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3721 Roundup user database) you'd use the same python-ldap module inside an
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3722 extension to the cgi interface. You'd do this by overriding the method called
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3723 ``verifyPassword`` on the ``LoginAction`` class in your tracker's
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3724 ``extensions`` directory (see `using an external password validation
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3725 source`_). The method is implemented by default as::
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3726
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3727 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3728 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3729 '''
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3730 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3731 if password == stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3732 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3733 if not password and not stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3734 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3735 return 0
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3736
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3737 So you could reimplement this as something like::
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3738
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3739 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3740 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3741 '''
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3742 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3743 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3744 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3745
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3746
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3747 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3748 ----------------------------
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3749
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3750 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3751 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3752
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3753 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3754 start to see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3755 vacation". Not very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3756
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3757 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3758
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3759 user = Class(db, "user",
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3760 username=String(), password=Password(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3761 address=String(), realname=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3762 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3763 alternate_addresses=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3764 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3765 vacation=Boolean())
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3766
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3767 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3768 following to your ``user.item`` template::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3769
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3770 <tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3771 <th>On Vacation</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3772 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3773 </tr>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3774
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3775 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3776 consists of::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3777
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3778 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3779 users = db.user
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3780 messages = db.msg
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3781 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3782 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3783 try:
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3784 # figure the recipient ids
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3785 sendto = []
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3786 seen_message = {}
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3787 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3788 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3789 seen_message[recipid] = 1
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3790
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3791 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3792 # the message
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3793 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3794
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3795 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3796 # they aren't anonymous
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3797 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3798 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3799 sendto.append(authid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3800 seen_message[authid] = 1
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3801
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3802 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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3803 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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3804 for nosyid in nosy:
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3805 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
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3806 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
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3807 # in case they do...)
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3808 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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parents: 2154
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3809 continue
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3810 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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3811 if not seen_message.has_key(nosyid):
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3812 # send it to them
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3813 sendto.append(nosyid)
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3814 recipients.append(nosyid)
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3815
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3816 # generate a change note
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3817 if oldvalues:
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3818 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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3819 else:
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parents: 2154
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3820 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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3821
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3822 # we have new recipients
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parents: 2154
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3823 if sendto:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3824 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3825 sendto = [i for i in sendto
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3826 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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parents: 2154
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3827
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3828 # map userids to addresses
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3829 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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parents: 2154
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3830
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3831 # update the message's recipients list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3832 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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parents: 2154
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3833
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3834 # send the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3835 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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diff changeset
3836 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3837 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3838
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parents: 2154
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3839 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3840 addition of::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3841
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3842 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3843 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3844
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3845 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3846
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3847 Adding in state transition control
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3848 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
3849
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
3850 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states to which users may
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
3851 move issues. You can do this by following these steps:
2156
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diff changeset
3852
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3853 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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diff changeset
3854 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3855 template::
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diff changeset
3856
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diff changeset
3857 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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diff changeset
3858
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diff changeset
3859 This will force users to select a status.
2156
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diff changeset
3860
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3861 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3862
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3863 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3864 ...)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3865
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3866 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3867
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3868 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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3869 b. using the ``roundup-admin`` "set" command.
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3870
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3871 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3872 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3873
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3874 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3875 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3876 property.
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3877 '''
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3878 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3879 return
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3880 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3881 new = newvalues['status']
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3882 if new == current:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3883 return
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3884 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3885 if new not in ok:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3886 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3887 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3888
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3889 def init(db):
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diff changeset
3890 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3891
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3892 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3893 from::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3894
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3895 <th>Status</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3896 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3897
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3898 to::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3899
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3900 <th>Status</th>
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diff changeset
3901 <td>
2156
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diff changeset
3902 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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diff changeset
3903 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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diff changeset
3904 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3905 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3906 tal:attributes="
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3907 value state/id;
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3908 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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diff changeset
3909 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3910 </tal:block>
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diff changeset
3911 </select>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3912 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3913 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3914 </td>
2156
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3915
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3916 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3917
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3918
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6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3919 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3920 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
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3921
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3922 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3923 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3924 resolved. To achieve this:
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parents: 1671
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3925
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diff changeset
3926 1. Create a new property on the ``issue`` class:
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diff changeset
3927 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. To do this, edit the definition of
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diff changeset
3928 this class in your tracker's ``schema.py`` file. Change this::
1559
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parents: 1522
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3929
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3930 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3931 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3932 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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parents: 1522
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3933
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3934 to this, adding the blockers entry::
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3935
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3936 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3937 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
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3938 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3939 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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3940
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3941 2. Add the new ``blockers`` property to the ``issue.item.html`` edit
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3942 page, using something like::
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3943
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3944 <th>Waiting On</th>
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3945 <td>
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3946 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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3947 size=20)" />
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3948 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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3949 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
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3950 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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3951 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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3952 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
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3953 </span>
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3954
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3955 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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3956 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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3957 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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3958 the "superseders" field.
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3959
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3960 3. Create a new detector module (see below) which enforces the rules:
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3961
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3962 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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3963 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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3964
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3965 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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3966
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3967
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3968 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3969 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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3970 '''
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3971 if nodeid is None:
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3972 blockers = []
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3973 else:
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3974 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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3975 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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3976
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3977 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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3978 # changed
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3979 if not blockers or not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3980 return
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3981
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3982 # get the resolved state ID
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3983 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3984
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3985 # format the info
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3986 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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3987 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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3988 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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3989 if len(blockers) == 1:
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3990 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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3991 else:
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3992 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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3993
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3994 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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3995 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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3996 raise ValueError, "This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s
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3997
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3998
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3999 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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4000 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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4001 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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4002 '''
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4003 newstatus = cl.get(nodeid,'status')
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4004
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4005 # no change?
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4006 if oldvalues.get('status', None) == newstatus:
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4007 return
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4008
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4009 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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4010
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4011 # interesting?
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4012 if newstatus != resolved_id:
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4013 return
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4014
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4015 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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4016 # their blockers list
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4017 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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4018 for issueid in issues:
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4019 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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4020 if nodeid in blockers:
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4021 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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4022 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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4023
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4024 def init(db):
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4025 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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4026 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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4027 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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4028
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4029 # can only happen on a set
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4030 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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4031
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4032 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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4033 "detectors" directory.
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4034
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4035 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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4036 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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4037 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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4038 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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4039 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
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4040
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4041 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status&
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4042 @columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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4043 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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4044
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4045 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
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4046 "@filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)::
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4047
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4048 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status,blockers&
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4049 blockers=-1&@columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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4050 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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4051
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4052 The above examples are line-wrapped on the trailing & and should
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4053 be unwrapped.
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4054
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4055 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
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4056 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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4057 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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4058 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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4059 another issue's "blockers" property.
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4060
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4061 Add users to the nosy list based on the topic
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4062 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4063
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4064 Let's say we need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy
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4065 list based
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4066 on the occurance of a topic. Every user should be allowed to edit their
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4067 own list of topics for which they want to be added to the nosy list.
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4068
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4069 Below, we'll show that this change can be done with minimal
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4070 understanding of the Roundup system, using only copy and paste.
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4071
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4072 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
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4073 allow per-user recording of the lists of topics for which he wants to
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4074 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing them to edit
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4075 this list of topics, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
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4076 list when a topic is set.
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4077
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4078 Adding the nosy topic list
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4079 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4080
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4081 The change to make in the database, is that for any user there should be
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4082 a list of topics for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding
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4083 a ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seems to fullfill this (note that within
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4084 the code, topics are called ``keywords``.) As such, all that has to be
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4085 done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the
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4086 file ``schema.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and
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4087 the updated definition of user will be::
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4088
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4089 user = Class(db, "user",
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4090 username=String(), password=Password(),
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4091 address=String(), realname=String(),
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4092 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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4093 alternate_addresses=String(),
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4094 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
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4095 timezone=String(),
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4096 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
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4097
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4098 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy topic list
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4099 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4100
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4101 We want any user to be able to change the list of topics for which
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4102 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
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4103 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
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4104 We can easily
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4105 see that the topic field in the issue view has very similar editing
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4106 requirements as our nosy topics, both being lists of topics. As
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4107 such, we look for Topics in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
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4108 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
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4109 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
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4110 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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4111
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4112 <tr>
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4113 <th>Nosy Topics</th>
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4114 <td>
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4115 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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4116 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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4117 </td>
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4118 </tr>
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4119
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4120
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4121 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
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4122 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4123
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4124 The more difficult part is the logic to add
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4125 the users to the nosy list when required.
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4126 We choose to perform this action whenever the topics on an
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4127 item are set (this includes the creation of items).
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4128 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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4129 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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4130 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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4131 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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4132 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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4133 ``nosyreaction`` function actually sends the e-mail.
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4134 We don't need this. Therefore, we can change the ``init`` function to::
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4135
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4136 def init(db):
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4137 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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4138 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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4139
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4140 After that, we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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4141 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to setting
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4142 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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4143 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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4144 code, which handled adding the assignedto user(s) to the nosy list in
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4145 ``updatenosy``, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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4146 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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4147 new topics, than looping over all users,
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4148 and assign the user to the nosy list when the topic occurs in the user's
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4149 ``nosy_keywords``. The next part in ``updatenosy`` -- adding the author
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4150 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list -- is obviously not
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4151 relevant here and is thus deleted from the new auditor. The last
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4152 part, copying the new nosy list to ``newvalues``, can stay as is.
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4153 This results in the following function::
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4154
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4155 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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4156 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the topics
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4157 '''
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4158 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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4159 current = {}
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4160 if nodeid is None:
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4161 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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4162 else:
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4163 ok = ('yes',)
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4164 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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4165 # changed
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4166 if not newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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4167 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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4168 for value in nosy:
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4169 if not current.has_key(value):
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4170 current[value] = 1
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4171
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4172 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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4173 if newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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4174 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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4175 for value in nosy:
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4176 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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4177 continue
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4178 if not current.has_key(value):
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4179 current[value] = 1
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4180
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4181 # add users with topic in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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4182 if newvalues.has_key('topic') and newvalues['topic'] is not None:
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4183 topic_ids = newvalues['topic']
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4184 for topic in topic_ids:
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4185 # loop over all users,
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4186 # and assign user to nosy when topic in nosy_keywords
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4187 for user_id in db.user.list():
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4188 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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4189 found = 0
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4190 for kw in nosy_kw:
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4191 if kw == topic:
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4192 found = 1
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4193 if found:
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4194 current[user_id] = 1
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4195
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4196 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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4197 newvalues['nosy'] = current.keys()
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4198
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4199 These two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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4200
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4201 TODO: update this example to use the ``find()`` Class method.
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4202
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4203 Caveats
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4204 :::::::
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4205
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4206 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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4207
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4208 Multiple additions
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4209 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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4210 from the nosy list, he is added to the nosy list again when the
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4211 topic list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
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4212 to only check which topics are new compared to the old list
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4213 of topics, and only add users when they have indicated
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4214 interest on a new topic.
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4215
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4216 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the ``create()``
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4217 event, rather than also on the ``set()`` event, thus only setting
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4218 the nosy list when the issue is created.
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4219
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4220 Scalability
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4221 In the auditor, there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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4222 only few users this will pose no serious problem; however, with
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4223 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
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4224 A way out would be to link from the topics to the users who
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4225 selected these topics as nosy topics. This will eliminate the
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4226 loop over all users.
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4227
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4228 Changes to Security and Permissions
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4229 -----------------------------------
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4230
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4231 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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4232 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4233
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4234 1. In your tracker's ``schema.py``, create a new Role, say "Developer"::
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4235
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4236 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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4237
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4238 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
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4239 "issue"::
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4240
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4241 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
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4242 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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4243
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4244 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
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4245
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4246 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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4247
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4248 4. In the issue item edit page (``html/issue.item.html`` in your tracker
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4249 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
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4250 list::
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4251
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4252 <select name="assignedto">
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4253 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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4254 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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4255 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
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4256 'Fixer', context._classname)"
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4257 tal:attributes="
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4258 value user/id;
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4259 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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4260 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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4261 </tal:block>
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4262 </select>
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4263
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4264 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
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4265 Permission requirement (install this as ``assignedtoFixer.py`` in your
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4266 tracker ``detectors`` directory)::
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4267
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4268 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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4269 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is used with the
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4270 Fixer Permission
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4271 '''
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4272 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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4273 # don't care
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4274 return
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4275
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4276 # get the userid
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4277 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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4278 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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4279 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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4280
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4281 def init(db):
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4282 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4283 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4284
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4285 So now, if an edit action attempts to set "assignedto" to a user that
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4286 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
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4287
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4288
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4289 Users may only edit their issues
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4290 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4291
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4292 In this case, users registering themselves are granted Provisional
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4293 access, meaning they
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4294 have access to edit the issues they submit, but not others. We create a new
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4295 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
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4296 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
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4297 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".)
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4298
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4299 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
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4300 ``schema.py``::
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4301
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4302 #
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4303 # New users not approved by the admin
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4304 #
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4305 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
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4306 description='New user registered via web or email')
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4307
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4308 # These users need to be able to view and create issues but only edit
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4309 # and view their own
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4310 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', 'issue')
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4311 def own_issue(db, userid, itemid):
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4312 '''Determine whether the userid matches the creator of the issue.'''
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4313 return userid == db.issue.get(itemid, 'creator')
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4314 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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4315 check=own_issue, description='Can only edit own issues')
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4316 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4317 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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4318 check=own_issue, description='Can only view own issues')
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4319 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4320
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4321 # Assign the Permissions for issue-related classes
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4322 for cl in 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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4323 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4324 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Edit', cl)
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4325 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', cl)
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4326 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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4327 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4328
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4329 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
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4330 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Web Access')
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4331 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Email Access')
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4332
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4333 # make sure they can view & edit their own user record
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4334 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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4335 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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4336 return userid == itemid
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4337 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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4338 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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4339 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4340 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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4341 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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4342 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4343
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4344 Then, in ``config.ini``, we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
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4345 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
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4346
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4347 [main]
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4348 ...
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4349 new_web_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
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4350 new_email_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
1954
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4351
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
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4352
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4353 All users may only view and edit issues, files and messages they create
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parents: 3123
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4354 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 3123
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4355
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4356 Replace the standard "classic" tracker View and Edit Permission assignments
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parents: 3123
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4357 for the "issue", "file" and "msg" classes with the following::
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4358
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parents: 3123
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4359 def checker(klass):
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parents: 3123
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4360 def check(db, userid, itemid, klass=klass):
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
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4361 return db.getclass(klass).get(itemid, 'creator') == userid
3580
5c26b9bbd31a fix "All users may only view and edit issues, files and messages they...
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parents: 3548
diff changeset
4362 return check
3126
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4363 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4364 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass=cl,
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4365 check=checker(cl))
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4366 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4367 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass=cl,
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4368 check=checker(cl))
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4369 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4370 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4371
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4372
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
4373
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4374 Changes to the Web User Interface
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4375 ---------------------------------
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4376
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4377 Adding action links to the index page
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4378 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4379
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4380 Add a column to the ``item.index.html`` template.
2156
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diff changeset
4381
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4382 Resolving the issue::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4383
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4384 <a tal:attributes="href
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4385 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
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diff changeset
4386
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4387 "Take" the issue::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4388
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4389 <a tal:attributes="href
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4390 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
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diff changeset
4391
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diff changeset
4392 ... and so on.
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diff changeset
4393
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4394 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4395 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4396
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4397 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4398 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add this to the ``<tr>`` that
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4399 displays the rows of data::
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4400
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4401 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4402
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4403 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
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diff changeset
4404 different priorities, as follows::
1966
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4405
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4406 tr.priority-critical td {
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4407 background-color: red;
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4408 }
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4409
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4410 tr.priority-urgent td {
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4411 background-color: orange;
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4412 }
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4413
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4414 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4415
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4416 Editing multiple items in an index view
2156
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diff changeset
4417 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4418
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4419 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4420 ``issue.item.html``:
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4421
2726
aa95c79cff8b clarification
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parents: 2589
diff changeset
4422 1. add a form around the listing table (separate from the existing
aa95c79cff8b clarification
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parents: 2589
diff changeset
4423 index-page form), so at the top it reads::
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4424
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4425 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4426 <table class="list">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4427
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4428 and at the bottom of that table::
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4429
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4430 </table>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4431 </form
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4432
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4433 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4434 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4435
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4436 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4437
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4438 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4439 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4440
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4441 to::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4442
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4443 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4444 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4445
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4446 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4447
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diff changeset
4448 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the index items (marked by
2009
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4449 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4450
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4451 <tr>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4452 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4453 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4454 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4455 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4456 </td>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4457 </tr>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4458
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4459 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an edit
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diff changeset
4460 on any changed statuses. The final ``tal:block`` will make sure that the
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4461 current index view parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4462 rendering the next page (the results of the editing).
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4463
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diff changeset
4464
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diff changeset
4465 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4466 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
4467
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4468 Alter the ``issue.item`` template section for messages to::
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diff changeset
4469
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4470 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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diff changeset
4471 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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diff changeset
4472 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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diff changeset
4473 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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diff changeset
4474 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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diff changeset
4475 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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diff changeset
4476 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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diff changeset
4477 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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diff changeset
4478 <td>
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diff changeset
4479 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
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diff changeset
4480 remove</a>
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diff changeset
4481 </td>
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diff changeset
4482 </tr>
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diff changeset
4483 </table>
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diff changeset
4484
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diff changeset
4485
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diff changeset
4486 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4487 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
4488
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diff changeset
4489 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
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diff changeset
4490 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
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diff changeset
4491 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
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4492 that shows either the one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
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4493 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
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4494
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4495 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4496 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4497 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
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4498 <th colspan="2" class="header">
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4499 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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4500 </th>
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4501 </tr>
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4502 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4503 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4504 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4505 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4506 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4507 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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4508 <td>
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4509 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
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4510 </td>
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4511 </tr>
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4512 </tal:block>
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4513
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4514 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4515 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
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4516 <th class="header">
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4517 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
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4518 </th>
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4519 </tr>
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4520 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4521 <tr>
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4522 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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4523 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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4524 <th style="text-align: right">
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4525 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
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4526 </th>
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4527 </tr>
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4528 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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4529 </tal:block>
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4530 </tal:block>
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4531 </table>
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4532
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4533
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4534 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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4535 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4536
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4537 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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4538 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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4539 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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4540 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
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4541 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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4542
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4543 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4544 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4545 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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4546 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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4547
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4548 <strong>Category:</strong>
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4549 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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4550 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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4551 </form>
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4552
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4553 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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4554 addition of the following form fragments::
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4555
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4556 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4557 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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4558 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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4559 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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4560
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4561 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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4562 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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4563 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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4564 .
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4565 .
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4566 .
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4567 </form>
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4568
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4569 Note that later in the form, I use the value of "cat" to decide which
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4570 form elements should be displayed. For example::
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4571
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4572 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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4573 <tr>
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4574 <th>Operating System</th>
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4575 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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4576 </tr>
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4577 <tr>
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4578 <th>Web Browser</th>
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4579 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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4580 </tr>
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4581 </tal:block>
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4582
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4583 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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4584 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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4585
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4586 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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4587 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
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4588 those actions in a new ``Action`` class (see `defining new web actions`_)::
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4589
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4590 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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4591
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4592 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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4593 def handle(self):
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4594 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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4595 on to page 2.
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4596 '''
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4597 category = self.form['category'].value
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4598 if category == '-1':
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4599 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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4600 return
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4601 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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4602 self.template = 'add_page2'
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4603
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4604 def init(instance):
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4605 instance.registerAction('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction)
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4606
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4607 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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4608 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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4609
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4610
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4611 Debugging Trackers
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4612 ==================
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4613
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4614 There are three switches in tracker configs that turn on debugging in
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4615 Roundup:
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4617 1. web :: debug
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4618 2. mail :: debug
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4619 3. logging :: level
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4620
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4621 See the config.ini file or the `tracker configuration`_ section above for
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4622 more information.
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4624 Additionally, the ``roundup-server.py`` script has its own debugging mode
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4625 in which it reloads edited templates immediately when they are changed,
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4626 rather than requiring a web server restart.
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4627
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4628
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4631 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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4633 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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4634 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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4635 .. _`admin guide`: admin_guide.html
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4636

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