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1 .. meta::
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2 :description:
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3 Reference for the internals of Roundup. Includes background
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4 information for cookbook and how-to examples.
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5 Reference for the design and internals needed to understand
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6 and extend the examples to meet new needs.
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8 :tocdepth: 2
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10 =================
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11 Roundup Reference
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12 =================
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14 .. admonition:: Welcome
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16 This document used to be part of the `customization document`_. The
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17 customization document was getting large and unwieldy. It was a
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18 combination of examples and internal information that made finding
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19 information difficult. We often had questions on the mailing list that
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20 were well answered in the customization document, but finding the info
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21 was difficult.
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23 The documentation is slowly being reorganized using the `Diataxis
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24 framework`_. Help with the reorganization is welcome.
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26 This is the document you should look at for background on a tutorial
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27 or how-to guide in the customization document.
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29 .. _customization document: customizing.html
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30 .. _diataxis framework: https://diataxis.fr/
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32 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
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33 http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
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35 .. contents::
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36 :depth: 2
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37 :local:
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39 Trackers in a Nutshell
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40 ======================
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42 Trackers have the following structure:
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44 .. index::
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45 single: tracker; structure db directory
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52 =================== ========================================================
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53 Tracker File Description
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54 =================== ========================================================
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55 config.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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56 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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57 initial_data.py Holds any data to be entered into the database when the
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58 tracker is initialised (optional)
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59 interfaces.py Allows `modifying the core of Roundup`_ (optional)
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60 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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61 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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62 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker (obsolete).
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63 Use the ``backend`` setting in the ``[rdbms]``
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64 section of ``config.ini`` instead.
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65 detectors/ `Auditors and reactors`_ for this tracker
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66 extensions/ Additional `actions`_ and `templating utilities`_
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67 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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68 lib/ optional common imports for detectors and extensions
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69 =================== ========================================================
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72 .. index:: config.ini
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73 .. index:: configuration; see config.ini
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75 Tracker Configuration
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76 =====================
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78 The ``config.ini`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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79 configuration for the web and e-mail components of Roundup's interfaces.
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81 Changes to the data captured by your tracker is controlled by the `tracker
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82 schema`_. Some configuration is also performed using permissions - see the
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83 `security / access controls`_ section. For example, to allow users to
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84 automatically register through the email interface, you must grant the
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85 "Anonymous" Role the "Email Access" Permission.
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88 single: config.ini; sections
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89 see: configuration; config.ini
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91 The following is taken from the `Python Library Reference`__ (July 18, 2018)
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92 section "ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser":
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94 The configuration file consists of sections, led by a [section] header
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95 and followed by name: value entries, with continuations in the style
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98 values. The optional values can contain format strings which refer to
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99 other values in the same section, or values in a special DEFAULT
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100 section. Additional defaults can be provided on initialization and
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101 retrieval. Lines beginning with '#' or ';' are ignored and may be
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102 used to provide comments.
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104 For example::
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106 [My Section]
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107 foodir = %(dir)s/whatever
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108 dir = frob
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110 would resolve the "%(dir)s" to the value of "dir" ("frob" in this case)
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111 resulting in "foodir" being "frob/whatever".
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113 __ https://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html
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115 Example configuration settings are below. This is a partial
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116 list. Documentation on all the settings is included in the
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117 ``config.ini`` file.
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123 Section **main**
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124 database -- ``db``
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125 Database directory path. The path may be either absolute or relative
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126 to the directory containig this config file.
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128 templates -- ``html``
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129 Path to the HTML templates directory. The path may be either absolute
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130 or relative to the directory containing this config file.
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132 static_files -- default *blank*
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133 A list of space separated directory paths (or a single directory).
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134 These directories hold additional static files available via Web UI.
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135 These directories may contain sitewide images, CSS stylesheets etc. If
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136 a '-' is included, the list processing ends and the TEMPLATES
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137 directory is not searched after the specified directories. If this
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138 option is not set, all static files are taken from the TEMPLATES
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146 dispatcher_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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153 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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156 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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157 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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160 Roles that a user gets when they register with Web User Interface.
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164 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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167 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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169 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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170 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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175 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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176 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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187 email_registration_confirmation -- ``yes``
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188 Offer registration confirmation by email or only through the web?
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189 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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192 Additional stop-words for the full-text indexer specific to
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194 stop-words (e.g. ``A,AND,ARE,AS,AT,BE,BUT,BY, ...``).
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196 umask -- ``02``
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205 import.
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207 .. index:: config.ini; sections tracker
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209 Section **tracker**
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214 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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215 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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216 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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217 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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218 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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220 email -- ``issue_tracker``
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221 Email address that mail to Roundup should go to.
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224 Default locale name for this tracker. If this option is not set, the
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225 language is determined by the environment variable LANGUAGE, LC_ALL,
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226 LC_MESSAGES, or LANG, in that order of preference.
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228 .. index:: config.ini; sections web
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230 Section **web**
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231 allow_html_file -- ``no``
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232 Setting this option enables Roundup to serve uploaded HTML
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233 file content *as HTML*. This is a potential security risk
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234 and is therefore disabled by default. Set to 'yes' if you
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235 trust *all* users uploading content to your tracker.
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237 http_auth -- ``yes``
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238 Whether to use HTTP Basic Authentication, if present.
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239 Roundup will use either the REMOTE_USER or HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
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240 variables supplied by your web server (in that order).
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241 Set this option to 'no' if you do not wish to use HTTP Basic
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242 Authentication in your web interface.
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244 use_browser_language -- ``yes``
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245 Whether to use HTTP Accept-Language, if present.
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246 Browsers send a language-region preference list.
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247 It's usually set in the client's browser or in their
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248 Operating System.
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249 Set this option to 'no' if you want to ignore it.
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251 debug -- ``no``
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252 Setting this option makes Roundup display error tracebacks
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254 tracker admin."),
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256 .. index:: config.ini; sections rdbms
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257 single: config.ini; database settings
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259 Section **rdbms**
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260 Settings in this section are used to set the backend and configure
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261 addition settings needed by RDBMs like SQLite, Postgresql and
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262 MySQL backends.
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264 .. index::
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265 single: postgres; select backend in config.ini
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266 single: mysql; select backend in config.ini
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267 single: sqlite; select backend in config.ini
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268 single: anydbm; select backend in config.ini
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274 backend -- set to value by init
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275 The database backend such as anydbm, sqlite, mysql or postgres.
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277 name -- ``roundup``
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278 Name of the database to use.
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280 host -- ``localhost``
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281 Database server host.
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283 port -- default *blank*
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284 TCP port number of the database server. Postgresql usually resides on
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285 port 5432 (if any), for MySQL default port number is 3306. Leave this
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286 option empty to use backend default.
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288 user -- ``roundup``
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289 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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291 password -- ``roundup``
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292 Database user password.
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293
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294 read_default_file -- ``~/.my.cnf``
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295 Name of the MySQL defaults file. Only used in MySQL connections.
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297 read_default_group -- ``roundup``
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298 Name of the group to use in the MySQL defaults file. Only used in
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299 MySQL connections.
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300
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301 .. index::
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302 single: sqlite; lock timeout
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304 sqlite_timeout -- ``30``
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305 Number of seconds to wait when the SQLite database is locked.
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306 Used only for SQLite.
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307
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308 cache_size -- `100`
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309 Size of the node cache (in elements) used to keep most recently used
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310 data in memory.
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311
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312 .. index:: config.ini; sections logging
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313 see: logging; config.ini, sections logging
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314
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315 Section **logging**
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316 config -- default *blank*
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317 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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318 option is set, logging configuration is loaded from specified file;
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319 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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321
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322 filename -- default *blank*
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323 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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324 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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325 option is set, this option has no effect. The path may be either absolute
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326 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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327
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328 level -- ``ERROR``
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329 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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330 option is set, this option has no effect.
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331 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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332
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333 .. index:: config.ini; sections mail
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334
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335 Section **mail**
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336 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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337 registration approval requests.
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338
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339 domain -- ``localhost``
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340 Domain name used for email addresses.
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341
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342 host -- default *blank*
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343 SMTP mail host that Roundup will use to send mail
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344
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345 username -- default *blank*
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346 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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347 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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348
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349 password -- default *blank*
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350 SMTP login password.
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351 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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352
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353 port -- default *25*
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354 SMTP port on mail host.
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355 Set this if your mail host runs on a different port.
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356
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357 local_hostname -- default *blank*
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358 The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to use during SMTP sessions. If left
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359 blank, the underlying SMTP library will attempt to detect your FQDN. If your
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360 mail host requires something specific, specify the FQDN to use.
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361
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362 tls -- ``no``
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363 If your SMTP mail host provides or requires TLS (Transport Layer Security)
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364 then you may set this option to 'yes'.
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365 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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366
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367 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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368 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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369 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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370 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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371
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372 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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373 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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374 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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375 to the directory containig this config file.
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376
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377 charset -- utf-8
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378 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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379 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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380 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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381 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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382
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383 debug -- default *blank*
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384 Setting this option makes Roundup to write all outgoing email messages
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385 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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386 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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387 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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388 containig this config file.
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389
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390 add_authorinfo -- ``yes``
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391 Add a line with author information at top of all messages send by
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392 Roundup.
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394 add_authoremail -- ``yes``
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395 Add the mail address of the author to the author information at the
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396 top of all messages. If this is false but add_authorinfo is true,
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397 only the name of the actor is added which protects the mail address
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398 of the actor from being exposed at mail archives, etc.
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400 .. index:: config.ini; sections mailgw
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401 single: mailgw; config
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402 see: mail gateway; mailgw
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403
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404 Section **mailgw**
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405 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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406
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407 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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408 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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409 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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410 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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411
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412 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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413 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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414 signatures.
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415 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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416
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417 default_class -- ``issue``
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418 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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419 To disable, leave the value blank.
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420
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421 language -- default *blank*
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422 Default locale name for the tracker mail gateway. If this option is
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423 not set, mail gateway will use the language of the tracker instance.
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424
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425 subject_prefix_parsing -- ``strict``
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426 Controls the parsing of the [prefix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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427 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [prefix] is not
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428 recognised. ``loose`` will attempt to parse the [prefix] but just
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429 pass it through as part of the issue title if not recognised. ``none``
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430 will always pass any [prefix] through as part of the issue title.
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431
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432 subject_suffix_parsing -- ``strict``
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433 Controls the parsing of the [suffix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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434 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [suffix] is not
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435 recognised. ``loose`` will attempt to parse the [suffix] but just
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436 pass it through as part of the issue title if not recognised. ``none``
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437 will always pass any [suffix] through as part of the issue title.
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438
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439 subject_suffix_delimiters -- ``[]``
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440 Defines the brackets used for delimiting the commands suffix in a subject
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441 line.
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442
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443 subject_content_match -- ``always``
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444 Controls matching of the incoming email subject line against issue titles
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445 in the case where there is no designator [prefix]. ``never`` turns off
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446 matching. ``creation + interval`` or ``activity + interval`` will match
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447 an issue for the interval after the issue's creation or last activity.
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448 The interval is a standard Roundup interval.
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449
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450 subject_updates_title -- ``yes``
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451 Update issue title if incoming subject of email is different.
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452 Setting this to ``no`` will ignore the title part of
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453 the subject of incoming email messages.
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454
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455 refwd_re -- ``(\s*\W?\s*(fw|fwd|re|aw|sv|ang)\W)+``
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456 Regular expression matching a single reply or forward prefix
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457 prepended by the mailer. This is explicitly stripped from the
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458 subject during parsing. Value is Python Regular Expression
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459 (UTF8-encoded).
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460
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461 origmsg_re -- `` ^[>|\s]*-----\s?Original Message\s?-----$``
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462 Regular expression matching start of an original message if quoted
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463 in the body. Value is Python Regular Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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464
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465 sign_re -- ``^[>|\s]*-- ?$``
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466 Regular expression matching the start of a signature in the message
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467 body. Value is Python Regular Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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468
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469 eol_re -- ``[\r\n]+``
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470 Regular expression matching end of line. Value is Python Regular
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471 Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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472
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473 blankline_re -- ``[\r\n]+\s*[\r\n]+``
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474 Regular expression matching a blank line. Value is Python Regular
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475 Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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476
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477 ignore_alternatives -- ``no``
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478 When parsing incoming mails, Roundup uses the first
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479 text/plain part it finds. If this part is inside a
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480 multipart/alternative, and this option is set, all other
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481 parts of the multipart/alternative are ignored. The default
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482 is to keep all parts and attach them to the issue.
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483
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484 .. index:: config.ini; sections php
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485
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486 Section **pgp**
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487 OpenPGP mail processing options
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488
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489 enable -- ``no``
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490 Enable PGP processing. Requires gpg.
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491
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492 roles -- default *blank*
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493 If specified, a comma-separated list of roles to perform PGP
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494 processing on. If not specified, it happens for all users.
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495
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496 homedir -- default *blank*
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497 Location of PGP directory. Defaults to $HOME/.gnupg if not
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498 specified.
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499
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500
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501 .. index:: config.ini; sections nosy
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502
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503 Section **nosy**
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504 Nosy messages sending
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505
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506 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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507 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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508 If ``yes`` is used, then messages are sent to the author
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509 even if not on the nosy list, same for ``new`` (but only for new messages).
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510 When set to ``nosy``, the nosy list controls sending messages to the author.
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511 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``, ``nosy``
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512
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513 signature_position -- ``bottom``
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514 Where to place the email signature.
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515 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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516
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517 add_author -- ``new``
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518 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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519 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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520 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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521 followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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522 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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523
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524 add_recipients -- ``new``
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525 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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526 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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527 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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528 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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529 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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530
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531 email_sending -- ``single``
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532 Controls the email sending from the nosy reactor. If ``multiple`` then
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533 a separate email is sent to each recipient. If ``single`` then a single
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534 email is sent with each recipient as a CC address.
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535
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536 max_attachment_size -- ``2147483647``
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537 Attachments larger than the given number of bytes won't be attached
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538 to nosy mails. They will be replaced by a link to the tracker's
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539 download page for the file.
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540
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541
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542 .. index:: single: roundup-admin; config.ini update
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543 single: roundup-admin; config.ini create
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544 single: config.ini; create
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545 single: config.ini; update
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546
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547 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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548 genconfig`` command. You can generate a new config file merging in
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549 existing settings using the ``roundup-admin updateconfig`` command.
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551 Configuration variables may be referred to in lower or upper case. In code,
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552 variables not in the "main" section are referred to using their section and
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553 name, so "domain" in the section "mail" becomes MAIL_DOMAIN.
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555 .. index:: pair: configuration; extensions
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556 pair: configuration; detectors
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557
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558 Extending the configuration file
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561 You can't add new variables to the config.ini file in the tracker home but
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562 you can add two new config.ini files:
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563
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564 - a config.ini in the ``extensions`` directory will be loaded and attached
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565 to the config variable as "ext".
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566 - a config.ini in the ``detectors`` directory will be loaded and attached
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567 to the config variable as "detectors".
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569 For example, the following in ``detectors/config.ini``::
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571 [main]
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572 qa_recipients = email@example.com
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574 is accessible as::
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576 db.config.detectors['QA_RECIPIENTS']
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578 Note that the name grouping applied to the main configuration file is
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579 applied to the extension config files, so if you instead have::
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581 [qa]
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582 recipients = email@example.com
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584 then the above ``db.config.detectors['QA_RECIPIENTS']`` will still work.
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586 Unlike values in the tracker's main ``config.ini``, the values defined
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587 in these config files are not validated. For example: a setting that
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588 is supposed to be an integer value (e.g. 4) could be the word
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589 "foo". If you are writing Python code that uses these settings, you
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590 should expect to handle invalid values.
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592 Also, incorrect values aren't discovered until the config setting is
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593 used. This can be long after the tracker is started and the error may
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594 not be seen in the logs.
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596 It is possible to validate these settings. Validation involves calling
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597 the ``update_options`` method on the configuration option. This can be
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598 done from the ``init()`` function in the Python files implementing
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599 extensions_ or detectors_.
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600
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601 As an example, adding the following to an extension::
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603 from roundup.configuration import SecretMandatoryOption
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605 def init(instance):
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606 instance.config.ext.update_option('RECAPTCHA_SECRET',
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607 SecretMandatoryOption,description="Secret securing reCaptcha.")
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609 similarly for a detector::
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611 from roundup.configuration import MailAddressOption
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613 def init(db):
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614 try:
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615 db.config.detectors.update_option('QA_RECIPIENTS',
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616 MailAddressOption,
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617 description="Email used for QA comment followup.")
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618 except KeyError:
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619 # COMMENT_EMAIL setting is not found, but it's optional
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620 # so continue
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621 pass
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623 will allow reading the secret from a file or append the tracker domain
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624 to an email address if it does not have a domain.
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626 Running ``roundup-admin -i tracker_home display user1`` will validate
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627 the settings for both config.ini`s. Otherwise detector options are not
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628 validated until the first request to the web interface (or email
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629 gateway).
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631 There are 4 arguments for ``update_option``:
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632
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633 1. config setting name - string (positional, mandatory)
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634 2. option type - Option derived class from configuration.py
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635 (positional, mandatory)
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636 3. default value - string (optional, named default)
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637 4. description - string (optional, named description)
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638
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639 The first argument is the config setting name as described at the
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640 beginning of this section.
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641
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642 The second argument is a class in the roundup.configuration module.
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643 There are a number of these classes: BooleanOption,
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644 IntegerNumberOption, RegExpOption.... Please see the configuration
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645 module for all Option validators and their descriptions. You can also
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646 define your own custom validator in `interfaces.py`_.
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647
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648 The third and fourth arguments are strings and are optional. They are
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649 printed if there is an error and may help the user correct the problem.
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650
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651 .. index:: ! schema
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652
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653 Tracker Schema
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654 ==============
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655
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656 .. note::
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657 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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658 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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659 your changes.
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660
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661 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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662 Schemas are defined using Python code in the ``schema.py`` module of your
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663 tracker.
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665 What you can/can't do to the schema
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668 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
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672 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repercussions
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673 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
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675 **Remove properties**
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676 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
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677 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
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678 detectors_.
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679
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680 You must never:
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682 **Remove the user class**
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683 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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685 **Remove the "username", "address", "password" or "realname" user properties**
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686 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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688 **Change the type of a property**
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689 Property types must *never* [1]_ be changed - the database simply
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693 create a new property assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto
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694 property.
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696 .. [1] If you shut down the tracker, `export the database`_, modify the
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697 exported csv property data to be compatible with the new type,
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698 change the property type in the schema, and finally import the
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699 changed exported data, you can change the property type. It is
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700 not trivial nor for the faint of heart. But it can be done.
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704 The ``schema.py`` and ``initial_data.py`` modules
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705 -------------------------------------------------
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706
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707 The schema.py module is used to define what your tracker looks like
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708 on the inside, the schema of the tracker. It defines the Classes
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709 and properties on each class. It also defines the security for
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710 those Classes. The next few sections describe how schemas work
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711 and what you can do with them.
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712
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713 The initial_data.py module sets up the initial state of your
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714 tracker. It’s called exactly once - by the ``roundup-admin initialise``
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715 command. See the start of the section on `database content`_ for more
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716 info about how this works.
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717
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718 .. index:: schema; classic - description of
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719
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720 The "classic" schema
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721 --------------------
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722
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723 The "classic" schema looks like this (see section `setkey(property)`_
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724 below for the meaning of ``'setkey'`` -- you may also want to look into
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725 the sections `setlabelprop(property)`_ and `setorderprop(property)`_ for
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726 specifying (default) labelling and ordering of classes.)::
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727
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728 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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729 pri.setkey("name")
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730
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731 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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732 stat.setkey("name")
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733
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734 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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735 keyword.setkey("name")
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736
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737 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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738 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(),
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739 phone=String(), alternate_addresses=String(),
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740 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(), timezone=String())
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741 user.setkey("username")
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742
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743 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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744 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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745 files=Multilink("file"), messageid=String(), inreplyto=String())
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746
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747 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String())
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748
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749 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
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750 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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751 priority=Link("priority"))
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752 issue.setkey('title')
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753
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754 .. index:: schema; allowed changes
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755
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756 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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757 ---------------------------------------------------------
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758
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759 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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760
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761 priority
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762 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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764 status
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765 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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766
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767 keyword
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768 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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769
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770 user
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771 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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772 for all users using Roundup.
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773
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774 msg
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775 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
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776 generated by Roundup.
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777
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778 file
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779 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
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780
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781 issue
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782 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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783
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784 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
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786 1. reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue
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787 2. more powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status
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789 By only requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single
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790 number) we reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or
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791 status - or simply makes a new one up.
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793 Class names are used to access items of that class in the `REST api`_
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794 interface. The classic tracker was created before the REST interface
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795 was added. It uses the single form (i.e. issue and user not issues and
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796 users) for its classes. Most REST documentation suggests using plural
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797 forms. However, to make your API consistent, use singular forms for
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798 classes that you add.
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799
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800 Class and Items
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801 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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803 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
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804 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
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805 the information about the class items.
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806
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807 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
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808 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
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809 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
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810
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811
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812 .. index:: schema; property types
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813
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814 Properties
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815 ~~~~~~~~~~
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817 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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819 String
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820 properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
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821 Password
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822 properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
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823 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
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824 class.
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825 Date
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826 properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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827 objects.
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828 Interval
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829 properties store time periods rather than absolute dates. For
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830 example 2 hours.
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831 Integer
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832 properties store integer values. (Number can store real/float values.)
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833 Number
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834 properties store numeric values. There is an option to use
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835 double-precision floating point numbers.
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836 Boolean
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837 properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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838 Link
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839 properties refers to a single other item selected from a
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840 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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841 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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842 Multilink
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843 properties refer to possibly many items in a specified
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844 class. The value is a list of integers.
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845
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846 Properties can have additional attributes to change the default
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847 behaviour:
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848
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849 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; required
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850 triple: schema; property attributes; default_value
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851 triple: schema; property attributes; quiet
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852
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853 * All properties support the following attributes:
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854
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855 - ``required``: see `design documentation`_. Adds the property to
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856 the list returned by calling get_required_props for the class.
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857 - ``default_value``: see `design documentation`_ Sets the default
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858 value if the property is not set.
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859 - ``quiet``: see `design documentation`_. Suppresses user visible
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860 to changes to this property. The property change is not reported:
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861
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862 - in the change feedback/confirmation message in the web
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863 interface
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864 - the property change section of the nosy email
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865 - the web history at the bottom of an item's page
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866
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867 This can be used to store state of the user interface (e.g. the
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868 names of elements that are collapsed or hidden from the
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869 user). Making properties that are updated as an indirect result of
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870 a user's change (e.g. updating a blockers property, counting
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871 number of times an issue was reopened or reassigned etc.) should
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872 not be displayed to the user as they can be confusing.
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873
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874 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; indexme
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875
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876 * String properties can have an ``indexme`` attribute that defines if the
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877 property should be part of the full text index. The default is 'no' but this
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878 can be set to 'yes' to allow a property's contents to be in the full
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879 text index.
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880
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881 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; use_double
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882
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883 * Number properties can have a ``use_double`` attribute that, when set
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884 to ``True``, will use double precision floating point in the database.
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885 * Link and Multilink properties can have several attributes:
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886
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887 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; do_journal
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888
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889 - ``do_journal``: By default, every change of a link property is
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890 recorded in the item being linked to (or being unlinked). A typical
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891 use-case for setting ``do_journal='no'`` would be to turn off
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892 journalling of nosy list, message author and message recipient link
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893 and unlink events to prevent the journal from clogged with these
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894 events.
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895
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896 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; try_id_parsing
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897
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898 - ``try_id_parsing`` is turned on by default. If entering a number
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899 into a Link or Multilink field, Roundup interprets this number as an
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900 ID of the item to link to. Sometimes items can have numeric names
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901 (like, e.g., product codes). For these Roundup needs to match the
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902 numeric name and should never match an ID. In this case you can set
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903 ``try_id_parsing='no'``.
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904
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905 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; rev_multilink
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906
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907 - The ``rev_multilink`` option takes a property name to be inserted
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908 into the linked-to class. This property is a Multilink property that
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909 links back to the current class. The new Multilink is read-only (it
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910 is automatically modified if the Link or Multilink property defining
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911 it is modified). The new property can be used in normal searches
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912 using the "filter" method of the Class. This means it can be used
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913 like other Multilink properties when searching (in an index
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914 template) or via the REST and XMLRPC APIs.
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915
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916 As a example, suppose you want to group multiple issues into a
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917 super issue. Each issue can be part of only one super issue. It is
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918 inefficient to find all of the issues that are part of the
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919 super issue by searching through all issues in the system looking
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920 at the part_of link property. To make this more efficient, you
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921 can declare an issue's part_of property as::
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922
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923 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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924 ...
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925 part_of = Link("issue", rev_multilink="components"),
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926 ... )
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927
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928 This automatically creates the ``components`` multilink on the issue
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929 class. The ``components`` multilink is never explicitly declared in
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930 the issue class, but it has the same effect as though you had
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931 declared the class as::
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932
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933 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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934 ...
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935 part_of = Link("issue"),
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936 components = Multilink("issue"),
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937 ... )
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938
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939 Then wrote a detector to update the components property on the
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940 corresponding issue. Writing this detector can be tricky. There is
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941 one other difference, you can not explicitly set/modify the
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942 ``components`` multilink.
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943
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944 The effect of setting ``part_of = 3456`` on issue1234
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945 automatically adds "1234" to the ``components`` property on
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946 issue3456. You can search the ``components`` multilink just like a
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947 regular multilink, but you can't explicitly assign to it.
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948 Another difference of reverse multilinks to normal multilinks
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949 is that when a linked node is retired, the node vanishes from the
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950 multilink, e.g. in the example above, if an issue with ``part_of``
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951 set to another issue is retired this issue vanishes from the
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952 ``components`` multilink of the other issue.
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953
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954 You can also link between different classes. So you can modify
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955 the issue definition to include::
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956
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957 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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958 ...
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959 assigned_to = Link("user", rev_multilink="responsibleFor"),
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960 ... )
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961
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962 This makes it easy to list all issues that the user is responsible
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963 for (aka assigned_to).
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964
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965 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; msg_header_property
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966
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967 - The ``msg_header_property`` is used by the mail gateway when sending
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968 out messages. When a link or multilink property of an issue changes,
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969 Roundup creates email headers of the form::
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970
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971 X-Roundup-issue-prop: value
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972
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973 where ``value`` is the ``name`` property for the linked item(s).
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974 For example, if you have a multilink for attached_files in your
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975 issue, you will see a header::
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976
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977 X-Roundup-issue-attached_files: MySpecialFile.doc, HisResume.txt
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978
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979 when the class for attached files is defined as::
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980
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981 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String())
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982
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983 ``MySpecialFile.doc`` is the name for the file object.
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984
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985 If you have an ``assigned_to`` property in your issue class that
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986 links to the user class and you want to add a header::
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987
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988 X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: ...
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989
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990 so that the mail recipients can filter emails where
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991 ``X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: name`` that contains their
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992 username. The user class is defined as::
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993
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994 user = Class(db, "user",
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995 username=String(),
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996 password=Password(),
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997 address=String(),
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998 realname=String(),
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999 phone=String(),
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1000 organisation=String(),
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1001 alternate_addresses=String(),
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1002 queries=Multilink('query'),
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1003 roles=String(), # comma-separated string of Role names
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1004 timezone=String())
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1005
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1006 Because there is no ``name`` parameter for the user class, there
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1007 will be no header. However setting::
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1008
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1009 assigned_to=Link("user", msg_header_property="username")
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1010
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1011 will make the mail gateway generate an ``X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to``
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1012 using the username property of the linked user.
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1013
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1014 Assume assigned_to for an issue is linked to the user with
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1015 username=joe_user, setting::
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1016
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1017 msg_header_property="username"
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1018
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1019 for the assigned_to property will generated message headers of the
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1020 form::
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1021
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1022 X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: joe_user
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1023
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1024 for emails sent on issues where joe_user has been assigned to the issue.
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1025
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1026 If this property is set to the empty string "", it will prevent
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1027 the header from being generated on outgoing mail.
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1028
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1029 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; creator
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1030 triple: schema; class property; creation
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1031 triple: schema; class property; actor
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1032 triple: schema; class property; activity
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1033
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1034 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
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1035
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1036 *creator*
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1037 Link to the user that created the item.
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1038 *creation*
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1039 Date the item was created.
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1040 *actor*
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1041 Link to the user that last modified the item.
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1042 *activity*
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1043 Date the item was last modified.
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1044
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1045
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1046 .. index:: double: schema; class methods
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1047
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1048 Methods
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1049 ~~~~~~~
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1050
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1051 All classes have the following methods.
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1052
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1053 .. index:: triple: schema; class method; setkey
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1054
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1055 setkey(property)
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1056 ::::::::::::::::
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1057
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1058 .. index:: roundup-admin; setting assignedto on an issue
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1059
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1060 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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1061 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
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1062 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
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1063 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in Roundup,
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1064 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
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1065 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
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1067 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
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1068
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1069 or::
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1070
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1071 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
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1073 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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1074
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1075 .. index:: triple: schema; class method; setlabelprop
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1076
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1077 setlabelprop(property)
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1078 ::::::::::::::::::::::
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1079
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1080 Select a property of the class to be the label property. The label
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1081 property is used whereever an item should be uniquely identified, e.g.,
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1082 when displaying a link to an item. If setlabelprop is not specified for
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1083 a class, the following values are tried for the label:
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1085 * the key of the class (see the `setkey(property)`_ section above)
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1086 * the "name" property
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1087 * the "title" property
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1088 * the first property from the sorted property name list
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1089
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1090 So in most cases you can get away without specifying setlabelprop
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1091 explicitly.
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1092
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1093 You should make sure that users have View access to this property or
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1094 the id property for a class. If the property can not be viewed by a
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1095 user, looping over items in the class (e.g. messages attached to an
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1096 issue) will not work.
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1097
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1098 .. index:: triple: schema; class method; setorderprop
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1099
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1100 setorderprop(property)
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1101 ::::::::::::::::::::::
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1102
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1103 Select a property of the class to be the order property. The order
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1104 property is used whenever using a default sort order for the class,
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1105 e.g., when grouping or sorting class A by a link to class B in the user
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1106 interface, the order property of class B is used for sorting. If
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1107 setorderprop is not specified for a class, the following values are tried
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1108 for the order property:
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1109
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1110 * the property named "order"
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1114 explicitly.
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1116 .. index:: triple: schema; class method; create
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1118 create(information)
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1119 :::::::::::::::::::
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1120
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1121 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
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1122 in the :term:`definitional class` like "priority" and "status".
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1124 IssueClass
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1125 ~~~~~~~~~~
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1126
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1127 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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1128 "superseder" properties.
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1129
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1130 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
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1131 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
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1132 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
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1133 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
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1134 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
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1135 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
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1136
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1137 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
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1138 "creator" properties.
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1140 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
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1141 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
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1142 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
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1143 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
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1144 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
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1145
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1146 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; content
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1147 triple: schema; class property; type
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1148
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1149 FileClass
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1150 ~~~~~~~~~
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1151
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1152 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
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1153 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
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1154 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
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1155 allows us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are
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1156 stored in the files sub-directory of the ``'db'`` directory in your
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1157 tracker. FileClasses also have a "type" attribute to store the MIME
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1158 type of the file.
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1159
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1160 Roundup by default considers the contents of the file immutable. This
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1161 is to assist in maintaining an accurate record of correspondence. The
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1162 distributed tracker templates do not enforce this. So if you have
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1163 access to the Roundup tracker directory, you can edit the files (make
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1164 sure to preserve mode, owner and group) to remove information (e.g. if
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1165 somebody includes a password or you need to redact proprietary
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1166 information). Obviously the journal for the message/file will not
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1167 report that the file has changed.
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1168
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1169 Best practice is to remove offending material and leave a
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1170 placeholder. E.G. replace a password with the text::
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1171
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1172 [password has been deleted 2020-12-02 --myname]
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1173
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1174 If you need to delete an entire file, replace the file contents with::
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1175
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1176 [file contents deleted due to spam 2020-10-21 --myname]
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1177
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1178 rather than deleting the file. If you actually delete the file Roundup
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1179 will report an error to the user and email the administrator. If you
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1180 empty the file, a user downloading the file using the direct URL
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1181 (e.g. ``tracker/msg22``) may be confused and think something is broken
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1182 when they receive an empty file. Retiring a file/msg does not prevent
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1183 access to the file using the direct URL. Retiring an item only removes
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1184 it when requesting a list of all items in the class. If you are
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1185 replacing the contents, you probably want to change the content type
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1186 of the file. E.G. from ``image/jpeg`` to ``text/plain``. You can do
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1187 this easily through the web interface, or using the ``roundup-admin``
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1188 command line interface.
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1189
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1190 You can also change the contents of a file or message using the REST
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1191 interface. Note that this will NOT result in an entry in the journal,
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1192 so again it allows a silent change. To do this you need to make two
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1193 rest requests. An example using curl is::
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1194
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1195 $ curl -u demo:demo -s
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1196 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1197 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1198 -X GET \
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1199 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/content
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1200 {
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1201 "data": {
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1202 "id": "30",
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1203 "type": "<class 'str'>",
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1204 "link": "https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/content",
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1205 "data": "hello3",
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1206 "@etag": "\"3f2f8063dbce5b6bd43567e6f4f3c671\""
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1207 }
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1208 }
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1209
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1210 using the etag, overwrite the content with::
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1211
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1212 $ curl -u demo:demo -s
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1213 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
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1214 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
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1215 -H 'If-Match: "3f2f8063dbce5b6bd43567e6f4f3c671"' \
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1216 -X PUT \
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1217 -F "data=@hello" \
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1218 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/content
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1219
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1220 where ``hello`` is a file on local disk.
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1221
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1222 You can enforce immutability in your tracker by adding an auditor (see
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1223 detectors_) for the file/msg class that rejects changes to the content
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1224 property. The auditor could also add a journal entry so that a change
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1225 via the Roundup mechanism is reported. Using a mixin (see:
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1226 https://wiki.roundup-tracker.org/MixinClassFileClass) to augment the
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1227 file class allows for other possibilities including signing the file, or
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1228 recording a checksum in the database and validating the file contents
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1229 at the time it gets read. This allows detection of changes done on the
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1230 filesystem outside of the Roundup mechanism.
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1231
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1232 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; messages
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1233 triple: schema; class property; files
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1234 triple: schema; class property; nosy
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1235 triple: schema; class property; superseder
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1236
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1237 .. index:: schema; item ordering
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1238
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1239 A note about ordering
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1240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1241
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1242 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
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1243 depending on the properties being sorted on:
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1244
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1245 1. If it's a String, Integer, Number, Date or Interval property, we
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1246 just sort the scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted
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1247 case-sensitively.
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1248 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
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1249 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
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1250 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
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1251 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
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1252 so on.
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1253
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1254 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
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1255 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
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1256 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
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1257
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1258
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1259 Examples of adding to your schema
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1260 ---------------------------------
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1261
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1262 Some examples are in the :ref:`CustomExamples` section.
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1263
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1264 Also you can start with `Roundup wiki CategorySchema`_ to see a list
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1265 of additional examples of how schemas can be customised to add new
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1266 functionality.
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1267
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1268 .. _Roundup wiki CategorySchema:
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1269 https://wiki.roundup-tracker.org/CategorySchema
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1270
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1271 .. index:: !detectors
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1272 .. _detectors:
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1273 .. _Auditors and reactors:
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1274
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1275 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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1276 ============================================
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1277
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1278 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
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1279 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
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1280 initialised via the ``roundup-admin initialise`` command.
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1281
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1282 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
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1283 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
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1284 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
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1285 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
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1286 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
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1287 for you are:
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1288
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1289 .. index:: detectors; installed
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1290
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1291 **nosyreaction.py**
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1292 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
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1293 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
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1294 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
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1295 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
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1296 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
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1297 **statusauditor.py**
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1298 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
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1299 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
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1300 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
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1301 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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1302 defined.
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1303 **messagesummary.py**
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1304 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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1305 content.
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1306 **userauditor.py**
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1307 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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1308 roles lists).
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1309
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1310 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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1311 or remove these detectors.
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1312
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1313 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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1314 interface for detectors.
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1315
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1316 __ design.html
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1317
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1318
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1319 .. index:: detectors; writing api
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1320
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1321 Detector API
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1322 ------------
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1323
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1324 .. index:: pair: detectors; auditors
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1325 single: auditors; function signature
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1326 single: auditors; defining
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1327 single: auditors; arguments
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1328
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1329 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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1330
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1331 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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1332
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1333 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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1334 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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1335 property names to values.
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1336
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1337 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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1338 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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1339 is about to be created.
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1340
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1341 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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1342 properties that are about to be changed.
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1343
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1344 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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1345
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1346 .. index:: pair: detectors; reactor
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1347 single: reactors; function signature
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1348 single: reactors; defining
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1349 single: reactors; arguments
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1350
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1351 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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1352
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1353 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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1354
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1355 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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1356 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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1357 property names to values.
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1358
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1359 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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1360 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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1361
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1362 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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1363 values of properties that were changed.
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1364
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1365 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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1366 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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1367
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1368 .. index:: detectors; additional
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1369
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1370 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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1371 ----------------------------------
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1372
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1373 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
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1374 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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1375 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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1376
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1377 **irker.py**
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1378 This detector sends notification on IRC through an irker daemon
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1379 (http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/) when issues are created or messages
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1380 are added. In order to use it you need to install irker, start the
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1381 irkerd daemon, and add an ``[irker]`` section in ``detectors/config.ini``
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1382 that contains a comma-separated list of channels where the messages should
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1383 be sent, e.g. ``channels = irc://chat.freenode.net/channelname``.
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1384 **newissuecopy.py**
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1385 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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1386 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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1387 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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1388 email errors!
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1389 **creator_resolution.py**
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1390 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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1391 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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1392 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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1393 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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1394 **email_auditor.py**
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1395 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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1396 extension .eml.
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1397 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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1398 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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1399 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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1400 information, see the detector code - it has a lengthy explanation.
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1401
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1402
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1403 .. index:: auditors; rules for use
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1404 single: reactors; rules for use
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1405
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1406 Auditor or Reactor?
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1407 -------------------
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1408
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1409 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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1410
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1411 **Auditors**
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1412 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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1413 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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1414 **Reactors**
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1415 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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1416 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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1417 detector loops.
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1418
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1419
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1420 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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1421 ---------------------------------------
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1422
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1423 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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1424 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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1425 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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1426 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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1427 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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1428
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1429 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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1430
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1431 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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1432
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1433 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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1434
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1435 raise Reject('Description of error')
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1436
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1437 Error messages raised with ``Reject`` automatically have any HTML content
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1438 escaped before being displayed to the user. To display an error message to the
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1439 user without performing any HTML escaping the ``RejectRaw`` should be used. All
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1440 security implications should be carefully considering before using
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1441 ``RejectRaw``.
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1442
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1443
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1444 Generating email from Roundup
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1445 -----------------------------
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1446
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1447 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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1448 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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1449
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1450 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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1451 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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1452 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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1453 is not required - this is referred to as a "System Message" because it
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1454 comes from "the system" and not a user).
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1455
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1456
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1457 .. index:: extensions
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1458 .. index:: extensions; add python functions to tracker
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1459 .. _extensions:
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1460 .. _actions:
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1461
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1462 Extensions - adding capabilities to your tracker
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1463 ================================================
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1464
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1465 While detectors_ add new behavior by reacting to changes in tracked
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1466 objects, `extensions` add new actions and utilities to Roundup, which
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1467 are mostly used to enhance web interface.
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1468
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1469 You can create an extension by creating Python file in your tracker
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1470 ``extensions`` directory. All files from this dir are loaded when
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1471 tracker instance is created, at which point it calls ``init(instance)``
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1472 from each file supplying itself as a first argument.
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1473
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1474 Note that at this point web interface is not loaded, but extensions still
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1475 can register actions for in tracker instance. This may be fixed in
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1476 Roundup 1.6 by introducing ``init_web(client)`` callback or a more
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1477 flexible extension point mechanism.
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1478
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1479 * ``instance.registerUtil`` is used for adding `templating utilities`_
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1480 (see `adding a time log to your issues
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1481 <customizing.html#adding-a-time-log-to-your-issues-4>`_ for an example)
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1482
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1483 * ``instance.registerAction`` is used to add more actions to instance
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1484 and to web interface. See `Defining new web actions`_ for details.
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1485 Generic action can be added by inheriting from ``action.Action``
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1486 instead of ``cgi.action.Action``.
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1487
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1488 .. _interfaces.py:
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1489 .. _modifying the core of Roundup:
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1490
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1491 interfaces.py - hooking into the core of Roundup
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1492 ================================================
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1493
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1494 There is a magic trick for hooking into the core of Roundup. Using
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1495 this you can:
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1496
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1497 * modify class data structures
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1498 * monkey patch core code to add new functionality
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1499 * modify the email gateway
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1500 * add new rest endpoints
7375
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1501 * enable experimental or future features
7352
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1502
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1503 but with great power comes great responsibility.
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1504
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1505 Interfaces.py has been around since the earliest releases of Roundup
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1506 and used to be the main way to get a lot of customization done. In
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1507 modern Roundup, the extensions_ mechanism is used to `add actions
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1508 <#defining-new-web-actions>`_ and `templating utilities`_. But there are
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1509 places where interfaces.py is still useful. Note that the tracker
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1510 directories are not on the Python system path when interfaces.py is
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1511 evaluated. You need to add library directories explictly by
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1512 modifying sys.path.
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1513
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1514 See `Changing How the Core Code Works
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1515 <customizing.html#changing-how-the-core-code-works>`_ for examples.
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1516
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1517 Database Content
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1518 ================
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1519
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1520 .. note::
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1521 If you modify the content of a :term:`definitional class`, you will
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1522 need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ if they reference a value of
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1523 a definitional class. (E.g. if a detector checks to see if an issue
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1524 has a status of "open", and you change the "open" definition to be
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1525 "working", you need to change the check.)
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1526
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1527 Customisation of the special :term:`definitional classes <definitional
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1528 class>` (eg. status,
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1529 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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1530 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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1531 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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1532
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1533 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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1534 Edit the initial_data.py module in your tracker to alter the items
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1535 created using the ``create( ... )`` methods.
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1536
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1537 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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1538 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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1539 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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1540 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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1541
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1542 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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1543 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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1544 question.
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1545
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1546 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema
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1547 <customizing.html#adding-a-new-field-to-the-classic-schema>`_" for an
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1548 example that requires database content changes.
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1549
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1550
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1551 Security / Access Controls
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1552 ==========================
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1553
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1554 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default. For
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1555 each Class defined in the tracker schema, the following permissions
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1556 are defined:
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1557
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1558 - Create (everything)
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1559 - Edit (everything)
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1560 - Search (everything) - (used if View does not permit access)
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1561 - Retire (everything)
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1562 - Restore (everything)
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1563 - View (everything)
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1564
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1565 All of these are assigned to the "Admin" Role by default for every
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1566 class. They allow a user to do anything. The web and email interfaces
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1567 also define:
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1568
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1569 Email Access
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1570 If defined, the user may use the email interface. Used by default to deny
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1571 Anonymous users access to the email interface. When granted to the
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1572 Anonymous user, they will be automatically registered by the email
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1573 interface (see also the ``new_email_user_roles`` configuration option).
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1574
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1575 Web Access
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1576 If defined, the user may use the web interface. This is usually
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1577 assigned to the Anonymous role as well to allow authorized users to
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1578 access the form based login. If some other authorization mode (basic
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1579 auth, SSO, etc.) is used Web Access can be removed from the
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1580 Anonymous user.
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1581
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1582 Web Roles
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1583 Controls user access to editing the "roles" property of the "user" class.
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1584 TODO: deprecate in favour of a property-based control.
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1585
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1586 Rest Access |br| Xmlrpc Access
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1587 These control access to the Rest and Xmlrpc endpoints. The Admin and User
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1588 roles have these by default in the classic tracker. See the
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1589 `directions in the rest interface documentation`_ and the
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1590 `xmlrpc interface documentation`_.
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1591
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1592 Register
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1593 This is assigned to the anonymous user and allows automatic user
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1594 registration by email or web.
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1595
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1596 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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1597
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1598 - Admin (Create, Edit, Retire, Restore, Search, View for everything; Web Roles)
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1599 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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1600 - Anonymous (Web Access)
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1601
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1602 Finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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1603 user gets the "Anonymous" Role assigned when the tracker is installed.
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1604
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1605 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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1606
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1607 - Create, Edit and View issue, file, msg, query, keyword
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1608 - View priority, status
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1609 - View user
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1610 - Edit their own user record
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1611
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1612 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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1613
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1614 - Web interface access
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1615 - Register user (for registration)
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1616 - View issue, file, msg, query, keyword, priority, status
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1617
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1618 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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1619
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1620 #
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1621 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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1622 #
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1623 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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1624 # about security setup.
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1625
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1626 #
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1627 # REGULAR USERS
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1628 #
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1629 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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1630 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Web Access')
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1631 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Email Access')
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1632 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Rest Access')
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1633 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Xmlrpc Access')
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1634
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1635 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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1636 # to regular users now
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1637 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword':
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1638 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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1639 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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1640 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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1641 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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1642 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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1643
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1644 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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1645 # if you don't want them to
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1646 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user',
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1647 properties=('id', 'organisation', 'phone', 'realname', 'timezone',
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1648 'username'))
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1649 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1650
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1651 # Users should be able to edit their own details -- this permission is
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1652 # limited to only the situation where the Viewed or Edited item is their own.
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1653 def own_record(db, userid, itemid, **ctx):
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1654 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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1655 return userid == itemid
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1656 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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1657 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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1658 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1659 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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1660 properties=('username', 'password', 'address', 'realname', 'phone',
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1661 'organisation', 'alternate_addresses', 'queries', 'timezone'),
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1662 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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1663 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1664
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1665 # Users should be able to edit and view their own queries. They should also
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1666 # be able to view any marked as not private. They should not be able to
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1667 # edit others' queries, even if they're not private
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1668 def view_query(db, userid, itemid):
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1669 private_for = db.query.get(itemid, 'private_for')
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1670 if not private_for: return True
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1671 return userid == private_for
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1672 def edit_query(db, userid, itemid):
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1673 return userid == db.query.get(itemid, 'creator')
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1674 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='query', check=view_query,
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1675 description="User is allowed to view their own and public queries")
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1676 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1677 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='query')
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1678 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1679 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1680 description="User is allowed to edit their queries")
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1681 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1682 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Retire', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1683 description="User is allowed to retire their queries")
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1684 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1685 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Restore', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1686 description="User is allowed to restore their queries")
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1687 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1688 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Create', klass='query',
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1689 description="User is allowed to create queries")
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1690 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1691
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1692 #
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1693 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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1694 #
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1695 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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1696 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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1697 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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1698 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Web Access')
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1699
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1700 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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1701 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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1702 # "Create" user Permission below)
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1703 # This is disabled by default to stop spam from auto-registering users on
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1704 # public trackers.
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1705 #db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Email Access')
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1706
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1707 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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1708 # Role. Choices here are:
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1709 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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1710 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Register', 'user')
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1711
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1712 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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1713 # information)
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1714 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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1715 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'View', cl)
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1716
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1717 # Allow the anonymous user to use the "Show Unassigned" search.
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1718 # It acts like "Show Open" if this permission is not available.
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1719 # If you are running a tracker that does not allow read access for
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1720 # anonymous, you should remove this entry as it can be used to perform
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1721 # a username guessing attack against a roundup install.
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1722 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='user')
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1723 db.security.addPermissionToRole ('Anonymous', p)
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1724
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1725 # [OPTIONAL]
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1726 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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1727 # related file and message items)
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1728 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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1729 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Create', cl)
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1730 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Edit', cl)
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1731
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1732 .. index::
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1733 single: roundup-admin; view class permissions
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1734
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1735 You can use ``roundup-admin security`` to verify the permissions
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1736 defined in the schema. It also verifies that properties specified in
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1737 permissions are valid for the class. This helps detect typos that can
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1738 cause baffling permission issues.
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1739
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1740 Automatic Permission Checks
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1741 ---------------------------
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1742
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1743 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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1744 through the web. This includes:
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1745
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1746 1. View checks for properties when being rendered via the ``plain()`` or
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1747 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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1748 displayed.
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1749 2. Edit checks for properties when the edit field is being rendered via
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1750 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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1751 will be rendered via the ``plain()`` method (see point 1. for subsequent
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1752 checking performed)
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1753 3. View checks are performed in index pages for each item being displayed
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1754 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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1755 4. View checks are performed at the top of item pages for the Item being
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1756 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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1757 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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1758 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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1759 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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1760 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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1761
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1762
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1763 New User Roles
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1764 --------------
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1765
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1766 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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1767
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1768 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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1769 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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1770
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1771 The `users may only edit their issues
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1772 <customizing.html#users-may-only-edit-their-issues>`_ example shows
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1773 customisation of these parameters.
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1774
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1775
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1776 Changing Access Controls
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1777 ------------------------
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1778
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1779 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new
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1780 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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1781 interface if they register through email.
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1782
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1783 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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1784 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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1785
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1786
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1787 Adding a new Permission
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1788 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1789
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1790 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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1791
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1792 1. add it to your tracker's ``schema.py`` so it is created, using
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1793 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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1794
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1795 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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1796 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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1797
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1798 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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1799 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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1800 "``roundup-admin security``")
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1801 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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1802 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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1803 interfaces module
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1804
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1805 The ``addPermission`` method takes a few optional parameters:
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1806
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1807 **properties**
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1808 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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1809 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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1810 'email') ...``)
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1811 **props_only**
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1812 A boolean value (set to false by default) that is a new feature
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1813 in Roundup 1.6.
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1814 A permission defined using:
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1815
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1816 ``properties=('list', 'of', 'property', 'names')``
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1817
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1818 is used to determine access for things other than just those
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1819 properties. For example a check for View permission on the issue
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1820 class or an issue item can use any View permission for the issue
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1821 class even if that permission has a property list. This can be
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1822 confusing and surprising as you would think that a permission
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1823 including properties would be used only for determining the
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1824 access permission for those properties.
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1825
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1826 ``roundup-admin security`` will report invalid properties for the
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1827 class. For example a permission with an invalid summary property is
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1828 presented as::
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1829
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1830 Allowed to see content of object regardless of spam status
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1831 (View for "file": ('content', 'summary') only)
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1832
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1833 **Invalid properties for file: ['summary']
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1834
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1835 Setting ``props_only=True`` will make the permission valid only for
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1836 those properties.
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1837
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1838 If you use a lot of permissions with property checks, it can be
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1839 difficult to change all of them. Calling the function:
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1840
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1841 db.security.set_props_only_default(True)
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1842
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1843 at the top of ``schema.py`` will make every permission creation
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1844 behave as though props_only was set to True. It is expected that the
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1845 default of True will become the default in a future Roundup release.
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1846 **check**
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1847 A function to be executed which returns boolean determining whether
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1848 the Permission is allowed. If it returns True, the permission is
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1849 allowed, if it returns False the permission is denied. The function
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1850 can have one of two signatures::
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1851
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1852 check(db, userid, itemid)
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1853
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1854 or::
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1855
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1856 check(db, userid, itemid, **ctx)
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1857
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1858 where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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1859 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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1860 accessed. If the second form is used the ``ctx`` dictionary is
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1861 defined with the following values::
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1862
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1863 ctx['property'] the name of the property being checked or None if
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1864 it's a class check.
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1865
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1866 ctx['classname'] the name of the class that is being checked
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1867 (issue, query ....).
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1868
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1869 ctx['permission'] the name of the permission (e.g. View, Edit...).
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1870
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1871 The second form is preferred as it makes it easier to implement more
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1872 complex permission schemes. An `example in upgrading.html
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1873 <upgrading.html#enhancement-to-check-command-for-permissions>`_
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1874 shows the use of ``ctx``.
7352
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1875
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1876 Example Scenarios
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1877 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1878
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1879 See the `examples <customizing.html#examples>`_ section for longer
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1880 examples of customisation.
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1881
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1882 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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1883 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access", ("Edit", "issue") and
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1884 ("Create", "msg") Permissions but do not not give them the ("Create",
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1885 "user") Permission. This means that when an unknown user sends email
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1886 into the tracker, they're automatically logged in as "anonymous".
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1887 Since they don't have the ("Create", "user") Permission, they won't
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1888 be automatically registered, but since "anonymous" has permission to
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1889 use the gateway, they'll still be able to submit issues. Note that
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1890 the Sender information - their email address - will not be available
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1891 - they're *anonymous*.
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1892
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1893 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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1894 By giving the "anonymous" user the ("Register", "user") Permission, any
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1895 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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1896 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through
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1897 the web until an admin sets their password). By default new Roundup
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1898 trackers don't allow this as it opens them up to spam. It may be enabled
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1899 by uncommenting the appropriate addPermissionToRole in your tracker's
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1900 ``schema.py`` file. The new user is given the Roles list defined in the
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1901 "new_email_user_roles" config variable.
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1902
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1903 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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1904 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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1905 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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1906 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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1907 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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1908 auditor. See the example
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1909 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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1910 <customizing.html#restricting-the-list-of-users-that-are-assignable-to-a-task>`_.
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1911
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1912 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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1913 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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1914 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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1915 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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1916 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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1917 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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1918 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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1919
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1920 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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1921 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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1922
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1923 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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1924 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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1925 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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1926 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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1927 interface.
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1928
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1929 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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1930 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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1931 editing users::
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1932
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1933 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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1934 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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1935 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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1936
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1937 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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1938
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1939
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1940 Web Interface
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1941 =============
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1942
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1943 .. contents::
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1944 :local:
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1945
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1946 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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1947 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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1948 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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1949 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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1950 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
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1951 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
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1952 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
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1953 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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1954
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1955
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1956
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1957 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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1958 ---------------------------------------------
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1959
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1960 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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1961 the web interface knows about it:
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1962
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1963 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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1964 have properties added or removed,
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1965 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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1966 "home" page's content arguments.
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1967
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1968
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1969 How requests are processed
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1970 --------------------------
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1971
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1972 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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1973
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1974 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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1975 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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1976 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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1977 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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1978 output
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1979
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1980 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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1981
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1982 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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1983 the URL to redirect to is the first argument of the exception.
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1984 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1985 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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1986 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1987 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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1988 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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1989 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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1990 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
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1991 the action to take place
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1992 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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1993 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
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1994 client
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1995
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1996
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1997 Roundup URL design
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1999
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2000 Each tracker has several hardcoded URLs. These three are equivalent and
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2001 lead to the main tracker page:
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2002
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2003 1. ``/``
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2004 2. ``/index``
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2005 3. ``/home``
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2006
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2007 The following prefix is used to access static resources:
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2008
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2009 4. ``/@@file/``
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2010
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2011 Two additional url's are used for the API's.
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2012 The `REST api`_ is accessed via:
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2013
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2014 5. ``/rest/``
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2015
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2016 .. _`REST api`: rest.html
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2017
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2018 and the `XMLRPC api`_ is available at:
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2019
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2020 6. ``/xmlrpc``
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2021
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2022 .. _`XMLRPC api`: xmlrpc.html
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2023
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2024 All other URLs depend on the classes configured in Roundup database.
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2025 Each class receives two URLs - one for the class itself and another
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2026 for specific items of that class. Example for class URL:
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2027
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2028 7. ``/issue``
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2029
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2030 This is usually used to show listings of class items. The URL for
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2031 for specific object of issue class with id 1 will look like:
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2032
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2033 8. ``/issue1``
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2034
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2035 .. _strip_zeros:
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2036
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2037 Note that a leading string of 0's will be stripped from the id part of
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2038 the object :term:`designator` in the URL. E.G. ``/issue001`` is the
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2039 same as ``/issue1``. Similarly for ``/file01`` etc. However you
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2040 should generate URL's without the extra zeros.
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2041
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2042 Determining web context
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2043 -----------------------
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2044
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2045 To determine the "context" of a request (what request is for), we look at
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2046 the URL path after the tracker root and at ``@template`` request
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2047 parameter. Typical URL paths look like:
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2048
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2049 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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2050 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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2051 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
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2052 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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2053 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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2054
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2055 where tracker root is ``/tracker/`` or ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/``
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2056 We're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
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2057 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above.
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2058
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2059 1. with is no path we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
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2060 context`_ below for details. "index" or "home" paths may also be used
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2061 to switch into "home" context.
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2062 2. for paths starting with "@@file" the additional path entry ("style.css"
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2063 in the example above) specifies the static file to be served
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2064 from the tracker TEMPLATES directory (or STATIC_FILES, if configured).
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2065 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Internally this works
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2066 by raising SendStaticFile exception.
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2067 3. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
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2068 identifies the tracker class to display.
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2069 4. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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2070 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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2071 :ref:`Note. <strip_zeros>`
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2072 5. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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2073 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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2074 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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2075 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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2076 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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2077 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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2078
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2079 Neither 2. or 5. use templates and stop before the template is
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2080 determined. For other contexts the template used is specified by the
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2081 ``@template`` variable, which defaults to:
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2082
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2083 - only classname supplied: "index"
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2084 - full item designator supplied: "item"
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2085
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2086
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2087 The "home" Context
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2088 ------------------
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2089
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2090 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
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2091 pages to your tracker that don't rely on a class or item (ie. an issues
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2092 list or specific issue).
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2093
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2094 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
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2095 interface. You'd probably have:
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2096
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2097 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
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2098 it could be served as a static file (see `serving static content`_)
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2099 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
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2100 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
7363
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2101 page up, you use the URL::
7352
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2102
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2103 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
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2104
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2105
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2106 Serving static content
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2107 ----------------------
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2108
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2109 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
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2110 ``@@file`` paths.
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2111
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2112 These files are served without any permission checks. Any user on the
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2113 internet with the url can download the file.
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2114
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2115 This is rarely an issue since the html templates are just source code
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2116 and much of it can be found in the Roundup repository. Other
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2117 decoration (logos, stylesheets) are similarly not security sensitive.
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2118 You can use the static_files setting in config.ini to eliminate
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2119 access to the templates directory if desired.
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2120
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2121 If a file resolves to a symbolic link, it is not served.
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2122
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2123 Performing actions in web requests
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2124 ----------------------------------
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2125
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2126 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
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2127 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
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2128 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
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2129 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
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2130 of:
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2131
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2132 **login**
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2133 Attempt to log a user in.
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2134
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2135 **logout**
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2136 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
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2137
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2138 **register**
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2139 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
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2140 log them in.
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2141
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2142 **edit**
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2143 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
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2144 variables`_ you may use. Also you can set the ``__redirect_to`` form
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2145 variable to the URL that should be displayed after the edit is succesfully
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2146 completed. If you wanted to edit a sequence of issues, users etc. this
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2147 could be used to display the next item in the sequence to the user.
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2148
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2149 **new**
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2150 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
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2151 variables`_ as in the "edit" action. Also you can set the
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2152 ``__redirect_to`` form variable to the URL that should be displayed after
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2153 the new item is created. This is useful if you want to create another
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2154 item rather than edit the newly created item.
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2155
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2156 **retire**
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2157 Retire the item in the database.
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2158
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2159 **editCSV**
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2160 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
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2161 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
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2162 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
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2163 features.
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2164
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2165 **search**
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2166 Mangle some of the form variables:
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2167
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2168 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
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2169 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
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2170 them to :filter.
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2171
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2172 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
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2173 user's query list.
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2174
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2175 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
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2176 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
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2177 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
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2178 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
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2179 web actions`_).
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2180
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2181 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
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2182 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
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2183 for each action are:
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2184
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2185 **login**
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2186 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
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2187 **logout**
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2188 No permission checks are made.
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2189 **register**
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2190 Determine whether the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
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2191 **edit**
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2192 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
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2193 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
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2194 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
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2195 special Permission "Web Roles".
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2196 **new**
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2197 Determine whether the user has permission to create this item. No
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2198 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
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2199 be created if the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
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2200 **editCSV**
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2201 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
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2202 **search**
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2203 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
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2204
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2205 Protecting users from web application attacks
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2206 ---------------------------------------------
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2207
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2208 There is a class of attacks known as Cross Site Request Forgeries
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2209 (CSRF). Malicious code running in the browser can making a
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2210 request to Roundup while you are logged into Roundup. The
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2211 malicious code piggy backs on your existing Roundup session to
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2212 make changes without your knowledge. Roundup 1.6 has support for
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2213 defending against this by analyzing the
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2214
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2215 * Referer,
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2216 * Origin, and
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2217 * Host or
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2218 * X-Forwarded-Host
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2219
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2220 HTTP headers. It compares the headers to the value of the web setting
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2221 in the [tracker] section of the tracker's ``config.ini``.
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2222
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2223 Also a per form token (also called a nonce) can be enabled for
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2224 the tracker using the ``csrf_enforce_token`` option in
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2225 config.ini. When enabled, Roundup will validate a hidden form
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2226 field called ``@csrf``. If the validation fails (or the token
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2227 is used more than once) the request is rejected. The ``@csrf``
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2228 input field is added automatically by calling the ``submit``
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2229 function/path. It can also be added manually by calling
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2230 anti_csrf_nonce() directly. For example::
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2231
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2232 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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2233 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce(lifetime=10)">
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2234
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2235 By default a nonce lifetime is 2 weeks. However the lifetime (in
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2236 minutes) can be set by passing a lifetime argument as shown
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2237 above. The example above makes the nonce lifetime 10 minutes.
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2238
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2239 Search for @csrf in this document for more examples. There are
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2240 more examples and information in ``upgrading.txt``.
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2241
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2242 The token protects you because malicious code supplied by another
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2243 site is unable to obtain the token. Thus many attempts they make
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2244 to submit a request are rejected.
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2245
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2246 The protection on the xmlrpc interface is untested, but is based
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2247 on a valid header check against the Roundup url and the presence
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2248 of the ``X-REQUESTED-WITH`` header. Work to improve this is a
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2249 future project after the 1.6 release.
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2250
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2251 The enforcement levels can be modified in ``config.ini``. Refer to
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2252 that file for details.
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2253
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2254 Special form variables
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2255 ----------------------
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2256
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2257 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
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2258 variables and their values. You can:
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2259
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2260 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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2261 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
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2262 properties,
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2263 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
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2264 current item.
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2265 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
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2266 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
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2267 operation to be successful.
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2268 - Redirect to a different page after creating a new item (new action
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2269 only, not edit action). Usually you end up on the page for the
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2270 created item.
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parents: 7280
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2271 - Set up user interface locale.
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2272
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2273 These operations will only take place if the form action (the
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2274 ``@action`` variable) is "edit" or "new".
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2275
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2276 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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2277 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
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parents: 7280
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2278
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2279 Two special form variables are used to specify user language preferences:
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2280
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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2281 ``@language``
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2282 value may be locale name or ``none``. If this variable is set to
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2283 locale name, web interface language is changed to given value
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parents: 7280
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2284 (provided that appropriate translation is available), the value
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2285 is stored in the browser cookie and will be used for all following
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2286 requests. If value is ``none`` the cookie is removed and the
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2287 language is changed to the tracker default, set up in the tracker
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2288 configuration or OS environment.
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2289
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2290 ``@charset``
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2291 value may be character set name or ``none``. Character set name
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2292 is stored in the browser cookie and sets output encoding for all
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2293 HTML pages generated by Roundup. If value is ``none`` the cookie
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2294 is removed and HTML output is reset to Roundup internal encoding
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2295 (UTF-8).
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2296
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2297 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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2298
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2299 ``<propname>``
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2300 property on the current context item
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2301
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2302 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
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2303 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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2304
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2305 Designators name a specific item of a class.
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2306
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2307 ``<classname><N>``
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2308 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
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2309
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2310 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
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2311 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
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2312 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
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2313 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
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2314 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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2315 item.
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2316
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2317 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
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2318 if it's special:
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2319
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2320 ``@required``
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2321 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
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2322 property names that must be specified when the form is
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2323 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
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2324
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2325 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
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2326 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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2327 present, they are for the item specified by
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parents: 7280
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2328 <designator>.
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parents: 7280
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2329
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parents: 7280
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2330 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
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parents: 7280
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2331 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
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parents: 7280
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2332
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parents: 7280
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2333 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
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parents: 7280
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2334 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
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parents: 7280
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2335 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2336 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2337 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
f3c9ba5db30b split reference out from customizing and fix all links.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2338 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
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parents: 7280
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2339 property.
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parents: 7280
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2340
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parents: 7280
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2341 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
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parents: 7280
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2342 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
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parents: 7280
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2343 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
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parents: 7280
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2344 The form value is a comma-separated list of
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2345 designators. The item corresponding to each
f3c9ba5db30b split reference out from customizing and fix all links.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2346 designator is linked to the property given by simple
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2347 form variable.
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parents: 7280
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2348
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2349 None of the above (ie. just a simple form value)
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parents: 7280
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2350 The value of the form variable is converted
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2351 appropriately, depending on the type of the property.
f3c9ba5db30b split reference out from customizing and fix all links.
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parents: 7280
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2352
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parents: 7280
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2353 For a Link('klass') property, the form value is a
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parents: 7280
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2354 single key for 'klass', where the key field is
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2355 specified in schema.py.
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parents: 7280
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2356
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parents: 7280
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2357 For a Multilink('klass') property, the form value is a
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2358 comma-separated list of keys for 'klass', where the
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2359 key field is specified in schema.py.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2360
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2361 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2362 and Multilink properties, the linked-to class must
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parents: 7280
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2363 have a key field.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2364
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2365 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2366 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2367 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2368 they are valid for the class). Otherwise, the property
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2369 is set to the form value.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2370
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parents: 7280
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2371 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), Integer() and Number()
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2372 properties, the form value is converted to the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2373 appropriate value.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2374
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2375 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2376 designator.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2377
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2378 Setting the form variable: ``__redirect_to=`` to a url when
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2379 @action=new redirects the user to the specified url after successfully
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2380 creating the new item. This is useful if you want the user to create
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2381 another item rather than edit the newly created item. Note that the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2382 url assigned to ``__redirect_to`` must be url encoded/quoted and be
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2383 under the tracker's base url. If the base_url uses http, you can set
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2384 the url to https.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2385
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2386 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2387
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2388 @note
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2389 This is equivalent to::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2390
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2391 @link@messages=msg-1
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2392 msg-1@content=value
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2393
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2394 which is equivalent to the html::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2395
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2396 <textarea name="msg-1@content"></textarea>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2397 <input type="hidden" name="@link@messages" value="msg-1">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2398
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2399 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2400 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2401 time, respectively.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2402
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2403 @file
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2404 This is equivalent to::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2405
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2406 @link@files=file-1
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2407 file-1@content=value
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2408
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2409 by adding the HTML::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2410
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2411 <input type="file" name="file-1@content">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2412 <input type="hidden" name="@link@files" value="file-1">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2413
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2414 The String content value is handled as described above for file
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2415 uploads.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2416
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2417 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2418 specified, the action::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2419
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2420 msg-1@link@files=file-1
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2421
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2422 is also performed. This would be expressed in HTML with::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2423
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2424 <input type="hidden" name="msg-1@link@files" value="file-1">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2425
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2426 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2427 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2428 returning.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2429
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2430
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2431 Default templates
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2432 -----------------
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2433
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2434 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2435 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2436 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2437
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2438 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2439 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2440 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2441
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2442 **page.html**
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2443 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2444 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2445 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2446 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2447 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2448 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2449 title.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2450 **home.html**
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2451 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2452 **home.classlist.html**
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2453 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2454 tracker
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2455 **classname.item.html**
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2456 displays an item of the *classname* class
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2457 **classname.index.html**
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2458 displays a list of *classname* items
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2459 **classname.search.html**
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2460 displays a search page for *classname* items
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2461 **_generic.index.html**
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2462 used to display a list of items where there is no
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2463 ``*classname*.index`` available
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2464 **_generic.help.html**
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2465 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
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2466 ``*classname*.help``
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2467 **user.register.html**
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2468 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
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2469 page
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2470 **style.css**
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2471 a static file that is served up as-is
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2472
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2473 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
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2474
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2475 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
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2476 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
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2477 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
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parents: 7280
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2478 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
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2479
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2480 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
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2481
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2482 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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2483
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2484 You can also put templates into a subdirectory of the template
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2485 directory. So if you specify::
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2486
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2487 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test/item
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2488
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2489 you will use the template at: ``test/issue.item.html``. If that
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2490 template doesn't exit it will try to use
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2491 ``test/_generic.item.html``. If that template doesn't exist
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2492 it will return an error.
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2493
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2494 Implementing Modal Editing Using @template
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2495 ------------------------------------------
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2496
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2497 Many item templates allow you to edit the item. They contain
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2498 code that renders edit boxes if the user has edit permissions.
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2499 Otherwise the template will just display the item information.
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2500
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2501 In some cases you want to do a modal edit. The user has to take some
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2502 action (click a button or follow a link) to shift from display mode to
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2503 edit mode. When the changes are submitted, ending the edit mode,
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2504 the user is returned to display mode.
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2505
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2506 Modal workflows usually slow things down and are not implemented by
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2507 default templates. However for some workflows a modal edit is useful.
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2508 For example a batch edit mode that allows the user to edit a number of
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2509 issues all from one form could be implemented as a modal workflow of:
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2510
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2511 * search for issues to modify
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2512 * switch to edit mode and change values
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2513 * exit back to the results of the search
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2514
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2515 To implement the modal edit, assume you have an issue.edit.html
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2516 template that implements an edit form. On the display page (a version
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2517 of issue.item.html modified to only display information) add a link
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parents: 7280
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2518 that calls the display url, but adds ``@template=edit`` to the link.
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parents: 7280
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2519
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2520 This will now display the edit page. On the edit page you want to add
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2521 a hidden text field to your form named ``@template`` with the value:
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2522 ``item|edit``. When the form is submitted it is validated. If the
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2523 form is correct the user will see the item rendered using the item
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2524 template. If there is an error (validation failed) the item will be
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parents: 7280
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2525 rendered using the edit template. The edit template that is rendered
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2526 will display all the changes that the user made to the form before it
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parents: 7280
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2527 was submitted. The user can correct the error and resubmit the changes
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parents: 7280
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2528 until the form validates.
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2529
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2530 If the form failed to validate but the ``@template`` field had the
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2531 value ``item`` the user would still see the error, but all of the data
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2532 the user entered would be discarded. The user would have to redo all
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parents: 7280
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2533 the edits again.
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2534
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2535
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2536 How the templates work
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2537 ----------------------
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2538
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2539
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2540 Templating engines
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parents: 7280
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2541 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2542
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2543 Since version 1.4.20 Roundup supports two templating engines:
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2544
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2545 * the original `Template Attribute Language`_ (TAL) engine from Zope
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2546 * the standalone Chameleon templating engine. Chameleon is intended
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2547 as a replacement for the original TAL engine, and supports the
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2548 same syntax, but they are not 100% compatible. The major (and most
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2549 likely the only) incompatibility is the default expression type being
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2550 ``python:`` instead of ``path:``. See also "Incompatibilities and
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2551 differences" section of `Chameleon documentation`__.
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2552
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2553 Version 1.5.0 added experimental support for the `jinja2`_ templating
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parents: 7280
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2554 language. You must install the `jinja2`_ module in order to use it. The
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parents: 7280
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2555 ``jinja2`` template supplied with Roundup has the templates rewritten
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parents: 7280
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2556 to use ``jinja2`` rather than TAL. A number of trackers are running
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parents: 7280
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2557 using ``jinja2`` templating so it is considered less experimental than
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parents: 7280
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2558 Chameleon templating.
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2559
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2560 .. _jinja2: https://palletsprojects.com/p/jinja/
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2561
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2562
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2563 **NOTE1**: For historical reasons, examples given below assumes path
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2564 expression as default expression type. With Chameleon you have to manually
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parents: 7280
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2565 resolve the path expressions. A Chameleon-based, z3c.pt, that is fully
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2566 compatible with the old TAL implementation, is planned to be included in a
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parents: 7280
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2567 future release.
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2568
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2569 **NOTE2**: As of 1.4.20 Chameleon support is highly experimental and **not**
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2570 recommended for production use.
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2571
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2572 .. _Chameleon:
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2573 https://pypi.org/project/Chameleon/
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2574 .. _z3c.pt:
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2575 https://pypi.org/project/z3c.pt/
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2576 __ https://chameleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html?highlight=differences#incompatibilities-and-differences
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2577 .. _TAL:
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2578 .. _Template Attribute Language:
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2579 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALSpecification14.html
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2580
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2581
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2582 Basic Templating Actions
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2583 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2584
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2585 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
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2586 These attributes form the **Template Attribute Language**, or TAL.
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2587 The basic TAL commands are:
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2588
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2589 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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2590 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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2591 example::
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2592
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2593 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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2594 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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2595 </html>
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2596
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2597 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
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2598 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
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2599 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
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2600
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2601 **tal:condition="expression"**
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2602 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
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2603 example::
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2604
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2605 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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2606 Display some issue information.
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2607 </p>
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2608
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2609 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
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2610 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
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2611 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
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2612 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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2613 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
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2614 spaces!).
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2615
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2616 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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2617 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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2618 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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2619 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
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2620
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2621 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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2622 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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2623 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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2624 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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2625 </tr>
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2626
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2627 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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2628 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
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2629 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
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2630 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
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2631 below on `the repeat variable`_.
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2632
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2633 **tal:replace="expression"**
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2634 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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2635
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2636 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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2637
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2638 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
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2639 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
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2640 resultant output would be "Bruce".
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2641
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2642 **tal:content="expression"**
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2643 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
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2644 For example::
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2645
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2646 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
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2647 </span>
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2648
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2649 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
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2650 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
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2651 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
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2652
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2653 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
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2654 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
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2655 example::
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2656
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2657 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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2658
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2659 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
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parents: 7280
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2660 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
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parents: 7280
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2661 be something like "user123".
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2662
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2663 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
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parents: 7280
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2664 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
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parents: 7280
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2665 example::
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2666
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2667 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
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parents: 7280
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2668
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2669 would result in output of::
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2670
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parents: 7280
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2671 Hello, world!
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parents: 7280
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2672
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2673 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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2674 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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2675
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2676 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
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2677 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
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2678 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2679 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2680 for repeating multiple table rows, which would otherwise require an
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2681 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
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parents: 7280
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2682
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parents: 7280
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2683
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2684 Templating Expressions
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2685 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2686
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2687 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
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2688 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
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2689 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
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2690
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2691 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
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2692 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
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2693 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
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2694 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
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2695 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
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2696 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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2697 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
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2698 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
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2699 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
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2700 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
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2701 expression type, so it's not necessary.
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2702
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2703 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
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2704 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
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2705 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
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diff changeset
2706 case of ``tal:attributes``).
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2707
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2708 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
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diff changeset
2709 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
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2710 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
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2711 the case of ``tal:replace``).
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2712
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2713 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
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2714 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
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2715 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
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2716 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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2717
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2718 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
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2719 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
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2720 expressions.
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2721
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2722 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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2723 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
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2724 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
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2725 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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2726
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2727 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
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2728 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
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2729 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
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2730 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
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2731 ``checklist`` is a method.
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2732
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2733 Modifiers:
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2734
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2735 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
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2736 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
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2737 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
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2738 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
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2739 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
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2740 to the web browser for rendering.
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2741
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2742 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
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2743 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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2744 expression.
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2745
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2746 .. _TALES:
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2747 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
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2748 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALESSpecification13.html
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2749
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2750
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2751 Template Macros
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2752 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2753
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2754 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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2755 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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2756 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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2757
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2758 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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2759 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
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2760 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
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2761 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
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2762
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2763 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
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2764 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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2765 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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2766 example::
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2767
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2768 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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2769 ...
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2770 </html>
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2771
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2772 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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2773 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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2774 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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2775 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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2776 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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2777 "page" template.
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2778
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2779 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
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2780 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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2781 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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2782 For example::
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2783
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2784 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2785 ...
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2786 </tal:block>
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2787
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2788 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
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2789 "page" template.
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2790
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2791 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
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2792 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
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2793 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
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2794 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
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2795 so::
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2796
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2797 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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2798
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2799 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
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2800 like this::
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2801
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2802 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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2803
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2804 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
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2805 as the slot in the macro.
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2806
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2807 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
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2808 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
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2809 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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2810
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2811 .. _METAL:
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2812 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
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2813 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALESSpecification13.html
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2814
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2815 Information available to templates
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2816 ----------------------------------
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2817
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2818 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
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2819
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2820 The following variables are available to templates.
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2821
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2822 **context**
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2823 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
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2824 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
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2825
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2826 **request**
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2827 Includes information about the current request, including:
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2828
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2829 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter``
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2830 args, ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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2831 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
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2832 - "form"
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2833 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
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2834 to value (specifically a cgi.FieldStorage)
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2835 - "env" the CGI environment variables
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2836 - "base" the base URL for this instance
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2837 - "user" a HTMLItem instance for the current user
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2838 - "language" as determined by the browser or config
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2839 - "classname" the current classname (possibly None)
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2840 - "template" the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
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2841 **config**
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2842 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
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2843 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
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2844 **db**
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2845 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
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2846 **templates**
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2847 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
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2848 *use-macro* commands.
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2849 **utils**
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2850 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
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2851 **nothing**
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2852 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
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2853 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
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2854 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
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2855 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
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2856 example::
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2857
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2858 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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2859
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2860 would result in::
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2861
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2862 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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2863
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2864 **default**
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2865 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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2866 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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parents: 7280
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2867 remain. So::
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2868
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2869 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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2870
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2871 would result in::
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2872
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2873 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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2874
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2875 **true**, **false**
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2876 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
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2877 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2878 **i18n**
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parents: 7280
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2879 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
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parents: 7280
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2880
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2881 **gettext** (*message*)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2882 Return the localized translation of message
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parents: 7280
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2883 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
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parents: 7280
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2884 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
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2885 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
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2886 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
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2887 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
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parents: 7280
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2888 return plural otherwise.
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parents: 7280
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2889
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parents: 7280
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2890 The context variable
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parents: 7280
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2891 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2892
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2893 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
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2894 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
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parents: 7280
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2895
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2896 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
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2897 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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2898 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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diff changeset
2899 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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2900 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
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parents: 7280
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2901
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2902 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2903 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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parents: 7280
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2904
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2905 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2906 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2907 ``context/property/field``.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2908 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2909 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2910 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2911 "context/id".
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parents: 7280
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2912
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2913 Hyperdb class wrapper
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2914 :::::::::::::::::::::
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2915
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diff changeset
2916 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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diff changeset
2917 class.
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parents: 7280
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2918
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2919 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperdb class. It is used
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parents: 7280
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2920 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2921 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2922 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2923 mind.
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parents: 7280
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2924
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2925 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2926 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2927 from the CGI form.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2928
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parents: 7280
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2929 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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2930
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2931 =========== =============================================================
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parents: 7280
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2932 Method Description
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parents: 7280
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2933 =========== =============================================================
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2934 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
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parents: 7280
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2935 properties that are searchable by the user. You can use
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2936 the argument cansearch=False to get all properties.
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2937 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2938 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2939 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2940 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2941 options are available for sorting:
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parents: 7280
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2942
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diff changeset
2943 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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parents: 7280
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2944 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
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parents: 7280
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2945 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
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diff changeset
2946 "group" are an optionally empty list ``[(dir, prop)]``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2947 where dir is '+', '-' or None
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2948 and prop is a prop name or None.
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parents: 7280
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2949
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2950 The propname in filterspec and prop in a sort/group spec
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2951 may be transitive, i.e., it may contain properties of
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2952 the form link.link.link.name.
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parents: 7280
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2953
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diff changeset
2954 eg. All issues with a priority of "1" with messages added in
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2955 the last week, sorted by activity date:
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2956 ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1",
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parents: 7280
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2957 'messages.creation' : '.-1w;'}, sort=[('activity', '+')])``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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2958
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
2959 Note that when searching for Link and Multilink values, the
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parents: 7280
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2960 special value '-1' searches for empty Link or Multilink
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2961 values. For both, Links and Multilinks, multiple values
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2962 given in a filter call are combined with 'OR' by default.
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parents: 7280
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2963 For Multilinks a postfix expression syntax using negative ID
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parents: 7280
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2964 numbers (as strings) as operators is supported. Each
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2965 non-negative number (or '-1') is pushed on an operand stack.
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parents: 7280
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2966 A negative number pops the required number of arguments from
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diff changeset
2967 the stack, applies the operator, and pushes the result. The
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2968 following operators are supported:
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2969
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2970 - '-2' stands for 'NOT' and takes one argument
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2971 - '-3' stands for 'AND' and takes two arguments
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2972 - '-4' stands for 'OR' and takes two arguments
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2973
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2974 Note that this special handling of ID arguments is applied only
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2975 when a negative number smaller than -1 is encountered as an ID
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2976 in the filter call. Otherwise the implicit OR default
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
2977 applies.
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parents: 7280
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2978 Examples of using Multilink expressions would be
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2979
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2980 - '1', '2', '-4', '3', '4', '-4', '-3'
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2981 would search for IDs (1 or 2) and (3 or 4)
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2982 - '-1' '-2' would search for all non-empty Multilinks
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2983
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2984 filter_sql **Only in SQL backends**
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2985
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2986 Lists the items that match the SQL provided. The SQL is a
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2987 complete "select" statement.
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2988
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2989 The SQL select must include the item id as the first column.
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2990
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2991 This function **does not** filter out retired items, add
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2992 on a where clause "__retired__ <> 1" if you don't want
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2993 retired nodes.
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2994
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2995 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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2996 "help" template.
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2997
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2998 This generates a link to a popup window which displays the
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2999 properties indicated by "properties" of the class named by
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3000 "classname". The "properties" should be a comma-separated list
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3001 (eg. 'id,name,description'). Properties defaults to all the
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3002 properties of a class (excluding id, creator, created and
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3003 activity).
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3004
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3005 You may optionally override the "label" displayed, the "width",
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3006 the "height", the number of items per page ("pagesize") and
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3007 the field on which the list is sorted ("sort").
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3008
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3009 With the "filter" arg it is possible to specify a filter for
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3010 which items are supposed to be displayed. It has to be of
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3011 the format "<field>=<values>;<field>=<values>;...".
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3012
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3013 The popup window will be resizable and scrollable.
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3014
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3015 If the "property" arg is given, it's passed through to the
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3016 javascript help_window function. This allows updating of a
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3017 property in the calling HTML page.
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3018
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3019 If the "form" arg is given, it's passed through to the
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3020 javascript help_window function - it's the name of the form
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3021 the "property" belongs to.
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3022
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3023 submit generate a submit button (and action and @csrf hidden elements)
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parents: 7280
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3024 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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3025 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
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3026 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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3027 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
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parents: 7280
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3028 =========== =============================================================
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3029
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3030 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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3031 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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3032 expression. For example::
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3033
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3034 python:context['list']
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3035
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3036 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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3037
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3038
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3039 Hyperdb item wrapper
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3040 ::::::::::::::::::::
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3041
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3042 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
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3043 class.
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3044
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3045 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperdb item.
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3046
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3047 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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3048 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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3049 from the CGI form.
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3050
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3051 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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3052
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3053 =============== ========================================================
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3054 Method Description
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3055 =============== ========================================================
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3056 submit generate a submit button (and action and @csrf hidden elements)
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3057 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
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parents: 7280
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3058 implemented**)
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3059 history render the journal of the current item as
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3060 HTML. By default properties marked as "quiet" (see
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3061 `design documentation`_) are not shown unless the
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3062 function is called with the showall=True parameter.
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3063 Properties that are not Viewable to the user are not
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3064 shown.
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3065 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
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3066 for the query
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3067 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
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parents: 7280
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3068 user has a Permission. The signature is::
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3069
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3070 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
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3071 [property=], [itemid=])
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3072
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3073 where the classname defaults to the current context.
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3074 hasRole specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
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3075 user has a Role. The signature is::
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3076
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3077 hasRole(self, rolename)
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3078
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3079 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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parents: 7280
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3080 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
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parents: 7280
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3081 is_retired is the item retired?
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3082 download_url generate a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
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parents: 7280
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3083 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
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3084 copy_url generate a url-quoted link for creating a copy
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3085 of this item. By default, the copy will acquire
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3086 all properties of the current item except for
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3087 ``messages`` and ``files``. This can be overridden
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3088 by passing ``exclude`` argument which contains a list
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3089 (or any iterable) of property names that shall not be
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parents: 7280
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3090 copied. Database-driven properties like ``id`` or
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parents: 7280
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3091 ``activity`` cannot be copied.
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parents: 7280
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3092 =============== ========================================================
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3093
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3094 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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3095 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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3096 expression. For example::
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3097
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3098 python:context['journal']
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3099
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3100 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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3101
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3102
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3103 Hyperdb property wrapper
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3104 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3105
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3106 This is implemented by subclasses of the
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3107 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
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3108 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
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3109
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3110 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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3111 value may be either:
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3112
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3113 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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3114 the hyperdb
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3115 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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3116 the CGI form
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3117
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3118
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3119 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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3120
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3121 =============== ========================================================
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3122 Attribute Description
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3123 =============== ========================================================
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3124 _name the name of the property
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3125 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
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3126 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
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3127 =============== ========================================================
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3128
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3129 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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3130
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3131 =========== ================================================================
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3132 Method Description
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3133 =========== ================================================================
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3134 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
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3135 may take two arguments:
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3136
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3137 escape
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3138 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
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3139 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
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3140 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
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3141 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
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3142 expressions are all equivalent::
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3143
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3144 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
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3145 "python:msg.content.plain()"
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3146 "msg/content/plain"
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3147 "msg/content"
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3148
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3149 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
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3150 complex expression.
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3151
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3152 hyperlink
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3153 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
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3154 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
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3155 that you'll need to use the "structure" TAL option if you
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3156 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
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3157
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3158 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
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3159
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3160 The text is automatically HTML-escaped before the hyperlinking
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3161 transformation done in the plain() method.
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3162
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3163 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
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3164
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3165 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
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3166
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3167 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
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3168 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
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3169 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
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3170 arguments:
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3171
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3172 size
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3173 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
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3174
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3175 format (Date properties only)
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3176 Sets the format of the date in the field - uses the same
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3177 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
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3178 below.
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3179
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3180 popcal (Date properties only)
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3181 Include the Javascript-based popup calendar for date
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3182 selection. Defaults to on.
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3183
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3184 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
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3185 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
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3186 installed separately)
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3187 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
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3188 field for the property
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3189 email only on String properties - render the value of the property
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3190 as an obscured email address
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3191 url_quote only on String properties. It quotes any characters in the
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3192 string so it is safe to use in a url. E.G. a space is
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3193 replaced with %20.
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3194 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field
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3195 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
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3196 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
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3197 "name:confirm".
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3198 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
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3199 property
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3200 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
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3201 and now
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3202 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
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3203 with some timezone offset, for example::
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3204
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3205 python:context.creation.local(10)
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3206
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3207 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
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3208 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
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3209 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
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3210
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3211 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
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3212
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3213 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
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3214
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3215 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
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3216 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
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3217 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
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3218 Reference: time module`__)
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3219
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3220 Number properties - takes a printf style format argument
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3221 (default: '%0.3f') and formats the number accordingly.
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3222 If the value can't be converted, '' is returned if the
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3223 value is ``None`` otherwise it is converted to a string.
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3224 popcal Generate a link to a popup calendar which may be used to
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3225 edit the date field, for example::
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3226
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3227 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
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3228
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3229 you still need to include the ``field`` for the property, so
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3230 typically you'd have::
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3231
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3232 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/field" />
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3233 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
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3234
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3235 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
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3236 list for this property. Takes a number of optional arguments
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3237
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3238 size
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3239 is used to limit the length of the list labels
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3240 height
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3241 is used to set the <select> tag's "size" attribute
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3242 showid
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3243 includes the item ids in the list labels
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3244 additional
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3245 lists properties which should be included in the label
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3246 sort_on
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3247 indicates the property to sort the list on as (direction,
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3248 (direction, property) where direction is '+' or '-'. A
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3249 single string with the direction prepended may be used.
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3250 For example: ('-', 'order'), '+name'.
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3251 value
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3252 gives a default value to preselect in the menu
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3253
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3254 The remaining keyword arguments are used as conditions for
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3255 filtering the items in the list - they're passed as the
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3256 "filterspec" argument to a Class.filter() call. For example::
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3257
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3258 <span tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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3259
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3260 <span tal:replace="python:context.status.menu(order='+name",
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3261 value='chatting',
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3262 filterspec={'status': '1,2,3,4'}" />
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3263
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3264 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
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3265 items sorted by some property, for example::
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3266
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3267 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
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3268
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3269 Will list the files by upload date. While::
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3270
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3271 python:context.files.sorted('creation', reverse=True)
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3272
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3273 Will list the files by upload date in reverse order from
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3274 the prior example. If the property can be unset, you can
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3275 use the ``NoneFirst`` parameter to sort the None/Unset
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3276 values at the front or the end of the list. For example::
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3277
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3278 python:context.files.sorted('creation', NoneFirst=True)
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3279
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3280 will sort files by creation date with files missing a
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3281 creation date at the start of the list. The default for
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3282 ``NoneFirst`` is False so these files will sort at the end
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3283 by default. (Note creation date is never unset, but you
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3284 get the idea.) If you combine NoneFirst with
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3285 ``reverse=True`` the meaning of NoneFirst is inverted:
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3286 True sorts None/unset at the end and False sorts at the
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3287 beginning.
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3288 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
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3289 items in reverse order
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3290 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
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3291 =========== ================================================================
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3292
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3293 __ https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html
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3294
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3295 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
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3296 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
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3297 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
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3298
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3299 context/title/field
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3300
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3301 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
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3302 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
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3303 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
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3304 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
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3305 have permission to view the information.
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3306
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3307
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3308 The request variable
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3309 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3310
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3311 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
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3312 class.
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3313
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3314 The request variable is packed with information about the current
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3315 request.
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3316
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3317 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
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3318
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3319 =========== ============================================================
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3320 Variable Holds
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3321 =========== ============================================================
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3322 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
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3323 env the CGI environment variables
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3324 base the base URL for this tracker
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3325 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
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3326 classname the current classname (possibly None)
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3327 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
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3328 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
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3329 =========== ============================================================
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3330
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3331 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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3332
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3333 =========== ============================================================
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3334 Variable Holds
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3335 =========== ============================================================
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3336 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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3337 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
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3338 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
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3339 sort index sort columns [(direction, column name)]
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3340 group index grouping properties [(direction, column name)]
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3341 filter properties to filter the index on
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3342 filterspec values to filter the index on (property=value, eg
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3343 ``priority=1`` or ``messages.author=42``
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3344 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
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3345 =========== ============================================================
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3346
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3347 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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3348
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3349 =============== ========================================================
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3350 Method Description
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3351 =============== ========================================================
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3352 description render a description of the request - handle for the
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3353 page title
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3354 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
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parents: 7280
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3355 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
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3356 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
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3357 of the templating
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parents: 7280
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3358 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
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3359 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
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3360 `batching`_)
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3361 =============== ========================================================
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3362
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3363 The form variable
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3364 :::::::::::::::::
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3365
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3366 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
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3367 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
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3368 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
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3369 "name", use the path expression::
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3370
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3371 request/form/name/value
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3372
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3373 or the python expression::
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3374
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3375 python:request.form['name'].value
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3376
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3377 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
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3378 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
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3379 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
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3380 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
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3381 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
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3382 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
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3383
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3384
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3385 The db variable
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3386 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3387
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3388 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
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3389 class.
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3390
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3391 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
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3392 you want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
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3393
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3394 db/user
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3395 python:db.user
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3396
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3397 Also, the current id of the current user is available as
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3398 ``db.getuid()``. This isn't so useful in templates (where you have
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3399 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
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3400
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3401 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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3402
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3403
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3404 The templates variable
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3405 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3406
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3407 This was implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
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3408 class before 1.4.20. In later versions it is the instance of appropriate
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3409 template engine loader class.
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3410
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3411 This variable is used to access other templates in expressions and
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3412 template macros. It doesn't have any useful methods defined. The
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3413 templates can be accessed using the following path expression::
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3414
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parents: 7280
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3415 templates/name
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parents: 7280
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3416
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parents: 7280
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3417 or the python expression::
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3418
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3419 templates[name]
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3420
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3421 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
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3422 template has one useful attribute, namely "macros". To access a specific
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3423 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
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parents: 7280
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3424
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parents: 7280
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3425 templates/name/macros/macro_name
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parents: 7280
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3426
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3427 or the python expression::
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parents: 7280
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3428
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3429 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
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parents: 7280
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3430
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parents: 7280
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3431 The repeat variable
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parents: 7280
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3432 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3433
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parents: 7280
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3434 The repeat variable holds an entry for each active iteration. That is, if
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parents: 7280
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3435 you have a ``tal:repeat="user db/users"`` command, then there will be a
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parents: 7280
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3436 repeat variable entry called "user". This may be accessed as either::
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parents: 7280
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3437
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diff changeset
3438 repeat/user
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parents: 7280
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3439 python:repeat['user']
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parents: 7280
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3440
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3441 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
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3442
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parents: 7280
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3443 =============== =========================================================
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parents: 7280
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3444 Method Description
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parents: 7280
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3445 =============== =========================================================
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3446 first True if the current item is the first in the sequence.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3447 last True if the current item is the last in the sequence.
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parents: 7280
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3448 even True if the current item is an even item in the sequence.
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parents: 7280
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3449 odd True if the current item is an odd item in the sequence.
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3450 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
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parents: 7280
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3451 letter Current position in the sequence as a letter, a through
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parents: 7280
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3452 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
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parents: 7280
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3453 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
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parents: 7280
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3454 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
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parents: 7280
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3455 numerals.
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parents: 7280
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3456 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
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parents: 7280
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3457 =============== =========================================================
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parents: 7280
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3458
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parents: 7280
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3459 .. _templating utilities:
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parents: 7280
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3460
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3461 The utils variable
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parents: 7280
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3462 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 7280
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3463
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3464 This is implemented by the
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parents: 7280
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3465 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, which may be extended
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3466 with additional methods by extensions_.
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3467
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parents: 7280
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3468 =============== ========================================================
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3469 Method Description
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parents: 7280
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3470 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 7280
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3471 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3472 url_quote quote some text as safe for a URL (ie. space, %, ...)
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3473 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3474 html_calendar renders an HTML calendar used by the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3475 ``_generic.calendar.html`` template (itself invoked by
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3476 the popupCalendar DateHTMLProperty method
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3477 anti_csrf_nonce returns the random noncue generated for this session
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parents: 7280
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3478 =============== ========================================================
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3479
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parents: 7280
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3480
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3481 Batching
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3482 ::::::::
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3483
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parents: 7280
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3484 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a
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3485 series of batches. Its usage is::
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3486
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3487 python:utils.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0,
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parents: 7280
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3488 overlap=0)
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3489
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3490 or, to get the current index batch::
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3491
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3492 request/batch
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parents: 7280
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3493
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3494 The parameters are:
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3495
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parents: 7280
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3496 ========= ==============================================================
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3497 Parameter Usage
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parents: 7280
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3498 ========= ==============================================================
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3499 sequence a list of HTMLItems
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parents: 7280
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3500 size how big to make the sequence.
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3501 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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3502 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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3503 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
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parents: 7280
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3504 then it is combined with this batch
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parents: 7280
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3505 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
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parents: 7280
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3506 ========= ==============================================================
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3507
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3508 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
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3509 addition, it has several more attributes:
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3510
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parents: 7280
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3511 =============== ========================================================
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3512 Attribute Description
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3513 =============== ========================================================
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3514 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
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3515 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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3516 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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3517 index*
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3518 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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3519 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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3520 =============== ========================================================
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3521
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3522 And several methods:
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3523
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3524 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 7280
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3525 Method Description
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parents: 7280
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3526 =============== ========================================================
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3527 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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parents: 7280
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3528 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3529 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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3530 when compared to the last item
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3531 =============== ========================================================
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3532
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3533 An example of batching::
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3534
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3535 <table class="otherinfo">
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3536 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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3537 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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3538 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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3539 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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3540 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
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3541 keyword here</td>
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3542 </tr>
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3543 </table>
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3544
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3545 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
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3546 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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3547
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3548
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3549 Translations
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3550 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3551
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3552 Should you wish to enable multiple languages in template content that you
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3553 create you'll need to add new locale files in the tracker home under a
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3554 ``locale`` directory. Use the `translation instructions in the
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3555 developer's guide <developers.html#extracting-translatable-messages>`_ to
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3556 create the locale files.
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3557
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3558
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3559 Displaying Properties
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3560 ---------------------
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3561
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3562 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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3563 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
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3564 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
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3565 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
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3566 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
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3567
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3568
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3569 Index Views
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parents: 7280
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3570 -----------
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3571
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3572 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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3573 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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3574
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3575
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3576 Index View Specifiers
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3577 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3578
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3579 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
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3580 been added for clarity)::
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3581
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3582 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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3583 keyword=security,ui&
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3584 @group=priority,-status&
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3585 @sort=-activity&
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3586 @filters=status,keyword&
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3587 @columns=title,status,fixer
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3588
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3589 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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3590 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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3591 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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3592 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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3593 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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3594 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
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3595 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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3596 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
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3597 headings in the table.
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3598
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3599 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
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3600 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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3601 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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3602
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3603 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
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3604 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
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3605 displayed, and only items with "keyword" values including both "security"
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3606 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority arranged in
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3607 ascending order and in descending order by status; and within
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3608 groups, sorted by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter
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3609 section shows filters for the "status" and "keyword" properties, and the
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3610 table includes columns for the "title", "status", and "fixer"
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3611 properties.
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3612
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3613 ============ =============================================================
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3614 Argument Description
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3615 ============ =============================================================
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3616 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
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3617 descending or nothing for ascending sorting. Several
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3618 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
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3619 Internally a search-page using several sort properties may
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3620 use @sort0, @sort1 etc. with option @sortdir0, @sortdir1
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3621 etc. for the direction of sorting (a non-empty value of
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3622 sortdir0 specifies reverse order).
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3623 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
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3624 in descending or nothing for ascending order. Several
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3625 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
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3626 Internally a search-page using several grouping properties may
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3627 use @group0, @group1 etc. with option @groupdir0, @groupdir1
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3628 etc. for the direction of grouping (a non-empty value of
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3629 groupdir0 specifies reverse order).
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3630 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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3631 all.
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3632 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
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3633 Default is none.
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3634 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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3635 have (very basic search/filter).
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3636 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
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3637 issue titles, etc)
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parents: 7280
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3638 ============ =============================================================
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3639
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3640
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3641 Searching Views
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3642 ---------------
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3643
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3644 .. note::
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3645 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
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3646 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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3647 template so that it is actually displayed.
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3648
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3649 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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3650 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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3651 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
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3652
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3653 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
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3654 searching
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parents: 7280
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3655 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
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3656 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
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3657
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3658 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
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3659 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
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3660 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
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3661 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
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3662 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
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3663 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
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3664 more useful for the end user.
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3665
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3666 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
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3667 provide an additional argument:
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3668
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3669 ============ =============================================================
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3670 Argument Description
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3671 ============ =============================================================
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3672 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
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3673 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
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3674 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
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3675 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
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3676 does not.
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3677 ============ =============================================================
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3678
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3679
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3680 Item Views
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3681 ----------
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parents: 7280
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3682
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parents: 7280
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3683 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3684 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3685 "history" section.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3686
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parents: 7280
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3687
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3688 Editor Section
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3689 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 7280
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3690
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3691 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3692 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3693
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3694 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3695 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3696 template)::
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3697
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3698 <table class="form">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3699 <tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3700 <th>Title</th>
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3701 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3702 </tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3703
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3704 <tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3705 <th>Priority</th>
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3706 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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parents: 7280
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3707 <th>Status</th>
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3708 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
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3709 </tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3710
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3711 <tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3712 <th>Superseder</th>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3713 <td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3714 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3715 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3716 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3717 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3718 </span>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3719 </td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3720 <th>Nosy List</th>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3721 <td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3722 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3723 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3724 </td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3725 </tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3726
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3727 <tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3728 <th>Assigned To</th>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3729 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3730 assignedto menu
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3731 </td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3732 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3733 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3734 </tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3735
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3736 <tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3737 <th>Change Note</th>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3738 <td colspan="3">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3739 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3740 </td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3741 </tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3742
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3743 <tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3744 <th>File</th>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3745 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3746 </tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3747
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3748 <tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3749 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3750 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3751 submit button will go here
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3752 </td>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3753 </tr>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3754 </table>
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3755
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3756
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3757 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3758 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3759 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3760 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3761
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3762
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3763 Form values
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3764 :::::::::::
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3765
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3766 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3767 meet the various needs of:
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3768
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3769 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3770 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3771 attached files)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3772 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3773 spent on an issue)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3774
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3775 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3776 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3777
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3778 Properties are specified as form variables:
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3779
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3780 ``<propname>``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3781 property on the current context item
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3782
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3783 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3784 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3785
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3786 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3787 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3788 items to attach to the current item)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3789
f3c9ba5db30b split reference out from customizing and fix all links.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3790 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3791 the special form values:
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3792
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3793 ``@required``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3794 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3795 raised.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3796
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3797 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3798 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3799
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3800 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3801 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3802
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3803 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3804 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3805 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3806 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3807 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3808 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3809 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3810 <classname>-<N>).
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3811
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parents: 7280
diff changeset
3812 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3813 designator.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3814
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3815 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 7280
diff changeset
3816
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parents: 7280
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3817 ``:note``
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3818 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
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3819 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
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3820 ``:file``
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3821 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
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3822 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
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3823
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3824
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3825 Spool Section
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3826 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3827
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3828 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
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3829 of an issue.
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3830
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3831 TODO
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3832
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3833
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3834 History Section
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3835 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3836
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3837 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
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3838 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
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3839
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3840 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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3841
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3842 or::
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3843
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3844 <tal:block
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3845 tal:replace="structure python:context.history(showall=True)" />
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3846
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3847 if you want to show history entries for quiet properties.
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3848
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3849 *To be done:*
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3850
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3851 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
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3852 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
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3853
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3854 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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3855 a journal entry
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3856 </tal:block>
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3857
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3858 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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3859
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3860
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3861 Defining new web actions
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3862 ------------------------
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3863
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3864 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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3865 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
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3866 using ``instance.registerAction``.
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3867
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3868 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
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3869
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3870 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
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3871 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
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3872 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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3873 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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3874
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3875 See `setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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3876 issues
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3877 <customizing.html#setting-up-a-wizard-or-druid-for-controlled-adding-of-issues>`_ for an example.
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3878
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3879
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3880 Define the new action class
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3881 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3882
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3883 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
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3884 example ``myaction.py``::
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3885
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3886 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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3887
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3888 class MyAction(Action):
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3889 def handle(self):
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3890 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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3891 '''
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3892
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3893 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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3894 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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3895
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3896 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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3897 It may then:
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3898
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3899 - add information to ``self.client._ok_message``
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3900 or ``self.client._error_message`` (by using ``self.client.add_ok_message``
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3901 or ``self.client.add_error_message``, respectively)
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3902 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
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3903 next
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3904 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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3905 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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3906
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3907
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3908 Register the action class
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3909 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3910
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3911 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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3912 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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3913
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3914 def init(instance):
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3915 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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3916
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3917 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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3918
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3919
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3920 Use the new action
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3921 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3922
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3923 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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3924
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3925 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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3926
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3927 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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3928
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3929 Actions may return content to the user
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3930 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3931
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3932 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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3933 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
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3934 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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3935 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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3936 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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3937 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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3938 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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3939
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3940 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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3941
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3942 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
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3943 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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3944 spreadsheet or database).
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3945
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3946
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3947 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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3948 --------------------------------------------
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3949
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3950 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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3951 and a browser cookie.
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3952
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3953 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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3954 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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3955
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3956 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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3957 ``kio8-r``).
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3958
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3959 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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3960 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
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3961 utf-8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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3962 characters in form fields). This version allows one to change
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3963 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
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3964 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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3965
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3966 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
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3967 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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3968 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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3969 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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3970 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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3971 </tal:block>
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3972
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3973 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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3974 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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3975
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3976 ``meta http-equiv`` lines added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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3977 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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3978
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3979 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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3980 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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3981 />
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3982
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3983 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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3984
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3985
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3986
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3987
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3988
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3989 Debugging Trackers
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3990 ==================
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3991
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3992 There are three switches in tracker configs that turn on debugging in
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3993 Roundup:
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3994
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3995 1. web :: debug
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3996 2. mail :: debug
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3997 3. logging :: level
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3998
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3999 See the config.ini file or the `tracker configuration`_ section for
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4000 more information.
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4001
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4002 Additionally, the ``roundup-server.py`` script has its own debugging mode
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4003 in which it reloads edited templates immediately when they are changed,
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4004 rather than requiring a web server restart.
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4005
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4006
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4007 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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4008 .. _change the rate limiting method: rest.html#creating-custom-rate-limits
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4009 .. _`directions in the rest interface documentation`: rest.html#enabling-the-rest-api
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4010 .. _`xmlrpc interface documentation`: xmlrpc.html#through-roundup
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4011
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4012 .. allow line breaks in term definitions.
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4013 .. |br| raw:: html
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4014
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4015 <br/>
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4016
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