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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.167 $
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7 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
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8 http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
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10 .. contents::
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11 :depth: 1
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13 What You Can Do
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14 ===============
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16 Before you get too far, it's probably worth having a quick read of the Roundup
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17 `design documentation`_.
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19 Customisation of Roundup can take one of six forms:
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21 1. `tracker configuration`_ file changes
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22 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes
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23 3. "definition" class `database content`_ changes
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24 4. behavioural changes, through detectors_
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25 5. `security / access controls`_
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26 6. change the `web interface`_
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29 depending upon whether the tracker has been initialised or not. The other two
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30 may be done at any time, before or after tracker initialisation. Yes, this
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34 Trackers in a Nutshell
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35 ======================
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37 Trackers have the following structure:
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39 =================== ========================================================
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40 Tracker File Description
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42 config.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 initial_data.py Holds any data to be entered into the database when the
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45 tracker is initialised.
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46 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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47 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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48 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker
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49 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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50 extensions/ Additional web actions and templating utilities.
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51 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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55 Tracker Configuration
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58 The ``config.ini`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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59 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces.
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61 The following is taken from the `Python Library Reference`__ (May 20, 2004)
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62 section "ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser":
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64 The configuration file consists of sections, led by a "[section]" header
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67 from values. The optional values can contain format strings which
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69 are ignored and may be used to provide comments.
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82 Configuration variables may be referred to in lower or upper case. In code,
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85 configuration variables available are:
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87 Section **main**
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88 database -- ``db``
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89 Database directory path. The path may be either absolute or relative
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90 to the directory containig this config file.
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92 templates -- ``html``
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93 Path to the HTML templates directory. The path may be either absolute
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94 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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96 admin_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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97 Email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble. If
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98 the email address doesn't contain an ``@`` part, the MAIL_DOMAIN defined
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99 below is used.
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101 dispatcher_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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102 The 'dispatcher' is a role that can get notified of new items to the
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107 email_from_tag -- default *blank*
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108 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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109 in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From: line
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110 is usually: ``"Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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111 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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112 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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114 new_web_user_roles -- ``User``
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115 Roles that a user gets when they register with Web User Interface.
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116 This is a comma-separated list of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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118 new_email_user_roles -- ``User``
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119 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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120 This is a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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122 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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123 Send error message emails to the ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``?
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124 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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125 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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127 html_version -- ``html4``
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128 HTML version to generate. The templates are ``html4`` by default.
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129 If you wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this
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130 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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131 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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133 timezone -- ``0``
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134 Numeric timezone offset used when users do not choose their own
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135 in their settings.
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137 instant_registration -- ``yes``
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138 Register new users instantly, or require confirmation via
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139 email?
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140 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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142 Section **tracker**
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143 name -- ``Roundup issue tracker``
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144 A descriptive name for your roundup instance.
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146 web -- ``http://host.example/demo/``
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147 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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148 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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149 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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150 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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151 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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153 email -- ``issue_tracker``
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156 Section **rdbms**
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157 Settings in this section are used by Postgresql and MySQL backends only
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159 name -- ``roundup``
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160 Name of the database to use.
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162 host -- ``localhost``
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163 Database server host.
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171 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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174 Database user password.
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176 Section **logging**
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177 config -- default *blank*
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178 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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180 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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183 filename -- default *blank*
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184 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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185 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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189 level -- ``ERROR``
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190 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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191 option is set, this option has no effect.
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192 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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194 Section **mail**
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195 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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196 registration approval requests.
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198 domain -- ``localhost``
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199 Domain name used for email addresses.
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201 host -- default *blank*
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202 SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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205 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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206 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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208 password -- default *blank*
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209 SMTP login password.
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210 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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212 tls -- ``no``
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214 then you may set this option to 'yes'.
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215 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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217 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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218 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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219 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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220 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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222 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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223 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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224 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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227 charset -- utf-8
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228 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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229 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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230 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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231 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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233 debug -- default *blank*
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235 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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236 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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237 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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238 containig this config file.
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240 Section **mailgw**
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241 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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243 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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244 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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245 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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246 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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248 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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249 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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250 signatures.
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251 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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253 default_class -- ``issue``
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254 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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255 To disable, leave the value blank.
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257 Section **nosy**
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258 Nosy messages sending
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260 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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261 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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262 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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264 signature_position -- ``bottom``
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265 Where to place the email signature.
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266 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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268 add_author -- ``new``
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269 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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270 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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271 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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272 followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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273 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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275 add_recipients -- ``new``
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276 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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277 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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278 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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279 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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280 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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282 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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283 genconfig`` command.
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286 Tracker Schema
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289 .. note::
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290 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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291 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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292 your changes.
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296 tracker.
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297
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298 The ``schema.py`` module
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299 ------------------------
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300
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301 The ``schema.py`` module contains two functions:
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304 This function defines what your tracker looks like on the inside, the
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305 **schema** of the tracker. It defines the **Classes** and **properties**
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306 on each class. It also defines the **security** for those Classes. The
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307 next few sections describe how schemas work and what you can do with
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308 them.
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309 **init**
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310 This function is responsible for setting up the initial state of your
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313 info about how this works.
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316 The "classic" schema
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317 --------------------
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320 of ``'setkey'``)::
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322 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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325 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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326 stat.setkey("name")
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328 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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329 keyword.setkey("name")
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331 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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332 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(),
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333 phone=String())
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334 user.setkey("username")
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335
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336 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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337 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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338 files=Multilink("file"))
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340 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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342 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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343 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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344 priority=Link("priority"))
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345 issue.setkey('title')
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348 What you can't do to the schema
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349 -------------------------------
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351 You must never:
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352
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353 **Remove the users class**
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354 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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356 **Remove the "username", "address", "password" or "realname" user properties**
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357 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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358
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359 **Change the type of a property**
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360 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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361 this kind of action into account. Note that you can't just remove a
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362 property and re-add it as a new type either. If you wanted to make the
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363 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
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364 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
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367 What you can do to the schema
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368 -----------------------------
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370 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
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371 initialised (or used). You may:
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372
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373 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
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374 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repurcussions
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375 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
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377 **Remove properties**
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378 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
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379 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
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380 detectors_.
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384 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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385 ---------------------------------------------------------
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387 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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389 priority
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390 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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392 status
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393 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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395 keyword
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396 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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398 user
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399 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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400 for all users using roundup.
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402 msg
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403 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
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404 generated by roundup.
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406 file
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407 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
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409 issue
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410 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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412 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
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413 reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue and more
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414 powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status. By only
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415 requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single number) we
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416 reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or status - or
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417 simply makes a new one up.
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420 Class and Items
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421 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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423 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
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424 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
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425 the information about the class items.
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427 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
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428 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
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429 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
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433 ~~~~~~~~~~
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435 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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437 * String properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
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438 * Password properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
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439 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
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440 class.
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441 * Date properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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442 objects.
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443 * Number properties store numeric values.
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444 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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445 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a
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446 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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447 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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448 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified
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449 class. The value is a list of integers.
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451 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
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453 *creator*
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454 Link to the user that created the item.
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455 *creation*
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456 Date the item was created.
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457 *actor*
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458 Link to the user that last modified the item.
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459 *activity*
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460 Date the item was last modified.
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463 FileClass
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464 ~~~~~~~~~
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466 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
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467 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
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468 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
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471 tracker.
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477 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
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480 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
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481 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
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482 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
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483 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
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484 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
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485 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
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487 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
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488 "creator" properties.
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490 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
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491 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
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492 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
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493 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
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494 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
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497 setkey(property)
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500 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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501 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
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502 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
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503 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
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504 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
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505 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
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507 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
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509 or::
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511 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
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513 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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514
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515 If a class does not have an "order" property, the key is also used to
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516 sort instances of the class when it is rendered in the user interface.
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517 (If a class has no "order" property, sorting is by the labelproperty of
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518 the class. This is computed, in order of precedence, as the key, the
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519 "name", the "title", or the first property alphabetically.)
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520
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522 create(information)
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523 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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524
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525 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
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526 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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528
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529 A note about ordering
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530 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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531
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532 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
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533 depending on the properties being sorted on:
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535 1. If it's a String, Number, Date or Interval property, we just sort the
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536 scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted case-sensitively.
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537 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
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538 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
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539 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
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540 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
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541 so on.
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542
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543 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
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544 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
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545 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
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546
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547
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548 Examples of adding to your schema
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549 ---------------------------------
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550
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551 TODO
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552
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553
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554 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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555 ============================================
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556 .. _detectors:
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557
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558 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
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559 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
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560 initialised via the "roundup-admin initialise" command.
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561
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562 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
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563 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
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564 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
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565 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
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566 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
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567 for you are:
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569 **nosyreaction.py**
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570 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
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571 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
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572 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
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573 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
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574 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
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575 **statusauditor.py**
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576 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
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577 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
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578 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
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579 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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580 defined.
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581 **messagesummary.py**
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582 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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583 content.
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584 **userauditor.py**
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585 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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586 roles lists).
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587
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588 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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589 or remove these detectors.
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590
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591 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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592 interface for detectors.
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593
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594 __ design.html
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595
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597 Detector API
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598 ------------
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599
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600 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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601
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602 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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604 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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605 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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606 property names to values.
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607
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608 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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609 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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610 is about to be created.
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612 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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615 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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617 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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619 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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621 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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622 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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623 property names to values.
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624
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625 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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626 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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628 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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629 values of properties that were changed.
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631 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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632 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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635 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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636 ----------------------------------
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637
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638 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
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639 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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640 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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641
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642 **newissuecopy.py**
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643 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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644 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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645 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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646 email errors!
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647 **creator_resolution.py**
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648 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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649 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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650 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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651 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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652 **email_auditor.py**
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653 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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654 extension .eml.
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655 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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656 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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657 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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658 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
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661 Auditor or Reactor?
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662 -------------------
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663
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664 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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665
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666 **Auditors**
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667 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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668 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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669 **Reactors**
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670 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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671 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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672 detector loops.
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673
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674
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675 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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676 ---------------------------------------
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677
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678 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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679 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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680 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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681 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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682 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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683
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684 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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685
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686 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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687
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688 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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689
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690 raise Reject
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692
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693 Generating email from Roundup
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694 -----------------------------
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695
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696 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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697 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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698
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699 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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700 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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701 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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702 is not required).
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704
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705 Database Content
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706 ================
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707
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708 .. note::
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709 if you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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710 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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711
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712 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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713 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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714 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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715 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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716
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717 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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718 Edit the schema module in your tracker to alter the items created in
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719 using the ``create()`` methods.
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720
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721 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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722 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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723 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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724 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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725
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726 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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727 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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728 question.
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729
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730 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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731 requires database content changes.
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732
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733
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734 Security / Access Controls
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735 ==========================
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736
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737 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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738
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739 - Create (everything)
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740 - Edit (everything)
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741 - View (everything)
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742
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743 Every Class you define in your tracker's schema also gets an Create, Edit
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744 and View Permission of its own.
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745
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746 The default interfaces define:
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747
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748 - Web Registration
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749 - Web Access
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750 - Web Roles
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751 - Email Registration
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752 - Email Access
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753
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754 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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755
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756 - Admin (Create, Edit, View and everything; Web Roles)
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757 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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758 - Anonymous (Web Registration; Email Registration)
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759
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760 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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763 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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764
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765 - Create, Edit and View issue, file, msg, query, keyword
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766 - View priority, status
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767 - View user
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768 - Edit their own record
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769
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770 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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771
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772 - Create user (for registration)
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773 - View issue, file, msg, query, keyword, priority, status
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774
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775 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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776
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777 #
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778 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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779 #
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780 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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781 # about security setup.
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782
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783 #
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784 # REGULAR USERS
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785 #
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786 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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787 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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788 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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789 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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790 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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791
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792 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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793 # to regular users now
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794 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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795 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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796 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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797 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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798 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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799 p = db.security.getPermission('Create', cl)
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800 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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801 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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802 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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803 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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804
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805 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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806 # if you don't want them to
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807 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'user')
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808 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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809
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810 # Users should be able to edit their own details. Note that this
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811 # permission is limited to only the situation where the Viewed or
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812 # Edited item is their own.
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813 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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814 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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815 return userid == itemid
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816 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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817 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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818 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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819 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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820 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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821
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822 #
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823 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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824 #
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825 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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826 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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827 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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828 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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829 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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830
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831 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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832 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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833 # "Create" user Permission below)
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834 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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835 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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836
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837 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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838 # Role. Choices here are:
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839 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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840 p = db.security.getPermission('Create', 'user')
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841 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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842
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843 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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844 # information)
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845 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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846 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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847 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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848
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849 # [OPTIONAL]
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850 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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851 # related file and message items)
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852 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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853 # p = db.security.getPermission('Create', cl)
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854 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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855 # p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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856 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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857
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858
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859 Automatic Permission Checks
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860 ---------------------------
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861
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862 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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863 through the web. This includes:
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864
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865 1. View checks for properties when being rendered via the ``plain()`` or
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866 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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867 displayed.
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868 2. Edit checks for properties when the edit field is being rendered via
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869 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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870 will be rendered via the ``plain()`` method (see point 1. for subsequent
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871 checking performed)
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872 3. View checks are performed in index pages for each item being displayed
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873 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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874 4. View checks are performed at the top of item pages for the Item being
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875 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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876 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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877 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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878 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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879 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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880
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881
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882 New User Roles
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884
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885 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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886
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887 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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888 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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889
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890
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891 Changing Access Controls
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892 ------------------------
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893
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894 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new
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895 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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896 interface if they register through email.
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897
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898 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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899 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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900
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901
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902 Adding a new Permission
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903 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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904
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905 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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906
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907 1. add it to your tracker's ``schema.py`` so it is created, using
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908 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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910 self.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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911 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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912
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913 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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914 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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915 "``roundup-admin security``")
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916 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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917 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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918 interfaces module
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919
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920 The ``addPermission`` method takes a couple of optional parameters:
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921
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922 **properties**
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923 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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924 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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925 'email') ...``)
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926 **code**
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927 A function to be execute which returns boolean determining whether the
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928 Permission is allowed. The function has the signature ``check(db, userid,
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929 itemid)`` where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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930 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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931 accessed.
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932
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933 Example Scenarios
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934 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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935
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936 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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937 By giving the "anonymous" user the "Email Registration" Role, any
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938 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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939 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through the web
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940 until an admin sets their password). This is the default behaviour
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941 in the tracker templates that ship with Roundup.
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942
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943 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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944 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access" and ("Edit", "issue")
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945 Roles but do not not give them the "Email Registration" Role. This
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946 means that when an unknown user sends email into the tracker, they're
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947 automatically logged in as "anonymous". Since they don't have the
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948 "Email Registration" Role, they won't be automatically registered, but
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949 since "anonymous" has permission to use the gateway, they'll still be
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950 able to submit issues. Note that the Sender information - their email
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951 address - will not be available - they're *anonymous*.
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952
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953 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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954 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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955 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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956 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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957 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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958 auditor. See the example
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959 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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960
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961 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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962 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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963 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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964 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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965 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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966 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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967 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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968
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969 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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970 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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971
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972 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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973 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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974 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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975 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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976 interface.
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977
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978 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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979 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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980 editing users::
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981
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982 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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983 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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984 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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985
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986 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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987
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988
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989 Web Interface
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990 =============
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991
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992 .. contents::
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993 :local:
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994
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995 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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996 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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997 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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998 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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999 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
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1000 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
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1001 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
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1002 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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1003
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1004
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1005
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1006 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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1007 ---------------------------------------------
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1008
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1009 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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1010 the web interface knows about it:
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1011
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1012 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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1013 have properties added or removed,
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1014 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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1015 "home" page's content arguments.
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1016
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1017
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1018 How requests are processed
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1019 --------------------------
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1020
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1021 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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1022
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1023 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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1024 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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1025 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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1026 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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1027 output
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1028
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1029 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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1030
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1031 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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1032 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1033 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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1034 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1035 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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1036 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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1037 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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1038 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
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1039 the action to take place
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1040 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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1041 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
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1042 client
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1043
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1045 Determining web context
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1046 -----------------------
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1047
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1048 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the
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1049 special request variable ``@template``. The URL path after the tracker
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1050 identifier is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
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1051
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1052 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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1053 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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1054 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
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1055 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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1056 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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parents: 1003
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1057
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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parents: 1083
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1058 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
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1059 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
1057
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1060 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
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parents: 1003
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1061 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
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parents: 1003
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1062
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1063 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
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1064 context`_ below for more information about how it may be used.
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1065 b. if the path starts with "@@file" (as in example 3,
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diff changeset
1066 "/tracker/@@file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
1057
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parents: 1003
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1067 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
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parents: 2588
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1068 from the tracker TEMPLATES (or STATIC_FILES, if configured) directory.
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1069 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1070 exception.
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1071 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
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1072 identifies the tracker class we're to display.
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1073 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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1074 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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1075 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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1076 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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parents: 1671
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1077 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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parents: 1671
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1078 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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1079 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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1080 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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1081
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1082 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to determine the template we're
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1083 going to use. That's because they don't actually use templates.
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1084
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1085 The template used is specified by the ``@template`` CGI variable, which
1674
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1086 defaults to:
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1087
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1088 - only classname suplied: "index"
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1089 - full item designator supplied: "item"
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1090
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1091
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1092 The "home" Context
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parents: 2209
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1093 ------------------
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1094
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1095 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
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1096 pages to your tracker that don't rely on a class or item (ie. an issues
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1097 list or specific issue).
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1098
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parents: 2209
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1099 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
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parents: 2209
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1100 interface. You'd probably have:
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1101
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parents: 2209
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1102 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
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1103 it could be served as a static file (see `serving static content`_)
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1104 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
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parents: 2209
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1105 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
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parents: 2209
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1106 page up, you use the URL:
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parents: 2209
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1107
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diff changeset
1108 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
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parents: 2209
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1109
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1110
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1111 Serving static content
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1112 ----------------------
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1113
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1114 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
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1115 ``@@file`` paths.
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1116
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1117
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diff changeset
1118 Performing actions in web requests
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1119 ----------------------------------
1073
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diff changeset
1120
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diff changeset
1121 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1122 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
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parents: 1070
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1123 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
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1124 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
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1125 of:
1058
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1126
1125
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1127 **login**
1058
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parents: 1057
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1128 Attempt to log a user in.
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parents: 1270
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1129
1125
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1130 **logout**
1058
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parents: 1057
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1131 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
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1132
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1133 **register**
1674
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1134 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
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1135 log them in.
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1136
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1137 **edit**
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1138 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
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1139 variables`_ you may use.
1058
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1140
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1141 **new**
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1142 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
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1143 variables`_ as in the "edit" action.
1058
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1144
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1145 **retire**
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1146 Retire the item in the database.
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1147
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1148 **editCSV**
1058
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1149 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
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1150 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
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1151 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
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1152 features.
1058
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1153
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1154 **search**
1674
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1155 Mangle some of the form variables:
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1156
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1157 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
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1158 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
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1159 them to :filter.
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1160
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1161 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
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1162 user's query list.
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1163
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1164 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
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1165 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
2915
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1166 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
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1167 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
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1168 web actions`_).
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1169
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1170 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
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1171 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
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1172 for each action are:
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1173
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1174 **login**
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1175 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
1125
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1176 **logout**
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1177 No permission checks are made.
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1178 **register**
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1179 Determine whether the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
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1180 **edit**
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1181 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
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1182 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
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1183 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
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1184 special Permission "Web Roles".
1125
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1185 **new**
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1186 Determine whether the user has permission to create this item. No
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1187 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1188 be created if the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1189 **editCSV**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
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1190 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1191 **search**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
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1192 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
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1193
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
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1194
1679
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1195 Special form variables
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1196 ----------------------
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1197
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parents: 1674
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1198 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1199 variables and their values. You can:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
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1200
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
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1201 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
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1202 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1203 properties,
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1204 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1205 current item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1206 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1207 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1208 operation to be successful.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1209
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1210 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1211 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1212
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1213 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1214
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1215 ``<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1216 property on the current context item
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1217
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1218 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1219 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1220
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1221 Designators name a specific item of a class.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1222
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1223 ``<classname><N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1224 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1225
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1226 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1227 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1228 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1229 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1230 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1231 item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1232
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1233 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1234 if it's special:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1235
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1236 ``@required``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1237 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1238 property names that must be specified when the form is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1239 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1240
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1241 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1242 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1243 present, they are for the item specified by
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1244 <designator>.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1245
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1246 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1247 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1248
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1249 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1250 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1251 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1252 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1253 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1254 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1255 property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1256
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1257 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1258 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1259 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1260 The form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1261 designators. The item corresponding to each
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1262 designator is linked to the property given by simple
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1263 form variable.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1264
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1265 None of the above (ie. just a simple form value)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1266 The value of the form variable is converted
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1267 appropriately, depending on the type of the property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1268
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1269 For a Link('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1270 single key for 'klass', where the key field is
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1271 specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1272
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1273 For a Multilink('klass') property, the form value is a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1274 comma-separated list of keys for 'klass', where the
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
1275 key field is specified in schema.py.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1276
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1277 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1278 and Multilink properties, the linked-to class must
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1279 have a key field.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1280
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1281 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1282 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1283 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1284 they are valid for the class). Otherwise, the property
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1285 is set to the form value.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1286
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1287 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), and Number()
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1288 properties, the form value is converted to the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1289 appropriate
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1290
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1291 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1292 designator.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1293
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1294 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1295
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diff changeset
1296 @note
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1297 This is equivalent to::
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diff changeset
1298
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diff changeset
1299 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
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parents: 1850
diff changeset
1300 msg-1@content=value
1679
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1301
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diff changeset
1302 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1303 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1304 time, respectively.
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diff changeset
1305
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diff changeset
1306 @file
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1307 This is equivalent to::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1308
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diff changeset
1309 @link@files=file-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
1310 file-1@content=value
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1311
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1312 The String content value is handled as described above for file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1313 uploads.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1314
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1315 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1316 specified, the action::
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1317
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diff changeset
1318 @link@msg-1@files=file-1
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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1319
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1320 is also performed.
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1321
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1322 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
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1323 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
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1324 returning.
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1325
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1326
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1327 Default templates
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1328 -----------------
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1329
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1330 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
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1331 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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1332 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
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1333
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1334 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
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1335 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
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1336 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
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1337
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1338 **page.html**
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1339 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
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1340 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
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1341 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
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1342 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
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1343 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
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1344 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
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1345 title.
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1346 **home.html**
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1347 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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1348 **home.classlist.html**
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1349 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
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1350 tracker
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1351 **classname.item.html**
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1352 displays an item of the *classname* class
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1353 **classname.index.html**
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1354 displays a list of *classname* items
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1355 **classname.search.html**
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1356 displays a search page for *classname* items
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1357 **_generic.index.html**
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1358 used to display a list of items where there is no
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1359 ``*classname*.index`` available
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1360 **_generic.help.html**
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1361 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
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1362 ``*classname*.help``
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1363 **user.register.html**
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1364 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
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1365 page
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1366 **style.css.html**
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1367 a static file that is served up as-is
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parents:
diff changeset
1368
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1369 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
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1370
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1371 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
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1372 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
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1373 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
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1374 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
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1375
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1376 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
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1377
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1378 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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1379
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1380
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1381 How the templates work
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diff changeset
1382 ----------------------
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1383
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1384
1214
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diff changeset
1385 Basic Templating Actions
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parents: 1213
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1386 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1387
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1388 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
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1389 These attributes form the `Template Attribute Language`_, or TAL.
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1390 The basic TAL commands are:
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1391
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1392 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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1393 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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1394 example::
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1395
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1396 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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1397 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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1398 </html>
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1399
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1400 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
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1401 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
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1402 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
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1403
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1404 **tal:condition="expression"**
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1405 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
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1406 example::
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1407
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1408 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
1409 Display some issue information.
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parents: 1058
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1410 </p>
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1411
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1412 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
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1413 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
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1414 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
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1415 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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1416 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
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1417 spaces!).
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1418
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1419 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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1420 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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1421 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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1422 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
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1423
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1424 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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1425 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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1426 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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1427 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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1428 </tr>
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1429
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diff changeset
1430 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
1431 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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diff changeset
1432 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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diff changeset
1433 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
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1434 below on `the repeat variable`_.
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1435
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1436 **tal:replace="expression"**
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1437 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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1438
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1439 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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1440
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1441 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
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1442 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
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1443 resultant output would be "Bruce".
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1444
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1445 **tal:content="expression"**
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1446 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
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1447 For example::
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1448
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1449 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
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1450 </span>
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1451
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1452 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
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1453 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
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1454 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1455
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1456 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
1674
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1457 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
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1458 example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1459
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1460 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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1461
1674
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1462 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
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1463 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
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1464 be something like "user123".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1465
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1466 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1467 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1468 example::
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1469
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diff changeset
1470 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1471
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1472 would result in output of::
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1473
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1474 Hello, world!
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1475
1674
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1476 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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1477 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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1478
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1479 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
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1480 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
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1481 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
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1482 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
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1483 for repeating multiple table rows, which would othewise require an
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1484 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
1057
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diff changeset
1485
2296
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1486 .. _TAL:
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diff changeset
1487 .. _Template Attribute Language:
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1488 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TAL%20Specification%201.4
1214
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1489
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diff changeset
1490
1214
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diff changeset
1491 Templating Expressions
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1492 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
1493
2296
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1494 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
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diff changeset
1495 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
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1496 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
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1497
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1498 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
1674
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1499 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
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1500 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
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1501 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
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1502 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
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1503 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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1504 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
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1505 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
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1506 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
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1507 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
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1508 expression type, so it's not necessary.
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1509
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1510 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
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1511 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
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1512 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
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1513 case of ``tal:attributes``).
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1514
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1515 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
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1516 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
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1517 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
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diff changeset
1518 the case of ``tal:replace``).
1244
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diff changeset
1519
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
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diff changeset
1520 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
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1521 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
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1522 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
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1523 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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diff changeset
1524
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1525 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
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1526 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
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1527 expressions.
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diff changeset
1528
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1529 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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diff changeset
1530 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
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1531 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
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1532 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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diff changeset
1533
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diff changeset
1534 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
1057
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diff changeset
1535 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
1674
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1536 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
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diff changeset
1537 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
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diff changeset
1538 ``checklist`` is a method.
1057
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diff changeset
1539
1448
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1540 Modifiers:
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1541
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diff changeset
1542 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
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diff changeset
1543 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1544 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
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diff changeset
1545 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
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diff changeset
1546 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
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diff changeset
1547 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1548
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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diff changeset
1549 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
1674
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1550 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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diff changeset
1551 expression.
1448
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diff changeset
1552
2296
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1553 .. _TALES:
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diff changeset
1554 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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1555 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TALES%20Specification%201.3
1448
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diff changeset
1556
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diff changeset
1557
1214
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diff changeset
1558 Template Macros
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diff changeset
1559 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1560
1674
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1561 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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1562 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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1563 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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1564
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1565 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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1566 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
2296
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1567 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
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1568 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
1213
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diff changeset
1569
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1570 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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1571 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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1572 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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1573 example::
1213
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1574
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1575 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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diff changeset
1576 ...
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1577 </html>
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diff changeset
1578
1674
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1579 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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1580 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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1581 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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1582 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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1583 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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1584 "page" template.
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1585
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1586 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
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1587 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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1588 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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1589 For example::
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1590
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1591 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1592 ...
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1593 </tal:block>
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1594
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1595 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
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1596 "page" template.
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1597
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1598 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
1674
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1599 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
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1600 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
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1601 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
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1602 so::
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1603
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1604 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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1605
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1606 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
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1607 like this::
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1608
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1609 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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1610
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1611 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
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1612 as the slot in the macro.
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1613
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1614 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
1674
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1615 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
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1616 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1617
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1618 .. _METAL:
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1619 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
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1620 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/METAL%20Specification%201.0
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1621
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1622 Information available to templates
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1623 ----------------------------------
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1624
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1625 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
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1626
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1627 The following variables are available to templates.
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1628
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1629 **context**
1674
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1630 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
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1631 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
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1632 **request**
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1633 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1634 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1635 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1636 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1637 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
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1638 - *form*
1674
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1639 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
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1640 to value
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1641 **config**
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1642 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
1674
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1643 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
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1644 **db**
1254
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1645 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
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1646 **templates**
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1647 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
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1648 *use-macro* commands.
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1649 **utils**
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1650 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
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1651 **nothing**
1674
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1652 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
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1653 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
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1654 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
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1655 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
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1656 example::
1100
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1657
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1658 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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1659
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1660 would result in::
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1661
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1662 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1663
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1664 **default**
1100
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1665 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1666 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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1667 remain. So::
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1668
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1669 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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1670
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1671 would result in::
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1672
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1673 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1674
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1675 **true**, **false**
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1676 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
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1677 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
2540
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1678 **i18n**
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1679 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
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1680
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1681 **gettext** (*message*)
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1682 Return the localized translation of message
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1683 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
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1684 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
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1685 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
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1686 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
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1687 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
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1688 return plural otherwise.
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1689
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1690 This function requires python2.3; in earlier python versions
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1691 may not work as expected.
1674
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1692
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1693 The context variable
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1694 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1695
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1696 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
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1697 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
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1698
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1699 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
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1700 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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1701 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1702 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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1703 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
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1704
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1705 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
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1706 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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1707
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1708 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
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1709 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
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1710 ``context/property/field``.
1674
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1711 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
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1712 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
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1713 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
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1714 "context/id".
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1715
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1716 Hyperdb class wrapper
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1717 :::::::::::::::::::::
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1718
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1719 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
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1720 class.
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1721
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1722 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used
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1723 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
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1724 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
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1725 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
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1726 mind.
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1727
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1728 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
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1729 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1730 from the CGI form.
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1731
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1732 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1733
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1734 =========== =============================================================
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1735 Method Description
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1736 =========== =============================================================
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1737 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
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1738 properties.
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1739 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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1740 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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1741 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
2858
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1742 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
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1743 options are avaible for sorting:
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1744
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1745 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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1746 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
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1747 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
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1748 "group" are ``(dir, prop)`` where dir is '+', '-' or None
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1749 and prop is a prop name or None.
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1750
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1751 eg. ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1"},
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1752 sort=('activity', '+'))``
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1753
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1754 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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1755 "help" template.
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1756 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1757 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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1758 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
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1759 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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1760 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
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1761 =========== =============================================================
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1762
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1763 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1764 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1765 expression. For example::
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1766
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1767 python:context['list']
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1768
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1769 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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1770
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1771
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1772 Hyperdb item wrapper
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1773 ::::::::::::::::::::
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1774
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1775 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
1674
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1776 class.
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1777
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1778 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
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1779
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1780 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
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1781 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1782 from the CGI form.
1123
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1783
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1784 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1785
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1786 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1787 Method Description
1674
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1788 =============== ========================================================
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1789 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
1674
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1790 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
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1791 implemented**)
1123
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1792 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
1674
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1793 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
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1794 for the query
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1795 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
2991
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diff changeset
1796 user has a Permission. The signature is::
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1797
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1798 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
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1799 [property=], [itemid=])
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1800
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1801 where the classname defaults to the current context.
1136
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1802 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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1803 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
2154
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parents: 2153
diff changeset
1804 is_retired is the item retired?
2180
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diff changeset
1805 download_url generates a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
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diff changeset
1806 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
1674
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1807 =============== ========================================================
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1808
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1809 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1810 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1811 expression. For example::
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1812
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1813 python:context['journal']
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1814
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1815 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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1816
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1817
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1818 Hyperdb property wrapper
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1819 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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1820
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1821 This is implemented by subclasses of the
1674
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1822 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
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1823 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
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1824
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1825 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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1826 value may be either:
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1827
1674
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1828 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1829 the hyperdb
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1830 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1831 the CGI form
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1832
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1833
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1834 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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1835
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1836 =============== ========================================================
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1837 Attribute Description
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1838 =============== ========================================================
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1839 _name the name of the property
1674
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1840 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
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1841 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
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1842 =============== ========================================================
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1843
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1844 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1845
1773
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1846 =========== ================================================================
1780
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diff changeset
1847 Method Description
1773
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diff changeset
1848 =========== ================================================================
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1849 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
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1850 may take two arguments:
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1851
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diff changeset
1852 escape
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diff changeset
1853 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
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diff changeset
1854 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
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diff changeset
1855 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
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1856 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
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1857 expressions are all equivalent::
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1858
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1859 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
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1860 "python:msg.content.plain()"
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1861 "msg/content/plain"
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1862 "msg/content"
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1863
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1864 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
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1865 complex expression.
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1866
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1867 hyperlink
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1868 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
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1869 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
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1870 that you'll need to use the "structure" TAL option if you
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1871 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
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1872
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1873 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
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1874
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1875 The text is automatically HTML-escaped before the hyperlinking
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1876 transformation done in the plain() method.
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1877
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1878 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
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1879
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diff changeset
1880 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
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1881
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1882 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
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1883 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
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1884 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
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1885 arguments:
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1886
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1887 size
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1888 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
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parents: 2921
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1889
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1890 format (Date properties only)
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1891 Sets the format of the date in the field - uses the same
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1892 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
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1893 below.
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1894
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1895 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
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1896 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
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1897 installed separately)
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1898 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
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1899 field for the property
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1900 email only on String properties - render the value of the property
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1901 as an obscured email address
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parents: 1730
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1902 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field
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parents: 1730
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1903 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
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1904 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
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1905 "name:confirm".
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1906 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
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1907 property
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1908 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
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parents: 1730
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1909 and now
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1910 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
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1911 with some timezone offset, for example::
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parents: 2003
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1912
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parents: 2003
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1913 python:context.creation.local(10)
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1914
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1915 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
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1916 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
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1917 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
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1918
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1919 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
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1920
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1921 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
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1922
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1923 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
2958
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diff changeset
1924 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
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parents: 2921
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1925 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
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diff changeset
1926 Reference: time module`__)
1773
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1927 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
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1928 list for this property
2883
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1929 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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1930 items sorted by some property, for example::
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1931
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1932 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
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1933
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1934 Will list the files by upload date.
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1935 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
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1936 items in reverse order
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1937 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
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1938 =========== ================================================================
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1939
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1940 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html
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1941
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1942 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
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1943 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
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1944 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
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1945
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diff changeset
1946 context/title/field
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1947
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1948 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
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1949 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
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1950 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
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1951 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
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1952 have permission to view the information.
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1953
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1954
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1955 The request variable
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1956 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1957
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1958 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
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1959 class.
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1960
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1961 The request variable is packed with information about the current
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1962 request.
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1963
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1964 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
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1965
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1966 =========== ============================================================
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1967 Variable Holds
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1968 =========== ============================================================
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1969 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
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1970 env the CGI environment variables
1089
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1971 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
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1972 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
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1973 classname the current classname (possibly None)
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1974 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
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1975 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
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1976 =========== ============================================================
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1977
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1978 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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1979
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1980 =========== ============================================================
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1981 Variable Holds
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1982 =========== ============================================================
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1983 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1984 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
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1985 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
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diff changeset
1986 sort index sort column (direction, column name)
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1987 group index grouping property (direction, column name)
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1988 filter properties to filter the index on
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diff changeset
1989 filterspec values to filter the index on
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1990 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
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1991 =========== ============================================================
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1992
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diff changeset
1993 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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1994
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1995 =============== ========================================================
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1996 Method Description
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1997 =============== ========================================================
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1998 description render a description of the request - handle for the
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1999 page title
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diff changeset
2000 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
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2001 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
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2002 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
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2003 of the templating
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diff changeset
2004 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2005 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
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2006 `batching`_)
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2007 =============== ========================================================
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2008
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2009 The form variable
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2010 :::::::::::::::::
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2011
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2012 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
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2013 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
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parents: 1136
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2014 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
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2015 "name", use the path expression::
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parents: 1136
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2016
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2017 request/form/name/value
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2018
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2019 or the python expression::
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parents: 1136
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2020
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2021 python:request.form['name'].value
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diff changeset
2022
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2023 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2024 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
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parents: 1671
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2025 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2026 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2027 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2028 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
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2029
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2030
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2031 The db variable
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2032 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1113
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2033
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2034 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
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diff changeset
2035 class.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2036
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2037 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2038 you want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
1123
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parents: 1113
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2039
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2040 db/user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2041 python:db.user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2042
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2043 Also, the current id of the current user is available as
1800
a3b1b1dcf639 Use getuid(), not figure_curuserid()
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1780
diff changeset
2044 ``db.getuid()``. This isn't so useful in templates (where you have
1711
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2045 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2046
1123
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2047 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2048
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2049
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2050 The templates variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2051 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2052
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
2053 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2054 class.
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2055
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2056 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2057 used in expressions to access the templates, and consequently the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2058 template macros. You may access the templates using the following path
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2059 expression::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2060
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2061 templates/name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2062
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2063 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2064
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2065 templates[name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2066
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diff changeset
2067 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2068 template has one useful attribute, namely "macros". To access a specific
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2069 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2070
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2071 templates/name/macros/macro_name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2072
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2073 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2074
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2075 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2076
2855
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2077 The repeat variable
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2078 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2079
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2080 The repeat variable holds an entry for each active iteration. That is, if
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2081 you have a ``tal:repeat="user db/users"`` command, then there will be a
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2082 repeat variable entry called "user". This may be accessed as either::
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2083
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2084 repeat/user
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2085 python:repeat['user']
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2086
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2087 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2088
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2089 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2090 Method Description
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2091 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2092 first True if the current item is the first in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2093 last True if the current item is the last in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2094 even True if the current item is an even item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2095 odd True if the current item is an odd item in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2096 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2097 letter Current position in the sequence as a letter, a through
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2098 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2099 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2100 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2101 numerals.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2102 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2103 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2104
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2105
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2106 The utils variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2107 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1124
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2108
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
2109 This is implemented by the
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2110 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, but it may be extended
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2111 as described below.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2112
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2113 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2114 Method Description
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2115 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2116 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2117 url_quote quote some text as safe for a URL (ie. space, %, ...)
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2118 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2119 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2120
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2121 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2122 ``extensions`` directory and registering them with the templating system
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2123 using ``instance.registerUtil`` (see `adding a time log to your issues`_ for
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2124 an example of this).
2886
0998d1b48182 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2883
diff changeset
2125
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2126
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2127 Batching
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2128 ::::::::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2129
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2130 Use Batch to turn a list of items, or item ids of a given class, into a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2131 series of batches. Its usage is::
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2132
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2133 python:utils.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2134 overlap=0)
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2135
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2136 or, to get the current index batch::
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2137
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2138 request/batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2139
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2140 The parameters are:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2141
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diff changeset
2142 ========= ==============================================================
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diff changeset
2143 Parameter Usage
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2144 ========= ==============================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2145 sequence a list of HTMLItems
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2146 size how big to make the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2147 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2148 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2149 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2150 then it is combined with this batch
1124
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diff changeset
2151 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
1674
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parents: 1671
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2152 ========= ==============================================================
1124
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diff changeset
2153
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2154 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2155 addition, it has several more attributes:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2156
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2157 =============== ========================================================
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2158 Attribute Description
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2159 =============== ========================================================
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2160 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
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2161 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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2162 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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2163 index*
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2164 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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2165 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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2166 =============== ========================================================
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2167
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2168 And several methods:
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2169
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2170 =============== ========================================================
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2171 Method Description
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2172 =============== ========================================================
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2173 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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2174 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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2175 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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2176 when compared to the last item
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2177 =============== ========================================================
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2178
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2179 An example of batching::
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2180
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2181 <table class="otherinfo">
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2182 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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2183 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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2184 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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2185 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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2186 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
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2187 keyword here</td>
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2188 </tr>
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2189 </table>
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2190
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2191 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
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2192 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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2193
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2194
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2195 Displaying Properties
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2196 ---------------------
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2197
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2198 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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2199 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
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2200 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
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2201 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
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2202 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
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2203
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2205 Index Views
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2206 -----------
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2207
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2208 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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2209 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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2210
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2211
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2212 Index View Specifiers
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2213 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2214
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2215 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
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2216 been added for clarity)::
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2217
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2218 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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2219 topic=security,ui&
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2220 @group=priority&
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2221 @sort=-activity&
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2222 @filters=status,topic&
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2223 @columns=title,status,fixer
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2224
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2225 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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2226 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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2227 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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2228 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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2229 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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2230 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
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2231 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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2232 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
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2233 headings in the table.
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2234
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2235 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
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2236 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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2237 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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2238
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2239 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
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2240 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
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2241 displayed, and only items with "topic" values including both "security"
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2242 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority, arranged in
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2243 ascending order; and within groups, sorted by activity, arranged in
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2244 descending order. The filter section shows filters for the "status" and
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2245 "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the "title",
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2246 "status", and "fixer" properties.
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2248 ============ =============================================================
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2249 Argument Description
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2250 ============ =============================================================
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2251 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
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2252 descending or nothing for ascending sorting.
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2253 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
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2254 in descending or nothing for ascending order.
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2255 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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2256 all.
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2257 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
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2258 Default is none.
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2259 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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2260 have (very basic search/filter).
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2261 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
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2262 issue titles, etc)
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2263 ============ =============================================================
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2264
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2265
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2266 Searching Views
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2268
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2269 .. note::
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2270 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
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2271 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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2273
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2274 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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2275 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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2276 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
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2277
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2278 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
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2279 searching
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2280 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
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2281 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
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2282
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2283 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
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2284 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
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2285 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
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2286 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
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2287 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
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2288 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
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2289 more useful for the end user.
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2290
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2291 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
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2292 provide an additional argument:
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2293
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2294 ============ =============================================================
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2295 Argument Description
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2296 ============ =============================================================
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2297 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
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2298 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
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2299 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
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2300 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
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2301 does not.
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2302 ============ =============================================================
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2303
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2304
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2305 Item Views
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2306 ----------
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2307
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2308 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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2309 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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2310 "history" section.
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2311
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2312
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2313 Editor Section
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2314 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2315
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2316 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
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2317 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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2318
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2319 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
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2320 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
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2321 template)::
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2322
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2323 <table class="form">
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2324 <tr>
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2325 <th>Title</th>
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2326 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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2327 </tr>
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2328
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2329 <tr>
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2330 <th>Priority</th>
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2331 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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2332 <th>Status</th>
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2333 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2334 </tr>
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2335
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2336 <tr>
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2337 <th>Superseder</th>
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2338 <td>
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2339 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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2340 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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2341 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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2342 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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2343 </span>
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2344 </td>
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2345 <th>Nosy List</th>
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2346 <td>
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2347 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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2348 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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2349 </td>
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2350 </tr>
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2351
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2352 <tr>
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2353 <th>Assigned To</th>
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2354 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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2355 assignedto menu
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2356 </td>
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2357 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2358 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2359 </tr>
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2360
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2361 <tr>
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2362 <th>Change Note</th>
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2363 <td colspan="3">
1089
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2364 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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2365 </td>
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2366 </tr>
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2367
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2368 <tr>
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2369 <th>File</th>
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2370 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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2371 </tr>
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2372
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2373 <tr>
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2374 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1674
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2375 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2376 submit button will go here
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2377 </td>
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2378 </tr>
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2379 </table>
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2380
673
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parents: 659
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2381
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2382 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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2383 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
1089
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2384 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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2385 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
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2386
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2387
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2388 Form values
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2389 :::::::::::
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2390
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2391 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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2392 meet the various needs of:
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2393
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2394 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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2395 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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2396 attached files)
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2397 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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2398 spent on an issue)
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2399
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2400 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
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2401 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
1638
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2402
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2403 Properties are specified as form variables:
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2404
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2405 ``<propname>``
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2406 property on the current context item
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2407
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2408 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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2409 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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2410
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2411 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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2412 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
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2413 items to attach to the current item)
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2414
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2415 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
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2416 the special form values:
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2417
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2418 ``@required``
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2419 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
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2420 raised.
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2421
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2422 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
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2423 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
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2424
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2425 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
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2426 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
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2427
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2428 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
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2429 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
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2430 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
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2431 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
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2432 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
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2433 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
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2434 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
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diff changeset
2435 <classname>-<N>).
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2436
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2437 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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2438 designator.
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2439
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2440 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
1638
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2441
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2442 ``:note``
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2443 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
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2444 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
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2445 ``:file``
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2446 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
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2447 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
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2448
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2449
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2450 Spool Section
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2451 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2452
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2453 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
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2454 of an issue.
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2455
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2456 TODO
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2457
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2458
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2459 History Section
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2460 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2461
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2462 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
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2463 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
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2464
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2465 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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2466
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2467 *To be done:*
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2468
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2469 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
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2470 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
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2471
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2472 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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2473 a journal entry
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2474 </tal:block>
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2475
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2476 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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2477
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2478
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2479 Defining new web actions
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2480 ------------------------
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2481
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2482 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2483 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
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2484 using ``instance.registerAction``.
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2485
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2486 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
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2487
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2488 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
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2489 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
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2490 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2491 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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2492
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2493 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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2494 issues`_" for an example.
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2495
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2496
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2497 Define the new action class
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2498 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2499
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2500 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
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2501 example ``myaction.py``::
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2502
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2503 class MyAction(Action):
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2504 def handle(self):
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2505 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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2506 '''
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2507
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2508 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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2509 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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2510
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2511 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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2512 It may then:
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2513
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2514 - add information to ``self.client.ok_message`` or ``self.client.error_message``
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2515 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
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2516 next
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2517 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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2518 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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2519
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2520
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2521 Register the action class
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2522 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2523
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2524 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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2525 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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2526
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2527 def init(instance):
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2528 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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2529
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2530 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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2531
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2532
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2533 Use the new action
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2534 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2535
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2536 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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2537
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2538 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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2539
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2540 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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2541
2046
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2542 Actions may return content to the user
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2543 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2544
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2545 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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2546 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
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2547 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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2548 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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2549 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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2550 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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2551 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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2552
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2553 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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2554
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2555 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
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2556 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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2557 spreadsheet or database).
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2558
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2559
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2560 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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2561 --------------------------------------------
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2562
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2563 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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2564 and a browser cookie.
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2565
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2566 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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2567 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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2568
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2569 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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2570 ``kio8-r``).
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2571
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2572 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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2573 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
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2574 utf8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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2575 characters in form fields). This version allows to change
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2576 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
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2577 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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2578
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2579 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
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2580 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_href(uri,
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2581 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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2582 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_href(uri,
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2583 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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2584 </tal:block>
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2585
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2586 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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2587 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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2588
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2589 Lines ``meta http-equiv`` added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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2590 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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2591
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2592 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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2593 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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2594 />
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2595
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2596 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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2599 Examples
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2600 ========
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2601
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2602 .. contents::
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2603 :local:
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2604 :depth: 2
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2605
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2606
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2607 Changing what's stored in the database
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2608 --------------------------------------
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2609
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2610 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
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2611 the database.
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2612
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2613
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2614 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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2615 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2616
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2617 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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2618 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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2619
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2620
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2621 Introduction
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2622 ::::::::::::
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2623
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2624 To make the classic schema of roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
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2625 for a group of systems administrators, it needed an extra data field per
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2626 issue: a category.
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2627
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2628 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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2629 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
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2630 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
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2631 best).
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2632
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2633
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2634 Adding a field to the database
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2635 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2636
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2637 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
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2638 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
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2639 to add some lines to the ``open()`` function in ``schema.py``. Under the
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2640 comment::
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2641
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2642 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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2643
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2644 add::
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2645
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2646 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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2647 category.setkey("name")
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2648
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2649 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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2650 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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2651 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
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2652 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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2653 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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2654 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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2655 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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2656 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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2657
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2658 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
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2659 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
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2660 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
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2661 with the issues. To do that, find the lines in the ``open()`` function
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2662 in ``schema.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
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2663 the category::
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2664
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2665 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
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2666 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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2667
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2668 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
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2669 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
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2670 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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2671
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2672 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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2673 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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2675
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2676 Populating the new category class
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2677 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2678
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2679 If you haven't initialised the database with the roundup-admin
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2680 "initialise" command, then you can add the following to the tracker
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2681 ``schema.py`` in the ``init()`` function under the comment::
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2682
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2683 # add any additional database create steps here - but only if you
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2684 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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2685
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2686 Add::
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2687
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2688 category = db.getclass('category')
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2689 category.create(name="scipy", order="1")
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2690 category.create(name="chaco", order="2")
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2691 category.create(name="weave", order="3")
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2692
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2693 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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2694 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
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2695
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2696 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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2697 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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2698 Type "help" for help.
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2699 roundup> create category name=scipy order=1
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2700 1
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2701 roundup> create category name=chaco order=1
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2702 2
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2703 roundup> create category name=weave order=1
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2704 3
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2705 roundup> exit...
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2706 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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2707
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2708 TODO: explain why order=1 in each case.
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2709
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2711 Setting up security on the new objects
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2712 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2713
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2714 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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2715 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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2716 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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2717 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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2718
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2719 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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2720 is also done in the ``open()`` function of ``schema.py``.
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2721
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2722 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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2723 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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2724
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2725 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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2726 # to regular users now
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2727 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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2728 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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2729 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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2730 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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2731 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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2732
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2733 These lines assign the View and Edit Permissions to the "User" role, so
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2734 that normal users can view and edit "category" objects.
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2735
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2736 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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2737 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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2738 interface stuff.
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2739
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2741 Changing the web left hand frame
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2742 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2743
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2744 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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2745 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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2746 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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2747 is ``html/page``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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2748
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2749 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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2750 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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2751 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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2752 classblock is met. Under the end of the classblock for issue is where we
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2753 are going to add the category code::
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2754
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2755 <p class="classblock"
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2756 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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2757 <b>Categories</b><br>
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2758 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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2759 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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2760 </p>
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2761
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2762 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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2763 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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2764 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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2765 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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2766 get that.
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2767
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2768 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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2769 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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2770 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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2771 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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2772 categories.
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2773
1674
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2774 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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2775 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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2776 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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2777 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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2778 later on. However to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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2779 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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2780 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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2781
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2782
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2783 Setting up a page to edit categories
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2784 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2785
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2786 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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2787 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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2788 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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2789
1674
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2790 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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2791 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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2792 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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2793 write now.
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2794
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2795 First we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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2796 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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2797 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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2798 from which files by looking for these comments::
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2799
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2800 <!-- category.item -->
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2801
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2802 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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2803 trappings::
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2804
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2805 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2806 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2807 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2808 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2809 </td>
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2810 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2811
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2812 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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2813 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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2814 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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2815 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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2816 multiple times::
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2817
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2818 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2819 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2820
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2821 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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2822 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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2823 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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2824
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diff changeset
2825 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2826
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2827 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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2828 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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2829 happening::
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2830
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2831 <table class="form">
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2832 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2833
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2834 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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2835 category. The "context.name.field(size=60)" bit tells Roundup to
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2836 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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2837 will be the "name" variable of the current context (which is
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2838 "category"). The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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2839 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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2840
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2841 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
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2842 <th>Name</th>
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2843 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2844 name</td>
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2845 </tr>
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2846
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2847 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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2848
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2849 <tr>
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2850 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2851 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2852 submit button will go here
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2853 </td>
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2854 </tr>
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2855
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2856 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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2857 stuff::
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2858
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parents: 1164
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2859 </td>
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parents: 1164
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2860 </tal:block>
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parents: 1164
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2861
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2862 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2863
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2864 <!-- category.item -->
1214
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2865 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2866 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2867 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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diff changeset
2868 <h2>Category editing</h2>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2869 </td>
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2870 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2871 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2872 enctype="multipart/form-data">
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2873
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2874 <table class="form">
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2875 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2876
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2877 <tr>
1825
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Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
2878 <th>Name</th>
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2879 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2880 name</td>
1213
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parents: 1164
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2881 </tr>
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2882
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2883 <tr>
1829
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1825
diff changeset
2884 <td>
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1825
diff changeset
2885 &nbsp;
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1825
diff changeset
2886 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1825
diff changeset
2887 </td>
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2888 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2889 submit button will go here
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2890 </td>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2891 </tr>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2892 </table>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2893 </form>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2894 </td>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2895 </tal:block>
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2896
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2897 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2898 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2899 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2900 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2901
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2902
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2903 Adding the category to the issue
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
2904 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2905
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2906 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2907 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2908 the ``html/category.item.html`` file was used to define how to add a new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2909 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2910 is created.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2911
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2912 Just like ``category.issue.html`` this file defines a form which has a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2913 table to lay things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2914 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2915
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
2916 <th>Category</th>
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2917 <td><span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
1113
a95428868bf4 Added the missing keyword/topic interface to classic template (blush)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1100
diff changeset
2918 <span tal:replace="structure db/category/classhelp" />
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2919 </td>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2920
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2921 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2922 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2923 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2924 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2925 issue).
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2926
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2927 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2928 which contains the list of currently known categories.
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2929
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2930
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2931 Searching on categories
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
2932 :::::::::::::::::::::::
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2933
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2934 We can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2935 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2936 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2937 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2938
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2939 If you look for "Search Issues" in the 'html/page.html' file, you will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2940 find that it looks something like
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2941 ``<a href="issue?@template=search">Search Issues</a>``. This shows us
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2942 that when you click on "Search Issues" it will be looking for a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2943 ``issue.search.html`` file to display. So that is the file that we will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2944 change.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2945
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2946 If you look at this file it should be starting to seem familiar, although it
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2947 does use some new macros. You can add the new category search code anywhere you
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2948 like within that form::
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2949
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2950 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2951 db_klass string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2952 db_content string:name;">
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2953 <th>Priority:</th>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2954 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2955 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2956 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2957 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2958 </tr>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2959
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2960 The definitions in the <tr> opening tag are used by the macros:
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2961
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2962 - search_select expands to a drop-down box with all categories using db_klass
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2963 and db_content.
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2964 - column_input expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns should be
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2965 displayed.
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2966 - sort_input expands to a radio button for selecting what property should be
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2967 sorted on.
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2968 - group_input expands to a radio button for selecting what property should be
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2969 group on.
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2970
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2971 The category search code above would expand to the following::
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2972
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
2973 <tr>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2974 <th>Category:</th>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2975 <td>
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2976 <select name="category">
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2977 <option value="">don't care</option>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2978 <option value="">------------</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2979 <option value="1">scipy</option>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2980 <option value="2">chaco</option>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2981 <option value="3">weave</option>
1098
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diff changeset
2982 </select>
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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2983 </td>
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2984 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
2985 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort" value="category"></td>
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2986 <td><input type="radio" name=":group" value="category"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
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2987 </tr>
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2988
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2989 Adding category to the default view
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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2990 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2991
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2992 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
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2993 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
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2994 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
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2995 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
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2996 default when listing all the issues.
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2997
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2998 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2999 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3000 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3001 forth.
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3002
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3003 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
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parents: 1096
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3004
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3005 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3006
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3007 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3008 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3009
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diff changeset
3010 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
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diff changeset
3011 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
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parents: 1671
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3012 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
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parents: 1096
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3013
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3014 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3015
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diff changeset
3016 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
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parents: 1671
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3017 tal:content="i/category"></td>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3018
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3019 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3020 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3021 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3022
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diff changeset
3023 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3024 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unasigned Issues" or "All Issues",
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3025 the category column should be included in the resulting list. If you
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3026 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3027 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3028 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3029 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
3030
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3031 Adding a time log to your issues
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3032 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
3033
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3034 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
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diff changeset
3035 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3036
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
3037 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``schema.py``::
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diff changeset
3038
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diff changeset
3039 # storage for time logging
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3040 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3041
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diff changeset
3042 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3043 creation through the standard property "creation".
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diff changeset
3044
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3045 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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parents: 2958
diff changeset
3046 ``schema.py``)::
1262
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diff changeset
3047
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3048 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3049 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3050 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3051 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3052
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3053 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3054
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diff changeset
3055 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3056 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3057 because unlike the other fields in the issue.item template, it
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3058 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3059 item, an issue. We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3060 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3061 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3062 field to capture a new timelog item's perdiod::
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3063
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3064 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3065 <th>Time Log</th>
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3066 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3067 <br />(enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3068 </td>
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3069 </tr>
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3070
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3071 and another hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3072 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the issue item. It looks
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3073 like this::
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diff changeset
3074
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
3075 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3076
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3077 On submission, the "-1" timelog item will be created and assigned a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3078 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3079 added to it.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3080
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
3081 4. We want to display a total of the time log times that have been
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3082 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3083 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3084 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a module ``timespent.py``
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3085 to the ``extensions`` directory in our tracker::
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3086
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3087 def totalTimeSpent(times):
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3088 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3089 Interval "period" property)
1270
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
3090 '''
2915
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3091 total = Interval('0d')
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3092 for time in times:
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3093 total += time.period._value
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3094 return total
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3095
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diff changeset
3096 def init(instance):
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3097 instance.registerUtil('totalTimeSpent', totalTimeSpent)
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parents: 2914
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3098
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3099 We will now be able to access the ``totalTimeSpent`` function via the
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
3100 ``utils`` variable in our templates, as shown in the next step.
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
3101
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diff changeset
3102 5. Display the time log for an issue::
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3103
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3104 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
3105 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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diff changeset
3106 <tal:block
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diff changeset
3107 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
3108 </th></tr>
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a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3109 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3110 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3111 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3112 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3113 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3114 </tr>
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3115 </table>
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
3116
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diff changeset
3117 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3118 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3119 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3120 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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3121 and 40 minutes).
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3122
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3123 8. If you're using a persistent web server - roundup-server or
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3124 mod_python for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
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3125 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
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3126 time logging interface.
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3127
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3128
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3129 Tracking different types of issues
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3130 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3131
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3132 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
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3133 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
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3134 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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3135 a customer support issue class to a tracker.
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3136
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3137 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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3138 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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3139 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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3140
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3141 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``schema.py`` - in this
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3142 example, we're adding a "system support" class. Just after the "issue"
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3143 class definition in the "open" function, add::
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3144
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3145 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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3146 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3147 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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3148 affects=Multilink("system"))
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3149
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3150 3. Copy the existing "issue.*" (item, search and index) templates in the
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3151 tracker's "html" to "support.*". Edit them so they use the properties
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3152 defined in the "support" class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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3153 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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3154 required properties.
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3155
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3156 4. Edit the modules in the "detectors", adding lines to their "init"
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3157 functions where appropriate. Look for "audit" and "react" registrations
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3158 on the "issue" class, and duplicate them for "support".
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3159
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3160 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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3161 existing issues one, changing the "issue" class name to "support".
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3162
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3163 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new "support" class.
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3164
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3165
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3166 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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3167 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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3168 some security declarations::
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3169
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3170 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'View', 'support')
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3171 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Create', 'support')
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3172 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Edit', 'support')
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3173
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3174 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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3175 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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3176
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3177 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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3178 for the "issue" class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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3179 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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3180 all with the "User" Role.
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3181
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3182
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3183 Using External User Databases
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3184 -----------------------------
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3185
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3186 Using an external password validation source
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3187 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3188
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3189 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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3190 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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3191 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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3192 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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3193 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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3194 would be::
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3195
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3196 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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3197
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3198 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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3199 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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3200 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
2915
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3201 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class. The
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3202 following is added as ``externapassword.py`` in the tracker ``extensions``
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3203 directory::
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3204
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3205 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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3206
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3207 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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3208 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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3209 '''Look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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3210 name that matches.
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3211 '''
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3212 # get the user's username
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3213 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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3214
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3215 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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3216 # tracker home
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3217 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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3218
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3219 # see if we can find a match
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3220 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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3221 open(file).readlines()]:
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3222 if ent[0] == username:
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3223 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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3224
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3225 # user doesn't exist in the file
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3226 return 0
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3227
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3228 def init(instance):
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3229 instance.registerAction('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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3230
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3231 You should also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
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3232 template.
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3233
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3234
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3235 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
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3236 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3237
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3238 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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3239 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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3240 and primary user group.
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3241
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3242 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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3243 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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3244 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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3245 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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3246 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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3247
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3248 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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3249 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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3250 described in the previous example, `using an external password
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3251 validation source`_. We keep the users lists in sync using a fairly
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3252 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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3253 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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3254
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3255 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3256 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1293
diff changeset
3257
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3258 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3259 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
1293
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1292
diff changeset
3260 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1293
diff changeset
3261
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3262 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3263
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3264 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3265 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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3266 information though - the user's email address and their roundup Roles.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3267 We're going to assume that the user's email address is the same as their
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3268 login name, so we just append the domain name to that. The Roles are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3269 determined using the passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3270 to an appropriate set of Roles.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3271
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3272 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3273 as follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3274 tracker we're to work on::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3275
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3276 import sys, os, smtplib
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3277 from roundup import instance, date
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3278
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3279 # open the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3280 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3281 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3282
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3283 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3284
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3285 # read in the users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3286 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'users.passwd')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3287 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3288
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3289 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3290 appear in the file)::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3291
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3292 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3293 # "real" users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3294 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3295
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3296 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3297 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team',
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3298 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3299
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3300 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3301
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3302 roles = {
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3303 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3304 '502': 'User', # finance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3305 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3306 '504': 'User', # sales
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3307 '505': 'User', # marketing
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3308 }
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3309
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3310 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3311 the tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3312 so that we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3313 now do all the work::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3314
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3315 # open the database
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3316 db = tracker.open('admin')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3317 try:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3318 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3319 msg = []
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3320
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3321 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3322 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3323 if user in ignore:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3324 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3325 continue
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3326 keep.append(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3327 try:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3328 # see if the user exists in the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3329 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3330
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3331 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3332 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3333 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3334 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3335 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3336 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3337 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3338 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3339 msg.append('ADD %s - %s (%s)'%(user, real, roles[gid]))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3340
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3341 # now check that all the users in the tracker are also in our
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3342 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3343 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3344 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3345 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3346 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3347 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3348
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3349 # if we did work, then send email to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3350 if msg:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3351 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3352 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3353
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3354 %s
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3355 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3356
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3357 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3358 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3359 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3360 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3361
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3362 # now we're done - commit the changes
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3363 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3364 finally:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3365 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3366 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3367
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3368 And that's it!
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3369
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3370
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3371 Using an LDAP database for user information
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3372 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3373
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3374 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3375 http://python-ldap.sf.net/ and then compares the list to the users in the
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3376 roundup user database would be pretty easy to write. You'd then have it run
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3377 once an hour / day (or on demand if you can work that into your LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3378 workflow). See the example `Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database`_
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3379 for more information about doing this.
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3380
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3381 To authenticate off the LDAP store (rather than using the passwords in the
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3382 roundup user database) you'd use the same python-ldap module inside an
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3383 extension to the cgi interface. You'd do this by overriding the method called
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3384 "verifyPassword" on the LoginAction class in your tracker's interfaces.py
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3385 module (see `using an external password validation source`_). The method is
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
3386 implemented by default as::
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3387
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3388 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3389 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3390 '''
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parents: 1679
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3391 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
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3392 if password == stored:
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3393 return 1
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3394 if not password and not stored:
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3395 return 1
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3396 return 0
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3397
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3398 So you could reimplement this as something like::
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3399
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3400 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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3401 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
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3402 '''
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3403 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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3404 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
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3405 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
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parents: 1679
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3406
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parents: 1679
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3407
2156
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3408 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
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parents: 2154
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3409 ----------------------------
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3410
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3411 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
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3412 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3413
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3414 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll
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3415 start to see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on
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3416 vacation". Not very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
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3417
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3418 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
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3419
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3420 user = Class(db, "user",
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3421 username=String(), password=Password(),
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parents: 2154
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3422 address=String(), realname=String(),
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parents: 2154
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3423 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3424 alternate_addresses=String(),
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parents: 2154
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3425 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
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parents: 2154
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3426 vacation=Boolean())
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3427
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3428 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
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diff changeset
3429 following to your ``user.item`` template::
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3430
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parents: 2154
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3431 <tr>
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3432 <th>On Vacation</th>
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3433 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
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3434 </tr>
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3435
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parents: 2154
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3436 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3437 consists of::
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3438
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3439 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
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3440 users = db.user
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3441 messages = db.msg
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parents: 2154
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3442 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3443 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3444 try:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3445 # figure the recipient ids
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3446 sendto = []
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3447 seen_message = {}
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3448 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3449 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3450 seen_message[recipid] = 1
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3451
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3452 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3453 # the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3454 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3455
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3456 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3457 # they aren't anonymous
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3458 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3459 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3460 sendto.append(authid)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3461 seen_message[authid] = 1
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3462
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3463 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3464 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3465 for nosyid in nosy:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3466 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3467 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3468 # in case they do...)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3469 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3470 continue
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3471 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3472 if not seen_message.has_key(nosyid):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3473 # send it to them
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3474 sendto.append(nosyid)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3475 recipients.append(nosyid)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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3476
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3477 # generate a change note
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parents: 2154
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3478 if oldvalues:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3479 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3480 else:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3481 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3482
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3483 # we have new recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3484 if sendto:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3485 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3486 sendto = [i for i in sendto
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3487 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3488
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3489 # map userids to addresses
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3490 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3491
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3492 # update the message's recipients list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3493 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3494
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3495 # send the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3496 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3497 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3498 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3499
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3500 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3501 addition of::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3502
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3503 # filter out the people on vacation
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diff changeset
3504 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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diff changeset
3505
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3506 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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diff changeset
3507
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3508 Adding in state transition control
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3509 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3510
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3511 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states that users may move
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diff changeset
3512 issues to. You can do this by following these steps:
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3513
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diff changeset
3514 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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3515 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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diff changeset
3516 template::
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3517
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diff changeset
3518 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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3519
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diff changeset
3520 this will force users to select a status.
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3521
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diff changeset
3522 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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3523
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3524 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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3525 ...)
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3526
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3527 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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3528
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3529 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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3530 b. using the roundup-admin "set" command.
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3531
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3532 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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3533 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
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3534
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3535 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3536 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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3537 property.
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3538 '''
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3539 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3540 return
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3541 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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3542 new = newvalues['status']
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3543 if new == current:
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3544 return
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3545 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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3546 if new not in ok:
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3547 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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3548 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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3549
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3550 def init(db):
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3551 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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3552
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3553 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
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3554 from::
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3555
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3556 <th>Status</th>
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3557 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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3558
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3559 to::
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3560
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3561 <th>Status</th>
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3562 <td>
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3563 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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3564 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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3565 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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3566 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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3567 tal:attributes="
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3568 value state/id;
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3569 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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3570 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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3571 </tal:block>
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3572 </select>
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3573 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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3574 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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3575 </td>
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3576
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3577 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
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3578
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3579
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3580 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
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3581 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3582
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3583 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
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3584 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
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3585 resolved. To achieve this:
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3586
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3587 1. Create a new property on the issue Class,
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3588 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. Edit your tracker's schema.py file.
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3589 Where the "issue" class is defined, something like::
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3590
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3591 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3592 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3593 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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3594
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3595 add the blockers entry like so::
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3596
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3597 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3598 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
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3599 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3600 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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3601
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3602 2. Add the new "blockers" property to the issue.item edit page, using
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3603 something like::
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3604
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3605 <th>Waiting On</th>
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3606 <td>
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3607 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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3608 size=20)" />
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3609 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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3610 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
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3611 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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3612 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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3613 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
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3614 </span>
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3615
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3616 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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3617 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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3618 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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3619 the "superseders" field.
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3620
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3621 3. Create a new detector module (attached) which enforces the rules:
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3622
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3623 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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3624 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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3626 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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3627
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3628 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3629 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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3630 '''
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3631 if nodeid is None:
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3632 blockers = []
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3633 else:
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3634 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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3635 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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3636
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3637 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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3638 # changed
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3639 if not blockers or not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3640 return
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3641
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3642 # get the resolved state ID
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3643 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3644
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3645 # format the info
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3646 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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3647 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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3648 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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3649 if len(blockers) == 1:
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3650 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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3651 else:
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3652 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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3653
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3654 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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3655 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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3656 raise ValueError, "This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s
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3657
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3658 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3659 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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3660 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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3661 '''
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3662 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3663 return
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3664
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3665 # get the resolved state ID
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3666 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3667
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3668 # interesting?
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3669 if newvalues['status'] != resolved_id:
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3670 return
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3671
1674
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3672 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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3673 # their blockers list
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3674 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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3675 for issueid in issues:
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3676 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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3677 if nodeid in blockers:
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3678 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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3679 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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3680
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3681
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3682 def init(db):
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3683 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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3684 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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3685 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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3686
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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3687 # can only happen on a set
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3688 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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3689
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3690 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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3691 "detectors" directory.
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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3692
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3693 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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3694 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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3695 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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3696 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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3697 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
1559
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3698
2409
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3699 <a href="issue?:sort=-activity&:group=priority&:filter=status&
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3700 :columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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3701 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
1559
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3702
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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3703 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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3704 ":filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)::
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3705
2409
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3706 <a href="issue?:sort=-activity&:group=priority&:filter=status,blockers&
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3707 blockers=-1&:columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2397
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3708 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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parents: 2397
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3709
3052
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3710 The above examples are line-wrapped on the trailing & and should
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parents: 3036
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3711 be unwrapped.
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3712
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3713 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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3714 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3715 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3716 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3717 another issue's "blockers" property.
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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diff changeset
3718
1808
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diff changeset
3719 Add users to the nosy list based on the topic
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
3720 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3721
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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3722 We need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy list based
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
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3723 on the occurence of a topic. Every user should be allowed to edit his
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3724 own list of topics for which he wants to be added to the nosy list.
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3725
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3726 Below will be showed that such a change can be performed with only
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3727 minimal understanding of the roundup system, but with clever use
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3728 of Copy and Paste.
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
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3729
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3730 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3731 allow per-user recording of the lists of topics for which he wants to
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3732 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing to edit
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3733 this list of topics, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3734 list when a topic is set.
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3735
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3736 Adding the nosy topic list
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3737 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1808
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3738
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3739 The change in the database to make is that for any user there should be
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3740 a list of topics for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3741 a ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seem to fullfill this (note that within
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3742 the code topics are called ``keywords``.) As such, all what has to be
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3743 done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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parents: 2958
diff changeset
3744 file ``schema.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and
1808
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3745 the updated definition of user will be::
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3746
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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diff changeset
3747 user = Class(db, "user",
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3748 username=String(), password=Password(),
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3749 address=String(), realname=String(),
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3750 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3751 alternate_addresses=String(),
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3752 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3753 timezone=String(),
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3754 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3755
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3756 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy topic list
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3757 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1808
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3758
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3759 We want any user to be able to change the list of topics for which
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3760 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3761 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3762 We easily can
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3763 see that the topic field in the issue view has very similar editting
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3764 requirements as our nosy topics, both being a list of topics. As
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3765 such, we search for Topics in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3766 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3767 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3768 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3769
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3770 <tr>
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3771 <th>Nosy Topics</th>
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3772 <td>
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3773 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3774 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3775 </td>
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3776 </tr>
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3777
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3778
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3779 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3780 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1808
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3781
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3782 The more difficult part is the addition of the logic to actually
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3783 at the users to the nosy list when it is required.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3784 The choice is made to perform this action when the topics on an
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3785 item are set, including when an item is created.
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3786 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3787 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3788 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3789 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3790 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3791 ``nosyreaction`` function actually is sending the e-mail, which
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3792 we do not need. As such, we can change the init function to::
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parents: 1800
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3793
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diff changeset
3794 def init(db):
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diff changeset
3795 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3796 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3797
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diff changeset
3798 After that we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3799 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to settings
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3800 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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3801 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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3802 code, which in ``updatenosy`` handled adding the assignedto user(s)
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3803 to the nosy list, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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3804 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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3805 new topics, than loop over all users,
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parents: 1800
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3806 and assign the user to the nosy list when the topic in the user's
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3807 nosy_keywords. The next part in ``updatenosy``, adding the author
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3808 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list, obviously is not
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parents: 1800
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3809 relevant here and thus is deleted from the new auditor. The last
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3810 part, copying the new nosy list to newvalues, does not have to be changed.
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3811 This brings the following function::
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3812
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3813 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3814 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the topics
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3815 '''
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3816 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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parents: 1800
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3817 current = {}
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3818 if nodeid is None:
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parents: 1800
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3819 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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parents: 1800
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3820 else:
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3821 ok = ('yes',)
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3822 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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parents: 1800
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3823 # changed
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parents: 1800
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3824 if not newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3825 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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3826 for value in nosy:
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parents: 1800
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3827 if not current.has_key(value):
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parents: 1800
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3828 current[value] = 1
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3829
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3830 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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parents: 1800
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3831 if newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3832 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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3833 for value in nosy:
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parents: 1800
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3834 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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parents: 1800
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3835 continue
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parents: 1800
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3836 if not current.has_key(value):
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parents: 1800
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3837 current[value] = 1
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3838
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3839 # add users with topic in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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3840 if newvalues.has_key('topic') and newvalues['topic'] is not None:
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3841 topic_ids = newvalues['topic']
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parents: 1800
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3842 for topic in topic_ids:
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3843 # loop over all users,
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parents: 1800
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3844 # and assign user to nosy when topic in nosy_keywords
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parents: 1800
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3845 for user_id in db.user.list():
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diff changeset
3846 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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3847 found = 0
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3848 for kw in nosy_kw:
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parents: 1800
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3849 if kw == topic:
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3850 found = 1
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3851 if found:
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3852 current[user_id] = 1
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parents: 1800
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3853
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3854 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3855 newvalues['nosy'] = current.keys()
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3856
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3857 and these two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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3858
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3859 TODO: update this example to use the find() Class method.
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parents: 1800
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3860
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3861 Caveats
2156
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diff changeset
3862 :::::::
1808
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3863
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3864 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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3865
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3866 Multiple additions
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3867 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3868 from the nosy list, he again is added to the nosy list when the
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3869 topic list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3870 to only check which topics are new compared to the old list
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3871 of topics, and only add users when they have indicated
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3872 interest on a new topic.
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3873
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3874 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the create() event,
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3875 rather than also on the set() event, thus only setting the nosy list
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3876 when the issue is created.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1800
diff changeset
3877
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3878 Scalability
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3879 In the auditor there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3880 only few users this will pose no serious problem, however, with
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3881 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3882 A way out will be to link from the topics to the users which
3ac35c8e1782 new example and some more installation docs
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3883 selected these topics a nosy topics. This will eliminate the
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parents: 1800
diff changeset
3884 loop over all users.
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3885
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3886 Changes to Security and Permissions
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3887 -----------------------------------
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3888
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3889 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3890 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3891
2983
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parents: 2958
diff changeset
3892 1. In your tracker's ``schema.py``, create a new Role, say "Developer"::
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3893
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3894 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3895
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diff changeset
3896 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3897 "issue"::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3898
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3899 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3900 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3901
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diff changeset
3902 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3903
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3904 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3905
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diff changeset
3906 4. In the issue item edit page ("html/issue.item.html" in your tracker
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3907 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3908 list::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3909
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3910 <select name="assignedto">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3911 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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diff changeset
3912 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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diff changeset
3913 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3914 'Fixer', context._classname)"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3915 tal:attributes="
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3916 value user/id;
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3917 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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diff changeset
3918 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3919 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3920 </select>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3921
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diff changeset
3922 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3923 Permission requirement (install this as "assignedtoFixer.py" in your
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3924 tracker "detectors" directory)::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3925
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3926 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3927 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is a used with the
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3928 Fixer Permission
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3929 '''
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3930 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3931 # don't care
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3932 return
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3933
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3934 # get the userid
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diff changeset
3935 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3936 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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diff changeset
3937 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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parents: 2154
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3938
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diff changeset
3939 def init(db):
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3940 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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3941 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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3942
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3943 So now, if an edit action attempts to set "assignedto" to a user that
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3944 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
1816
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3945
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3946
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3947 Users may only edit their issues
2156
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diff changeset
3948 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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diff changeset
3949
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3950 Users registering themselves are granted Provisional access - meaning they
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3951 have access to edit the issues they submit, but not others. We create a new
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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diff changeset
3952 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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diff changeset
3953 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
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3954 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".)
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3955
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3956 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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parents: 2958
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3957 ``schema.py``::
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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3958
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3959 #
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diff changeset
3960 # New users not approved by the admin
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diff changeset
3961 #
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diff changeset
3962 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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diff changeset
3963 description='New user registered via web or email')
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3964
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3965 # These users need to be able to view and create issues but only edit
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
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3966 # and view their own
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3967 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', 'issue')
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
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3968 def own_issue(db, userid, itemid):
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3969 '''Determine whether the userid matches the creator of the issue.'''
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3970 return userid == db.issue.get(itemid, 'creator')
3079
64df8d65cc54 fix "Users may only edit their issues"
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parents: 3052
diff changeset
3971 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3972 code=own_issue, description='Can only edit own issues')
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3973 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
3079
64df8d65cc54 fix "Users may only edit their issues"
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parents: 3052
diff changeset
3974 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3975 code=own_issue, description='Can only view own issues')
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3976 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3977
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3978 # Assign the Permissions for issue-related classes
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3979 for cl in 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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parents: 3117
diff changeset
3980 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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parents: 3117
diff changeset
3981 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Edit', cl)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
3982 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', cl)
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3983 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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diff changeset
3984 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3985
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3986 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
3987 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Web Access')
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3988 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Email Access')
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
3989
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3990
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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parents: 2915
diff changeset
3991 Then in the ``config.ini`` we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
1954
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diff changeset
3992 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3993
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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parents: 2915
diff changeset
3994 [main]
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parents: 2915
diff changeset
3995 ...
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parents: 2915
diff changeset
3996 new_web_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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parents: 2915
diff changeset
3997 new_email_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
3998
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
3999
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4000 Changes to the Web User Interface
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4001 ---------------------------------
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4002
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4003 Adding action links to the index page
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4005
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4006 Add a column to the item.index.html template.
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4007
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4008 Resolving the issue::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4009
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4010 <a tal:attributes="href
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4011 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4012
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4013 "Take" the issue::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4014
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4015 <a tal:attributes="href
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4016 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4017
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4018 ... and so on
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4019
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4020 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4021 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4022
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4023 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4024 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add to the ``<tr>`` that displays the
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4025 actual rows of data::
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4026
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4027 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4028
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4029 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4030 different priorities, like::
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4031
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4032 tr.priority-critical td {
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4033 background-color: red;
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4034 }
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4035
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4036 tr.priority-urgent td {
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4037 background-color: orange;
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4038 }
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4039
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
4040 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
4041
2009
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4042 Editing multiple items in an index view
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4043 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2009
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4044
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4045 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4046 ``issue.item.html``:
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4047
2726
aa95c79cff8b clarification
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parents: 2589
diff changeset
4048 1. add a form around the listing table (separate from the existing
aa95c79cff8b clarification
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parents: 2589
diff changeset
4049 index-page form), so at the top it reads::
2009
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4050
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4051 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4052 <table class="list">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4053
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4054 and at the bottom of that table::
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4055
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4056 </table>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4057 </form
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4058
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4059 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4060 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4061
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4062 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4063
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4064 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4065 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4066
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4067 to::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4068
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4069 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4070 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4071
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4072 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4073
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4074 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the actual index items (marked by
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4075 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4076
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4077 <tr>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4078 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4079 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4080 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
4081 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4082 </td>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4083 </tr>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4084
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4085 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an edit
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4086 on any changed statuses and the final block will make sure that the
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4087 current index view parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4088 rendering the next page (the results of the editing).
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4089
2156
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4090
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4091 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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4092 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4093
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4094 Alter the issue.item template section for messages to::
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4095
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4096 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4097 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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4098 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4099 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4100 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4101 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4102 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4103 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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4104 <td>
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4105 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
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4106 remove</a>
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4107 </td>
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4108 </tr>
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4109 </table>
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4110
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4111
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4112 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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4113 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4114
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4115 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
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4116 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
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4117 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
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4118 that shows either one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
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4119 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
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4120
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4121 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4122 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4123 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
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4124 <th colspan="2" class="header">
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4125 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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4126 </th>
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4127 </tr>
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4128 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4129 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4130 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4131 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4132 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4133 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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4134 <td>
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4135 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
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4136 </td>
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4137 </tr>
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4138 </tal:block>
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4139
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4140 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4141 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
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4142 <th class="header">
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4143 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
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4144 </th>
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4145 </tr>
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4146 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4147 <tr>
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4148 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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4149 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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4150 <th style="text-align: right">
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4151 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
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4152 </th>
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4153 </tr>
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4154 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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4155 </tal:block>
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4156 </tal:block>
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4157 </table>
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4158
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4159
2156
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4160 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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4161 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4162
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4163 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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4164 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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4165 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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4166 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
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4167 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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4168
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4169 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4170 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4171 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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4172 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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4173
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4174 <strong>Category:</strong>
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4175 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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4176 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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4177 </form>
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4178
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4179 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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4180 addition of the following form fragments::
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4181
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4182 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4183 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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4184 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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4185 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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4186
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4187 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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4188 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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4189 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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4190 .
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4191 .
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4192 .
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4193 </form>
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4194
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4195 Note that later in the form, I test the value of "cat" include form
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4196 elements that are appropriate. For example::
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4197
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4198 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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4199 <tr>
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4200 <th>Operating System</th>
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4201 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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4202 </tr>
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4203 <tr>
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4204 <th>Web Browser</th>
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4205 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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4206 </tr>
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4207 </tal:block>
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4208
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4209 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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4210 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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4211
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4212 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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4213 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
2915
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4214 those actions in a new ``Action`` class (see `defining new web actions`_)::
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4216 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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4218 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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4219 def handle(self):
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4220 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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4221 on to page 2.
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4222 '''
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4223 category = self.form['category'].value
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4224 if category == '-1':
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4225 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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4226 return
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4227 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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4228 self.template = 'add_page2'
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4230 def init(instance):
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4231 instance.registerAction('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction)
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4233 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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4234 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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4235
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4237 -------------------
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4239 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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4241 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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4242 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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4243 .. _`admin guide`: admin_guide.html
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