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Add overview of upgrading steps. Also capitalize roundup.
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1 .. meta::
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2 :description:
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3 How to customize and extend the Roundup Issue
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4 Tracker. Includes many cookbook and how-to
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5 examples. Reference for the design and internals
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6 needed to understand and extend the examples to meet
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7 new needs.
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9 :tocdepth: 2
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11 ===================
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12 Customising Roundup
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13 ===================
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15 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
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16 http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
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18 .. contents::
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19 :depth: 2
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20 :local:
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22 What You Can Do
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23 ===============
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25 Before you get too far, it's probably worth having a quick read of the Roundup
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26 `design documentation`_.
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28 Customisation of Roundup can take one of six forms:
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30 1. `tracker configuration`_ changes
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31 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes
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32 3. "definition" class `database content`_ changes
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33 4. behavioural changes through detectors_, extensions_ and interfaces.py_
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34 5. `security / access controls`_
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35 6. change the `web interface`_
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37 The third case is special because it takes two distinctly different forms
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38 depending upon whether the tracker has been initialised or not. The other two
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39 may be done at any time, before or after tracker initialisation. Yes, this
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43 Trackers in a Nutshell
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44 ======================
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46 Trackers have the following structure:
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49 single: tracker; structure db directory
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56 =================== ========================================================
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57 Tracker File Description
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58 =================== ========================================================
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59 config.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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60 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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61 initial_data.py Holds any data to be entered into the database when the
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62 tracker is initialised.
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63 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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64 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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65 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker (obsolete).
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66 Current way uses the ``backend`` setting in the rdbms
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67 section of config.ini.
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68 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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69 extensions/ Additional actions and `templating utilities`_
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70 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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71 lib/ optional common imports for detectors and extensions
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76 .. index:: configuration; see config.ini
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78 Tracker Configuration
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81 The ``config.ini`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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82 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces.
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84 Changes to the data captured by your tracker is controlled by the `tracker
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85 schema`_. Some configuration is also performed using permissions - see the
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86 `security / access controls`_ section. For example, to allow users to
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88 "Anonymous" Role the "Email Access" Permission.
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91 single: config.ini; sections
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92 see: configuration; config.ini
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94 The following is taken from the `Python Library Reference`__ (July 18, 2018)
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95 section "ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser":
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97 The configuration file consists of sections, led by a [section] header
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98 and followed by name: value entries, with continuations in the style
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99 of RFC 822 (see section 3.1.1, “LONG HEADER FIELDS”); name=value is
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100 also accepted. Note that leading whitespace is removed from
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101 values. The optional values can contain format strings which refer to
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102 other values in the same section, or values in a special DEFAULT
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103 section. Additional defaults can be provided on initialization and
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104 retrieval. Lines beginning with '#' or ';' are ignored and may be
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105 used to provide comments.
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107 For example::
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109 [My Section]
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110 foodir = %(dir)s/whatever
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116 __ https://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html
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118 Example configuration settings are below. This is a partial
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119 list. Documentation on all the settings is included in the
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120 ``config.ini`` file.
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122 .. index:: config.ini; sections main
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124 Section **main**
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125 database -- ``db``
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126 Database directory path. The path may be either absolute or relative
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127 to the directory containig this config file.
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129 templates -- ``html``
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130 Path to the HTML templates directory. The path may be either absolute
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131 or relative to the directory containing this config file.
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133 static_files -- default *blank*
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134 A list of space separated directory paths (or a single directory).
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135 These directories hold additional static files available via Web UI.
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136 These directories may contain sitewide images, CSS stylesheets etc. If
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137 a '-' is included, the list processing ends and the TEMPLATES
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138 directory is not searched after the specified directories. If this
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139 option is not set, all static files are taken from the TEMPLATES
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140 directory.
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142 admin_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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143 Email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble. If
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147 dispatcher_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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150 email address doesn't contain an ``@`` part, the MAIL_DOMAIN defined
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151 below is used.
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154 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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155 in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From: line
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156 is usually: ``"Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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157 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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158 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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160 new_web_user_roles -- ``User``
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161 Roles that a user gets when they register with Web User Interface.
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162 This is a comma-separated list of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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164 new_email_user_roles -- ``User``
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165 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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166 This is a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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168 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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169 Send error message emails to the ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``?
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170 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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171 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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173 html_version -- ``html4``
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174 HTML version to generate. The templates are ``html4`` by default.
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175 If you wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this
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176 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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177 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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179 timezone -- ``0``
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180 Numeric timezone offset used when users do not choose their own
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181 in their settings.
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183 instant_registration -- ``yes``
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184 Register new users instantly, or require confirmation via
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185 email?
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186 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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188 email_registration_confirmation -- ``yes``
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189 Offer registration confirmation by email or only through the web?
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190 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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191
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192 indexer_stopwords -- default *blank*
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193 Additional stop-words for the full-text indexer specific to
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194 your tracker. See the indexer source for the default list of
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195 stop-words (e.g. ``A,AND,ARE,AS,AT,BE,BUT,BY, ...``).
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196
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197 umask -- ``02``
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198 Defines the file creation mode mask.
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199
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200 csv_field_size -- ``131072``
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201 Maximum size of a csv-field during import. Roundups export
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202 format is a csv (comma separated values) variant. The csv
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203 reader has a limit on the size of individual fields
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204 starting with python 2.5. Set this to a higher value if you
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205 get the error 'Error: field larger than field limit' during
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206 import.
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207
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208 .. index:: config.ini; sections tracker
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210 Section **tracker**
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211 name -- ``Roundup issue tracker``
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212 A descriptive name for your roundup instance.
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214 web -- ``http://host.example/demo/``
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215 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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216 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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217 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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218 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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219 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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221 email -- ``issue_tracker``
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222 Email address that mail to roundup should go to.
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224 language -- default *blank*
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225 Default locale name for this tracker. If this option is not set, the
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226 language is determined by the environment variable LANGUAGE, LC_ALL,
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227 LC_MESSAGES, or LANG, in that order of preference.
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228
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229 .. index:: config.ini; sections web
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230
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231 Section **web**
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232 allow_html_file -- ``no``
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233 Setting this option enables Roundup to serve uploaded HTML
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234 file content *as HTML*. This is a potential security risk
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235 and is therefore disabled by default. Set to 'yes' if you
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236 trust *all* users uploading content to your tracker.
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237
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238 http_auth -- ``yes``
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239 Whether to use HTTP Basic Authentication, if present.
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240 Roundup will use either the REMOTE_USER or HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
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241 variables supplied by your web server (in that order).
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242 Set this option to 'no' if you do not wish to use HTTP Basic
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243 Authentication in your web interface.
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244
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245 use_browser_language -- ``yes``
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246 Whether to use HTTP Accept-Language, if present.
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247 Browsers send a language-region preference list.
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248 It's usually set in the client's browser or in their
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249 Operating System.
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250 Set this option to 'no' if you want to ignore it.
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251
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252 debug -- ``no``
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253 Setting this option makes Roundup display error tracebacks
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254 in the user's browser rather than emailing them to the
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255 tracker admin."),
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256
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257 .. index:: config.ini; sections rdbms
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258 single: config.ini; database settings
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259
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260 Section **rdbms**
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261 Settings in this section are used to set the backend and configure
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262 addition settings needed by RDBMs like SQLite, Postgresql and
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263 MySQL backends.
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265 .. index::
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266 single: postgres; select backend in config.ini
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267 single: mysql; select backend in config.ini
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268 single: sqlite; select backend in config.ini
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269 single: anydbm; select backend in config.ini
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270 see: database; postgres
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271 see: database; mysql
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272 see: database; sqlite
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273 see: database; anydbm
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275 backend -- set to value by init
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276 The database backend such as anydbm, sqlite, mysql or postgres.
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278 name -- ``roundup``
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279 Name of the database to use.
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281 host -- ``localhost``
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282 Database server host.
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284 port -- default *blank*
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285 TCP port number of the database server. Postgresql usually resides on
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286 port 5432 (if any), for MySQL default port number is 3306. Leave this
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287 option empty to use backend default.
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289 user -- ``roundup``
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290 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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291
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292 password -- ``roundup``
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293 Database user password.
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295 read_default_file -- ``~/.my.cnf``
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296 Name of the MySQL defaults file. Only used in MySQL connections.
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299 Name of the group to use in the MySQL defaults file. Only used in
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300 MySQL connections.
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302 .. index::
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303 single: sqlite; lock timeout
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305 sqlite_timeout -- ``30``
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306 Number of seconds to wait when the SQLite database is locked.
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307 Used only for SQLite.
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308
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309 cache_size -- `100`
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310 Size of the node cache (in elements) used to keep most recently used
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311 data in memory.
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312
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313 .. index:: config.ini; sections logging
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314 see: logging; config.ini, sections logging
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315
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316 Section **logging**
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317 config -- default *blank*
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318 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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319 option is set, logging configuration is loaded from specified file;
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320 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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321 be either absolute or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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322
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323 filename -- default *blank*
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324 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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325 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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326 option is set, this option has no effect. The path may be either absolute
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327 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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328
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329 level -- ``ERROR``
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330 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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331 option is set, this option has no effect.
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332 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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334 .. index:: config.ini; sections mail
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335
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336 Section **mail**
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337 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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338 registration approval requests.
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339
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340 domain -- ``localhost``
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341 Domain name used for email addresses.
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342
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343 host -- default *blank*
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344 SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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345
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346 username -- default *blank*
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347 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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348 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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349
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350 password -- default *blank*
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351 SMTP login password.
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352 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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354 port -- default *25*
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355 SMTP port on mail host.
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356 Set this if your mail host runs on a different port.
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357
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358 local_hostname -- default *blank*
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359 The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to use during SMTP sessions. If left
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360 blank, the underlying SMTP library will attempt to detect your FQDN. If your
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361 mail host requires something specific, specify the FQDN to use.
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362
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363 tls -- ``no``
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364 If your SMTP mail host provides or requires TLS (Transport Layer Security)
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365 then you may set this option to 'yes'.
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366 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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367
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368 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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369 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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370 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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371 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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372
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373 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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374 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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375 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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376 to the directory containig this config file.
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377
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378 charset -- utf-8
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379 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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380 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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381 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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382 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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383
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384 debug -- default *blank*
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385 Setting this option makes Roundup to write all outgoing email messages
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386 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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387 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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388 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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389 containig this config file.
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391 add_authorinfo -- ``yes``
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392 Add a line with author information at top of all messages send by
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393 roundup.
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394
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395 add_authoremail -- ``yes``
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396 Add the mail address of the author to the author information at the
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397 top of all messages. If this is false but add_authorinfo is true,
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398 only the name of the actor is added which protects the mail address
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399 of the actor from being exposed at mail archives, etc.
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402 single: mailgw; config
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403 see: mail gateway; mailgw
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405 Section **mailgw**
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406 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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407
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408 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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409 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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410 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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411 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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413 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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414 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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415 signatures.
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416 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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417
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418 default_class -- ``issue``
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419 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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420 To disable, leave the value blank.
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422 language -- default *blank*
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423 Default locale name for the tracker mail gateway. If this option is
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424 not set, mail gateway will use the language of the tracker instance.
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426 subject_prefix_parsing -- ``strict``
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427 Controls the parsing of the [prefix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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428 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [prefix] is not
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430 pass it through as part of the issue title if not recognised. ``none``
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433 subject_suffix_parsing -- ``strict``
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434 Controls the parsing of the [suffix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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435 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [suffix] is not
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439
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440 subject_suffix_delimiters -- ``[]``
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441 Defines the brackets used for delimiting the commands suffix in a subject
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442 line.
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443
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444 subject_content_match -- ``always``
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445 Controls matching of the incoming email subject line against issue titles
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446 in the case where there is no designator [prefix]. ``never`` turns off
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447 matching. ``creation + interval`` or ``activity + interval`` will match
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448 an issue for the interval after the issue's creation or last activity.
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449 The interval is a standard Roundup interval.
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450
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451 subject_updates_title -- ``yes``
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452 Update issue title if incoming subject of email is different.
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453 Setting this to ``no`` will ignore the title part of
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454 the subject of incoming email messages.
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455
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456 refwd_re -- ``(\s*\W?\s*(fw|fwd|re|aw|sv|ang)\W)+``
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457 Regular expression matching a single reply or forward prefix
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458 prepended by the mailer. This is explicitly stripped from the
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459 subject during parsing. Value is Python Regular Expression
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460 (UTF8-encoded).
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461
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462 origmsg_re -- `` ^[>|\s]*-----\s?Original Message\s?-----$``
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463 Regular expression matching start of an original message if quoted
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464 in the body. Value is Python Regular Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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465
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466 sign_re -- ``^[>|\s]*-- ?$``
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467 Regular expression matching the start of a signature in the message
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468 body. Value is Python Regular Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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469
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470 eol_re -- ``[\r\n]+``
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471 Regular expression matching end of line. Value is Python Regular
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472 Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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473
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474 blankline_re -- ``[\r\n]+\s*[\r\n]+``
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475 Regular expression matching a blank line. Value is Python Regular
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476 Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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477
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478 ignore_alternatives -- ``no``
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479 When parsing incoming mails, roundup uses the first
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480 text/plain part it finds. If this part is inside a
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481 multipart/alternative, and this option is set, all other
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482 parts of the multipart/alternative are ignored. The default
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483 is to keep all parts and attach them to the issue.
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484
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485 .. index:: config.ini; sections php
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486
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487 Section **pgp**
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488 OpenPGP mail processing options
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489
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490 enable -- ``no``
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491 Enable PGP processing. Requires gpg.
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492
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493 roles -- default *blank*
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494 If specified, a comma-separated list of roles to perform PGP
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495 processing on. If not specified, it happens for all users.
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496
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497 homedir -- default *blank*
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498 Location of PGP directory. Defaults to $HOME/.gnupg if not
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499 specified.
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500
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501
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502 .. index:: config.ini; sections nosy
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503
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504 Section **nosy**
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505 Nosy messages sending
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506
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507 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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508 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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509 If ``yes`` is used, then messages are sent to the author
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510 even if not on the nosy list, same for ``new`` (but only for new messages).
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511 When set to ``nosy``, the nosy list controls sending messages to the author.
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512 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``, ``nosy``
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513
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514 signature_position -- ``bottom``
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515 Where to place the email signature.
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516 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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517
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518 add_author -- ``new``
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519 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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520 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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521 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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522 followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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523 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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524
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525 add_recipients -- ``new``
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526 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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527 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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528 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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529 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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530 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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531
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532 email_sending -- ``single``
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533 Controls the email sending from the nosy reactor. If ``multiple`` then
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534 a separate email is sent to each recipient. If ``single`` then a single
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535 email is sent with each recipient as a CC address.
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536
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537 max_attachment_size -- ``2147483647``
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538 Attachments larger than the given number of bytes won't be attached
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539 to nosy mails. They will be replaced by a link to the tracker's
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540 download page for the file.
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541
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542
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543 .. index:: single: roundup-admin; config.ini update
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544 single: roundup-admin; config.ini create
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545 single: config.ini; create
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546 single: config.ini; update
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547
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548 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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549 genconfig`` command. You can generate a new config file merging in
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550 existing settings using the ``roundup-admin updateconfig`` command.
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551
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552 Configuration variables may be referred to in lower or upper case. In code,
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553 variables not in the "main" section are referred to using their section and
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554 name, so "domain" in the section "mail" becomes MAIL_DOMAIN.
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555
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556 .. index:: pair: configuration; extensions
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557 pair: configuration; detectors
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558
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559 Extending the configuration file
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560 --------------------------------
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561
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562 You can't add new variables to the config.ini file in the tracker home but
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563 you can add two new config.ini files:
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564
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565 - a config.ini in the ``extensions`` directory will be loaded and attached
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566 to the config variable as "ext".
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567 - a config.ini in the ``detectors`` directory will be loaded and attached
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568 to the config variable as "detectors".
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569
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570 For example, the following in ``detectors/config.ini``::
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571
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572 [main]
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573 qa_recipients = email@example.com
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574
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575 is accessible as::
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576
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577 db.config.detectors['QA_RECIPIENTS']
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578
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579 Note that the name grouping applied to the main configuration file is
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580 applied to the extension config files, so if you instead have::
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581
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582 [qa]
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583 recipients = email@example.com
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584
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585 then the above ``db.config.detectors['QA_RECIPIENTS']`` will still work.
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586
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587 Unlike values in the tracker's main ``config.ini``, the values defined
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588 in these config files are not validated. For example: a setting that
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589 is supposed to be an integer value (e.g. 4) could be the word
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590 "foo". If you are writing Python code that uses these settings, you
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594 used. This can be long after the tracker is started and the error may
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597 It is possible to validate these settings. Validation involves calling
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599 done from the ``init()`` function in the Python files implementing
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602 As an example, adding the following to an extension::
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604 from roundup.configuration import SecretMandatoryOption
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606 def init(instance):
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607 instance.config.ext.update_option('RECAPTCHA_SECRET',
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608 SecretMandatoryOption,description="Secret securing reCaptcha.")
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610 similarly for a detector::
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612 from roundup.configuration import MailAddressOption
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614 def init(db):
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615 try:
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616 db.config.detectors.update_option('QA_RECIPIENTS',
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617 MailAddressOption,
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618 description="Email used for QA comment followup.")
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620 # COMMENT_EMAIL setting is not found, but it's optional
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621 # so continue
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622 pass
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624 will allow reading the secret from a file or append the tracker domain
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627 Running ``roundup-admin -i tracker_home display user1`` will validate
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628 the settings for both config.ini`s. Otherwise detector options are not
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629 validated until the first request to the web interface (or email
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630 gateway).
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632 There are 4 arguments for ``update_option``:
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640 The first argument is the config setting name as described at the
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641 beginning of this section.
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642
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643 The second argument is a class in the roundup.configuration module.
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645 IntegerNumberOption, RegExpOption.... Please see the configuration
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646 module for all Option validators and their descriptions. You can also
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647 define your own custom validator in `interfaces.py`_.
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649 The third and fourth arguments are strings and are optional. They are
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650 printed if there is an error and may help the user correct the problem.
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652 .. index:: ! schema
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657 .. note::
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658 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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660 your changes.
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666 The ``schema.py`` and ``initial_data.py`` modules
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669 The schema.py module is used to define what your tracker looks like
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670 on the inside, the schema of the tracker. It defines the Classes
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671 and properties on each class. It also defines the security for
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672 those Classes. The next few sections describe how schemas work
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673 and what you can do with them.
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675 The initial_data.py module sets up the initial state of your
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676 tracker. It’s called exactly once - by the ``roundup-admin initialise``
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677 command. See the start of the section on database content for more
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678 info about how this works.
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680 .. index:: schema; classic - description of
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721 You must never:
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724 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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727 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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729 **Change the type of a property**
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730 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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parents: 1829
diff changeset
733 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
734 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
735
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
736
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
737 What you can do to the schema
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
738 -----------------------------
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
739
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
740 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
741 initialised (or used). You may:
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
742
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
743 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
6171
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
744 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repercussions
1832
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
745 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
746
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
747 **Remove properties**
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
748 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
749 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
750 detectors_.
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
751
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
752
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
753
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
754 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
755 ---------------------------------------------------------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
756
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
757 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
758
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
759 priority
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
760 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
761
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
762 status
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
763 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
764
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
765 keyword
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
766 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
767
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
768 user
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
769 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
770 for all users using roundup.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
771
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
772 msg
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
773 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
774 generated by roundup.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
775
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
776 file
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
777 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
778
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
779 issue
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
780 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
781
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
782 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
6171
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
783
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
784 1. reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
785 2. more powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
786
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
787 By only requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
788 number) we reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
789 status - or simply makes a new one up.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
790
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
791
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
792 Class and Items
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
793 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
794
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
795 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
796 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
797 the information about the class items.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
798
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
799 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
800 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
801 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
802
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
803
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
804 .. index:: schema; property types
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
805
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
806 Properties
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
807 ~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
808
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
809 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
810
6160
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
811 String
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
812 properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
813 Password
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
814 properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
815 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
816 class.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
817 Date
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
818 properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
819 objects.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
820 Interval
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
821 properties store time periods rather than absolute dates. For
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
822 example 2 hours.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
823 Integer
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
824 properties store integer values. (Number can store real/float values.)
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
825 Number
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
826 properties store numeric values. There is an option to use
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
827 double-precision floating point numbers.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
828 Boolean
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
829 properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
830 Link
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
831 properties refers to a single other item selected from a
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
832 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
833 integer, the id of the chosen item.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
834 Multilink
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
835 properties refer to possibly many items in a specified
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
836 class. The value is a list of integers.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
837
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
838 Properties can have additional attributes to change the default
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
839 behaviour:
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
840
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
841 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; required
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
842 triple: schema; property attributes; default_value
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
843 triple: schema; property attributes; quiet
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
844
5239
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
845 * All properties support the following attributes:
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
846
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
847 - ``required``: see `design documentation`_. Adds the property to
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
848 the list returned by calling get_required_props for the class.
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
849 - ``default_value``: see `design documentation`_ Sets the default
5759
39082e29d2b4 fix typo
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5714
diff changeset
850 value if the property is not set.
5239
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
851 - ``quiet``: see `design documentation`_. Suppresses user visible
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
852 to changes to this property. The property change is not reported:
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
853
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
854 - in the change feedback/confirmation message in the web
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
855 interface
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
856 - the property change section of the nosy email
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
857 - the web history at the bottom of an item's page
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
858
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
859 This can be used to store state of the user interface (e.g. the
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
860 names of elements that are collapsed or hidden from the
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
861 user). Making properties that are updated as an indirect result of
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
862 a user's change (e.g. updating a blockers property, counting
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
863 number of times an issue was reopened or reassigned etc.) should
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
864 not be displayed to the user as they can be confusing.
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
865
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
866 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; indexme
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
867
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
868 * String properties can have an ``indexme`` attribute that defines if the
5114
f74300d1494e issue2550854: including new field in All text* search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5067
diff changeset
869 property should be part of the full text index. The default is 'no' but this
f74300d1494e issue2550854: including new field in All text* search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5067
diff changeset
870 can be set to 'yes' to allow a property's contents to be in the full
f74300d1494e issue2550854: including new field in All text* search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5067
diff changeset
871 text index.
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
872
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
873 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; use_double
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
874
5175
e1e40674a0bc Implement double-precision Number
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5161
diff changeset
875 * Number properties can have a ``use_double`` attribute that, when set
e1e40674a0bc Implement double-precision Number
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5161
diff changeset
876 to ``True``, will use double precision floating point in the database.
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
877 * Link and Multilink properties can have several attributes:
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
878
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
879 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; do_journal
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
880
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
881 - ``do_journal``: By default, every change of a link property is
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882 recorded in the item being linked to (or being unlinked). A typical
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883 use-case for setting ``do_journal='no'`` would be to turn off
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884 journalling of nosy list, message author and message recipient link
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885 and unlink events to prevent the journal from clogged with these
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886 events.
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887
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888 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; try_id_parsing
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889
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890 - ``try_id_parsing`` is turned on by default. If entering a number
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891 into a Link or Multilink field, roundup interprets this number as an
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892 ID of the item to link to. Sometimes items can have numeric names
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893 (like, e.g., product codes). For these roundup needs to match the
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894 numeric name and should never match an ID. In this case you can set
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895 ``try_id_parsing='no'``.
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896
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897 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; rev_multilink
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898
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899 - The ``rev_multilink`` option takes a property name to be inserted
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900 into the linked-to class. This property is a Multilink property that
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901 links back to the current class. The new Multilink is read-only (it
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902 is automatically modified if the Link or Multilink property defining
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903 it is modified). The new property can be used in normal searches
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904 using the "filter" method of the Class. This means it can be used
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905 like other Multilink properties when searching (in an index
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906 template) or via the REST and XMLRPC APIs.
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907
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908 As a example, suppose you want to group multiple issues into a
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909 super issue. Each issue can be part of only one super issue. It is
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910 inefficient to find all of the issues that are part of the
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911 super issue by searching through all issues in the system looking
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912 at the part_of link property. To make this more efficient, you
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913 can declare an issue's part_of property as::
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914
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915 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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916 ...
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917 part_of = Link("issue", rev_multilink="components"),
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918 ... )
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919
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920 This automatically creates the ``components`` multilink on the issue
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921 class. The ``components`` multilink is never explicitly declared in
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922 the issue class, but it has the same effect as though you had
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923 declared the class as::
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924
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925 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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926 ...
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927 part_of = Link("issue"),
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928 components = Multilink("issue"),
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929 ... )
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930
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931 Then wrote a detector to update the components property on the
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932 corresponding issue. Writing this detector can be tricky. There is
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933 one other difference, you can not explicitly set/modify the
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934 ``components`` multilink.
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935
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936 The effect of setting ``part_of = 3456`` on issue1234
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937 automatically adds "1234" to the ``components`` property on
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938 issue3456. You can search the ``components`` multilink just like a
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939 regular multilink, but you can't explicitly assign to it.
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940 Another difference of reverse multilinks to normal multilinks
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941 is that when a linked node is retired, the node vanishes from the
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942 multilink, e.g. in the example above, if an issue with ``part_of``
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943 set to another issue is retired this issue vanishes from the
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944 ``components`` multilink of the other issue.
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945
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946 You can also link between different classes. So you can modify
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947 the issue definition to include::
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948
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949 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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950 ...
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951 assigned_to = Link("user", rev_multilink="responsibleFor"),
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952 ... )
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953
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954 This makes it easy to list all issues that the user is responsible
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955 for (aka assigned_to).
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956
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957 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; msg_header_property
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958
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959 - The ``msg_header_property`` is used by the mail gateway when sending
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960 out messages. When a link or multilink property of an issue changes,
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961 roundup creates email headers of the form::
5064
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962
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963 X-Roundup-issue-prop: value
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964
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965 where ``value`` is the ``name`` property for the linked item(s).
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966 For example, if you have a multilink for attached_files in your
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967 issue, you will see a header::
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968
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969 X-Roundup-issue-attached_files: MySpecialFile.doc, HisResume.txt
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970
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971 when the class for attached files is defined as::
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972
6389
7fb49f0c2dad collapse code example to one line.
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973 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String())
5131
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974
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975 ``MySpecialFile.doc`` is the name for the file object.
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976
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977 If you have an ``assigned_to`` property in your issue class that
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978 links to the user class and you want to add a header::
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979
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980 X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: ...
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981
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982 so that the mail recipients can filter emails where
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983 ``X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: name`` that contains their
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984 username. The user class is defined as::
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985
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986 user = Class(db, "user",
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987 username=String(),
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988 password=Password(),
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989 address=String(),
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990 realname=String(),
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991 phone=String(),
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992 organisation=String(),
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993 alternate_addresses=String(),
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994 queries=Multilink('query'),
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995 roles=String(), # comma-separated string of Role names
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996 timezone=String())
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997
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998 Because there is no ``name`` parameter for the user class, there
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999 will be no header. However setting::
5135
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1000
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1001 assigned_to=Link("user", msg_header_property="username")
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1002
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1003 will make the mail gateway generate an ``X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to``
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1004 using the username property of the linked user.
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1005
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1006 Assume assigned_to for an issue is linked to the user with
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1007 username=joe_user, setting::
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1008
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1009 msg_header_property="username"
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1010
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diff changeset
1011 for the assigned_to property will generated message headers of the
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1012 form::
5131
513803cade0a from mailing list spurce up the documentation om msg_header_property. We may rename it, but that'a an easy patch
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5124
diff changeset
1013
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1014 X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: joe_user
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1015
5131
513803cade0a from mailing list spurce up the documentation om msg_header_property. We may rename it, but that'a an easy patch
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5124
diff changeset
1016 for emails sent on issues where joe_user has been assigned to the issue.
5124
a927f9549af0 Fix issue2550751: Email Header Issue.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5114
diff changeset
1017
a927f9549af0 Fix issue2550751: Email Header Issue.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5114
diff changeset
1018 If this property is set to the empty string "", it will prevent
a927f9549af0 Fix issue2550751: Email Header Issue.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5114
diff changeset
1019 the header from being generated on outgoing mail.
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1020
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1021 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; creator
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1022 triple: schema; class property; creation
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1023 triple: schema; class property; actor
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1024 triple: schema; class property; activity
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1025
3097
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1026 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1027
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1028 *creator*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1029 Link to the user that created the item.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1030 *creation*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1031 Date the item was created.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1032 *actor*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1033 Link to the user that last modified the item.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1034 *activity*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1035 Date the item was last modified.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1036
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1037
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1038 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; content
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1039 triple: schema; class property; type
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1040
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1041 FileClass
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1042 ~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1043
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1044 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1045 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1046 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1047 allows us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1048 stored in the files sub-directory of the ``'db'`` directory in your
3754
9f4dd27ae843 documentation cleanup from Luke Ross (patch [SF#1594860])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3747
diff changeset
1049 tracker. FileClasses also have a "type" attribute to store the MIME
9f4dd27ae843 documentation cleanup from Luke Ross (patch [SF#1594860])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3747
diff changeset
1050 type of the file.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1051
6291
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1052 Roundup by default considers the contents of the file immutable. This
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1053 is to assist in maintaining an accurate record of correspondence. The
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1054 distributed tracker templates do not enforce this. So if you have
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1055 access to the roundup tracker directory, you can edit the files (make
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1056 sure to preserve mode, owner and group) to remove information (e.g. if
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1057 somebody includes a password or you need to redact proprietary
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1058 information). Obviously the journal for the message/file will not
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1059 report that the file has changed.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1060
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1061 Best practice is to remove offending material and leave a
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1062 placeholder. E.G. replace a password with the text::
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1063
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1064 [password has been deleted 2020-12-02 --myname]
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1065
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1066 If you need to delete an entire file, replace the file contents with::
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1067
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1068 [file contents deleted due to spam 202-10-21 --myname]
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1069
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1070 rather than deleting the file. If you actually delete the file roundup
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1071 will report an error to the user and email the administrator. If you
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1072 empty the file, a user downloading the file using the direct URL
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1073 (e.g. ``tracker/msg22``) may be confused and think something is broken
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1074 when they receive an empty file. Retiring a file/msg does not prevent
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1075 access to the file using the direct URL. Retiring an item only removes
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1076 it when requesting a list of all items in the class. If you are
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1077 replacing the contents, you probably want to change the content type
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1078 of the file. E.G. from ``image/jpeg`` to ``text/plain``. You can do
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1079 this easily through the web interface, or using the ``roundup-admin``
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1080 command line interface.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1081
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1082 You can also change the contents of a file or message using the REST
6293
5d6b3122f74c Remove redundant words in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6291
diff changeset
1083 interface. Note that this will NOT result in an entry in the journal,
5d6b3122f74c Remove redundant words in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6291
diff changeset
1084 so again it allows a silent change. To do this you need to make two
5d6b3122f74c Remove redundant words in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6291
diff changeset
1085 rest requests. An example using curl is::
6291
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1086
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1087 $ curl -u demo:demo -s
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1088 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1089 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1090 -X GET \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1091 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/content
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1092 {
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1093 "data": {
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1094 "id": "30",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1095 "type": "<class 'str'>",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1096 "link": "https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/conten
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1097 t",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1098 "data": "hello3",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1099 "@etag": "\"3f2f8063dbce5b6bd43567e6f4f3c671\""
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1100 }
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1101 }
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1102
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1103 using the etag, overwrite the content with::
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1104
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1105 $ curl -u demo:demo -s
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1106 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1107 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1108 -H 'If-Match: "3f2f8063dbce5b6bd43567e6f4f3c671"' \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1109 -X PUT \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1110 -F "data=@hello" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1111 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/content
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1112
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1113 where ``hello`` is a file on local disk.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1114
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1115 You can enforce immutability in your tracker by adding an auditor (see
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1116 detectors_) for the file/msg class that rejects changes to the content
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1117 property. The auditor could also add a journal entry so that a change
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1118 via the roundup mechanism is reported. Using a mixin (see:
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1119 https://wiki.roundup-tracker.org/MixinClassFileClass) to augment the
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1120 file class allows for other possibilities including signing the file, or
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1121 recording a checksum in the database and validating the file contents
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1122 at the time it gets read. This allows detection of changes done on the
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1123 filesystem outside of the roundup mechanism.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1124
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1125 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; messages
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1126 triple: schema; class property; files
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1127 triple: schema; class property; nosy
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1128 triple: schema; class property; superseder
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1129
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1130 IssueClass
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1131 ~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1132
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1133 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1134 "superseder" properties.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1135
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1136 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1137 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1138 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1139 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1140 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1141 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1142
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1143 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1144 "creator" properties.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1145
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1146 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1147 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1148 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1149 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1150 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1151
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1152 .. index: triple: schema; class method; setkey
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1153
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1154 setkey(property)
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1155 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1156
6174
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6171
diff changeset
1157 .. index:: roundup-admin; setting assignedto on an issue
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6171
diff changeset
1158
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1159 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1160 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1161 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1162 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1163 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1164 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1165
1570
93e0a565cee5 fix the "set" command usage statement
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1568
diff changeset
1166 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1167
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1168 or::
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1169
1570
93e0a565cee5 fix the "set" command usage statement
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1568
diff changeset
1170 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1171
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1172 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1173
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1174 .. index: triple: schema; class method; setlabelprop
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1175
3476
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1176 setlabelprop(property)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1177 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1178
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1179 Select a property of the class to be the label property. The label
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1180 property is used whereever an item should be uniquely identified, e.g.,
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1181 when displaying a link to an item. If setlabelprop is not specified for
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1182 a class, the following values are tried for the label:
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1183
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1184 * the key of the class (see the `setkey(property)`_ section above)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1185 * the "name" property
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1186 * the "title" property
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1187 * the first property from the sorted property name list
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1188
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1189 So in most cases you can get away without specifying setlabelprop
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1190 explicitly.
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1191
5268
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1192 You should make sure that users have View access to this property or
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1193 the id property for a class. If the property can not be viewed by a
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1194 user, looping over items in the class (e.g. messages attached to an
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1195 issue) will not work.
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1196
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1197 .. index: triple: schema; class method; setorderprop
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1198
3476
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1199 setorderprop(property)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1200 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1201
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1202 Select a property of the class to be the order property. The order
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1203 property is used whenever using a default sort order for the class,
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1204 e.g., when grouping or sorting class A by a link to class B in the user
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1205 interface, the order property of class B is used for sorting. If
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1206 setorderprop is not specified for a class, the following values are tried
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1207 for the order property:
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1208
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1209 * the property named "order"
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1210 * the label property (see `setlabelprop(property)`_ above)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1211
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1212 So in most cases you can get away without specifying setorderprop
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1213 explicitly.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1214
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1215 .. index: triple: schema; class method; create
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1216
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1217 create(information)
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1218 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1219
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1220 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1221 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1222
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1223 .. index: schema; item ordering
684
5b23ff865f3a added a "detectors" directory...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 673
diff changeset
1224
2897
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1225 A note about ordering
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1226 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1227
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1228 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1229 depending on the properties being sorted on:
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1230
5067
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
1231 1. If it's a String, Integer, Number, Date or Interval property, we
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
1232 just sort the scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
1233 case-sensitively.
2897
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1234 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1235 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1236 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1237 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1238 so on.
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1239
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1240 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1241 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1242 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1243
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1244
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1245 Examples of adding to your schema
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1246 ---------------------------------
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1247
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1248 Some examples are in the :ref:`CustomExamples` section below.
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1249
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1250 Also the `Roundup wiki`_ has additional examples of how schemas can be
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1251 customised to add new functionality.
6160
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
1252
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
1253 .. _Roundup wiki:
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
1254 https://wiki.roundup-tracker.org/
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1255
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1256 .. index:: !detectors
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1257
684
5b23ff865f3a added a "detectors" directory...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 673
diff changeset
1258 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1259 ============================================
909
ef9c759c243e Fix to hasPermission, thanks Stefan Seefeld.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 907
diff changeset
1260 .. _detectors:
684
5b23ff865f3a added a "detectors" directory...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 673
diff changeset
1261
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1262 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1263 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
1264 initialised via the ``roundup-admin initialise`` command.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1265
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1266 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1267 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1268 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1269 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1270 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1271 for you are:
907
38a74d1351c5 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 899
diff changeset
1272
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1273 .. index:: detectors; installed
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1274
907
38a74d1351c5 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 899
diff changeset
1275 **nosyreaction.py**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1276 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1277 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1278 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1279 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1280 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
907
38a74d1351c5 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 899
diff changeset
1281 **statusauditor.py**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1282 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1283 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1284 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1285 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1286 defined.
1777
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1287 **messagesummary.py**
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1288 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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parents: 1773
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1289 content.
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1290 **userauditor.py**
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parents: 1773
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1291 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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parents: 1773
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1292 roles lists).
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1293
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1294 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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1295 or remove these detectors.
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1296
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1297 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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1298 interface for detectors.
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1299
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1300 __ design.html
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1301
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1302
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1303 .. index:: detectors; writing api
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1304
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1305 Detector API
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1306 ------------
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1307
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1308 .. index:: pair: detectors; auditors
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1309 single: auditors; function signature
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1310 single: auditors; defining
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1311 single: auditors; arguments
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1312
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1313 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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1314
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1315 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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1316
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1317 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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1318 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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1319 property names to values.
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1320
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1321 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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1322 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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1323 is about to be created.
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1324
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1325 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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1326 properties that are about to be changed.
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1327
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1328 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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1329
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1330 .. index:: pair: detectors; reactor
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1331 single: reactors; function signature
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1332 single: reactors; defining
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1333 single: reactors; arguments
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1334
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1335 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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1336
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1337 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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1338
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1339 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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1340 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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1341 property names to values.
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1342
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1343 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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1344 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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1345
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1346 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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1347 values of properties that were changed.
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1348
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1349 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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1350 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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1351
6163
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1352 .. index:: detectors; additional
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1353
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1354 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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1355 ----------------------------------
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1356
1674
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1357 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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1358 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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1359 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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1360
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diff changeset
1361 **irker.py**
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diff changeset
1362 This detector sends notification on IRC through an irker daemon
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
parents: 4656
diff changeset
1363 (http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/) when issues are created or messages
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
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parents: 4656
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1364 are added. In order to use it you need to install irker, start the
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
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1365 irkerd daemon, and add an ``[irker]`` section in ``detectors/config.ini``
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
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1366 that contains a comma-separated list of channels where the messages should
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1367 be sent, e.g. ``channels = irc://chat.freenode.net/channelname``.
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1368 **newissuecopy.py**
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1369 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
1674
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parents: 1671
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1370 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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1371 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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parents: 1671
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1372 email errors!
2193
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1373 **creator_resolution.py**
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parents: 2180
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1374 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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1375 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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1376 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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1377 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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1378 **email_auditor.py**
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1379 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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1380 extension .eml.
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1381 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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parents: 2180
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1382 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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1383 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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1384 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
1091
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1385
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1386
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1387 .. index:: auditors; rules for use
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1388 single: reactors; rules for use
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1389
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1390 Auditor or Reactor?
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1391 -------------------
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1392
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1393 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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1394
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1395 **Auditors**
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1396 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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1397 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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1398 **Reactors**
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1399 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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1400 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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parents: 2122
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1401 detector loops.
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1402
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1403
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1404 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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1405 ---------------------------------------
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1406
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1407 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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1408 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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1409 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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1410 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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1411 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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1412
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1413 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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1414
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1415 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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1416
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1417 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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1418
5004
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1419 raise Reject('Description of error')
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1420
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1421 Error messages raised with ``Reject`` automatically have any HTML content
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
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1422 escaped before being displayed to the user. To display an error message to the
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
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1423 user without performing any HTML escaping the ``RejectRaw`` should be used. All
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
John Kristensen <john@jerrykan.com>
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diff changeset
1424 security implications should be carefully considering before using
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
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1425 ``RejectRaw``.
2129
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1426
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1428 Generating email from Roundup
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1429 -----------------------------
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1430
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1431 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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1432 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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1433
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1434 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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1435 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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1436 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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1437 is not required - this is referred to as a "System Message" because it
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1438 comes from "the system" and not a user).
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1439
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1440
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1441 .. index:: extensions
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1442 .. index:: extensions; add python functions to tracker
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1443
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1444 Extensions - adding capabilities to your tracker
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1445 ================================================
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1446 .. _extensions:
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1447
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1448 While detectors_ add new behavior by reacting to changes in tracked
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1449 objects, `extensions` add new actions and utilities to Roundup, which
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1450 are mostly used to enhance web interface.
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1451
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1452 You can create an extension by creating Python file in your tracker
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1453 ``extensions`` directory. All files from this dir are loaded when
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1454 tracker instance is created, at which point it calls ``init(instance)``
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1455 from each file supplying itself as a first argument.
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1456
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1457 Note that at this point web interface is not loaded, but extensions still
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1458 can register actions for in tracker instance. This may be fixed in
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1459 Roundup 1.6 by introducing ``init_web(client)`` callback or a more
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1460 flexible extension point mechanism.
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1461
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1462
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1463 * ``instance.registerUtil`` is used for adding `templating utilities`_
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1464 (see `adding a time log to your issues`_ for an example)
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1465
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1466 * ``instance.registerAction`` is used to add more actions to instance
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1467 and to web interface. See `Defining new web actions`_ for details.
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1468 Generic action can be added by inheriting from ``action.Action``
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1469 instead of ``cgi.action.Action``.
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1470
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1471 interfaces.py - hooking into the core of roundup
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1472 ================================================
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1473 .. _interfaces.py:
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1474
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1475 There is a magic trick for hooking into the core of roundup. Using
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1476 this you can:
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1477
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1478 * modify class data structures
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1479 * monkey patch core code to add new functionality
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1480 * modify the email gateway
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1481 * add new rest endpoints
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1482
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1483 but with great power comes great responsibility.
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1484
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1485 Interfaces.py has been around since the earliest releases of roundup
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1486 and used to be the main way to get a lot of customization done. In
6470
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1487 modern roundup, the extensions_ mechanism is used, but there are
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1488 places where interfaces.py is still useful. Note that the tracker
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1489 directories are not on the Python system path when interfaces.py is
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1490 evaluated. You need to add library directories explictly by
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1491 modifying sys.path.
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1492
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1493 Example: Changing Cache-Control headers
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1494 ---------------------------------------
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1495
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1496 The Client class in cgi/client.py has a lookup table that is used to
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1497 set the Cache-Control headers for static files. The entries in this
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1498 table are set from interfaces.py using::
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1499
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1500 from roundup.cgi.client import Client
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1501
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1502 Client.Cache_Control['text/css'] = "public, max-age=3600"
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1503 Client.Cache_Control['application/javascript'] = "public, max-age=30"
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1504 Client.Cache_Control['rss.xml'] = "public, max-age=900"
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1505 Client.Cache_Control['local.js'] = "public, max-age=7200"
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1506
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1507 In this case static files delivered using @@file will have cache
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1508 headers set. These files are searched for along the `static_files`
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1509 path in the tracker's `config.ini`. In the example above:
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1510
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1511 * a css file (e.g. @@file/style.css) will be cached for an hour
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1512 * javascript files (e.g. @@file/libraries/jquery.js) will be cached
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1513 for 30 seconds
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1514 * a file named rss.xml will be cached for 15 minutes
5980
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1515 * a file named local.js will be cached for 2 hours
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1516
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1517 Note that a file name match overrides the mime type settings.
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1518
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1519
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1520 Example: Implement password complexity checking
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1521 -----------------------------------------------
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1522
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1523 .. index:: tracker; lib directory (example)
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1524
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1525 This example uses the zxcvbn_ module that you can place in the zxcvbn
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1526 subdirectory of your tracker's lib directory.
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1527
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1528 If you add this to the interfaces.py file in the root directory of
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1529 your tracker (same place as schema.py)::
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1530
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1531 import roundup.password as password
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1532 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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1533 from zxcvbn import zxcvbn
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1534
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1535 # monkey patch the setPassword method with this method
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1536 # that checks password strength.
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1537 origPasswordFunc = password.Password.setPassword
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1538 def mpPasswordFunc(self, plaintext, scheme, config=None):
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1539 """ Replace the password set function with one that
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1540 verifies that the password is complex enough. It
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1541 has to be done at this point and not in an auditor
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1542 as the auditor only sees the encrypted password.
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1543 """
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1544 results = zxcvbn(plaintext)
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1545 if results['score'] < 3:
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1546 l = []
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1547 map(l.extend, [[results['feedback']['warning']], results['feedback']['suggestions']])
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1548 errormsg = " ".join(l)
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1549 raise Reject ("Password is too easy to guess. " + errormsg)
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1550 return origPasswordFunc(self, plaintext, scheme, config=config)
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1551
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1552 password.Password.setPassword = mpPasswordFunc
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1553
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1554 it replaces the setPassword method in the Password class. The new
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1555 version validates that the password is sufficiently complex. Then it
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1556 passes off the setting of password to the original method.
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1557
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1558 Example: Enhance time intervals
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1559 -------------------------------
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1560
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1561 To make the user interface easier to use, you may want to support
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1562 other forms for intervals. For example you can support an interval
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1563 like 1.5 by interpreting it the same as 1:30 (1 hour 30 minutes).
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1564 Also you can allow a bare integer (e.g. 45) as a number of minutes.
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1565
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1566 To do this we intercept the from_raw method of the Interval class in
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1567 hyperdb.py with::
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1568
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1569 import roundup.hyperdb as hyperdb
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1570 origFrom_Raw = hyperdb.Interval.from_raw
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1571
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1572 def normalizeperiod(self, value, **kw):
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1573 ''' Convert alternate time forms into standard interval format
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1574
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1575 [+-] [#y] [#m] [#w] [#d] [[[H]H:MM]:SS]
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1576
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1577 if value is float, it's hour and fractional hours
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1578 if value is integer, it's number of minutes
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1579 '''
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1580 if ":" not in value:
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1581 # Not a specified interval
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1582 # if int consider number of minutes
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1583 try:
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1584 isMinutes = int(value)
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1585 minutes = isMinutes%60
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1586 hours = (isMinutes - minutes) / 60
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1587 value = "%d:%d"%(hours,minutes)
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1588 except ValueError:
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1589 pass
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1590 # if float, consider it number of hours and fractional hours.
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1591 import math
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1592 try:
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1593 afterdecimal, beforedecimal = math.modf(float(value))
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1594 value = "%d:%d"%(beforedecimal,60*afterdecimal)
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1595 except ValueError:
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1596 pass
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1597
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1598 return origFrom_Raw(self, value, **kw)
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1599
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1600 hyperdb.Interval.from_raw = normalizeperiod
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1601
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1602 any call to convert an interval from raw form now has two simpler
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1603 (and more friendly) ways to specify common time intervals.
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1604
5983
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1605 Example: Modifying the mail gateway
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1606 -----------------------------------
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1607
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1608 One site receives email on a main gateway. The virtual alias delivery
6160
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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1609 table on the postfix server is configured with::
5983
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1610
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1611 test-issues@example.com roundup-test@roundup-vm.example.com
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1612 test-support@example.com roundup-test+support-a@roundup-vm.example.com
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1613 test@support.example.com roundup-test+support-b@roundup-vm.example.com
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1614
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1615 These modifications to the mail gateway for roundup allows anonymous
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1616 submissions. It hides all of the requesters under the "support"
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1617 user. It also makes some other modifications to the mail parser
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1618 allowing keywords to be set and prefixes to be defined based on the
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1619 delivery alias.
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1620
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1621 This is the entry in interfaces.py::
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1622
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1623 import roundup.mailgw
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1624 import email.utils
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1625
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1626 class SupportTracker(object):
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1627 def __init__(self, prefix=None, keyword=None):
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1628 self.prefix = prefix
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1629 self.keyword = keyword
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1630
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1631 # Define new prefixes and keywords based on local address.
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1632 support_trackers = {
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1633 ### production instances ###
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1634
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1635 ### test instances ###
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1636 'roundup-test+support-a':
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1637 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 1', keyword='support1'),
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1638 'roundup-test+support-b':
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diff changeset
1639 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 2', keyword='support2'),
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1640 'roundup-test2+support-a':
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1641 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 1', keyword='support1'),
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1642 'roundup-test2+support-b':
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1643 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 2', keyword='support2'),
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1644 }
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1645
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1646 class parsedMessage(roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage):
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1647 def __init__(self, mailgw, message, support_tracker):
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1648 roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage.__init__(self, mailgw, message)
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1649 if support_tracker.prefix:
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1650 self.prefix = '%s: ' % support_tracker.prefix
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1651 else:
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1652 self.prefix = ''
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1653 self.keywords = []
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1654 if support_tracker.keyword:
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1655 try:
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1656 self.keywords = [
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1657 self.db.keyword.lookup(support_tracker.keyword)]
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1658 except KeyError:
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1659 pass
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1660 self.config.ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY = 'no'
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1661 self.config.ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY = 'no'
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1662 self.config.MAILGW_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT = 'yes'
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1663 self.config.MAILGW_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED = 'yes'
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1664 self.classname = 'issue'
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1665 self.pfxmode = 'loose'
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1666 self.sfxmode = 'none'
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1667 # set the support user id
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1668 self.fixed_author = self.db.user.lookup('support')
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1669 self.fixed_props = {
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1670 'nosy': [self.fixed_author],
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1671 'keyword': self.keywords,
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diff changeset
1672 }
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1673
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1674 def handle_help(self):
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1675 pass
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1676
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1677 def check_subject(self):
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1678 if not self.subject:
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1679 self.subject = 'no subject'
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1680
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1681 def rego_confirm(self):
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1682 pass
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1683
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1684 def get_author_id(self):
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1685 # force the support user to be the author
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1686 self.author = self.fixed_author
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1687
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1688 def get_props(self):
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1689 self.props = {}
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1690 if not self.nodeid:
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1691 self.props.update(self.fixed_props)
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1692 self.props['title'] = ("%s%s" % (
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1693 self.prefix, self.subject.replace('[', '(').replace(']', ')')))
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1694
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1695 def get_content_and_attachments(self):
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1696 roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage.get_content_and_attachments(self)
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1697 if not self.content:
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1698 self.content = 'no text'
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1699 intro = []
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1700 for header in ['From', 'To', 'Cc']:
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1701 for addr in self.message.getaddrlist(header):
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1702 intro.append('%s: %s' % (header, email.utils.formataddr(addr)))
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1703 intro.append('Subject: %s' % self.subject)
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1704 intro.append('\n')
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1705 self.content = '\n'.join(intro) + self.content
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1706
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1707 class MailGW(roundup.mailgw.MailGW):
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1708 def parsed_message_class(self, mailgw, message):
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1709 support_tracker = None
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1710 # The delivered-to header is unique to postfix
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1711 # it is the target address:
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1712 # roundup-test+support-a@roundup-vm.example.com
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1713 # rather than
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1714 # test-support@example.com
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1715 recipients = message.getaddrlist('delivered-to')
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1716 if recipients:
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1717 localpart = recipients[0][1].rpartition('@')[0]
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1718 support_tracker = support_trackers.get(localpart)
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1719 if support_tracker:
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1720 # parse the mesage using the parsedMessage class
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1721 # defined above.
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1722 return parsedMessage(mailgw, message, support_tracker)
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1723 else:
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1724 # parse the message normally
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1725 return roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage(mailgw, message)
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1726
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1727 This is the most complex example section. The mail gateway is also one
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1728 of the more complex subsystems in roundup, and modifying it is not
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1729 trivial.
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1730
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1731 Other Examples
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1733
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1734 See the `rest interface documentation`_ for instructions on how to add
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1735 new rest endpoints using interfaces.py.
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1736
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1737 Database Content
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1738 ================
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1739
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1740 .. note::
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1741 If you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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1742 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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1743
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1744 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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1745 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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1746 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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1747 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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1748
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1749 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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1750 Edit the initial_data.py module in your tracker to alter the items
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1751 created using the ``create( ... )`` methods.
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1752
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1753 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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1754 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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1755 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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1756 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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1757
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1758 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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1759 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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1760 question.
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1761
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1762 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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1763 requires database content changes.
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1764
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1765
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1766 Security / Access Controls
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1767 ==========================
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1768
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1769 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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1770
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1771 - Create (everything)
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1772 - Edit (everything)
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1773 - Search (everything) (used if View does not permit access)
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1774 - View (everything)
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1775 - Register (User class only)
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1776
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1777 These are assigned to the "Admin" Role by default, and allow a user to do
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1778 anything. Every Class you define in your `tracker schema`_ also gets an
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1779 Create, Edit and View Permission of its own. The web and email interfaces
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1780 also define:
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1781
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1782 *Email Access*
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1783 If defined, the user may use the email interface. Used by default to deny
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1784 Anonymous users access to the email interface. When granted to the
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1785 Anonymous user, they will be automatically registered by the email
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1786 interface (see also the ``new_email_user_roles`` configuration option).
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1787 *Web Access*
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1788 If defined, the user may use the web interface. All users are able to see
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1789 the login form, regardless of this setting (thus enabling logging in).
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1790 *Web Roles*
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1791 Controls user access to editing the "roles" property of the "user" class.
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1792 TODO: deprecate in favour of a property-based control.
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1793 *Rest Access* and *Xmlrpc Access*
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1794 These control access to the Rest and Xmlrpc endpoints. The Admin and User
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1795 roles have these by default in the classic tracker. See the
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1796 `directions in the rest interface documentation`_ and the
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1797 `xmlrpc interface documentation`_.
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1798
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1799 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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1800
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1801 - Admin (Create, Edit, Search, View and everything; Web Roles)
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1802 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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1803 - Anonymous (Web Access)
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1804
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1805 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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1806 user gets "Anonymous" assigned when the tracker is installed.
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1807
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1808 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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1809
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1810 - Create, Edit and View issue, file, msg, query, keyword
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1811 - View priority, status
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1812 - View user
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1813 - Edit their own user record
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1814
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1815 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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1816
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1817 - Web interface access
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1818 - Register user (for registration)
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1819 - View issue, file, msg, query, keyword, priority, status
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1820
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1821 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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1822
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1823 #
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1824 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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1825 #
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1826 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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1827 # about security setup.
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1828
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1829 #
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1830 # REGULAR USERS
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1831 #
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1832 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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1833 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Web Access')
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1834 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Email Access')
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1835 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Rest Access')
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1836 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Xmlrpc Access')
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1837
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1838 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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1839 # to regular users now
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1840 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword':
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1841 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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1842 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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1843 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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1844 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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1845 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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1846
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1847 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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1848 # if you don't want them to
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1850 properties=('id', 'organisation', 'phone', 'realname', 'timezone',
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1851 'username'))
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1852 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1853
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1854 # Users should be able to edit their own details -- this permission is
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1855 # limited to only the situation where the Viewed or Edited item is their own.
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1858 return userid == itemid
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1859 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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1860 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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1862 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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1863 properties=('username', 'password', 'address', 'realname', 'phone',
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1864 'organisation', 'alternate_addresses', 'queries', 'timezone'),
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1868 # Users should be able to edit and view their own queries. They should also
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1869 # be able to view any marked as not private. They should not be able to
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1870 # edit others' queries, even if they're not private
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1871 def view_query(db, userid, itemid):
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1872 private_for = db.query.get(itemid, 'private_for')
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1873 if not private_for: return True
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1874 return userid == private_for
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1875 def edit_query(db, userid, itemid):
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1876 return userid == db.query.get(itemid, 'creator')
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1877 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='query', check=view_query,
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1878 description="User is allowed to view their own and public queries")
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1879 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1880 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='query')
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1881 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1882 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1883 description="User is allowed to edit their queries")
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1884 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1885 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Retire', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1886 description="User is allowed to retire their queries")
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1887 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1888 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Restore', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1889 description="User is allowed to restore their queries")
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1890 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1891 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Create', klass='query',
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1892 description="User is allowed to create queries")
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1893 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1895 #
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1896 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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1897 #
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1898 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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1899 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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1900 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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1901 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Web Access')
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1902
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1903 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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1904 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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1905 # "Create" user Permission below)
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1906 # This is disabled by default to stop spam from auto-registering users on
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1907 # public trackers.
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1908 #db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Email Access')
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1909
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1910 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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1911 # Role. Choices here are:
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1912 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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1913 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Register', 'user')
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1914
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1915 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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1916 # information)
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1917 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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1918 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'View', cl)
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1919
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1920 # Allow the anonymous user to use the "Show Unassigned" search.
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1921 # It acts like "Show Open" if this permission is not available.
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1922 # If you are running a tracker that does not allow read access for
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1923 # anonymous, you should remove this entry as it can be used to perform
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1924 # a username guessing attack against a roundup install.
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1925 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='user')
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1926 db.security.addPermissionToRole ('Anonymous', p)
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1927
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1928 # [OPTIONAL]
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1929 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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1930 # related file and message items)
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1931 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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1932 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Create', cl)
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1933 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Edit', cl)
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1934
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1935 .. index::
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1936 single: roundup-admin; view class permissions
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1937
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1938 You can use ``roundup-admin security`` to verify the permissions
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1939 defined in the schema. It also verifies that properties specified in
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1940 permissions are valid for the class. This helps detect typos that can
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1941 cause baffling permission issues.
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1942
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1943 Automatic Permission Checks
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1944 ---------------------------
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1945
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1946 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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1947 through the web. This includes:
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1948
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1949 1. View checks for properties when being rendered via the ``plain()`` or
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1950 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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1951 displayed.
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1952 2. Edit checks for properties when the edit field is being rendered via
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1953 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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1954 will be rendered via the ``plain()`` method (see point 1. for subsequent
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1955 checking performed)
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1956 3. View checks are performed in index pages for each item being displayed
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1957 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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1958 4. View checks are performed at the top of item pages for the Item being
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1959 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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1960 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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1961 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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1962 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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1963 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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1964
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1965
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1966 New User Roles
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1967 --------------
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1968
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1969 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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1970
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1971 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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1972 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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1973
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1974 The `users may only edit their issues`_ example shows customisation of
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1975 these parameters.
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1977
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1978 Changing Access Controls
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1980
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1982 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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1983 interface if they register through email.
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1984
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1985 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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1986 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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1988
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1989 Adding a new Permission
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1990 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1991
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1992 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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1994 1. add it to your tracker's ``schema.py`` so it is created, using
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1995 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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1996
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1997 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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1998 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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1999
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2000 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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2001 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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2002 "``roundup-admin security``")
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2003 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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2004 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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2005 interfaces module
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2006
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2007 The ``addPermission`` method takes a few optional parameters:
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2008
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2009 **properties**
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2010 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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2011 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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2012 'email') ...``)
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2013 **props_only**
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2014 A boolean value (set to false by default) that is a new feature
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2015 in roundup 1.6.
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2016 A permission defined using:
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2017
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2018 ``properties=('list', 'of', 'property', 'names')``
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2019
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2020 is used to determine access for things other than just those
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2021 properties. For example a check for View permission on the issue
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2022 class or an issue item can use any View permission for the issue
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2023 class even if that permission has a property list. This can be
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2024 confusing and surprising as you would think that a permission
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2025 including properties would be used only for determining the
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2026 access permission for those properties.
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2027
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2028 ``roundup-admin security`` will report invalid properties for the
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2029 class. For example a permission with an invalid summary property is
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2030 presented as::
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2031
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2032 Allowed to see content of object regardless of spam status
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2033 (View for "file": ('content', 'summary') only)
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2034
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2035 **Invalid properties for file: ['summary']
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2036
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2037 Setting ``props_only=True`` will make the permission valid only for
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2038 those properties.
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2039
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2040 If you use a lot of permissions with property checks, it can be
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2041 difficult to change all of them. Calling the function:
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2042
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2043 db.security.set_props_only_default(True)
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2044
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2045 at the top of ``schema.py`` will make every permission creation
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2046 behave as though props_only was set to True. It is expected that the
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2047 default of True will become the default in a future Roundup release.
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2048 **check**
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2049 A function to be executed which returns boolean determining whether
36630a062fb5 Check in enhanced form for check command used by addPermission.
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parents: 5185
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2050 the Permission is allowed. If it returns True, the permission is
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2051 allowed, if it returns False the permission is denied. The function
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parents: 5185
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2052 can have one of two signatures::
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2053
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2054 check(db, userid, itemid)
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2055
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2056 or::
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2057
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2058 check(db, userid, itemid, **ctx)
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2059
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2060 where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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2061 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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2062 accessed. If the second form is used the ``ctx`` dictionary is
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2063 defined with the following values::
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2064
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2065 ctx['property'] the name of the property being checked or None if
36630a062fb5 Check in enhanced form for check command used by addPermission.
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parents: 5185
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2066 it's a class check.
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2067
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2068 ctx['classname'] the name of the class that is being checked
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parents: 5185
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2069 (issue, query ....).
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2070
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2071 ctx['permission'] the name of the permission (e.g. View, Edit...).
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2072
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2073 The second form is preferred as it makes it easier to implement more
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2074 complex permission schemes. An example of the use of ``ctx`` can be
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2075 found in the ``upgrading.txt`` or `upgrading.html`_ document.
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2076
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2077 .. _`upgrading.html`: upgrading.html
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2078
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2079 Example Scenarios
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2080 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2081
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2082 See the `examples`_ section for longer examples of customisation.
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2083
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2084 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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2085 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access", ("Edit", "issue") and
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2086 ("Create", "msg") Permissions but do not not give them the ("Create",
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2087 "user") Permission. This means that when an unknown user sends email
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2088 into the tracker, they're automatically logged in as "anonymous".
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2089 Since they don't have the ("Create", "user") Permission, they won't
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2090 be automatically registered, but since "anonymous" has permission to
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2091 use the gateway, they'll still be able to submit issues. Note that
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2092 the Sender information - their email address - will not be available
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2093 - they're *anonymous*.
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2094
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2095 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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parents: 4088
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2096 By giving the "anonymous" user the ("Register", "user") Permission, any
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2097 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
3404
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2098 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through
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parents: 3718
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2099 the web until an admin sets their password). By default new Roundup
c07ae92cebbc doc fix
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2100 trackers don't allow this as it opens them up to spam. It may be enabled
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2101 by uncommenting the appropriate addPermissionToRole in your tracker's
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2102 ``schema.py`` file. The new user is given the Roles list defined in the
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2103 "new_email_user_roles" config variable.
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2104
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2105 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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2106 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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2107 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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2108 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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2109 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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2110 auditor. See the example
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2111 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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2112
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2113 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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2114 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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2115 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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2116 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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2117 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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2118 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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2119 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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2120
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2121 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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2122 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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2123
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2124 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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2125 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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2126 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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2127 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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2128 interface.
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2129
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2130 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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2131 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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2132 editing users::
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2133
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2134 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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parents: 1304
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2135 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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parents: 1304
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2136 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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parents: 1304
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2137
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parents: 1304
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2138 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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parents: 1304
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2139
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8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
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parents: 1236
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2140
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
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2141 Web Interface
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parents: 1096
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2142 =============
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
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2143
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parents: 1124
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2144 .. contents::
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parents: 1124
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2145 :local:
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parents: 1124
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2146
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parents: 1671
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2147 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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parents: 1671
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2148 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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parents: 1671
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2149 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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parents: 1671
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2150 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2151 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
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2152 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
2153 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
2154 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
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2155
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parents: 1003
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2156
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
2157
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parents: 1671
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2158 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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parents: 1096
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2159 ---------------------------------------------
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parents: 1003
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2160
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2161 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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parents: 1671
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2162 the web interface knows about it:
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parents: 1671
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2163
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parents: 1671
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2164 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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parents: 1671
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2165 have properties added or removed,
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parents: 1671
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2166 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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2167 "home" page's content arguments.
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parents: 1003
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2168
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parents: 2897
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2169
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
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2170 How requests are processed
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parents: 1096
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2171 --------------------------
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2172
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2173 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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parents: 1003
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2174
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parents: 1003
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2175 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2176 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2177 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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diff changeset
2178 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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2179 output
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2180
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2181 In some situations, exceptions occur:
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2182
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2183 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2184 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2185 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2186 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2187 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2188 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2189 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2190 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2191 the action to take place
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2192 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2193 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2194 client
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2195
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
2196
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2197 Roundup URL design
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2198 ------------------
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2199
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2200 Each tracker has several hardcoded URLs. These three are equivalent and
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2201 lead to the main tracker page:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2202
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2203 1. ``/``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2204 2. ``/index``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2205 3. ``/home``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2206
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2207 The following prefix is used to access static resources:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2208
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2209 4. ``/@@file/``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2210
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2211 Two additional url's are used for the API's.
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2212 The `REST api`_ is accessed via:
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2213
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2214 5. ``/rest/``
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2215
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2216 .. _`REST api`: rest.html
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2217
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2218 and the `XMLRPC api`_ is available at:
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2219
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2220 6. ``/rest/``
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2221
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2222 .. _`XMLRPC api`: xmlrpc.html
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2223
4725
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2224 All other URLs depend on the classes configured in Roundup database.
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2225 Each class receives two URLs - one for the class itself and another
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2226 for specific items of that class. Example for class URL:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2227
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2228 7. ``/issue``
4725
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2229
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2230 This is usually used to show listings of class items. The URL for
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2231 for specific object of issue class with id 1 will look like:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2232
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2233 8. ``/issue1``
4725
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2234
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parents: 6832
diff changeset
2235 .. _strip_zeros:
ff2c8b430738 flake8 - remove re.compile from method arg + test + doc
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6832
diff changeset
2236
ff2c8b430738 flake8 - remove re.compile from method arg + test + doc
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parents: 6832
diff changeset
2237 Note that a leading string of 0's will be stripped from the id part of
ff2c8b430738 flake8 - remove re.compile from method arg + test + doc
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parents: 6832
diff changeset
2238 the object designator in the URL. E.G. ``/issue001`` is the same as
ff2c8b430738 flake8 - remove re.compile from method arg + test + doc
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parents: 6832
diff changeset
2239 ``/issue1``. Similarly for ``/file01`` etc. However you should
ff2c8b430738 flake8 - remove re.compile from method arg + test + doc
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6832
diff changeset
2240 generate URL's without the extra zeros.
4725
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2241
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2242 Determining web context
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2243 -----------------------
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2244
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2245 To determine the "context" of a request (what request is for), we look at
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2246 the URL path after the tracker root and at ``@template`` request
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2247 parameter. Typical URL paths look like:
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2248
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2249 1. ``/tracker/issue``
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2250 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
2589
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
2251 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2252 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2253 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2254
4725
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2255 where tracker root is ``/tracker/`` or ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2256 We're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2257 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above.
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2258
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diff changeset
2259 a. with is no path we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
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diff changeset
2260 context`_ below for details. "index" or "home" paths may also be used
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2261 to switch into "home" context.
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2262 b. for paths starting with "@@file" the additional path entry ("style.css"
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2263 in the example above) specifies the static file to be served
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2264 from the tracker TEMPLATES directory (or STATIC_FILES, if configured).
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2265 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Internally this works
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2266 by raising SendStaticFile exception.
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2267 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
4725
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diff changeset
2268 identifies the tracker class to display.
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2269 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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2270 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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diff changeset
2271 :ref:`Note. <strip_zeros>`
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diff changeset
2272 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2273 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2274 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2275 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2276 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2277 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2278
5154
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2279 Neither b. or e. use templates and stop before the template is
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2280 determined. For other contexts the template used is specified by the
4725
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2281 ``@template`` variable, which defaults to:
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2282
5154
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2283 - only classname supplied: "index"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2284 - full item designator supplied: "item"
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2285
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2286
2227
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2287 The "home" Context
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2288 ------------------
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2289
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2290 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2291 pages to your tracker that don't rely on a class or item (ie. an issues
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2292 list or specific issue).
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2293
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2294 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2295 interface. You'd probably have:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2296
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2297 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2298 it could be served as a static file (see `serving static content`_)
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2299 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2300 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2301 page up, you use the URL:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2302
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2303 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2304
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2305
2134
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2306 Serving static content
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2307 ----------------------
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2308
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2309 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
2589
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
2310 ``@@file`` paths.
2134
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2311
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2312
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2313 Performing actions in web requests
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2314 ----------------------------------
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2315
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2316 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2317 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2318 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2319 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2320 of:
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2321
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2322 **login**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2323 Attempt to log a user in.
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2324
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2325 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2326 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2327
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2328 **register**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2329 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2330 log them in.
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2331
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2332 **edit**
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2333 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
6334
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2334 variables`_ you may use. Also you can set the ``__redirect_to`` form
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2335 variable to the URL that should be displayed after the edit is succesfully
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2336 completed. If you wanted to edit a sequence of issues, users etc. this
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2337 could be used to display the next item in the sequence to the user.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2338
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2339 **new**
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2340 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
5158
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2341 variables`_ as in the "edit" action. Also you can set the
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2342 ``__redirect_to`` form variable to the URL that should be displayed after
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2343 the new item is created. This is useful if you want to create another
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2344 item rather than edit the newly created item.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2345
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2346 **retire**
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2347 Retire the item in the database.
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2348
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2349 **editCSV**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2350 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2351 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2352 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2353 features.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2354
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2355 **search**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2356 Mangle some of the form variables:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2357
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2358 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2359 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2360 them to :filter.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2361
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2362 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2363 user's query list.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2364
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2365 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2366 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2367 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2368 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2369 web actions`_).
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2370
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2371 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2372 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2373 for each action are:
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
2374
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2375 **login**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2376 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2377 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2378 No permission checks are made.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2379 **register**
3404
7d48c5b1e8f2 merge from maint-0-8
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3363
diff changeset
2380 Determine whether the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2381 **edit**
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
2382 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2383 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2384 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2385 special Permission "Web Roles".
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2386 **new**
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
2387 Determine whether the user has permission to create this item. No
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2388 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
3404
7d48c5b1e8f2 merge from maint-0-8
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3363
diff changeset
2389 be created if the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2390 **editCSV**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2391 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2392 **search**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2393 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2394
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2395 Protecting users from web application attacks
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2396 ---------------------------------------------
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2397
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2398 There is a class of attacks known as Cross Site Request Forgeries
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2399 (CSRF). Malicious code running in the browser can making a
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2400 request to roundup while you are logged into roundup. The
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2401 malicious code piggy backs on your existing roundup session to
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2402 make changes without your knowledge. Roundup 1.6 has support for
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2403 defending against this by analyzing the
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2404
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2405 * Referer,
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2406 * Origin, and
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2407 * Host or
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2408 * X-Forwarded-Host
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2409
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2410 HTTP headers. It compares the headers to the value of the web setting
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2411 in the [tracker] section of the tracker's ``config.ini``.
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2412
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2413 Also a per form token (also called a nonce) can be enabled for
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2414 the tracker using the ``csrf_enforce_token`` option in
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2415 config.ini. When enabled, roundup will validate a hidden form
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2416 field called ``@csrf``. If the validation fails (or the token
5361
1d7363d8474b typo fixes
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2417 is used more than once) the request is rejected. The ``@csrf``
5201
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2418 input field is added automatically by calling the ``submit``
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2419 function/path. It can also be added manually by calling
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2420 anti_csrf_nonce() directly. For example:
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2421
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2422 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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2423 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce(lifetime=10)">
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2424
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2425 By default a nonce lifetime is 2 weeks. However the lifetime (in
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2426 minutes) can be set by passing a lifetime argument as shown
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2427 above. The example above makes the nonce lifetime 10 minutes.
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2428
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2429 Search for @csrf in this document for more examples. There are
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2430 more examples and information in ``upgrading.txt``.
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2431
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2432 The token protects you because malicious code supplied by another
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2433 site is unable to obtain the token. Thus many attempts they make
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2434 to submit a request are rejected.
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2435
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2436 The protection on the xmlrpc interface is untested, but is based
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2437 on a valid header check against the roundup url and the presence
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2438 of the ``X-REQUESTED-WITH`` header. Work to improve this is a
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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2439 future project after the 1.6 release.
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2440
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2441 The enforcement levels can be modified in ``config.ini``. Refer to
5201
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2442 that file for details.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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2443
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2444 Special form variables
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2445 ----------------------
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2446
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2447 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
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2448 variables and their values. You can:
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2449
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2450 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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2451 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2452 properties,
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2453 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
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2454 current item.
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2455 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
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2456 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2457 operation to be successful.
5158
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2458 - Redirect to a different page after creating a new item (new action
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2459 only, not edit action). Usually you end up on the page for the
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2460 created item.
3429
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2461 - Set up user interface locale.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2462
3293
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parents: 3292
diff changeset
2463 These operations will only take place if the form action (the
8897483a9f8b doc tweak
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parents: 3292
diff changeset
2464 ``@action`` variable) is "edit" or "new".
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parents: 3292
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2465
1679
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2466 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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2467 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2468
3429
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2469 Two special form variables are used to specify user language preferences:
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2470
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2471 ``@language``
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2472 value may be locale name or ``none``. If this variable is set to
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2473 locale name, web interface language is changed to given value
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2474 (provided that appropriate translation is available), the value
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2475 is stored in the browser cookie and will be used for all following
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2476 requests. If value is ``none`` the cookie is removed and the
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2477 language is changed to the tracker default, set up in the tracker
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2478 configuration or OS environment.
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2479
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2480 ``@charset``
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2481 value may be character set name or ``none``. Character set name
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2482 is stored in the browser cookie and sets output encoding for all
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2483 HTML pages generated by Roundup. If value is ``none`` the cookie
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2484 is removed and HTML output is reset to Roundup internal encoding
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2485 (UTF-8).
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2486
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2487 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2488
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2489 ``<propname>``
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diff changeset
2490 property on the current context item
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2491
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2492 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2493 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2494
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diff changeset
2495 Designators name a specific item of a class.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
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2496
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diff changeset
2497 ``<classname><N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2498 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2499
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2500 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
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diff changeset
2501 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
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diff changeset
2502 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
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2503 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2504 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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diff changeset
2505 item.
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diff changeset
2506
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2507 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2508 if it's special:
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2509
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2510 ``@required``
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2511 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
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diff changeset
2512 property names that must be specified when the form is
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2513 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
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2514
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2515 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
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2516 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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2517 present, they are for the item specified by
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diff changeset
2518 <designator>.
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2519
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2520 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
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diff changeset
2521 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
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2522
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2523 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2524 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
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2525 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2526 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2527 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2528 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2529 property.
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diff changeset
2530
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2531 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
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diff changeset
2532 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
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2533 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
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diff changeset
2534 The form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2535 designators. The item corresponding to each
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2536 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
2537 form variable.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2538
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2539 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
2540 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
2541 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
2542
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2543 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
2544 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
2545 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
2546
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2547 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
2548 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
2549 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
2550
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2551 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
2552 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
2553 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
2554
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2555 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2556 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
2557 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2558 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
2559 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
2560
5067
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
2561 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), Integer() and Number()
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2562 properties, the form value is converted to the
6289
6672d92b2ce1 Add missing word to phrase.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6219
diff changeset
2563 appropriate value.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2564
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2565 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2566 designator.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2567
5161
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2568 Setting the form variable: ``__redirect_to=`` to a url when
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2569 @action=new redirects the user to the specified url after successfully
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2570 creating the new item. This is useful if you want the user to create
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2571 another item rather than edit the newly created item. Note that the
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2572 url assigned to ``__redirect_to`` must be url encoded/quoted and be
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2573 under the tracker's base url. If the base_url uses http, you can set
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2574 the url to https.
5158
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2575
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2576 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2577
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2578 @note
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2579 This is equivalent to::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2580
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2581 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
2582 msg-1@content=value
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2583
6448
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2584 which is equivalent to the html::
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2585
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2586 <textarea name="msg-1@content"></textarea>
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2587 <input type="hidden" name="@link@messages" value="msg-1">
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2588
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2589 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2590 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2591 time, respectively.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2592
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2593 @file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2594 This is equivalent to::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2595
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2596 @link@files=file-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
2597 file-1@content=value
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2598
6448
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2599 by adding the HTML::
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2600
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2601 <input type="file" name="file-1@content">
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2602 <input type="hidden" name="@link@files" value="file-1">
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2603
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2604 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
2605 uploads.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2606
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2607 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2608 specified, the action::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2609
6448
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2610 msg-1@link@files=file-1
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2611
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2612 is also performed. This would be expressed in HTML with::
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2613
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2614 <input type="hidden" name="msg-1@link@files" value="file-1">
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2615
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2616 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2617 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2618 returning.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2619
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2620
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2621 Default templates
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2622 -----------------
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2623
1952
c40ed9113285 Applied Stefan Seefeld's html4/xhtml patch with some changes.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1918
diff changeset
2624 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
2625 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
2626 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
1952
c40ed9113285 Applied Stefan Seefeld's html4/xhtml patch with some changes.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1918
diff changeset
2627
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2628 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2629 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2630 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2631
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2632 **page.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2633 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2634 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2635 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2636 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2637 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2638 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2639 title.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2640 **home.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2641 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2642 **home.classlist.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2643 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2644 tracker
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2645 **classname.item.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2646 displays an item of the *classname* class
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2647 **classname.index.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2648 displays a list of *classname* items
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2649 **classname.search.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2650 displays a search page for *classname* items
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2651 **_generic.index.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2652 used to display a list of items where there is no
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2653 ``*classname*.index`` available
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2654 **_generic.help.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2655 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2656 ``*classname*.help``
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2657 **user.register.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2658 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2659 page
4435
386200d0c929 Some minor typos fixed in doc/customizing.txt (Thanks Ralf Hemmecke).
Bernhard Reiter <Bernhard.Reiter@intevation.de>
parents: 4406
diff changeset
2660 **style.css**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2661 a static file that is served up as-is
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
2662
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2663 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2664
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
2665 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2666 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2667 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2668 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2669
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2670 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
1147
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2671
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2672 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2673
5154
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2674 You can also put templates into a subdirectory of the template
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2675 directory. So if you specify::
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2676
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2677 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test/item
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2678
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2679 you will use the template at: ``test/issue.item.html``. If that
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2680 template doesn't exit it will try to use
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2681 ``test/_generic.item.html``. If that template doesn't exist
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2682 it will return an error.
1147
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2683
5185
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2684 Implementing Modal Editing Using @template
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2685 ------------------------------------------
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2686
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2687 Many item templates allow you to edit the item. They contain
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2688 code that renders edit boxes if the user has edit permissions.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2689 Otherwise the template will just display the item information.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2690
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2691 In some cases you want to do a modal edit. The user has to take some
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2692 action (click a button or follow a link) to shift from display mode to
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2693 edit mode. When the changes are submitted, ending the edit mode,
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2694 the user is returned to display mode.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2695
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2696 Modal workflows usually slow things down and are not implemented by
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2697 default templates. However for some workflows a modal edit is useful.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2698 For example a batch edit mode that allows the user to edit a number of
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2699 issues all from one form could be implemented as a modal workflow of:
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2700
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2701 * search for issues to modify
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2702 * switch to edit mode and change values
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2703 * exit back to the results of the search
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2704
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2705 To implement the modal edit, assume you have an issue.edit.html
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2706 template that implements an edit form. On the display page (a version
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2707 of issue.item.html modified to only display information) add a link
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2708 that calls the display url, but adds ``@template=edit`` to the link.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2709
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2710 This will now display the edit page. On the edit page you want to add
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2711 a hidden text field to your form named ``@template`` with the value:
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2712 ``item|edit``. When the form is submitted it is validated. If the
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2713 form is correct the user will see the item rendered using the item
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2714 template. If there is an error (validation failed) the item will be
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2715 rendered using the edit template. The edit template that is rendered
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2716 will display all the changes that the user made to the form before it
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2717 was submitted. The user can correct the error and resubmit the changes
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2718 until the form validates.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2719
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2720 If the form failed to validate but the ``@template`` field had the
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2721 value ``item`` the user would still see the error, but all of the data
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2722 the user entered would be discarded. The user would have to redo all
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2723 the edits again.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2724
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2725
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2726 How the templates work
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2727 ----------------------
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2728
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2729
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2730 Templating engines
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2731 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2732
6752
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2733 Since version 1.4.20 Roundup supports two templating engines:
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2734
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2735 * the original `Template Attribute Language`_ (TAL) engine from Zope
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2736 * the standalone Chameleon templating engine. Chameleon is intended
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2737 as a replacement for the original TAL engine, and supports the
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2738 same syntax, but they are not 100% compatible. The major (and most
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2739 likely the only) incompatibility is the default expression type being
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2740 ``python:`` instead of ``path:``. See also "Incompatibilities and
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2741 differences" section of `Chameleon documentation`__.
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2742
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2743 Version 1.5.0 added experimental support for the `jinja2`_ templating
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2744 language. You must install the `jinja2`_ module in order to use it. The
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2745 ``jinja2`` template supplied with Roundup has the templates rewritten
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2746 to use ``jinja2`` rather than TAL. A number of trackers are running
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2747 using ``jinja2`` templating so it is considered less experimental than
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2748 Chameleon templating.
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2749
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2750 .. _jinja2: https://palletsprojects.com/p/jinja/
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2751
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2752
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2753 **NOTE1**: For historical reasons, examples given below assumes path
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2754 expression as default expression type. With Chameleon you have to manually
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2755 resolve the path expressions. A Chameleon-based, z3c.pt, that is fully
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2756 compatible with the old TAL implementation, is planned to be included in a
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2757 future release.
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2758
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2759 **NOTE2**: As of 1.4.20 Chameleon support is highly experimental and **not**
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2760 recommended for production use.
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2761
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2762 .. _Chameleon:
5364
dffa7d0df99c Fixing links to chameleon documentation.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5361
diff changeset
2763 https://pypi.org/project/Chameleon/
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2764 .. _z3c.pt:
5337
01dabc0483b0 more changes to prep for 1.6 release.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5332
diff changeset
2765 https://pypi.org/project/z3c.pt/
5364
dffa7d0df99c Fixing links to chameleon documentation.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5361
diff changeset
2766 __ https://chameleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html?highlight=differences#incompatibilities-and-differences
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2767 .. _TAL:
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2768 .. _Template Attribute Language:
5365
979390afb001 Fix some dev.zope.org links for tales and metal.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5364
diff changeset
2769 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALSpecification14.html
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2770
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2771
1214
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2772 Basic Templating Actions
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2773 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2774
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2775 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2776 These attributes form the **Template Attribute Language**, or TAL.
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2777 The basic TAL commands are:
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2778
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2779 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2780 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2781 example::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2782
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2783 <html tal:define="title request/description">
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2784 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2785 </html>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2786
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2787 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2788 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2789 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2790
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2791 **tal:condition="expression"**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2792 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2793 example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2794
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2795 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2796 Display some issue information.
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2797 </p>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2798
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2799 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2800 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2801 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2802 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2803 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2804 spaces!).
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2805
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2806 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2807 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2808 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2809 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2810
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2811 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2812 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2813 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2814 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2815 </tr>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2816
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2817 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
2855
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2818 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2819 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2820 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2821 below on `the repeat variable`_.
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2822
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2823 **tal:replace="expression"**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2824 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2825
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2826 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2827
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2828 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2829 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2830 resultant output would be "Bruce".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2831
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2832 **tal:content="expression"**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2833 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2834 For example::
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2835
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2836 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2837 </span>
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2838
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2839 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2840 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2841 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2842
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2843 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2844 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2845 example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2846
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2847 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2848
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2849 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2850 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2851 be something like "user123".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2852
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2853 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2854 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2855 example::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2856
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2857 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2858
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2859 would result in output of::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2860
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2861 Hello, world!
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2862
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2863 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2864 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2865
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2866 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2867 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2868 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2869 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
6329
207b0fc82fc1 Fix incorrect template (Nagy Gabor); spelling fix
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6293
diff changeset
2870 for repeating multiple table rows, which would otherwise require an
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2871 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2872
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
2873
1214
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2874 Templating Expressions
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2875 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2876
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2877 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2878 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2879 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2880
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2881 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2882 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2883 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2884 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2885 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2886 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2887 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2888 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2889 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2890 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2891 expression type, so it's not necessary.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2892
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2893 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2894 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2895 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2896 case of ``tal:attributes``).
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2897
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2898 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2899 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2900 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2901 the case of ``tal:replace``).
1244
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1236
diff changeset
2902
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1236
diff changeset
2903 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2904 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2905 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2906 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2907
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2908 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2909 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2910 expressions.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2911
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2912 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2913 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2914 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2915 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2916
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2917 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2918 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2919 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2920 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2921 ``checklist`` is a method.
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2922
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2923 Modifiers:
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2924
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2925 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2926 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2927 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2928 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2929 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2930 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
2931
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
2932 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
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diff changeset
2933 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2934 expression.
1448
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
2935
2296
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2936 .. _TALES:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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parents: 2227
diff changeset
2937 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
5365
979390afb001 Fix some dev.zope.org links for tales and metal.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5364
diff changeset
2938 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALESSpecification13.html
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
2939
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
2940
1214
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2941 Template Macros
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2942 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2943
1674
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diff changeset
2944 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2945 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2946 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2947
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2948 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2949 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
2296
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2950 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2951 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2952
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2953 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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diff changeset
2954 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2955 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2956 example::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2957
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2958 <html metal:define-macro="page">
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2959 ...
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2960 </html>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2961
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2962 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2963 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2964 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2965 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2966 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2967 "page" template.
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2968
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2969 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2970 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2971 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2972 For example::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2973
1214
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2974 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2975 ...
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2976 </tal:block>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2977
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2978 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2979 "page" template.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2980
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2981 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2982 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2983 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2984 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2985 so::
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2986
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2987 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2988
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2989 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2990 like this::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2991
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2992 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2993
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2994 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2995 as the slot in the macro.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2996
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2997 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2998 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2999 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
1214
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
3000
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
3001 .. _METAL:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
3002 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
5365
979390afb001 Fix some dev.zope.org links for tales and metal.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5364
diff changeset
3003 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALESSpecification13.html
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3004
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3005 Information available to templates
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3006 ----------------------------------
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3007
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3008 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
3009
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
3010 The following variables are available to templates.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
3011
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3012 **context**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3013 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3014 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3015 **request**
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3016 Includes information about the current request, including:
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3017 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3018 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3019 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
3968
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3020 - "form"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3021 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
3968
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3022 to value (specifically a cgi.FieldStorage)
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3023 - "env" the CGI environment variables
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3024 - "base" the base URL for this instance
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3025 - "user" a HTMLItem instance for the current user
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3026 - "language" as determined by the browser or config
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3027 - "classname" the current classname (possibly None)
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3028 - "template" the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
1254
77920c42aeb9 Expose the tracker config as a variable for templating
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1252
diff changeset
3029 **config**
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
3030 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3031 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3032 **db**
1254
77920c42aeb9 Expose the tracker config as a variable for templating
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1252
diff changeset
3033 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
3034 **templates**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
3035 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3036 *use-macro* commands.
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
3037 **utils**
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
3038 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3039 **nothing**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3040 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3041 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3042 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3043 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3044 example::
1100
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3045
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3046 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3047
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3048 would result in::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3049
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3050 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3051
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3052 **default**
1100
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3053 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3054 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3055 remain. So::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3056
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3057 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3058
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3059 would result in::
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diff changeset
3060
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diff changeset
3061 <span>Hello, World!</span>
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
3062
2526
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2511
diff changeset
3063 **true**, **false**
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2511
diff changeset
3064 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2511
diff changeset
3065 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
2540
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3066 **i18n**
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3067 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3068
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3069 **gettext** (*message*)
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3070 Return the localized translation of message
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3071 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3072 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3073 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3074 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3075 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3076 return plural otherwise.
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3077
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3078 The context variable
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3079 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3080
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3081 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3082 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3083
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3084 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3085 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3086 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3087 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3088 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3089
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3090 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3091 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3092
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3093 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3094 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3095 ``context/property/field``.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3096 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3097 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3098 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3099 "context/id".
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3100
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3101 Hyperdb class wrapper
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3102 :::::::::::::::::::::
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3103
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3104 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3105 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3106
4435
386200d0c929 Some minor typos fixed in doc/customizing.txt (Thanks Ralf Hemmecke).
Bernhard Reiter <Bernhard.Reiter@intevation.de>
parents: 4406
diff changeset
3107 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperdb class. It is used
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3108 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3109 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3110 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3111 mind.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3112
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3113 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3114 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3115 from the CGI form.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3116
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3117 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3118
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3119 =========== =============================================================
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3120 Method Description
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3121 =========== =============================================================
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3122 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
5222
9bf221cebef3 Make properties method return only properties the user can search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5206
diff changeset
3123 properties that are searchable by the user. You can use
9bf221cebef3 Make properties method return only properties the user can search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5206
diff changeset
3124 the argument cansearch=False to get all properties.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3125 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3126 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3127 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3128 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
5185
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
3129 options are available for sorting:
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3130
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3131 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3132 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3133 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3134 "group" are an optionally empty list ``[(dir, prop)]``
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3135 where dir is '+', '-' or None
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3136 and prop is a prop name or None.
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3137
3718
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3138 The propname in filterspec and prop in a sort/group spec
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3139 may be transitive, i.e., it may contain properties of
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3140 the form link.link.link.name.
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3141
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3142 eg. All issues with a priority of "1" with messages added in
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3143 the last week, sorted by activity date:
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3144 ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1",
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3145 'messages.creation' : '.-1w;'}, sort=[('activity', '+')])``
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3146
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3147 Note that when searching for Link and Multilink values, the
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3148 special value '-1' searches for empty Link or Multilink
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3149 values. For both, Links and Multilinks, multiple values
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3150 given in a filter call are combined with 'OR' by default.
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3151 For Multilinks a postfix expression syntax using negative ID
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3152 numbers (as strings) as operators is supported. Each
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3153 non-negative number (or '-1') is pushed on an operand stack.
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3154 A negative number pops the required number of arguments from
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3155 the stack, applies the operator, and pushes the result. The
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3156 following operators are supported:
6417
586865e08f42 Fix formatting of lists in doc for postfix expressions
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6414
diff changeset
3157
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3158 - '-2' stands for 'NOT' and takes one argument
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3159 - '-3' stands for 'AND' and takes two arguments
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3160 - '-4' stands for 'OR' and takes two arguments
6417
586865e08f42 Fix formatting of lists in doc for postfix expressions
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6414
diff changeset
3161
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3162 Note that this special handling of ID arguments is applied only
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3163 when a negative number smaller than -1 is encountered as an ID
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3164 in the filter call. Otherwise the implicit OR default
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3165 applies.
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3166 Examples of using Multilink expressions would be
6417
586865e08f42 Fix formatting of lists in doc for postfix expressions
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6414
diff changeset
3167
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3168 - '1', '2', '-4', '3', '4', '-4', '-3'
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3169 would search for IDs (1 or 2) and (3 or 4)
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3170 - '-1' '-2' would search for all non-empty Multilinks
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3171
3688
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3172 filter_sql **Only in SQL backends**
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3173
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3174 Lists the items that match the SQL provided. The SQL is a
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3175 complete "select" statement.
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3176
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3177 The SQL select must include the item id as the first column.
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3178
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3179 This function **does not** filter out retired items, add
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3180 on a where clause "__retired__ <> 1" if you don't want
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3181 retired nodes.
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3182
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3183 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3184 "help" template.
3363
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3185
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3186 This generates a link to a popup window which displays the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3187 properties indicated by "properties" of the class named by
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3188 "classname". The "properties" should be a comma-separated list
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3189 (eg. 'id,name,description'). Properties defaults to all the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3190 properties of a class (excluding id, creator, created and
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3191 activity).
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3192
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3193 You may optionally override the "label" displayed, the "width",
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3194 the "height", the number of items per page ("pagesize") and
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3195 the field on which the list is sorted ("sort").
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3196
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3197 With the "filter" arg it is possible to specify a filter for
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3198 which items are supposed to be displayed. It has to be of
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3199 the format "<field>=<values>;<field>=<values>;...".
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3200
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3201 The popup window will be resizable and scrollable.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3202
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3203 If the "property" arg is given, it's passed through to the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3204 javascript help_window function. This allows updating of a
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3205 property in the calling HTML page.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3206
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3207 If the "form" arg is given, it's passed through to the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3208 javascript help_window function - it's the name of the form
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3209 the "property" belongs to.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3210
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
3211 submit generate a submit button (and action and @csrf hidden elements)
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3212 renderWith render this class with the given template.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3213 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
1136
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3214 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3215 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3216 =========== =============================================================
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3217
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3218 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3219 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3220 expression. For example::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3221
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3222 python:context['list']
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3223
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3224 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3225
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3226
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3227 Hyperdb item wrapper
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3228 ::::::::::::::::::::
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3229
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3230 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3231 class.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3232
4435
386200d0c929 Some minor typos fixed in doc/customizing.txt (Thanks Ralf Hemmecke).
Bernhard Reiter <Bernhard.Reiter@intevation.de>
parents: 4406
diff changeset
3233 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperdb item.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3234
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3235 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3236 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3237 from the CGI form.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3238
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3239 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3240
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3241 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3242 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3243 =============== ========================================================
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
3244 submit generate a submit button (and action and @csrf hidden elements)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3245 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3246 implemented**)
5227
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3247 history render the journal of the current item as
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3248 HTML. By default properties marked as "quiet" (see
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3249 `design documentation`_) are not shown unless the
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3250 function is called with the showall=True parameter.
5232
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
3251 Properties that are not Viewable to the user are not
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
3252 shown.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3253 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3254 for the query
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3255 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3256 user has a Permission. The signature is::
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3257
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3258 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3259 [property=], [itemid=])
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3260
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3261 where the classname defaults to the current context.
3535
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3262 hasRole specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3263 user has a Role. The signature is::
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3264
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3265 hasRole(self, rolename)
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3266
1136
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3267 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3268 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
2154
9f6e6bc40a08 fixes and release announcement
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2153
diff changeset
3269 is_retired is the item retired?
3510
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3270 download_url generate a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
3271 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
3510
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3272 copy_url generate a url-quoted link for creating a copy
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3273 of this item. By default, the copy will acquire
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3274 all properties of the current item except for
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3275 ``messages`` and ``files``. This can be overridden
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3276 by passing ``exclude`` argument which contains a list
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3277 (or any iterable) of property names that shall not be
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3278 copied. Database-driven properties like ``id`` or
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3279 ``activity`` cannot be copied.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3280 =============== ========================================================
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3281
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3282 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3283 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3284 expression. For example::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3285
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3286 python:context['journal']
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3287
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3288 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3289
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3290
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3291 Hyperdb property wrapper
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3292 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3293
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3294 This is implemented by subclasses of the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3295 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3296 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3297
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3298 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3299 value may be either:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3300
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3301 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3302 the hyperdb
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3303 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3304 the CGI form
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3305
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3306
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3307 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3308
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3309 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3310 Attribute Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3311 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3312 _name the name of the property
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3313 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3314 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3315 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3316
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3317 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3318
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3319 =========== ================================================================
1780
d2801a2b0a77 Initial implementation (half-baked) at new Tracker instance.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
3320 Method Description
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3321 =========== ================================================================
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3322 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3323 may take two arguments:
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3324
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3325 escape
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3326 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3327 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3328 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3329 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3330 expressions are all equivalent::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3331
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3332 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3333 "python:msg.content.plain()"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3334 "msg/content/plain"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3335 "msg/content"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3336
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3337 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3338 complex expression.
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3339
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3340 hyperlink
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3341 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3342 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3343 that you'll need to use the "structure" TAL option if you
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3344 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3345
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3346 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3347
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3348 The text is automatically HTML-escaped before the hyperlinking
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3349 transformation done in the plain() method.
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3350
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3351 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3352
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3353 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3354
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3355 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3356 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3357 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3358 arguments:
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3359
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3360 size
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3361 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3362
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3363 format (Date properties only)
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3364 Sets the format of the date in the field - uses the same
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3365 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3366 below.
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3367
3649
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3368 popcal (Date properties only)
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3369 Include the Javascript-based popup calendar for date
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3370 selection. Defaults to on.
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3371
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3372 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3373 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3374 installed separately)
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3375 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3376 field for the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3377 email only on String properties - render the value of the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3378 as an obscured email address
5156
882fa4d9bead issue2550795: @dispname query args in page.html search links
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5154
diff changeset
3379 url_quote only on String properties. It quotes any characters in the
882fa4d9bead issue2550795: @dispname query args in page.html search links
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5154
diff changeset
3380 string so it is safe to use in a url. E.G. a space is
882fa4d9bead issue2550795: @dispname query args in page.html search links
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5154
diff changeset
3381 replaced with %20.
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3382 confirm only on Password properties - render a second form edit field
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3383 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3384 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3385 "name:confirm".
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3386 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3387 property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3388 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3389 and now
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3390 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
2007
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3391 with some timezone offset, for example::
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3392
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3393 python:context.creation.local(10)
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3394
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3395 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3396 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3397 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3398
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3399 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3400
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3401 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3402
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3403 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3404 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3405 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3406 Reference: time module`__)
6832
234fefd7568a issue2550559 - Pretty printing / formatting for Number types.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6774
diff changeset
3407
234fefd7568a issue2550559 - Pretty printing / formatting for Number types.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6774
diff changeset
3408 Number properties - takes a printf style format argument
234fefd7568a issue2550559 - Pretty printing / formatting for Number types.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6774
diff changeset
3409 (default: '%0.3f') and formats the number accordingly.
234fefd7568a issue2550559 - Pretty printing / formatting for Number types.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6774
diff changeset
3410 If the value can't be converted, '' is returned if the
234fefd7568a issue2550559 - Pretty printing / formatting for Number types.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6774
diff changeset
3411 value is ``None`` otherwise it is converted to a string.
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3412 popcal Generate a link to a popup calendar which may be used to
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3413 edit the date field, for example::
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3414
3597
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3415 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3416
3647
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3417 you still need to include the ``field`` for the property, so
3648
d1b38bde7d5a fix rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3647
diff changeset
3418 typically you'd have::
3647
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3419
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3420 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/field" />
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3421 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3422
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3423 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3424 list for this property. Takes a number of optional arguments
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3425
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3426 size
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3427 is used to limit the length of the list labels
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3428 height
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3429 is used to set the <select> tag's "size" attribute
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3430 showid
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3431 includes the item ids in the list labels
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3432 additional
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3433 lists properties which should be included in the label
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3434 sort_on
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3435 indicates the property to sort the list on as (direction,
3363
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3436 (direction, property) where direction is '+' or '-'. A
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3437 single string with the direction prepended may be used.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3438 For example: ('-', 'order'), '+name'.
3470
fd32170475f5 allow preselection of values in templating menu()s (patch [SF#1396085])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3463
diff changeset
3439 value
fd32170475f5 allow preselection of values in templating menu()s (patch [SF#1396085])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3463
diff changeset
3440 gives a default value to preselect in the menu
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3441
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3442 The remaining keyword arguments are used as conditions for
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3443 filtering the items in the list - they're passed as the
3597
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3444 "filterspec" argument to a Class.filter() call. For example::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3445
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3446 <span tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3447
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3448 <span tal:replace="python:context.status.menu(order='+name",
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3449 value='chatting',
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3450 filterspec={'status': '1,2,3,4'}" />
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3451
2883
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3452 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3453 items sorted by some property, for example::
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3454
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3455 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3456
5903
c3728772c594 Add reverse option to hyperdb property wrapper by David Sowder
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5897
diff changeset
3457 Will list the files by upload date. While
c3728772c594 Add reverse option to hyperdb property wrapper by David Sowder
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5897
diff changeset
3458
5923
45c691a81f75 Untabify example in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5903
diff changeset
3459 python:context.files.sorted('creation', reverse=True)
45c691a81f75 Untabify example in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5903
diff changeset
3460
5903
c3728772c594 Add reverse option to hyperdb property wrapper by David Sowder
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5897
diff changeset
3461 Will list the files by upload date in reverse order from
6414
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3462 the prior example. If the property can be unset, you can
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3463 use the ``NoneFirst`` parameter to sort the None/Unset
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3464 values at the front or the end of the list. For example::
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3465
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3466 python:context.files.sorted('creation', NoneFirst=True)
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3467
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3468 will sort files by creation date with files missing a
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3469 creation date at the start of the list. The default for
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3470 ``NoneFirst`` is False so these files will sort at the end
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3471 by default. (Note creation date is never unset, but you
6421
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3472 get the idea.) If you combine NoneFirst with
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3473 ``reverse=True`` the meaning of NoneFirst is inverted:
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3474 True sorts None/unset at the end and False sorts at the
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3475 beginning.
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3476 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3477 items in reverse order
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
3478 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3479 =========== ================================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3480
5367
f3b844fda420 Updated links to handle:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5365
diff changeset
3481 __ https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3482
2138
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3483 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3484 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3485 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3486
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3487 context/title/field
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3488
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3489 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3490 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3491 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3492 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3493 have permission to view the information.
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3494
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3495
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3496 The request variable
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3497 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3498
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3499 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3500 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3501
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3502 The request variable is packed with information about the current
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3503 request.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3504
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3505 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3506
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3507 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3508 Variable Holds
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3509 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3510 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3511 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
3512 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3513 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3514 classname the current classname (possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3515 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3516 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3517 =========== ============================================================
1083
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3518
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3519 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3520
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3521 =========== ============================================================
1083
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3522 Variable Holds
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3523 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3524 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3525 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3526 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3527 sort index sort columns [(direction, column name)]
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3528 group index grouping properties [(direction, column name)]
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3529 filter properties to filter the index on
3718
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3530 filterspec values to filter the index on (property=value, eg
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3531 ``priority=1`` or ``messages.author=42``
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3532 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3533 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3534
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3535 There are several methods available on the request variable:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3536
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3537 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3538 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3539 =============== ========================================================
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3540 description render a description of the request - handle for the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3541 page title
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3542 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3543 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3544 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3545 of the templating
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3546 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3547 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3548 `batching`_)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3549 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3550
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3551 The form variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3552 :::::::::::::::::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3553
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3554 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3555 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3556 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3557 "name", use the path expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3558
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3559 request/form/name/value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3560
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3561 or the python expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3562
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3563 python:request.form['name'].value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3564
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3565 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3566 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3567 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3568 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3569 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3570 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3571
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3572
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3573 The db variable
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3574 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3575
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3576 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3577 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3578
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3579 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3580 you want access to the "user" class, for example, you would use::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3581
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3582 db/user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3583 python:db.user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3584
1711
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
3585 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
3586 ``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
3587 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
3588
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3589 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3590
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3591
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3592 The templates variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3593 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3594
4723
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3595 This was implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3596 class before 1.4.20. In later versions it is the instance of appropriate
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3597 template engine loader class.
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3598
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3599 This variable is used to access other templates in expressions and
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3600 template macros. It doesn't have any useful methods defined. The
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3601 templates can be accessed using the following path expression::
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3602
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3603 templates/name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3604
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3605 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3606
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3607 templates[name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3608
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3609 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3610 template has one useful attribute, namely "macros". To access a specific
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3611 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3612
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3613 templates/name/macros/macro_name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3614
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3615 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3616
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3617 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3618
2855
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3619 The repeat variable
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3620 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3621
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3622 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
3623 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
3624 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
3625
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3626 repeat/user
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3627 python:repeat['user']
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3628
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3629 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3630
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3631 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3632 Method Description
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3633 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3634 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
3635 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
3636 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
3637 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
3638 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3639 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
3640 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3641 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3642 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3643 numerals.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3644 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3645 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3646
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3647
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3648 The utils variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3649 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4921
8430576a5625 doc: Reverse engineer extension handling and add separate chapter
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4891
diff changeset
3650 .. _templating utilities:
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3651
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3652 This is implemented by the
4921
8430576a5625 doc: Reverse engineer extension handling and add separate chapter
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4891
diff changeset
3653 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, which may be extended
8430576a5625 doc: Reverse engineer extension handling and add separate chapter
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4891
diff changeset
3654 with additional methods by extensions_.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3655
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3656 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3657 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3658 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3659 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
3660 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
3661 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3662 html_calendar renders an HTML calendar used by the
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3663 ``_generic.calendar.html`` template (itself invoked by
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3664 the popupCalendar DateHTMLProperty method
6423
2917231d8076 Document templating.utils.anti_csrf_nonce()
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6421
diff changeset
3665 anti_csrf_nonce returns the random noncue generated for this session
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3666 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3667
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
3668
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3669 Batching
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3670 ::::::::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3671
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3672 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
3673 series of batches. Its usage is::
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3675 python:utils.Batch(sequence, size, start, end=0, orphan=0,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3676 overlap=0)
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3677
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3678 or, to get the current index batch::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3679
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3680 request/batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3681
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3682 The parameters are:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3683
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3684 ========= ==============================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3685 Parameter Usage
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3686 ========= ==============================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3687 sequence a list of HTMLItems
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3688 size how big to make the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3689 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3690 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3691 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3692 then it is combined with this batch
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3693 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3694 ========= ==============================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3695
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3696 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3697 addition, it has several more attributes:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3698
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3699 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3700 Attribute Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3701 =============== ========================================================
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3702 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3703 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3704 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3705 index*
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3706 length the actual number of elements in the batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3707 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3708 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3709
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3710 And several methods:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3711
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3712 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3713 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3714 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3715 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3716 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3717 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3718 when compared to the last item
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3719 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3720
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3721 An example of batching::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3722
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3723 <table class="otherinfo">
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3724 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3725 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3726 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3727 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3728 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3729 keyword here</td>
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3730 </tr>
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3731 </table>
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3732
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3733 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3734 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3735
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
3736
4325
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3737 Translations
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3738 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3739
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3740 Should you wish to enable multiple languages in template content that you
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3741 create you'll need to add new locale files in the tracker home under a
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3742 ``locale`` directory. Use the instructions in the ``developer's guide`` to
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3743 create the locale files.
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3744
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3745
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3746 Displaying Properties
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3747 ---------------------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3748
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3749 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3750 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3751 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3752 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3753 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3754
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3755
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3756 Index Views
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3757 -----------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3758
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3759 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3760 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3761
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3762
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3763 Index View Specifiers
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3764 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3765
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3766 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3767 been added for clarity)::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3768
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3769 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3770 keyword=security,ui&
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3771 @group=priority,-status&
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3772 @sort=-activity&
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3773 @filters=status,keyword&
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3774 @columns=title,status,fixer
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3775
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3776 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3777 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3778 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3779 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3780 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3781 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3782 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3783 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3784 headings in the table.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3785
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3786 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3787 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3788 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3789
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3790 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3791 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3792 displayed, and only items with "keyword" values including both "security"
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3793 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority arranged in
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3794 ascending order and in descending order by status; and within
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3795 groups, sorted by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3796 section shows filters for the "status" and "keyword" properties, and the
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3797 table includes columns for the "title", "status", and "fixer"
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3798 properties.
659
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3799
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3800 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3801 Argument Description
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3802 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
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parents: 2991
diff changeset
3803 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3804 descending or nothing for ascending sorting. Several
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3805 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3806 Internally a search-page using several sort properties may
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3807 use @sort0, @sort1 etc. with option @sortdir0, @sortdir1
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3808 etc. for the direction of sorting (a non-empty value of
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3809 sortdir0 specifies reverse order).
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3810 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3811 in descending or nothing for ascending order. Several
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3812 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3813 Internally a search-page using several grouping properties may
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3814 use @group0, @group1 etc. with option @groupdir0, @groupdir1
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3815 etc. for the direction of grouping (a non-empty value of
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3816 groupdir0 specifies reverse order).
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3817 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3818 all.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3819 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3820 Default is none.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3821 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3822 have (very basic search/filter).
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3823 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3824 issue titles, etc)
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3825 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3826
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
3827
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
3828 Searching Views
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3829 ---------------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3830
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3831 .. note::
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3832 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3833 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3834 template so that it is actually displayed.
1320
3758a5af985f Lots of little fixes in this update:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1317
diff changeset
3835
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3836 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3837 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3838 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3839
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3840 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3841 searching
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3842 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3843 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3844
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3845 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3846 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3847 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3848 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3849 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3850 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3851 more useful for the end user.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3852
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3853 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3854 provide an additional argument:
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3855
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3856 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3857 Argument Description
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3858 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3859 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3860 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3861 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3862 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3863 does not.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3864 ============ =============================================================
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3865
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3866
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3867 Item Views
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3868 ----------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3869
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3870 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3871 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3872 "history" section.
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3873
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3874
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3875 Editor Section
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3876 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3877
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3878 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3879 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3880
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3881 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3882 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3883 template)::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3884
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3885 <table class="form">
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3886 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3887 <th>Title</th>
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3888 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3889 </tr>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3890
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3891 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3892 <th>Priority</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3893 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3894 <th>Status</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3895 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3896 </tr>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3897
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3898 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3899 <th>Superseder</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3900 <td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3901 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
1113
a95428868bf4 Added the missing keyword/topic interface to classic template (blush)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1100
diff changeset
3902 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3903 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3904 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3905 </span>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3906 </td>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3907 <th>Nosy List</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3908 <td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3909 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
1113
a95428868bf4 Added the missing keyword/topic interface to classic template (blush)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1100
diff changeset
3910 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
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3911 </td>
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parents: 1073
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3912 </tr>
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3913
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3914 <tr>
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parents: 1817
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3915 <th>Assigned To</th>
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3916 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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parents: 1073
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3917 assignedto menu
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parents: 1073
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3918 </td>
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parents: 1073
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3919 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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parents: 1073
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3920 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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parents: 1073
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3921 </tr>
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3922
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parents: 1073
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3923 <tr>
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fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3924 <th>Change Note</th>
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3925 <td colspan="3">
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
3926 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
1074
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parents: 1073
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3927 </td>
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parents: 1073
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3928 </tr>
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parents: 1073
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3929
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parents: 1073
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3930 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3931 <th>File</th>
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3932 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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parents: 1073
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3933 </tr>
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parents: 1073
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3934
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3935 <tr>
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3936 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3937 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
1074
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3938 submit button will go here
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parents: 1073
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3939 </td>
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parents: 1073
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3940 </tr>
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parents: 1073
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3941 </table>
659
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parents:
diff changeset
3942
673
604c84696461 link() htmltemplate function now has a "showid" option for links & multilinks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 659
diff changeset
3943
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3944 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
1074
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3945 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
3946 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3947 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3948
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3949
1638
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3950 Form values
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3951 :::::::::::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3952
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3953 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3954 meet the various needs of:
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3955
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3956 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3957 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3958 attached files)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3959 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3960 spent on an issue)
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3961
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3962 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3963 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
1638
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parents: 1614
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3964
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parents: 1614
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3965 Properties are specified as form variables:
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3966
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3967 ``<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3968 property on the current context item
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3969
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3970 ``<designator>:<propname>``
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3971 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3972
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3973 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3974 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3975 items to attach to the current item)
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3976
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3977 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3978 the special form values:
1638
4a47eb555e51 more doc
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3979
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3980 ``@required``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3981 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3982 raised.
1638
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3983
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3984 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
1638
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3985 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3986
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3987 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3988 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3989
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3990 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3991 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3992 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3993 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3994 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3995 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3996 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
1638
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3997 <classname>-<N>).
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3998
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3999 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
4000 designator.
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
4001
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4002 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
1638
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
4003
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
4004 ``:note``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4005 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4006 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
1638
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
4007 ``:file``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4008 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4009 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
1638
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
4010
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
4011
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4012 Spool Section
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4014
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4015 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4016 of an issue.
1074
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4017
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4018 TODO
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4019
659
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4020
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4021 History Section
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1074
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parents: 1073
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4023
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4024 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4025 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4026
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4027 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4028
5232
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4029 or::
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4030
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4031 <tal:block
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4032 tal:replace="structure python:context.history(showall=True)" />
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4033
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4034 if you want to show history entries for quiet properties.
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4035
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4036 *To be done:*
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4037
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4038 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4039 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4040
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4041 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4042 a journal entry
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4043 </tal:block>
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4044
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4045 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4046
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
4047
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4048 Defining new web actions
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4049 ------------------------
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4050
2016
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4051 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4052 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4053 using ``instance.registerAction``.
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4054
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4055 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
2016
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4056
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4057 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4058 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4059 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
1674
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4060 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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4061
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4062 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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4063 issues`_" for an example.
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4064
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4065
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4066 Define the new action class
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4067 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4068
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4069 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
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4070 example ``myaction.py``::
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4071
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bb08ffc56967 *** empty log message ***
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4072 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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4073
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4074 class MyAction(Action):
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4075 def handle(self):
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4076 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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parents: 2009
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4077 '''
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4078
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4079 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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4080 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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4081
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4082 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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4083 It may then:
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4084
4880
ca692423e401 Different approach to fix XSS in issue2550817
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 4790
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4085 - add information to ``self.client._ok_message``
ca692423e401 Different approach to fix XSS in issue2550817
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parents: 4790
diff changeset
4086 or ``self.client._error_message`` (by using ``self.client.add_ok_message``
ca692423e401 Different approach to fix XSS in issue2550817
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4087 or ``self.client.add_error_message``, respectively)
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parents: 2009
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4088 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
1674
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4089 next
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4090 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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parents: 2009
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4091 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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parents: 2009
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4092
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parents: 2009
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4093
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parents: 2009
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4094 Register the action class
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4095 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4096
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4097 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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parents: 2914
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4098 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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4099
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4100 def init(instance):
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4101 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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4102
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parents: 2009
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4103 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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4104
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4105
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4106 Use the new action
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parents: 1236
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4107 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1236
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4108
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4109 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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4110
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4111 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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4112
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4113 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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4114
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4115 Actions may return content to the user
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2034
diff changeset
4116 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2034
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4117
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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4118 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4119 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4120 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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diff changeset
4121 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
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parents: 2034
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4122 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2034
diff changeset
4123 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4124 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2034
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4125
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4126 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2034
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4127
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4128 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4129 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2034
diff changeset
4130 spreadsheet or database).
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4131
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4132
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4133 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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4134 --------------------------------------------
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4135
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4136 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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parents: 2897
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4137 and a browser cookie.
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4138
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4139 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4140 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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4141
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4142 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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parents: 2897
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4143 ``kio8-r``).
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parents: 2897
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4144
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parents: 2897
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4145 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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parents: 2897
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4146 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4147 utf-8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4148 characters in form fields). This version allows one to change
2910
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4149 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
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parents: 2897
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4150 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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parents: 2897
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4151
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4152 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4153 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4154 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4155 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
2910
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4156 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4157 </tal:block>
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parents: 2897
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4158
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4159 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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parents: 2897
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4160 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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4161
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4162 ``meta http-equiv`` lines added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4163 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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parents: 2897
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4164
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4165 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4166 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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diff changeset
4167 />
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4168
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4169 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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parents: 2897
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4170
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diff changeset
4171 .. _CustomExamples:
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4172
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
4173 Examples
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
4174 ========
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4175
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4176 .. contents::
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diff changeset
4177 :local:
2156
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parents: 2154
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4178 :depth: 2
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4179
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4180
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parents: 2154
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4181 Changing what's stored in the database
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4182 --------------------------------------
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parents: 2154
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4183
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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4184 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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4185 the database.
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4186
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4187
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4188 Adding a new field to the classic schema
2156
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4189 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1098
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4190
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4191 This example shows how to add a simple field (a due date) to the default
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parents: 3121
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4192 classic schema. It does not add any additional behaviour, such as enforcing
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parents: 3121
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4193 the due date, or causing automatic actions to fire if the due date passes.
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parents: 3121
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4194
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parents: 3404
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4195 You add new fields by editing the ``schema.py`` file in you tracker's home.
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diff changeset
4196 Schema changes are automatically applied to the database on the next
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parents: 3404
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4197 tracker access (note that roundup-server would need to be restarted as it
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parents: 3404
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4198 caches the schema).
3122
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4199
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diff changeset
4200 .. index:: schema; example changes
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diff changeset
4201
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parents: 3796
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4202 1. Modify the ``schema.py``::
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4203
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4204 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
4205 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
3122
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4206 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
4207 due_date=Date())
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4208
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diff changeset
4209 2. Add an edit field to the ``issue.item.html`` template::
3122
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4210
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4211 <tr>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4212 <th>Due Date</th>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4213 <td tal:content="structure context/due_date/field" />
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diff changeset
4214 </tr>
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4215
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4216 If you want to show only the date part of due_date then do this instead::
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4217
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4218 <tr>
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4219 <th>Due Date</th>
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4220 <td tal:content="structure python:context.due_date.field(format='%Y-%m-%d')" />
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diff changeset
4221 </tr>
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diff changeset
4222
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4223 3. Add the property to the ``issue.index.html`` page::
3122
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4224
3123
5894c7bea8ce *** empty log message ***
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parents: 3122
diff changeset
4225 (in the heading row)
5894c7bea8ce *** empty log message ***
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parents: 3122
diff changeset
4226 <th tal:condition="request/show/due_date">Due Date</th>
5894c7bea8ce *** empty log message ***
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parents: 3122
diff changeset
4227 (in the data row)
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diff changeset
4228 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date"
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4229 tal:content="i/due_date" />
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4230
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4231 If you want format control of the display of the due date you can
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4232 enter the following in the data row to show only the actual due date::
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4233
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diff changeset
4234 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date"
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4235 tal:content="python:i.due_date.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')">&nbsp;</td>
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diff changeset
4236
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4237 4. Add the property to the ``issue.search.html`` page::
3122
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4238
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4239 <tr tal:define="name string:due_date">
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4240 <th i18n:translate="">Due Date:</th>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4241 <td metal:use-macro="search_input"></td>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4242 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4243 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
6e8eb05435cf new example
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4244 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
6e8eb05435cf new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3121
diff changeset
4245 </tr>
6e8eb05435cf new example
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4246
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4247 5. If you wish for the due date to appear in the standard views listed
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4248 in the sidebar of the web interface then you'll need to add "due_date"
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4249 to the columns and columns_showall lists in your ``page.html``::
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4250
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4251 columns string:id,activity,due_date,title,creator,status;
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4252 columns_showall string:id,activity,due_date,title,creator,assignedto,status;
3122
6e8eb05435cf new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3121
diff changeset
4253
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4254 Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema
6e8eb05435cf new example
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4255 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4256
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4257 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4258 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4259
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diff changeset
4260
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4261 Introduction
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parents: 2154
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4262 ::::::::::::
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4263
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4264 To make the classic schema of Roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4265 for a group of systems administrators, it needs an extra data field per
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4266 issue: a category.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4267
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4268 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4269 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4270 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4271 best).
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4272
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4273
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4274 Adding a field to the database
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4275 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4276
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4277 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4278 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4279 to add some lines to the ``schema.py`` file of your tracker instance.
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4280 Under the comment::
1235
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4281
7441653e5330 added hook for external password validation, and some more docco
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4282 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4283
7441653e5330 added hook for external password validation, and some more docco
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1234
diff changeset
4284 add::
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4285
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4286 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4287 category.setkey("name")
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4288
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4289 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4290 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4291 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4292 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4293 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4294 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4295 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4296 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4297
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4298 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4299 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4300 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4301 with the issues. To do that, find the lines
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
4302 in ``schema.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4303 the category::
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4304
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4305 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4306 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4307
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4308 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4309 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4310 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4311
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4312 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4313 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4314
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4315
1235
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4316 Populating the new category class
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4317 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1235
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4318
6174
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
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parents: 6171
diff changeset
4319 If you haven't initialised the database with the
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6171
diff changeset
4320 "``roundup-admin initialise``" command, then you
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6171
diff changeset
4321 can add the following to the tracker ``initial_data.py``
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
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parents: 6171
diff changeset
4322 under the comment::
3130
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diff changeset
4323
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diff changeset
4324 # add any additional database creation steps here - but only if you
1235
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4325 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4326
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4327 Add::
1235
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diff changeset
4328
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diff changeset
4329 category = db.getclass('category')
3582
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4330 category.create(name="scipy")
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4331 category.create(name="chaco")
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4332 category.create(name="weave")
1235
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parents: 1234
diff changeset
4333
6174
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parents: 6171
diff changeset
4334 .. index:: roundup-admin; create entries in class
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
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diff changeset
4335
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4336 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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4337 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
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4338
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4339 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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4340 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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4341 Type "help" for help.
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4342 roundup> create category name=scipy
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4343 1
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4344 roundup> create category name=chaco
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4345 2
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4346 roundup> create category name=weave
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4347 3
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4348 roundup> exit...
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4349 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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4350
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4351
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4352 Setting up security on the new objects
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4353 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4354
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4355 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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4356 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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4357 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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4358 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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4359
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4360 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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4361 is also done in ``schema.py``.
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4362
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4363 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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4364 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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4365
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4366 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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4367 # to regular users now
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4368 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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4369 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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4370 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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4371 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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4372 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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4373
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4374 These lines assign the "View" and "Edit" Permissions to the "User" role,
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4375 so that normal users can view and edit "category" objects.
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4376
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4377 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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4378 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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4379 interface stuff.
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4380
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4381
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4382 Changing the web left hand frame
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4383 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4384
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4385 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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4386 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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4387 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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4388 is ``html/page.html``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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4389
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4390 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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4391 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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4392 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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4393 classblock is met. We are going to add the category code at the end of
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4394 the classblock for the *issue* class::
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4395
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4396 <p class="classblock"
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4397 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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4398 <b>Categories</b><br>
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4399 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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4400 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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4401 </p>
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4402
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4403 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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4404 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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4405 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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4406 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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4407 get that.
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4408
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4409 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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4410 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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4411 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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4412 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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4413 categories.
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4414
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4415 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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4416 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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4417 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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4418 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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4419 later on. However, to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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4420 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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4421 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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4422
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4423
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4424 Setting up a page to edit categories
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4425 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4426
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4427 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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4428 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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4429 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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4430
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4431 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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4432 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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4433 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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4434 write now.
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4435
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4436 First, we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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4437 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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4438 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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4439 from which files by looking for these comments::
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4440
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4441 <!-- category.item -->
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4442
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4443 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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4444 trappings::
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4445
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4446 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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4447 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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4448 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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4449 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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4450 </td>
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4451 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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4452
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4453 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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4454 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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4455 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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4456 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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4457 multiple times::
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4458
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4459 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4460 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4461
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4462 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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4463 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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4464 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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4465
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4466 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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4467
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4468 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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4469 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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4470 happening::
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4472 <table class="form">
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4473 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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4474
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4475 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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4476 category. The ``context.name.field(size=60)`` bit tells Roundup to
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4477 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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4478 will be the "name" variable of the current context (namely "category").
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4479 The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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4480 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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4481
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4482 <tr>
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4483 <th>Name</th>
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4484 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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4485 name</td>
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4486 </tr>
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4487
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4488 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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4489
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4490 <tr>
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4491 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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4492 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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4493 submit button will go here
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4494 </td>
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4495 </tr>
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4496
5201
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4497 The ``context/submit`` bit generates the submit button but also
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
4498 generates the @action and @csrf hidden fields. The @action field is
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
4499 used to tell roundup how to process the form. The @csrf field provides
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
4500 a unique single use token to defend against CSRF attacks. (More about
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
4501 anti-csrf measures can be found in ``upgrading.txt``.)
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parents: 5196
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4502
1674
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4503 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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4504 stuff::
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4505
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4506 </td>
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parents: 1164
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4507 </tal:block>
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4508
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4509 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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4510
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diff changeset
4511 <!-- category.item -->
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4512 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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diff changeset
4513 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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diff changeset
4514 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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diff changeset
4515 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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4516 </td>
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4517 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4518 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4519 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4520
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diff changeset
4521 <table class="form">
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diff changeset
4522 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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diff changeset
4523
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diff changeset
4524 <tr>
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4525 <th>Name</th>
1674
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diff changeset
4526 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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diff changeset
4527 name</td>
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4528 </tr>
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4529
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diff changeset
4530 <tr>
1829
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parents: 1825
diff changeset
4531 <td>
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1825
diff changeset
4532 &nbsp;
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
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parents: 1825
diff changeset
4533 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
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parents: 1825
diff changeset
4534 </td>
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4535 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4536 submit button will go here
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4537 </td>
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4538 </tr>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
4539 </table>
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4540 </form>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
4541 </td>
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4542 </tal:block>
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diff changeset
4543
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4544 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4545 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4546 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4547 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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4548
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4549
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diff changeset
4550 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
4551 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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diff changeset
4552
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4553 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4554 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4555 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
4556 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4557 is created.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4558
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diff changeset
4559 Just like ``category.issue.html``, this file defines a form which has a
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4560 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
4561 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4562
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
4563 <th>Category</th>
3582
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4564 <td>
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4565 <span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4566 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.category.classhelp('name',
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4567 property='category', width='200')" />
1098
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diff changeset
4568 </td>
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diff changeset
4569
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4570 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4571 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4572 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4573 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4574 issue).
1098
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diff changeset
4575
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diff changeset
4576 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4577 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4578
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4579
1098
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diff changeset
4580 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
4581 :::::::::::::::::::::::
1098
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4582
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diff changeset
4583 Now we can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4584 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4585 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4586 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4587
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diff changeset
4588 If you look for "Search Issues" in the ``html/page.html`` file, you will
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4589 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
4590 ``<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
4591 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
4592 ``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
4593 change.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
4594
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diff changeset
4595 If you look at this file it should begin to seem familiar, although it
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4596 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.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4597 like within that form::
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4598
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4599 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4600 db_klass string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4601 db_content string:name;">
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4602 <th>Priority:</th>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4603 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4604 <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
4605 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4606 <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
4607 </tr>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4608
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4609 The definitions in the ``<tr>`` opening tag are used by the macros:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4610
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4611 - ``search_select`` expands to a drop-down box with all categories using
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4612 ``db_klass`` and ``db_content``.
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4613 - ``column_input`` expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4614 should be displayed.
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4615 - ``sort_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4616 should be sorted on.
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4617 - ``group_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4618 should be grouped on.
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4619
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4620 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
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4621
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4622 <tr>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4623 <th>Category:</th>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
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4624 <td>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4625 <select name="category">
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4626 <option value="">don't care</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4627 <option value="">------------</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4628 <option value="1">scipy</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4629 <option value="2">chaco</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4630 <option value="3">weave</option>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4631 </select>
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4632 </td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4633 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
4634 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort0" value="category"></td>
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
4635 <td><input type="radio" name=":group0" value="category"></td>
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4636 </tr>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4637
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4638 Adding category to the default view
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4639 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4640
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4641 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4642 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4643 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4644 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4645 default when listing all the issues.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4646
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4647 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4648 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4649 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4650 forth.
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4651
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4652 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4653
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4654 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4655
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4656 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4657 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4658
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4659 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4660 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4661 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4662
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4663 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4664
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4665 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4666 tal:content="i/category"></td>
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4667
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4668 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4669 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4670 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4671
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4672 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4673 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unassigned Issues" or "All Issues",
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4674 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
4675 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4676 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4677 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4678 "category" to that list and it all should work.
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4679
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4680 Adding a time log to your issues
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4681 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4682
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4683 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4684 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4685
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
4686 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``schema.py``::
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4687
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4688 # storage for time logging
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4689 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4690
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4691 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4692 creation through the standard property "creation".
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4693
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4694 You will need to grant "Creation" permission to the users who are
3653
cfa7fa2c5e0f arg rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3652
diff changeset
4695 allowed to add timelog entries. You may do this with::
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4696
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4697 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4698 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4699
3653
cfa7fa2c5e0f arg rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3652
diff changeset
4700 If users are also able to *edit* timelog entries, then also include::
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4701
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4702 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4703
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
4704 .. index:: schema; example changes
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
4705
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4706 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
4707 ``schema.py``)::
1262
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4708
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4709 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
4710 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4711 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4712 times=Multilink("timelog"))
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4713
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4714 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4715
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4716 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
4717 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
3130
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diff changeset
4718 because unlike the other fields in the ``issue.item`` template, it
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
4719 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4720 item (an issue). We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4721 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4722 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
3130
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diff changeset
4723 field to capture a new timelog item's period::
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4724
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
4725 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
4726 <th>Time Log</th>
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4727 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3796
diff changeset
4728 (enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4729 </td>
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4730 </tr>
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4731
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4732 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
4733 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
4734 like this::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
4735
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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4736 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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diff changeset
4737
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
4738 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
4739 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
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diff changeset
4740 added to it.
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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diff changeset
4741
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diff changeset
4742 The full entry will now look like this::
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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4743
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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diff changeset
4744 <tr>
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4745 <th>Time Log</th>
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4746 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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diff changeset
4747 (enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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diff changeset
4748 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4749 </td>
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4750 </tr>
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parents: 3796
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4751
1679
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parents: 1674
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4752
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
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4753 4. We want to display a total of the timelog times that have been
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
4754 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4755 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4756 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a module ``timespent.py``
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4757 to the ``extensions`` directory in our tracker. The contents of this
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4758 file is as follows::
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
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4759
3717
5770f1802cd0 better conflict retry in postgresql backend [SF#1552809]
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parents: 3697
diff changeset
4760 from roundup import date
5770f1802cd0 better conflict retry in postgresql backend [SF#1552809]
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parents: 3697
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4761
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4762 def totalTimeSpent(times):
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4763 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4764 Interval "period" property)
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
4765 '''
3717
5770f1802cd0 better conflict retry in postgresql backend [SF#1552809]
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parents: 3697
diff changeset
4766 total = date.Interval('0d')
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4767 for time in times:
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4768 total += time.period._value
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4769 return total
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parents: 2914
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4770
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4771 def init(instance):
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4772 instance.registerUtil('totalTimeSpent', totalTimeSpent)
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parents: 2914
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4773
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4774 We will now be able to access the ``totalTimeSpent`` function via the
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
4775 ``utils`` variable in our templates, as shown in the next step.
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
4776
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
4777 5. Display the timelog for an issue::
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4778
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4779 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
1270
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diff changeset
4780 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4781 <tal:block
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4782 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
1270
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parents: 1262
diff changeset
4783 </th></tr>
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4784 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4785 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4786 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4787 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4788 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4789 </tr>
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4790 </table>
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
diff changeset
4791
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4792 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4793 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4794 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4795 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4796 and 40 minutes).
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4797
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4798 6. If you're using a persistent web server - ``roundup-server`` or
5891
6e341009593b Deprecate mod_python issue2551005
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5881
diff changeset
4799 ``mod_wsgi`` for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4800 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4801 time logging interface.
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4802
3657
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4803 An extension of this modification attaches the timelog entries to any
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4804 change message entered at the time of the timelog entry:
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4805
3818
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4806 A. Add a link to the timelog to the msg class in ``schema.py``:
3657
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4807
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4808 msg = FileClass(db, "msg",
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4809 author=Link("user", do_journal='no'),
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4810 recipients=Multilink("user", do_journal='no'),
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4811 date=Date(),
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4812 summary=String(),
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4813 files=Multilink("file"),
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4814 messageid=String(),
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4815 inreplyto=String(),
3657
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4816 times=Multilink("timelog"))
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4817
3818
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4818 B. Add a new hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
3657
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4819 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the new message.
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4820 The link is placed in ``issue.item.html`` in the same section that
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4821 handles the timelog entry.
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4822
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4823 It looks like this after this addition::
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diff changeset
4824
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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diff changeset
4825 <tr>
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diff changeset
4826 <th>Time Log</th>
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4827 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4828 (enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4829 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4830 <input type="hidden" name="msg-1@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3796
diff changeset
4831 </td>
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4832 </tr>
3657
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4833
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4834 The "times" property of the message will have the new id added to it.
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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parents: 3653
diff changeset
4835
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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diff changeset
4836 C. Add the timelog listing from step 5. to the ``msg.item.html`` template
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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diff changeset
4837 so that the timelog entry appears on the message view page. Note that
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4838 the call to totalTimeSpent is not used here since there will only be one
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4839 single timelog entry for each message.
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4840
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4841 I placed it after the Date entry like this::
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diff changeset
4842
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4843 <tr>
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4844 <th i18n:translate="">Date:</th>
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4845 <td tal:content="context/date"></td>
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diff changeset
4846 </tr>
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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diff changeset
4847 </table>
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diff changeset
4848
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diff changeset
4849 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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diff changeset
4850 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log</th></tr>
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diff changeset
4851 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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diff changeset
4852 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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diff changeset
4853 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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diff changeset
4854 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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diff changeset
4855 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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diff changeset
4856 </tr>
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diff changeset
4857 </table>
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diff changeset
4858
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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diff changeset
4859 <table class="messages">
3657
f7db2771e87d add info about storing Store TimeLog with Messages
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diff changeset
4860
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4861
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4862 Tracking different types of issues
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diff changeset
4863 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
4864
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4865 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
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4866 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
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4867 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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4868 a system support issue class to a tracker.
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4869
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4870 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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4871 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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4872 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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4873
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4874 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``schema.py``. Just after the
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4875 "issue" class definition, add::
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4876
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4877 # list our systems
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4878 system = Class(db, "system", name=String(), order=Number())
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4879 system.setkey("name")
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4880
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4881 # store issues related to those systems
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4882 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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4883 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
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4884 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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4885 affects=Multilink("system"))
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4886
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4887 3. Copy the existing ``issue.*`` (item, search and index) templates in the
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4888 tracker's ``html`` to ``support.*``. Edit them so they use the properties
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4889 defined in the ``support`` class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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4890 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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4891 required properties.
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4892
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4893 4. Edit the modules in the ``detectors``, adding lines to their ``init``
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4894 functions where appropriate. Look for ``audit`` and ``react`` registrations
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4895 on the ``issue`` class, and duplicate them for ``support``.
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4896
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4897 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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4898 existing issues one, changing the ``issue`` class name to ``support``.
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4899
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4900 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new ``support`` class.
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4902
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4903 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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4904 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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4905 some security declarations::
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4906
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4907 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'View', 'support')
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4908 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Create', 'support')
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4909 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Edit', 'support')
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4910
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4911 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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4912 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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4913
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4914 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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4915 for the ``issue`` class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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4916 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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4917 all with the "User" Role.
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4918
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4919
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4920 .. _external-authentication:
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4921
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4922 Using External User Databases
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4923 -----------------------------
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4924
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4925 Using an external password validation source
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4926 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4927
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4928 .. note:: You will need to either have an "admin" user in your external
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4929 password source *or* have one of your regular users have
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4930 the Admin Role assigned. If you need to assign the Role *after*
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4931 making the changes below, you may use the ``roundup-admin``
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4932 program to edit a user's details.
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4933
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4934 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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4935 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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4936 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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4937 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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4938 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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4939 would be::
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4940
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4941 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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4942
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4943 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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4944 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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4945 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
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4946 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class. The
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4947 following is added as ``externalpassword.py`` in the tracker ``extensions``
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4948 directory::
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4949
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4950 import os, crypt
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4951 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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4952
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4953 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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4954 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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4955 '''Look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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4956 name that matches.
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4957 '''
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4958 # get the user's username
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4959 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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4960
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4961 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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4962 # tracker home
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4963 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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4964
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4965 # see if we can find a match
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4966 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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4967 open(file).readlines()]:
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4968 if ent[0] == username:
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4969 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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4970
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4971 # user doesn't exist in the file
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4972 return 0
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4973
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4974 def init(instance):
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4975 instance.registerAction('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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4976
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4977 You should also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
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4978 template.
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4979
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4980
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4981 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
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4982 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4983
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4984 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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4985 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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4986 and primary user group.
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4987
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4988 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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4989 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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4990 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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4991 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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4992 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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4993
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4994 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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4995 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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4996 described in the previous example, `using an external password
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4997 validation source`_. We keep the user lists in sync using a fairly
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4998 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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4999 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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parents: 1278
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5000
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5001 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
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5002 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1293
diff changeset
5003
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5004 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
5005 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
1293
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1292
diff changeset
5006 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1293
diff changeset
5007
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5008 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
5009
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5010 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
5011 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5012 information though - the user's email address and their Roundup Roles.
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
5013 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
5014 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
5015 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
5016 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
5017
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
5018 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
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5019 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
5020 tracker we're to work on::
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f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5021
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5022 import sys, os, smtplib
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5023 from roundup import instance, date
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5024
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5025 # open the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5026 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5027 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5028
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5029 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
5030
3228
1b15e9eeb592 fixes to the "Using an external password validation source"...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3130
diff changeset
5031 # read in the users from the "passwd.txt" file
1b15e9eeb592 fixes to the "Using an external password validation source"...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3130
diff changeset
5032 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'passwd.txt')
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5033 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
5034
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5035 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
5036 appear in the file)::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5037
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5038 # 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
5039 # "real" users
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5040 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5041
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5042 # 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
5043 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
5044 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5045
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5046 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
5047
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5048 roles = {
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5049 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5050 '502': 'User', # finance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5051 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5052 '504': 'User', # sales
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5053 '505': 'User', # marketing
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5054 }
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5055
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5056 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
5057 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
5058 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
5059 now do all the work::
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5060
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5061 # open the database
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5062 db = tracker.open('admin')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5063 try:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5064 # 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
5065 msg = []
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5066
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5067 # 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
5068 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
5069 if user in ignore:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5070 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5071 continue
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5072 keep.append(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5073 try:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5074 # see if the user exists in the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5075 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5076
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5077 # 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
5078 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5079 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5080 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5081 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5082 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5083 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5084 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
5085 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
5086
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
5087 # 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
5088 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5089 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5090 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5091 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5092 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5093 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5094
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5095 # 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
5096 if msg:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5097 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5098 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5099
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5100 %s
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5101 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5102
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5103 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5104 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5105 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5106 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5107
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5108 # now we're done - commit the changes
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5109 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5110 finally:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5111 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5112 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5113
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5114 And that's it!
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5115
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5116
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86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5117 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
5118 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5119
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5120 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
5367
f3b844fda420 Updated links to handle:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5365
diff changeset
5121 https://pypi.org/project/python-ldap/ and then compares the list to the users in the
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5122 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
5123 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
5124 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
5125 for more information about doing this.
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5126
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5127 To authenticate off the LDAP store (rather than using the passwords in the
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5128 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
5129 extension to the cgi interface. You'd do this by overriding the method called
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5130 ``verifyPassword`` on the ``LoginAction`` class in your tracker's
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5131 ``extensions`` directory (see `using an external password validation
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5132 source`_). The method is implemented by default as::
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5133
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5134 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
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5135 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
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5136 '''
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parents: 1679
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5137 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
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parents: 1679
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5138 if password == stored:
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parents: 1679
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5139 return 1
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parents: 1679
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5140 if not password and not stored:
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parents: 1679
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5141 return 1
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
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5142 return 0
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parents: 1679
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5143
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parents: 1679
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5144 So you could reimplement this as something like::
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parents: 1679
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5145
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5146 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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parents: 1679
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5147 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
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parents: 1679
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5148 '''
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parents: 1679
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5149 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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parents: 1679
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5150 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
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parents: 1679
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5151 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
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parents: 1679
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5152
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parents: 1679
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5153
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5154 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5155 ----------------------------
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5156
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
5157 .. index:: single: auditors; how to register (example)
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
5158 single: reactors; how to register (example)
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
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5159
3830
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5160 Preventing SPAM
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5161 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 3818
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5162
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5163 The following detector code may be installed in your tracker's
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parents: 3818
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5164 ``detectors`` directory. It will block any messages being created that
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5165 have HTML attachments (a very common vector for spam and phishing)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
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5166 and any messages that have more than 2 HTTP URLs in them. Just copy
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5167 the following into ``detectors/anti_spam.py`` in your tracker::
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parents: 3818
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5168
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5169 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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parents: 3818
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5170
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5171 def reject_html(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5172 if newvalues['type'] == 'text/html':
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
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5173 raise Reject('not allowed')
3830
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5174
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5175 def reject_manylinks(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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parents: 3818
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5176 content = newvalues['content']
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5177 if content.count('http://') > 2:
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5178 raise Reject('not allowed')
3830
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5179
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5180 def init(db):
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5181 db.file.audit('create', reject_html)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5182 db.msg.audit('create', reject_manylinks)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5183
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5184 You may also wish to block image attachments if your tracker does not
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5185 need that ability::
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
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parents: 3818
diff changeset
5186
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5187 if newvalues['type'].startswith('image/'):
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5188 raise Reject('not allowed')
3830
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5189
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5190
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5191 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5192 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5193
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5194 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5195 start to see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5196 vacation". Not very useful, and relatively easy to stop.
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5197
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5198 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5199
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5200 user = Class(db, "user",
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5201 username=String(), password=Password(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5202 address=String(), realname=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5203 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5204 alternate_addresses=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5205 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5206 vacation=Boolean())
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5207
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5208 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5209 following to your ``user.item`` template::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5210
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5211 <tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5212 <th>On Vacation</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5213 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5214 </tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5215
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5216 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5217 consists of::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5218
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5219 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5220 users = db.user
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5221 messages = db.msg
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5222 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5223 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5224 try:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5225 # figure the recipient ids
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5226 sendto = []
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5227 seen_message = {}
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5228 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5229 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5230 seen_message[recipid] = 1
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5231
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5232 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5233 # the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5234 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5235
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5236 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5237 # they aren't anonymous
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5238 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5239 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5240 sendto.append(authid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5241 seen_message[authid] = 1
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5242
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5243 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5244 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5245 for nosyid in nosy:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5246 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5247 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5248 # in case they do...)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5249 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5250 continue
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5251 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
5332
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parents: 5268
diff changeset
5252 if nosyid not in seen_message:
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5253 # send it to them
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5254 sendto.append(nosyid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5255 recipients.append(nosyid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5256
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5257 # generate a change note
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5258 if oldvalues:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5259 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5260 else:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5261 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5262
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5263 # we have new recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5264 if sendto:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5265 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5266 sendto = [i for i in sendto
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5267 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5268
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5269 # map userids to addresses
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5270 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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parents: 2154
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5271
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5272 # update the message's recipients list
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parents: 2154
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5273 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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parents: 2154
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5274
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parents: 2154
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5275 # send the message
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parents: 2154
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5276 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
5248
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
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5277 except roundupdb.MessageSendError as message:
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
diff changeset
5278 raise roundupdb.DetectorError(message)
2156
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5279
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parents: 2154
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5280 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5281 addition of::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5282
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parents: 2154
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5283 # filter out the people on vacation
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parents: 2154
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5284 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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parents: 2154
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5285
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parents: 2154
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5286 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5287
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5288 Adding in state transition control
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5289 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
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5290
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5291 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states to which users may
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5292 move issues. You can do this by following these steps:
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parents: 2154
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5293
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parents: 2154
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5294 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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5295 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5296 template::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5297
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5298 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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5299
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5300 This will force users to select a status.
2156
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5301
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5302 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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parents: 2154
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5303
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5304 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5305 ...)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5306
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5307 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5308
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5309 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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parents: 3127
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5310 b. using the ``roundup-admin`` "set" command.
2156
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diff changeset
5311
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5312 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5313 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5314
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5315 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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5316 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5317 property.
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5318 '''
5332
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parents: 5268
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5319 if 'status' not in newvalues:
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5320 return
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5321 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5322 new = newvalues['status']
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5323 if new == current:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5324 return
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5325 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5326 if new not in ok:
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5327 raise ValueError('Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5328 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name')))
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5329
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5330 def init(db):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5331 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5332
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5333 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5334 from::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5335
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5336 <th>Status</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5337 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5338
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5339 to::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5340
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5341 <th>Status</th>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5342 <td>
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5343 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5344 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5345 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5346 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5347 tal:attributes="
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5348 value state/id;
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5349 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5350 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5351 </tal:block>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5352 </select>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5353 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5354 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5355 </td>
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5356
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5357 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5358
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
5359
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6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5360 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5361 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5362
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5363 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
5364 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
5365 resolved. To achieve this:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5366
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5367 1. Create a new property on the ``issue`` class:
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5368 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. To do this, edit the definition of
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5369 this class in your tracker's ``schema.py`` file. Change this::
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5370
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5371 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
5372 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5373 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5374
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diff changeset
5375 to this, adding the blockers entry::
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5376
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5377 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5378 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
5379 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5380 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5381
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5382 2. Add the new ``blockers`` property to the ``issue.item.html`` edit
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diff changeset
5383 page, using something like::
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5384
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
5385 <th>Waiting On</th>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5386 <td>
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5387 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5388 size=20)" />
3881
e7050411a774 fix documentation per [SF#731171] thanks to Forest Wilkinson
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3878
diff changeset
5389 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title',
e7050411a774 fix documentation per [SF#731171] thanks to Forest Wilkinson
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diff changeset
5390 property='blockers')" />
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
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5391 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
5392 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5393 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5394 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5395 </span>
3881
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Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3878
diff changeset
5396 </td>
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5397
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diff changeset
5398 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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diff changeset
5399 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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5400 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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diff changeset
5401 the "superseders" field.
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5402
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5403 3. Create a new detector module (see below) which enforces the rules:
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5404
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5405 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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5406 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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5407
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5408 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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5409
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5410
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5411 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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5412 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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5413 '''
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5414 if nodeid is None:
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5415 blockers = []
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5416 else:
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5417 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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5418 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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5419
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5420 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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5421 # changed
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5422 if not blockers or 'status' not in newvalues:
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5423 return
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5424
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5425 # get the resolved state ID
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5426 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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5427
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5428 # format the info
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5429 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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5430 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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5431 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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5432 if len(blockers) == 1:
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5433 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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5434 else:
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5435 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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5436
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5437 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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5438 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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5439 raise ValueError("This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s)
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5440
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5441
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5442 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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5443 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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5444 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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5445 '''
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5446 newstatus = cl.get(nodeid,'status')
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5447
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5448 # no change?
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5449 if oldvalues.get('status', None) == newstatus:
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5450 return
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5451
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5452 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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5453
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5454 # interesting?
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5455 if newstatus != resolved_id:
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5456 return
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5457
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5458 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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5459 # their blockers list
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5460 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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5461 for issueid in issues:
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5462 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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5463 if nodeid in blockers:
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5464 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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5465 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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5466
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5467 def init(db):
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5468 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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5469 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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5470 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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5471
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5472 # can only happen on a set
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5473 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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5474
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5475 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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5476 "detectors" directory.
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5477
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5478 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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5479 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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5480 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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5481 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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5482 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
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5483
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5484 <a href="#"
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5485 tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url('issue', {
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5486 '@sort': '-activity',
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5487 '@group': 'priority',
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5488 '@filter': 'status',
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5489 '@columns': columns_showall,
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5490 '@search_text': '',
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5491 'status': status_notresolved,
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5492 '@dispname': i18n.gettext('Show All'),
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5493 })"
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5494 i18n:translate="">Show All</a><br>
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5495
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5496 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
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5497 "@filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)::
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5498
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5499 <a href="#"
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5500 tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url('issue', {
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5501 '@sort': '-activity',
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5502 '@group': 'priority',
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5503 '@filter': 'status,blockers',
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5504 '@columns': columns_showall,
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5505 '@search_text': '',
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5506 'status': status_notresolved,
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5507 'blockers': '-1',
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5508 '@dispname': i18n.gettext('Show All'),
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5509 })"
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5510 i18n:translate="">Show All</a><br>
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5511
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5512 The above examples are line-wrapped on the trailing & and should
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5513 be unwrapped.
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5514
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5515 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
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5516 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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5517 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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5518 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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5519 another issue's "blockers" property.
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5520
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5521 Add users to the nosy list based on the keyword
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5522 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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5523
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5524 Let's say we need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy
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5525 list based
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5526 on the occurance of a keyword. Every user should be allowed to edit their
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5527 own list of keywords for which they want to be added to the nosy list.
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5528
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5529 Below, we'll show that this change can be done with minimal
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5530 understanding of the Roundup system, using only copy and paste.
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5531
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5532 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
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5533 allow per-user recording of the lists of keywords for which he wants to
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5534 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing them to edit
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5535 this list of keywords, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
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5536 list when a keyword is set.
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5537
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5538 Adding the nosy keyword list
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5539 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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5540
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5541 The change to make in the database, is that for any user there should be a list
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5542 of keywords for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding a
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5543 ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seems to fullfill this. As such, all that has to
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5544 be done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the file
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5545 ``schema.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and the updated
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5546 definition of user will be::
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5547
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5548 user = Class(db, "user",
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5549 username=String(), password=Password(),
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5550 address=String(), realname=String(),
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5551 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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5552 alternate_addresses=String(),
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5553 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
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5554 timezone=String(),
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5555 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
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5556
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5557 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy keyword list
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5558 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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5559
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5560 We want any user to be able to change the list of keywords for which
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5561 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
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5562 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
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5563 We can easily
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5564 see that the keyword field in the issue view has very similar editing
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5565 requirements as our nosy keywords, both being lists of keywords. As
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5566 such, we look for Keywords in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
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5567 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
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5568 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
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5569 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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5570
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5571 <tr>
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5572 <th>Nosy Keywords</th>
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5573 <td>
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5574 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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5575 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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5576 </td>
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5577 </tr>
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5578
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5579
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5580 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
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5581 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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5582
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5583 The more difficult part is the logic to add
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5584 the users to the nosy list when required.
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5585 We choose to perform this action whenever the keywords on an
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5586 item are set (this includes the creation of items).
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5587 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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5588 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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5589 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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5590 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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5591 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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5592 ``nosyreaction`` function actually sends the e-mail.
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5593 We don't need this. Therefore, we can change the ``init`` function to::
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5594
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5595 def init(db):
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5596 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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5597 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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5598
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5599 After that, we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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5600 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to setting
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5601 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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5602 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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5603 code, which handled adding the assignedto user(s) to the nosy list in
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5604 ``updatenosy``, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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5605 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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5606 new keywords, than looping over all users,
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5607 and assign the user to the nosy list when the keyword occurs in the user's
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5608 ``nosy_keywords``. The next part in ``updatenosy`` -- adding the author
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5609 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list -- is obviously not
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5610 relevant here and is thus deleted from the new auditor. The last
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5611 part, copying the new nosy list to ``newvalues``, can stay as is.
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5612 This results in the following function::
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5613
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5614 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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5615 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the keywords
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5616 '''
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5617 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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5618 current = {}
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5619 if nodeid is None:
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5620 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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5621 else:
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5622 ok = ('yes',)
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5623 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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5624 # changed
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5625 if 'nosy' not in newvalues:
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5626 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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5627 for value in nosy:
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5628 if value not in current:
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5629 current[value] = 1
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5630
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5631 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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5632 if 'nosy' in newvalues:
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5633 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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5634 for value in nosy:
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5635 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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5636 continue
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5637 if value not in current:
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5638 current[value] = 1
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5639
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5640 # add users with keyword in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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5641 if 'keyword' in newvalues and newvalues['keyword'] is not None:
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5642 keyword_ids = newvalues['keyword']
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5643 for keyword in keyword_ids:
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5644 # loop over all users,
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5645 # and assign user to nosy when keyword in nosy_keywords
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5646 for user_id in db.user.list():
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5647 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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5648 found = 0
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5649 for kw in nosy_kw:
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5650 if kw == keyword:
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5651 found = 1
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5652 if found:
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5653 current[user_id] = 1
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5654
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5655 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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5656 newvalues['nosy'] = list(current.keys())
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5657
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5658 These two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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5659
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5660 TODO: update this example to use the ``find()`` Class method.
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5661
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5662 Caveats
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5663 :::::::
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5664
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5665 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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5666
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5667 Multiple additions
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5668 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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5669 from the nosy list, he is added to the nosy list again when the
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5670 keyword list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
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5671 to only check which keywords are new compared to the old list
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5672 of keywords, and only add users when they have indicated
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5673 interest on a new keyword.
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5674
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5675 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the ``create()``
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5676 event, rather than also on the ``set()`` event, thus only setting
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5677 the nosy list when the issue is created.
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5678
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5679 Scalability
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5680 In the auditor, there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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5681 only few users this will pose no serious problem; however, with
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5682 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
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5683 A way out would be to link from the keywords to the users who
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5684 selected these keywords as nosy keywords. This will eliminate the
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de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
5685 loop over all users. See the ``rev_multilink`` attribute to make
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
5686 this easier.
1559
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1522
diff changeset
5687
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5688 Restricting updates that arrive by email
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5689 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5690
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5691 Roundup supports multiple update methods:
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5692
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5693 1. command line
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5694 2. plain email
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5695 3. pgp signed email
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5696 4. web access
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5697
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5698 in some cases you may need to prevent changes to properties by some of
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5699 these methods. For example you can set up issues that are viewable
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5700 only by people on the nosy list. So you must prevent unauthenticated
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5701 changes to the nosy list.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5702
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5703 Since plain email can be easily forged, it does not provide sufficient
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5704 authentication in this senario.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5705
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5706 To prevent this we can add a detector that audits the source of the
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5707 transaction and rejects the update if it changes the nosy list.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5708
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5709 Create the detector (auditor) module and add it to the detectors
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5710 directory of your tracker::
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5711
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5712 from roundup import roundupdb, hyperdb
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5713
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5714 from roundup.mailgw import Unauthorized
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5715
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5716 def restrict_nosy_changes(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5717 '''Do not permit changes to nosy via email.'''
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5718
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5719 if 'nosy' not in newvalues:
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5720 # the nosy field has not changed so no need to check.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5721 return
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5722
5881
9938c40e03bc Add "rest" and "xmlrpc" values for database tx_Source property
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5759
diff changeset
5723 if db.tx_Source in ['web', 'rest', 'xmlrpc', 'email-sig-openpgp', 'cli' ]:
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5724 # if the source of the transaction is from an authenticated
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5725 # source or a privileged process allow the transaction.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5726 # Other possible sources: 'email'
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5727 return
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5728
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5729 # otherwise raise an error
5248
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
diff changeset
5730 raise Unauthorized( \
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5731 'Changes to nosy property not allowed via %s for this issue.'%\
5248
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
diff changeset
5732 tx_Source)
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5733
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5734 def init(db):
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5735 ''' Install restrict_nosy_changes to run after other auditors.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5736
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5737 Allow initial creation email to set nosy.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5738 So don't execute: db.issue.audit('create', requestedbyauditor)
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5739
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5740 Set priority to 110 to run this auditor after other auditors
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5741 that can cause nosy to change.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5742 '''
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5743 db.issue.audit('set', restrict_nosy_changes, 110)
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5744
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5745 This detector (auditor) will prevent updates to the nosy field if it
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5746 arrives by email. Since it runs after other auditors (due to the
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5747 priority of 110), it will also prevent changes to the nosy field that
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5748 are done by other auditors if triggered by an email.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5749
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5750 Note that db.tx_Source was not present in roundup versions before
4790
07014a4b8a49 tx_Source property: doc fix.
Bernhard Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de>
parents: 4781
diff changeset
5751 1.4.22, so you must be running a newer version to use this detector.
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5752 Read the CHANGES.txt document in the roundup source code for further
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5753 details on tx_Source.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5754
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5755 Changes to Security and Permissions
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5756 -----------------------------------
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5757
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5758 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5759 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5760
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
5761 1. In your tracker's ``schema.py``, create a new Role, say "Developer"::
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5762
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5763 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5764
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5765 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5766 "issue"::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5767
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5768 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5769 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5770
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5771 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5772
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5773 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5774
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5775 4. In the issue item edit page (``html/issue.item.html`` in your tracker
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5776 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5777 list::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5778
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5779 <select name="assignedto">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5780 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5781 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5782 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5783 'Fixer', context._classname)"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5784 tal:attributes="
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5785 value user/id;
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5786 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5787 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5788 </tal:block>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5789 </select>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5790
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5791 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5792 Permission requirement (install this as ``assignedtoFixer.py`` in your
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5793 tracker ``detectors`` directory)::
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5794
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5795 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5796 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is used with the
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5797 Fixer Permission
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5798 '''
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5799 if 'assignedto' not in newvalues:
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5800 # don't care
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5801 return
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5802
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5803 # get the userid
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5804 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5805 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5806 raise ValueError('You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname)
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5807
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5808 def init(db):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5809 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5810 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5811
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5812 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
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5813 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
1816
61a23c293147 added another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1808
diff changeset
5814
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5815
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5816 Users may only edit their issues
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5817 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5818
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5819 In this case, users registering themselves are granted Provisional
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5820 access, meaning they
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5821 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.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5822 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5823 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5824 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".)
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5825
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5826 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
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5827 ``schema.py``::
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5828
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5829 #
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5830 # New users not approved by the admin
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5831 #
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5832 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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5833 description='New user registered via web or email')
2991
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5834
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5835 # These users need to be able to view and create issues but only edit
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5836 # and view their own
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parents: 2983
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5837 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', 'issue')
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5838 def own_issue(db, userid, itemid):
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diff changeset
5839 '''Determine whether the userid matches the creator of the issue.'''
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
5840 return userid == db.issue.get(itemid, 'creator')
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parents: 3052
diff changeset
5841 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5842 check=own_issue, description='Can only edit own issues')
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diff changeset
5843 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
3079
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parents: 3052
diff changeset
5844 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5845 check=own_issue, description='Can only view own issues')
1954
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
5846 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
5537
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parents: 5367
diff changeset
5847 # This allows the interface to get the names of the properties
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
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parents: 5367
diff changeset
5848 # in the issue. Used for selecting sorting and grouping
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
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parents: 5367
diff changeset
5849 # on the index page.
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
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parents: 5367
diff changeset
5850 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='issue')
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
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parents: 5367
diff changeset
5851 db.security.addPermissionToRole ('Provisional User', p)
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
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parents: 5367
diff changeset
5852
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
5853
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
5854 # Assign the Permissions for issue-related classes
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
5855 for cl in 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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parents: 3117
diff changeset
5856 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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parents: 3117
diff changeset
5857 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Edit', cl)
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parents: 3117
diff changeset
5858 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', cl)
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
5859 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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diff changeset
5860 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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diff changeset
5861
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diff changeset
5862 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
5863 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Web Access')
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
5864 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Email Access')
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
5865
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5866 # make sure they can view & edit their own user record
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5867 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5868 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5869 return userid == itemid
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5870 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5871 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5872 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5873 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5874 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
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parents: 3258
diff changeset
5875 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
5876
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diff changeset
5877 Then, in ``config.ini``, we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
1954
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
5878 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
5879
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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parents: 2915
diff changeset
5880 [main]
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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parents: 2915
diff changeset
5881 ...
4941
b76710818d31 Roundup Tracker isssue #: 2550857
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4921
diff changeset
5882 new_web_user_roles = Provisional User
b76710818d31 Roundup Tracker isssue #: 2550857
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parents: 4921
diff changeset
5883 new_email_user_roles = Provisional User
1954
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parents: 1952
diff changeset
5884
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5885
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5886 All users may only view and edit issues, files and messages they create
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5887 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5888
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5889 Replace the standard "classic" tracker View and Edit Permission assignments
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5890 for the "issue", "file" and "msg" classes with the following::
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5891
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5892 def checker(klass):
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5893 def check(db, userid, itemid, klass=klass):
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5894 return db.getclass(klass).get(itemid, 'creator') == userid
3580
5c26b9bbd31a fix "All users may only view and edit issues, files and messages they...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3548
diff changeset
5895 return check
3126
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5896 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5897 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass=cl,
6534
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
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parents: 6470
diff changeset
5898 check=checker(cl),
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
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parents: 6470
diff changeset
5899 description='User can view only if creator.')
3126
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5900 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5901 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass=cl,
6534
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5902 check=checker(cl),
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5903 description='User can edit only if creator.')
3126
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5904 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5905 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
6534
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5906 # This allows the interface to get the names of the properties
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5907 # in the issue. Used for selecting sorting and grouping
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5908 # on the index page.
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5909 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='issue')
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
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parents: 6470
diff changeset
5910 db.security.addPermissionToRole ('User', p)
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5911
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5912
4300
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5913 Moderating user registration
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5914 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5915
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5916 You could set up new-user moderation in a public tracker by:
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5917
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5918 1. creating a new highly-restricted user role "Pending",
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5919 2. set the config new_web_user_roles and/or new_email_user_roles to that
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5920 role,
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5921 3. have an auditor that emails you when new users are created with that
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5922 role using roundup.mailer
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5923 4. edit the role to "User" for valid users.
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5924
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5925 Some simple javascript might help in the last step. If you have high volume
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5926 you could search for all currently-Pending users and do a bulk edit of all
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5927 their roles at once (again probably with some simple javascript help).
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
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parents: 4296
diff changeset
5928
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parents: 3123
diff changeset
5929
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5930 Changes to the Web User Interface
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5931 ---------------------------------
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5932
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5933 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
5934 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5935
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5936 Add a column to the ``item.index.html`` template.
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5937
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5938 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
5939
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5940 <a tal:attributes="href
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5941 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5942
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5943 "Take" the issue::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5944
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5945 <a tal:attributes="href
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5946 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5947
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diff changeset
5948 ... and so on.
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5949
1966
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5950 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
5951 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5952
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5953 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5954 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add this to the ``<tr>`` that
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5955 displays the rows of data::
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5956
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5957 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5958
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5959 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5960 different priorities, as follows::
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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diff changeset
5961
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5962 tr.priority-critical td {
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5963 background-color: red;
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5964 }
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5965
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5966 tr.priority-urgent td {
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5967 background-color: orange;
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5968 }
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5969
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5970 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5971
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3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5972 Editing multiple items in an index view
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5973 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2009
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
5974
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5975 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
6329
207b0fc82fc1 Fix incorrect template (Nagy Gabor); spelling fix
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6293
diff changeset
5976 ``issue.index.html``:
2009
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5977
2726
aa95c79cff8b clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2589
diff changeset
5978 1. add a form around the listing table (separate from the existing
aa95c79cff8b clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2589
diff changeset
5979 index-page form), so at the top it reads::
2009
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5980
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5981 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5982 <table class="list">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5983
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
5984 and at the bottom of that table::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
5985
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
5986 </table>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5987 </form
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5988
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5989 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5990 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5991
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5992 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5993
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5994 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5995 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5996
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5997 to::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5998
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5999 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6000 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6001
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6002 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6003
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
6004 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the index items (marked by
2009
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6005 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6006
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6007 <tr>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6008 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6009 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
6010 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce()">
2009
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6011 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6012 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6013 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6014 </td>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6015 </tr>
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6016
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6017 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6018 edit on any changed statuses, and provides a defense against cross
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6019 site request forgery attacks.
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6020
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6021 The final ``tal:block`` will make sure that the current index view
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6022 parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in rendering the
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6023 next page (the results of the editing).
2009
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
6024
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6025
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6026 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6027 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6028
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
6029 Alter the ``issue.item`` template section for messages to::
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6030
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6031 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6032 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6033 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6034 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6035 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6036 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6037 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6038 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6039 <td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6040 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6041 remove</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6042 </td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6043 </tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6044 </table>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6045
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6046
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6047 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6048 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6049
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6050 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6051 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6052 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
6053 that shows either the one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6054 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6055
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6056 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6057 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6058 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6059 <th colspan="2" class="header">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6060 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6061 </th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6062 </tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6063 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6064 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6065 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6066 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6067 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6068 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6069 <td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6070 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6071 </td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6072 </tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6073 </tal:block>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6074
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6075 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6076 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6077 <th class="header">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6078 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6079 </th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6080 </tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6081 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6082 <tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6083 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6084 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6085 <th style="text-align: right">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6086 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6087 </th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6088 </tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6089 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6090 </tal:block>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6091 </tal:block>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6092 </table>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6093
3121
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parents: 3117
diff changeset
6094
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6095 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6096 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6097
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6098 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6099 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6100 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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parents: 2154
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6101 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
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6102 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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6103
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6104 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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6105 enctype="multipart/form-data">
5201
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6106 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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6107 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce()">
2156
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6108 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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6109 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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6110
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6111 <strong>Category:</strong>
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6112 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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6113 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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6114 </form>
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6115
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6116 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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6117 addition of the following form fragments::
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6118
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6119 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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6120 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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6121 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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6122 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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6123
5201
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6124 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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diff changeset
6125 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce()">
2156
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6126 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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6127 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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6128 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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6129 .
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6130 .
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6131 .
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6132 </form>
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6133
3130
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6134 Note that later in the form, I use the value of "cat" to decide which
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6135 form elements should be displayed. For example::
2156
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6136
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6137 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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6138 <tr>
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6139 <th>Operating System</th>
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6140 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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6141 </tr>
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6142 <tr>
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6143 <th>Web Browser</th>
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6144 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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6145 </tr>
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6146 </tal:block>
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6147
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6148 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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6149 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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6150
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6151 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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6152 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
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6153 those actions in a new ``Action`` class (see `defining new web actions`_)::
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6154
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6155 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
2156
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6156
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6157 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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6158 def handle(self):
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6159 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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6160 on to page 2.
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6161 '''
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6162 category = self.form['category'].value
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parents: 2154
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6163 if category == '-1':
4880
ca692423e401 Different approach to fix XSS in issue2550817
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 4790
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6164 self.client.add_error_message('You must select a category of report')
2156
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6165 return
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6166 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
4464
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parents: 4435
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6167 self.client.template = 'add_page2'
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6168
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6169 def init(instance):
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6170 instance.registerAction('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction)
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6171
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6172 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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diff changeset
6173 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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6174
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6175
5714
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6176 Silent Submit
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parents: 5538
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6177 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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6178
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6179 When working on an issue, most of the time the people on the nosy list
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6180 need to be notified of changes. There are cases where a user wants to
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6181 add a comment to an issue and not bother other users on the nosy
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diff changeset
6182 list.
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parents: 5538
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6183 This feature is called Silent Submit because it allows the user to
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6184 silently modify an issue and not tell anyone.
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parents: 5538
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6185
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diff changeset
6186 There are several parts to this change. The main activity part
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parents: 5538
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6187 involves editing the stock detectors/nosyreaction.py file in your
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6188 tracker. Insert the following lines near the top of the nosyreaction
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diff changeset
6189 function::
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6190
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6191 # Did user click button to do a silent change?
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parents: 5538
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6192 try:
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6193 if db.web['submit'] == "silent_change":
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parents: 5538
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6194 return
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parents: 5538
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6195 except (AttributeError, KeyError) as err:
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parents: 5538
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6196 # The web attribute or submit key don't exist.
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6197 # That's fine. We were probably triggered by an email
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diff changeset
6198 # or cli based change.
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6199 pass
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parents: 5538
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6200
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6201 This checks the submit button to see if it is the silent type. If there
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6202 are exceptions trying to make that determination they are ignored and
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diff changeset
6203 processing continues. You may wonder how db.web gets set. This is done
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6204 by creating an extension. Add the file extensions/edit.py with
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diff changeset
6205 this content::
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6206
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6207 from roundup.cgi.actions import EditItemAction
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6208
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6209 class Edit2Action(EditItemAction):
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6210 def handle(self):
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6211 self.db.web = {} # create the dict
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6212 # populate the dict by getting the value of the submit_button
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6213 # element from the form.
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6214 self.db.web['submit'] = self.form['submit_button'].value
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6215
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6216 # call the core EditItemAction to process the edit.
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6217 EditItemAction.handle(self)
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6218
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6219 def init(instance):
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6220 '''Override the default edit action with this new version'''
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6221 instance.registerAction('edit', Edit2Action)
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6222
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6223 This code is a wrapper for the roundup EditItemAction. It checks the
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6224 form's submit button to save the value element. The rest of the changes
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diff changeset
6225 needed for the Silent Submit feature involves editing
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diff changeset
6226 html/issue.item.html to add the silent submit button. In
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6227 the stock issue.item.html the submit button is on a line that contains
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6228 "submit button". Replace that line with something like the following::
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6229
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6230 <input type="submit" name="submit_button"
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6231 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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6232 value="Submit Changes">&nbsp;
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6233 <button type="submit" name="submit_button"
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6234 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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6235 title="Click this to submit but not send nosy email."
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6236 value="silent_change" i18n:translate="">
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6237 Silent Change</button>
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6238
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6239 Note the difference in the value attribute for the two submit buttons.
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6240 The value "silent_change" in the button specification must match the
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6241 string in the nosy reaction function.
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6242
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6243 Debugging Trackers
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6244 ==================
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6245
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6246 There are three switches in tracker configs that turn on debugging in
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6247 Roundup:
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6248
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6249 1. web :: debug
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6250 2. mail :: debug
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6251 3. logging :: level
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6252
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6253 See the config.ini file or the `tracker configuration`_ section above for
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6254 more information.
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6255
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6256 Additionally, the ``roundup-server.py`` script has its own debugging mode
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6257 in which it reloads edited templates immediately when they are changed,
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6258 rather than requiring a web server restart.
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6259
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6260
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6261 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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6262 .. _`developer's guide`: developers.html
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6263 .. _`rest interface documentation`: rest.html#programming-the-rest-api
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6264 .. _`directions in the rest interface documentation`: rest.html#enabling-the-rest-api
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6265 .. _`xmlrpc interface documentation`: xmlrpc.html#through-roundup
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6266 .. _`zxcvbn`: https://github.com/dwolfhub/zxcvbn-python
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