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1 ===================
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2 Customising Roundup
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3 ===================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.176 $
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7 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
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8 http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
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10 .. contents::
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11 :depth: 1
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13 What You Can Do
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14 ===============
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16 Before you get too far, it's probably worth having a quick read of the Roundup
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17 `design documentation`_.
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19 Customisation of Roundup can take one of six forms:
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21 1. `tracker configuration`_ file changes
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22 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes
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23 3. "definition" class `database content`_ changes
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24 4. behavioural changes, through detectors_
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25 5. `security / access controls`_
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26 6. change the `web interface`_
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28 The third case is special because it takes two distinctly different forms
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29 depending upon whether the tracker has been initialised or not. The other two
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30 may be done at any time, before or after tracker initialisation. Yes, this
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31 includes adding or removing properties from classes.
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34 Trackers in a Nutshell
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35 ======================
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37 Trackers have the following structure:
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39 =================== ========================================================
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40 Tracker File Description
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42 config.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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43 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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44 initial_data.py Holds any data to be entered into the database when the
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45 tracker is initialised.
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46 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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47 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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48 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker
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49 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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50 extensions/ Additional web actions and templating utilities.
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51 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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52 =================== ========================================================
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55 Tracker Configuration
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56 =====================
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58 The ``config.ini`` located in your tracker home contains the basic
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59 configuration for the web and e-mail components of roundup's interfaces.
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61 The following is taken from the `Python Library Reference`__ (May 20, 2004)
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62 section "ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser":
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64 The configuration file consists of sections, led by a "[section]" header
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67 from values. The optional values can contain format strings which
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69 are ignored and may be used to provide comments.
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73 [My Section]
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74 foodir = %(dir)s/whatever
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80 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html
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83 variables not in the "main" section are referred to using their section and
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84 name, so "domain" in the section "mail" becomes MAIL_DOMAIN. The
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85 configuration variables available are:
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87 Section **main**
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88 database -- ``db``
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89 Database directory path. The path may be either absolute or relative
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90 to the directory containig this config file.
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92 templates -- ``html``
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93 Path to the HTML templates directory. The path may be either absolute
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94 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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96 admin_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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97 Email address that roundup will complain to if it runs into trouble. If
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98 the email address doesn't contain an ``@`` part, the MAIL_DOMAIN defined
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99 below is used.
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101 dispatcher_email -- ``roundup-admin``
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102 The 'dispatcher' is a role that can get notified of new items to the
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103 database. It is used by the ERROR_MESSAGES_TO config setting. If the
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107 email_from_tag -- default *blank*
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108 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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109 in nosy messages. If the sending user is "Foo Bar", the From: line
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110 is usually: ``"Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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111 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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112 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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114 new_web_user_roles -- ``User``
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115 Roles that a user gets when they register with Web User Interface.
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116 This is a comma-separated list of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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118 new_email_user_roles -- ``User``
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119 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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120 This is a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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122 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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123 Send error message emails to the ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``?
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124 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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125 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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127 html_version -- ``html4``
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128 HTML version to generate. The templates are ``html4`` by default.
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129 If you wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this
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130 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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131 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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133 timezone -- ``0``
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134 Numeric timezone offset used when users do not choose their own
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135 in their settings.
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137 instant_registration -- ``yes``
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138 Register new users instantly, or require confirmation via
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139 email?
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140 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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142 Section **tracker**
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143 name -- ``Roundup issue tracker``
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144 A descriptive name for your roundup instance.
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146 web -- ``http://host.example/demo/``
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147 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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148 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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149 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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150 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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151 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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153 email -- ``issue_tracker``
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156 Section **rdbms**
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157 Settings in this section are used by Postgresql and MySQL backends only
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159 name -- ``roundup``
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160 Name of the database to use.
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162 host -- ``localhost``
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163 Database server host.
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171 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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174 Database user password.
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175
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176 Section **logging**
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177 config -- default *blank*
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178 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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180 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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183 filename -- default *blank*
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184 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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185 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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186 option is set, this option has no effect. The path may be either absolute
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189 level -- ``ERROR``
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190 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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191 option is set, this option has no effect.
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192 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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193
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194 Section **mail**
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195 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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196 registration approval requests.
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198 domain -- ``localhost``
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199 Domain name used for email addresses.
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201 host -- default *blank*
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202 SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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205 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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206 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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208 password -- default *blank*
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209 SMTP login password.
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210 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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212 tls -- ``no``
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214 then you may set this option to 'yes'.
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215 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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217 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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218 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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219 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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220 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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222 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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223 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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224 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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225 to the directory containig this config file.
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227 charset -- utf-8
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228 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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229 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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230 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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231 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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233 debug -- default *blank*
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235 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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236 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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237 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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238 containig this config file.
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239
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240 Section **mailgw**
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241 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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243 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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244 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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245 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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246 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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248 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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249 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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250 signatures.
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251 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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253 default_class -- ``issue``
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254 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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255 To disable, leave the value blank.
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257 Section **nosy**
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258 Nosy messages sending
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260 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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261 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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262 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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264 signature_position -- ``bottom``
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265 Where to place the email signature.
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266 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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268 add_author -- ``new``
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269 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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270 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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271 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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272 followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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273 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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275 add_recipients -- ``new``
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276 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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277 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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278 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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279 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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280 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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282 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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283 genconfig`` command.
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286 Tracker Schema
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289 .. note::
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290 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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291 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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292 your changes.
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294 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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295 Schemas are defined using Python code in the ``schema.py`` module of your
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296 tracker.
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297
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298 The ``schema.py`` module
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299 ------------------------
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300
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301 The ``schema.py`` module contains two functions:
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304 This function defines what your tracker looks like on the inside, the
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305 **schema** of the tracker. It defines the **Classes** and **properties**
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306 on each class. It also defines the **security** for those Classes. The
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307 next few sections describe how schemas work and what you can do with
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308 them.
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309 **init**
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310 This function is responsible for setting up the initial state of your
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313 info about how this works.
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316 The "classic" schema
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317 --------------------
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320 of ``'setkey'``)::
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322 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=String(), order=String())
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325 stat = Class(db, "status", name=String(), order=String())
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326 stat.setkey("name")
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328 keyword = Class(db, "keyword", name=String())
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329 keyword.setkey("name")
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331 user = Class(db, "user", username=String(), organisation=String(),
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332 password=String(), address=String(), realname=String(),
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333 phone=String())
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334 user.setkey("username")
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335
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336 msg = FileClass(db, "msg", author=Link("user"), summary=String(),
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337 date=Date(), recipients=Multilink("user"),
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338 files=Multilink("file"))
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340 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String())
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342 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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343 status=Link("status"), assignedto=Link("user"),
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344 priority=Link("priority"))
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345 issue.setkey('title')
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348 What you can't do to the schema
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349 -------------------------------
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351 You must never:
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352
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353 **Remove the users class**
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354 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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356 **Remove the "username", "address", "password" or "realname" user properties**
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357 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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358
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359 **Change the type of a property**
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360 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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361 this kind of action into account. Note that you can't just remove a
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362 property and re-add it as a new type either. If you wanted to make the
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363 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
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364 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
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367 What you can do to the schema
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368 -----------------------------
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370 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
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371 initialised (or used). You may:
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372
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373 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
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374 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repurcussions
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375 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
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377 **Remove properties**
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378 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
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379 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
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380 detectors_.
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384 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
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385 ---------------------------------------------------------
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387 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
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389 priority
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390 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
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392 status
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393 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
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395 keyword
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396 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
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398 user
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399 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
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400 for all users using roundup.
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402 msg
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403 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
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404 generated by roundup.
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406 file
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407 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
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409 issue
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410 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
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412 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
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413 reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue and more
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414 powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status. By only
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415 requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single number) we
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416 reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or status - or
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417 simply makes a new one up.
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420 Class and Items
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421 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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423 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
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424 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
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425 the information about the class items.
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427 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
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428 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
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429 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
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433 ~~~~~~~~~~
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435 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
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437 * String properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
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438 * Password properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
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439 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
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440 class.
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441 * Date properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
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442 objects.
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443 * Number properties store numeric values.
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444 * Boolean properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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445 * A Link property refers to a single other item selected from a
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446 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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447 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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448 * A Multilink property refers to possibly many items in a specified
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449 class. The value is a list of integers.
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451 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
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453 *creator*
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454 Link to the user that created the item.
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455 *creation*
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456 Date the item was created.
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457 *actor*
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458 Link to the user that last modified the item.
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459 *activity*
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460 Date the item was last modified.
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463 FileClass
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464 ~~~~~~~~~
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466 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
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467 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
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468 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
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471 tracker.
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480 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
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481 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
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482 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
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483 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
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484 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
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485 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
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487 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
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488 "creator" properties.
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490 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
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491 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
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492 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
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493 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
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494 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
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497 setkey(property)
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500 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
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501 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
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502 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
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503 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
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504 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
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505 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
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507 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
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509 or::
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511 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
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513 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
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514
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515 If a class does not have an "order" property, the key is also used to
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516 sort instances of the class when it is rendered in the user interface.
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517 (If a class has no "order" property, sorting is by the labelproperty of
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518 the class. This is computed, in order of precedence, as the key, the
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519 "name", the "title", or the first property alphabetically.)
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520
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522 create(information)
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523 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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524
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525 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
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526 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
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528
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529 A note about ordering
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530 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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531
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532 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
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533 depending on the properties being sorted on:
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534
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535 1. If it's a String, Number, Date or Interval property, we just sort the
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536 scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted case-sensitively.
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537 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
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538 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
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539 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
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540 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
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541 so on.
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542
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543 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
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544 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
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545 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
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546
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547
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548 Examples of adding to your schema
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549 ---------------------------------
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550
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551 TODO
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552
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553
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554 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
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555 ============================================
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556 .. _detectors:
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557
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558 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
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559 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
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560 initialised via the ``roundup-admin initialise`` command.
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561
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562 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
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563 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
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564 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
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565 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
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566 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
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567 for you are:
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569 **nosyreaction.py**
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570 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
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571 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
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572 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
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573 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
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574 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
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575 **statusauditor.py**
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576 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
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577 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
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578 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
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579 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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580 defined.
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581 **messagesummary.py**
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582 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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583 content.
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584 **userauditor.py**
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585 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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586 roles lists).
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587
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588 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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589 or remove these detectors.
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590
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591 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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592 interface for detectors.
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593
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594 __ design.html
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595
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597 Detector API
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598 ------------
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599
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600 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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602 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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604 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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605 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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606 property names to values.
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607
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608 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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609 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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610 is about to be created.
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612 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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615 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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617 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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619 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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621 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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622 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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623 property names to values.
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624
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625 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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626 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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628 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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629 values of properties that were changed.
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631 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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632 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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635 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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636 ----------------------------------
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637
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638 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
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639 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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640 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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641
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642 **newissuecopy.py**
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643 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
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644 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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645 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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646 email errors!
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647 **creator_resolution.py**
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648 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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649 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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650 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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651 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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652 **email_auditor.py**
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653 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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654 extension .eml.
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655 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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656 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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657 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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658 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
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661 Auditor or Reactor?
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662 -------------------
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663
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664 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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665
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666 **Auditors**
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667 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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668 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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669 **Reactors**
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670 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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671 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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672 detector loops.
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673
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674
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675 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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676 ---------------------------------------
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677
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678 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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679 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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680 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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681 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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682 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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683
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684 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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685
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686 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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687
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688 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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689
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690 raise Reject
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692
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693 Generating email from Roundup
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694 -----------------------------
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695
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696 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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697 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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698
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699 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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700 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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701 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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702 is not required).
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704
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705 Database Content
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706 ================
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707
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708 .. note::
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709 if you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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710 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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711
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712 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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713 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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714 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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715 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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716
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717 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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718 Edit the initial_data.py module in your tracker to alter the items
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719 created using the ``create( ... )`` methods.
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720
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721 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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722 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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723 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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724 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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725
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726 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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727 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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728 question.
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729
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730 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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731 requires database content changes.
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732
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733
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734 Security / Access Controls
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735 ==========================
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736
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737 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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738
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739 - Create (everything)
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740 - Edit (everything)
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741 - View (everything)
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742
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743 Every Class you define in your tracker's schema also gets an Create, Edit
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744 and View Permission of its own.
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745
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746 The default interfaces define:
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747
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748 - Web Registration
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749 - Web Access
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750 - Web Roles
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751 - Email Registration
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752 - Email Access
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753
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754 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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755
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756 - Admin (Create, Edit, View and everything; Web Roles)
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757 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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758 - Anonymous (Web Registration; Email Registration)
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759
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760 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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761 user gets "Anonymous" assigned when the tracker is installed.
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763 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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764
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765 - Create, Edit and View issue, file, msg, query, keyword
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766 - View priority, status
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767 - View user
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768 - Edit their own record
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769
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770 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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771
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772 - Create user (for registration)
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773 - View issue, file, msg, query, keyword, priority, status
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774
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775 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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776
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777 #
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778 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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779 #
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780 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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781 # about security setup.
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782
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783 #
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784 # REGULAR USERS
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785 #
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786 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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787 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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788 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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789 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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790 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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791
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792 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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793 # to regular users now
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794 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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795 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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796 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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797 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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798 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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799 p = db.security.getPermission('Create', cl)
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800 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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801 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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802 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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803 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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804
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805 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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806 # if you don't want them to
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807 p = db.security.getPermission('View', 'user')
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808 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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809
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810 # Users should be able to edit their own details. Note that this
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811 # permission is limited to only the situation where the Viewed or
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812 # Edited item is their own.
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813 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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814 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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815 return userid == itemid
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816 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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817 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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818 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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819 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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820 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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821
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822 #
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823 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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824 #
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825 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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826 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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827 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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828 p = db.security.getPermission('Web Access')
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829 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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830
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831 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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832 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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833 # "Create" user Permission below)
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834 p = db.security.getPermission('Email Access')
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835 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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836
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837 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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838 # Role. Choices here are:
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839 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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840 p = db.security.getPermission('Create', 'user')
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841 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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842
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843 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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844 # information)
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845 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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846 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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847 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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848
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849 # [OPTIONAL]
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850 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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851 # related file and message items)
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852 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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853 # p = db.security.getPermission('Create', cl)
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854 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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855 # p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', cl)
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856 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', p)
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857
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858
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859 Automatic Permission Checks
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860 ---------------------------
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861
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862 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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863 through the web. This includes:
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864
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865 1. View checks for properties when being rendered via the ``plain()`` or
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866 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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867 displayed.
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868 2. Edit checks for properties when the edit field is being rendered via
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869 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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870 will be rendered via the ``plain()`` method (see point 1. for subsequent
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871 checking performed)
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872 3. View checks are performed in index pages for each item being displayed
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873 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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874 4. View checks are performed at the top of item pages for the Item being
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875 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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876 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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877 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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878 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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879 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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880
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881
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882 New User Roles
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884
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885 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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886
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887 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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888 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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889
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890
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891 Changing Access Controls
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892 ------------------------
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893
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894 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new
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895 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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896 interface if they register through email.
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897
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898 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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899 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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900
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901
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902 Adding a new Permission
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903 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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904
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905 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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906
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907 1. add it to your tracker's ``schema.py`` so it is created, using
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908 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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910 self.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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911 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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912
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913 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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914 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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915 "``roundup-admin security``")
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916 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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917 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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918 interfaces module
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919
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920 The ``addPermission`` method takes a couple of optional parameters:
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921
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922 **properties**
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923 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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924 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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925 'email') ...``)
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926 **check**
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927 A function to be execute which returns boolean determining whether the
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928 Permission is allowed. The function has the signature ``check(db, userid,
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929 itemid)`` where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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930 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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931 accessed.
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932
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933 Example Scenarios
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934 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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935
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936 See the `examples`_ section for longer examples of customisation.
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937
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938 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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939 By giving the "anonymous" user the "Email Registration" Role, any
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940 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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941 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through the web
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942 until an admin sets their password). This is the default behaviour
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943 in the tracker templates that ship with Roundup.
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945 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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946 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access" and ("Edit", "issue")
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947 Roles but do not not give them the "Email Registration" Role. This
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948 means that when an unknown user sends email into the tracker, they're
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949 automatically logged in as "anonymous". Since they don't have the
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950 "Email Registration" Role, they won't be automatically registered, but
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951 since "anonymous" has permission to use the gateway, they'll still be
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952 able to submit issues. Note that the Sender information - their email
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953 address - will not be available - they're *anonymous*.
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954
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955 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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956 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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957 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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958 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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959 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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960 auditor. See the example
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961 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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962
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963 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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964 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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965 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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966 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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967 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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968 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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969 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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970
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971 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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972 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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973
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974 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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975 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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976 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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977 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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978 interface.
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979
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980 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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981 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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982 editing users::
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983
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984 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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985 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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986 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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987
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988 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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989
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990
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991 Web Interface
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992 =============
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993
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994 .. contents::
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995 :local:
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996
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997 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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998 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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999 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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1000 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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1001 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
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1002 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
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1003 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
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1004 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
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1005
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1006
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1007
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1008 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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1009 ---------------------------------------------
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1010
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1011 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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1012 the web interface knows about it:
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1013
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1014 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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1015 have properties added or removed,
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1016 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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1017 "home" page's content arguments.
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1018
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1019
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1020 How requests are processed
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1021 --------------------------
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1022
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1023 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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1024
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1025 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
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1026 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
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1027 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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1028 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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1029 output
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1030
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1031 In some situations, exceptions occur:
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1032
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1033 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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1034 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1035 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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1036 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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1037 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
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1038 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
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1039 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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1040 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
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1041 the action to take place
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1042 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
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1043 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
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1044 client
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1045
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1046
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1047 Determining web context
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1048 -----------------------
1073
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1049
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1050 To determine the "context" of a request, we look at the URL and the
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1051 special request variable ``@template``. The URL path after the tracker
1674
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1052 identifier is examined. Typical URL paths look like:
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1053
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1054 1. ``/tracker/issue``
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1055 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
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1056 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1057 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1058 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1059
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
1060 where the "tracker identifier" is "tracker" in the above cases. That means
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1061 we're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1062 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above. The path is generally only one
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1063 entry long - longer paths are handled differently.
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parents: 1003
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1064
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1065 a. if there is no path, then we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1066 context`_ below for more information about how it may be used.
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parents: 2588
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1067 b. if the path starts with "@@file" (as in example 3,
809758599cdc oops, double-@
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1068 "/tracker/@@file/style.css"), then the additional path entry,
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1069 "style.css" specifies the filename of a static file we're to serve up
2589
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
1070 from the tracker TEMPLATES (or STATIC_FILES, if configured) directory.
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
1071 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Raises a SendStaticFile
809758599cdc oops, double-@
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1072 exception.
1674
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parents: 1671
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1073 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1074 identifies the tracker class we're to display.
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parents: 1671
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1075 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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parents: 1671
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1076 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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parents: 1671
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1077 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1078 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1079 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1080 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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parents: 1671
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1081 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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parents: 1671
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1082 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1083
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1084 Both b. and e. stop before we bother to determine the template we're
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parents: 1671
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1085 going to use. That's because they don't actually use templates.
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parents: 1671
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1086
1679
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diff changeset
1087 The template used is specified by the ``@template`` CGI variable, which
1674
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1088 defaults to:
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1089
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diff changeset
1090 - only classname suplied: "index"
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diff changeset
1091 - full item designator supplied: "item"
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1092
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1093
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diff changeset
1094 The "home" Context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1095 ------------------
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1096
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1097 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1098 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
1099 list or specific issue).
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1100
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1101 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1102 interface. You'd probably have:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1103
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1104 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1105 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
1106 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1107 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1108 page up, you use the URL:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1109
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1110 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1111
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parents: 2209
diff changeset
1112
2134
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1113 Serving static content
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1114 ----------------------
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1115
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1116 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
2589
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parents: 2588
diff changeset
1117 ``@@file`` paths.
2134
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1118
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
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parents: 2129
diff changeset
1119
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1120 Performing actions in web requests
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
1121 ----------------------------------
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1122
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1123 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1124 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1125 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1126 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1127 of:
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1128
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1129 **login**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1130 Attempt to log a user in.
1278
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parents: 1270
diff changeset
1131
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1132 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
1133 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
1278
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parents: 1270
diff changeset
1134
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1135 **register**
1674
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parents: 1671
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1136 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
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parents: 1671
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1137 log them in.
1278
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parents: 1270
diff changeset
1138
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1139 **edit**
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1140 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1141 variables`_ you may use.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
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1142
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1143 **new**
1679
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1144 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1145 variables`_ as in the "edit" action.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
diff changeset
1146
1278
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parents: 1270
diff changeset
1147 **retire**
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
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parents: 1270
diff changeset
1148 Retire the item in the database.
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
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parents: 1270
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1149
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1150 **editCSV**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
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1151 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1152 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
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parents: 1671
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1153 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1154 features.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
diff changeset
1155
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1156 **search**
1674
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parents: 1671
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1157 Mangle some of the form variables:
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1158
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1159 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
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1160 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
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parents: 1671
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1161 them to :filter.
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1162
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1163 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
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1164 user's query list.
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1165
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1166 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
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1167 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
2915
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1168 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
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1169 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
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parents: 2016
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1170 web actions`_).
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parents: 2016
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1171
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1172 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
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parents: 2016
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1173 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
2991
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1174 for each action are:
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1175
1125
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1176 **login**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
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1177 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1178 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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1179 No permission checks are made.
1125
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parents: 1124
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1180 **register**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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1181 Determine whether the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1182 **edit**
2983
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1183 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
1674
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1184 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
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1185 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
diff changeset
1186 special Permission "Web Roles".
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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diff changeset
1187 **new**
2983
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1188 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
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1189 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1190 be created if the user has the "Web Registration" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
1191 **editCSV**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
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1192 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
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1193 **search**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
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parents: 2983
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1194 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
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parents: 1057
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1195
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1196
1679
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1197 Special form variables
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1198 ----------------------
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1199
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1200 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1201 variables and their values. You can:
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1202
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parents: 1674
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1203 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
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1204 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1205 properties,
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1206 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1207 current item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1208 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1209 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1210 operation to be successful.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1211
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1212 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1213 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1214
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1215 Most properties are specified as form variables:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1216
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1217 ``<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1218 property on the current context item
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1219
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1220 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1221 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1222
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1223 Designators name a specific item of a class.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1224
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1225 ``<classname><N>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1226 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1227
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1228 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1229 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1230 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1231 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1232 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1233 item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1234
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1235 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1236 if it's special:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1237
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1238 ``@required``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1239 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1240 property names that must be specified when the form is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1241 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1242
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1243 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1244 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1245 present, they are for the item specified by
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1246 <designator>.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1247
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1248 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1249 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1250
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1251 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1252 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1253 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1254 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1255 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1256 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1257 property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1258
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1259 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1260 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1261 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1262 The form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1263 designators. The item corresponding to each
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1264 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
1265 form variable.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1266
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1267 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
1268 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
1269 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
1270
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1271 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
1272 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
1273 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
1274
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1275 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
1276 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
1277 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
1278
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1279 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1280 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
1281 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
1282
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1283 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1284 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1285 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1286 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
1287 is set to the form value.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1288
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1289 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), and Number()
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1290 properties, the form value is converted to the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1291 appropriate
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1292
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1293 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1294 designator.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1295
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1296 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
1297
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diff changeset
1298 @note
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1299 This is equivalent to::
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1300
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1301 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
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diff changeset
1302 msg-1@content=value
1679
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1303
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1304 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
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parents: 1674
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1305 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1306 time, respectively.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1307
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diff changeset
1308 @file
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1309 This is equivalent to::
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1310
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diff changeset
1311 @link@files=file-1
1918
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diff changeset
1312 file-1@content=value
1679
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1313
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diff changeset
1314 The String content value is handled as described above for file
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parents: 1674
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1315 uploads.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
1316
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
1317 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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1318 specified, the action::
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1319
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1320 @link@msg-1@files=file-1
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1321
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1322 is also performed.
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1323
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1324 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
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1325 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
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1326 returning.
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1327
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1328
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1329 Default templates
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1330 -----------------
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1331
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1332 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
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1333 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
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1334 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
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1335
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1336 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
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1337 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
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1338 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
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1339
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1340 **page.html**
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1341 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
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1342 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
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1343 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
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1344 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
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1345 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
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1346 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
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1347 title.
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1348 **home.html**
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1349 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
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1350 **home.classlist.html**
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1351 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
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1352 tracker
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1353 **classname.item.html**
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1354 displays an item of the *classname* class
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1355 **classname.index.html**
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1356 displays a list of *classname* items
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1357 **classname.search.html**
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1358 displays a search page for *classname* items
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1359 **_generic.index.html**
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1360 used to display a list of items where there is no
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1361 ``*classname*.index`` available
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1362 **_generic.help.html**
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1363 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
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1364 ``*classname*.help``
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1365 **user.register.html**
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1366 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
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1367 page
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1368 **style.css.html**
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1369 a static file that is served up as-is
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parents:
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1370
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1371 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
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1372
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1373 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
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1374 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
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1375 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
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1376 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
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1377
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1378 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
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1379
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diff changeset
1380 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
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1381
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1382
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1383 How the templates work
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diff changeset
1384 ----------------------
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1385
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1386
1214
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diff changeset
1387 Basic Templating Actions
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1388 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1389
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1390 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
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1391 These attributes form the `Template Attribute Language`_, or TAL.
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1392 The basic TAL commands are:
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1393
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1394 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
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1395 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
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1396 example::
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1397
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1398 <html tal:define="title request/description">
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1399 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
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1400 </html>
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1401
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1402 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
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1403 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
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1404 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
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1405
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1406 **tal:condition="expression"**
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1407 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
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1408 example::
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1409
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1410 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
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diff changeset
1411 Display some issue information.
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parents: 1058
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1412 </p>
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1413
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1414 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
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1415 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
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1416 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
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1417 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
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1418 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
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1419 spaces!).
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1420
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1421 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
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1422 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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1423 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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1424 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
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1425
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1426 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
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1427 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
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1428 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
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1429 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
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1430 </tr>
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1431
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diff changeset
1432 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
1433 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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diff changeset
1434 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
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1435 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
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1436 below on `the repeat variable`_.
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1437
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1438 **tal:replace="expression"**
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1439 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
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1440
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1441 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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1442
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1443 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
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1444 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
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1445 resultant output would be "Bruce".
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1446
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1447 **tal:content="expression"**
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1448 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
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1449 For example::
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1450
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1451 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
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1452 </span>
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1453
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1454 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
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1455 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
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1456 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1457
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1458 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
1674
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1459 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
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1460 example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1461
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1462 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
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1463
1674
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1464 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
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1465 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
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1466 be something like "user123".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1467
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diff changeset
1468 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
1469 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1470 example::
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1471
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diff changeset
1472 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
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1473
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1474 would result in output of::
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diff changeset
1475
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1476 Hello, world!
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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1477
1674
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1478 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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1479 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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1480
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1481 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
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1482 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
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1483 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
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1484 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
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1485 for repeating multiple table rows, which would othewise require an
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1486 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
1057
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diff changeset
1487
2296
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1488 .. _TAL:
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
1489 .. _Template Attribute Language:
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parents: 2227
diff changeset
1490 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TAL%20Specification%201.4
1214
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diff changeset
1491
2910
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
1492
1214
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diff changeset
1493 Templating Expressions
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diff changeset
1494 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
1495
2296
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diff changeset
1496 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
1497 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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1498 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
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diff changeset
1499
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1500 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
1674
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1501 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
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1502 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
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1503 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
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diff changeset
1504 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
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1505 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
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1506 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
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1507 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
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1508 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
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1509 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
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1510 expression type, so it's not necessary.
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1511
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1512 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
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1513 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
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1514 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
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diff changeset
1515 case of ``tal:attributes``).
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diff changeset
1516
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1517 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
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1518 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
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1519 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
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diff changeset
1520 the case of ``tal:replace``).
1244
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parents: 1236
diff changeset
1521
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
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diff changeset
1522 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
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1523 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
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1524 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
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diff changeset
1525 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
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diff changeset
1526
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1527 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
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1528 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
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diff changeset
1529 expressions.
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diff changeset
1530
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diff changeset
1531 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
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diff changeset
1532 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1533 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
1534 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
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diff changeset
1535
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diff changeset
1536 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
1057
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1537 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
1674
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1538 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
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diff changeset
1539 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
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diff changeset
1540 ``checklist`` is a method.
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
1541
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1542 Modifiers:
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1543
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1544 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1545 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1546 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
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diff changeset
1547 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
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diff changeset
1548 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
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diff changeset
1549 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1550
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1551 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
1674
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diff changeset
1552 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
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diff changeset
1553 expression.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1554
2296
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Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1555 .. _TALES:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1556 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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diff changeset
1557 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/TALES%20Specification%201.3
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
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parents: 1436
diff changeset
1558
2910
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
1559
1214
3ed25834f33c more doc
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diff changeset
1560 Template Macros
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diff changeset
1561 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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diff changeset
1562
1674
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diff changeset
1563 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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1564 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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1565 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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diff changeset
1566
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1567 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
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1568 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
1569 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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diff changeset
1570 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
1213
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diff changeset
1571
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1572 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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1573 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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1574 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
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1575 example::
1213
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1576
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1577 <html metal:define-macro="page">
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diff changeset
1578 ...
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diff changeset
1579 </html>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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diff changeset
1580
1674
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1581 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
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1582 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
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1583 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
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1584 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
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1585 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
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1586 "page" template.
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1587
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1588 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
1674
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1589 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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1590 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
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1591 For example::
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1592
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1593 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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1594 ...
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1595 </tal:block>
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1596
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1597 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
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1598 "page" template.
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1599
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1600 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
1674
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1601 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
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1602 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
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1603 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
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1604 so::
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1605
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1606 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
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1607
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1608 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
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1609 like this::
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1610
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1611 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
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1612
1674
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1613 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
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1614 as the slot in the macro.
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1615
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1616 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
1674
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1617 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
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1618 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
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1619
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1620 .. _METAL:
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1621 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
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1622 http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZPT/METAL%20Specification%201.0
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1623
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1624 Information available to templates
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1625 ----------------------------------
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1626
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1627 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
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1628
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1629 The following variables are available to templates.
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1630
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1631 **context**
1674
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1632 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
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1633 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
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1634 **request**
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1635 Includes information about the current request, including:
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1636 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
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1637 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
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1638 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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1639 - *user*, the current user item as an HTMLItem instance
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1640 - *form*
1674
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1641 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
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1642 to value
1254
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1643 **config**
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1644 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
1674
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1645 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
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1646 **db**
1254
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1647 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
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1648 **templates**
1674
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1649 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
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1650 *use-macro* commands.
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1651 **utils**
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1652 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
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1653 **nothing**
1674
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1654 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
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1655 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
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1656 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
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1657 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
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1658 example::
1100
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1659
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1660 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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1661
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1662 would result in::
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1663
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1664 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1665
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1666 **default**
1100
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1667 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
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1668 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
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1669 remain. So::
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1670
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1671 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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1672
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1673 would result in::
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1674
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1675 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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1676
2526
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1677 **true**, **false**
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1678 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
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1679 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
2540
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1680 **i18n**
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1681 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
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1682
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1683 **gettext** (*message*)
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1684 Return the localized translation of message
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1685 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
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1686 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
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1687 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
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1688 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
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1689 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
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1690 return plural otherwise.
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1691
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1692 This function requires python2.3; in earlier python versions
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1693 may not work as expected.
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1694
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1695 The context variable
1098
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1696 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1697
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1698 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
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1699 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
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1700
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1701 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
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1702 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
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1703 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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1704 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
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1705 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
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1706
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1707 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
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1708 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
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1709
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1710 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
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1711 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
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1712 ``context/property/field``.
1674
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1713 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
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1714 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
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1715 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
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1716 "context/id".
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1717
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1718 Hyperdb class wrapper
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1719 :::::::::::::::::::::
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1720
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1721 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
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1722 class.
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1723
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1724 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb class. It is used
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1725 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
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1726 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
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1727 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
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parents: 1671
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1728 mind.
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1729
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1730 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
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1731 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1732 from the CGI form.
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1733
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1734 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1735
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1736 =========== =============================================================
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1737 Method Description
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1738 =========== =============================================================
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1739 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
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1740 properties.
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1741 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
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1742 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
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1743 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
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1744 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
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1745 options are avaible for sorting:
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1746
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1747 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
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1748 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
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1749 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
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1750 "group" are ``(dir, prop)`` where dir is '+', '-' or None
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1751 and prop is a prop name or None.
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1752
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parents: 2855
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1753 eg. ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1"},
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1754 sort=('activity', '+'))``
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1755
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1756 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
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1757 "help" template.
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1758 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
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1759 renderWith render this class with the given template.
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1760 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
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1761 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
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1762 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
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1763 =========== =============================================================
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1764
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1765 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1766 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1767 expression. For example::
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1768
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1769 python:context['list']
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1770
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1771 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
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1772
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1773
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1774 Hyperdb item wrapper
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1775 ::::::::::::::::::::
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1776
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1777 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
1674
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1778 class.
1123
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1779
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1780 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperb item.
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1781
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1782 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
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1783 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
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1784 from the CGI form.
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1785
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1786 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1787
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1788 =============== ========================================================
1123
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1789 Method Description
1674
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1790 =============== ========================================================
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1791 submit generate a submit button (and action hidden element)
1674
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1792 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
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1793 implemented**)
1123
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1794 history render the journal of the current item as HTML
1674
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diff changeset
1795 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
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diff changeset
1796 for the query
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1797 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
2991
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parents: 2983
diff changeset
1798 user has a Permission. The signature is::
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diff changeset
1799
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1800 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
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parents: 2983
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1801 [property=], [itemid=])
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1802
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1803 where the classname defaults to the current context.
1136
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1804 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
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1805 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
2154
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parents: 2153
diff changeset
1806 is_retired is the item retired?
2180
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parents: 2159
diff changeset
1807 download_url generates a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
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parents: 2159
diff changeset
1808 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
1674
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1809 =============== ========================================================
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1810
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1811 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
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1812 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
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1813 expression. For example::
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1814
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1815 python:context['journal']
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1816
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1817 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
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1818
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1819
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1820 Hyperdb property wrapper
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1821 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
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1822
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1823 This is implemented by subclasses of the
1674
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1824 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
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1825 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
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1826
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1827 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
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1828 value may be either:
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1829
1674
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1830 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1831 the hyperdb
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1832 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
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1833 the CGI form
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1834
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1835
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1836 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
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1837
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1838 =============== ========================================================
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1839 Attribute Description
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1840 =============== ========================================================
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1841 _name the name of the property
1674
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1842 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
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1843 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
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1844 =============== ========================================================
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1845
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1846 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
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1847
1773
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1848 =========== ================================================================
1780
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parents: 1777
diff changeset
1849 Method Description
1773
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diff changeset
1850 =========== ================================================================
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1851 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
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diff changeset
1852 may take two arguments:
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diff changeset
1853
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1854 escape
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1855 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
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diff changeset
1856 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1857 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
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1858 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
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1859 expressions are all equivalent::
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1860
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1861 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1862 "python:msg.content.plain()"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1863 "msg/content/plain"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1864 "msg/content"
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1865
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1866 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1867 complex expression.
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1868
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1869 hyperlink
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1870 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1871 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1872 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
1873 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1874
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1875 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1876
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1877 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
1878 transformation done in the plain() method.
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1879
1773
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1880 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1881
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1882 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1883
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1884 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1885 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
2958
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parents: 2921
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1886 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1887 arguments:
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1888
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1889 size
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
1890 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1891
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1892 format (Date properties only)
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1893 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
1894 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1895 below.
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1896
1773
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1897 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1898 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1899 installed separately)
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1900 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1901 field for the property
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1902 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
1903 as an obscured email address
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1904 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
1905 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1906 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1907 "name:confirm".
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1908 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1909 property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
1910 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1911 and now
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1912 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
2007
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1913 with some timezone offset, for example::
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1914
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1915 python:context.creation.local(10)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
1916
55046bb7f789 tweaking
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parents: 2003
diff changeset
1917 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1918 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1919 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1920
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1921 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1922
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1923 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
1924
90769be53b4b doc fix
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parents: 2076
diff changeset
1925 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
2958
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1926 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1927 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1928 Reference: time module`__)
1773
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parents: 1730
diff changeset
1929 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
3127
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
1930 list for this property. Takes a number of optional arguments
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
1931
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parents: 3126
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1932 size
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parents: 3126
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1933 is used to limit the length of the list labels
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parents: 3126
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1934 height
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parents: 3126
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1935 is used to set the <select> tag's "size" attribute
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parents: 3126
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1936 showid
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
1937 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
1938 additional
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
1939 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
1940 sort_on
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
1941 indicates the property to sort the list on as (direction,
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
1942 property) where direction is '+' or '-'.
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
1943
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diff changeset
1944 The remaining keyword arguments are used as conditions for
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
1945 filtering the items in the list - they're passed as the
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
1946 "filterspec" argument to a Class.filter() call.
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diff changeset
1947
2883
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1948 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1949 items sorted by some property, for example::
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1950
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1951 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1952
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 2858
diff changeset
1953 Will list the files by upload date.
1773
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diff changeset
1954 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
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parents: 1730
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1955 items in reverse order
2180
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parents: 2159
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1956 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
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1957 =========== ================================================================
1123
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parents: 1113
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1958
2958
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1959 __ http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html
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parents: 2921
diff changeset
1960
2138
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1961 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1962 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1963 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1964
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1965 context/title/field
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1966
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diff changeset
1967 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1968 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
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parents: 2134
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1969 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1970 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1971 have permission to view the information.
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parents: 2134
diff changeset
1972
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parents: 1671
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1973
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parents: 1070
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1974 The request variable
1098
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parents: 1096
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1975 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1976
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parents: 3036
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1977 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1978 class.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1979
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1980 The request variable is packed with information about the current
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1981 request.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1982
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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1983 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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1984
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
1985 =========== ============================================================
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1986 Variable Holds
1674
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parents: 1671
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1987 =========== ============================================================
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diff changeset
1988 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1989 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
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parents: 1083
diff changeset
1990 base the base URL for this tracker
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parents: 1070
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1991 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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diff changeset
1992 classname the current classname (possibly None)
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
1993 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
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parents: 1070
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1994 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
1674
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1995 =========== ============================================================
1083
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1996
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diff changeset
1997 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
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parents: 1074
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1998
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1999 =========== ============================================================
1083
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2000 Variable Holds
1674
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parents: 1671
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2001 =========== ============================================================
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2002 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2003 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
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parents: 1096
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2004 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
1073
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diff changeset
2005 sort index sort column (direction, column name)
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2006 group index grouping property (direction, column name)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2007 filter properties to filter the index on
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2008 filterspec values to filter the index on
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2009 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
1674
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parents: 1671
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2010 =========== ============================================================
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2011
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2012 There are several methods available on the request variable:
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2013
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2014 =============== ========================================================
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2015 Method Description
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2016 =============== ========================================================
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2017 description render a description of the request - handle for the
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parents: 1671
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2018 page title
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2019 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
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2020 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2021 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2022 of the templating
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2023 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2024 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2025 `batching`_)
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parents: 1671
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2026 =============== ========================================================
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parents: 1123
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2027
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2028 The form variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
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2029 :::::::::::::::::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2030
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2031 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2032 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2033 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2034 "name", use the path expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2035
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
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2036 request/form/name/value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2037
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
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2038 or the python expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2039
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2040 python:request.form['name'].value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2041
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2042 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2043 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
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parents: 1671
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2044 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2045 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2046 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2047 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
1142
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parents: 1136
diff changeset
2048
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
2049
1123
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2050 The db variable
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2051 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2052
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
2053 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2054 class.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2055
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2056 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2057 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
2058
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2059 db/user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2060 python:db.user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
2061
1711
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2062 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
2063 ``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
2064 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
2065
1123
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2066 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
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parents: 1113
diff changeset
2067
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2068
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2069 The templates variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2070 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2071
3052
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
2072 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2073 class.
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2074
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2075 This variable doesn't have any useful methods defined. It supports being
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2076 used in expressions to access the templates, and consequently the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2077 template macros. You may access the templates using the following path
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2078 expression::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2079
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2080 templates/name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2081
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2082 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2083
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2084 templates[name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2085
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2086 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2087 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
2088 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2089
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2090 templates/name/macros/macro_name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2091
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2092 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2093
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2094 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2095
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2096 The repeat variable
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2097 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2098
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2099 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
2100 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
2101 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
2102
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2103 repeat/user
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2104 python:repeat['user']
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2105
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2106 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2107
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2108 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2109 Method Description
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2110 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2111 first True if the current item is the first in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2112 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
2113 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
2114 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
2115 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2116 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
2117 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2118 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2119 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2120 numerals.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2121 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2122 =============== =========================================================
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parents: 2739
diff changeset
2123
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2124
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2125 The utils variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2126 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1124
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parents: 1123
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2127
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
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2128 This is implemented by the
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2129 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, but it may be extended
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2130 as described below.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2131
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2132 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2133 Method Description
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2134 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2135 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
2136 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
2137 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2138 =============== ========================================================
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2139
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2140 You may add additional utility methods by writing them in your tracker
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2141 ``extensions`` directory and registering them with the templating system
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2142 using ``instance.registerUtil`` (see `adding a time log to your issues`_ for
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2143 an example of this).
2886
0998d1b48182 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2883
diff changeset
2144
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
2145
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
2146 Batching
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2147 ::::::::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2148
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2149 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
2150 series of batches. Its usage is::
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2151
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2152 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
2153 overlap=0)
1124
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2154
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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diff changeset
2155 or, to get the current index batch::
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2156
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2157 request/batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2158
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parents: 1123
diff changeset
2159 The parameters are:
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2160
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2161 ========= ==============================================================
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2162 Parameter Usage
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2163 ========= ==============================================================
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2164 sequence a list of HTMLItems
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2165 size how big to make the sequence.
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2166 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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2167 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
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2168 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
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2169 then it is combined with this batch
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2170 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
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2171 ========= ==============================================================
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2172
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2173 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
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2174 addition, it has several more attributes:
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2175
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2176 =============== ========================================================
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2177 Attribute Description
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2178 =============== ========================================================
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2179 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
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2180 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
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2181 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
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2182 index*
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2183 length the actual number of elements in the batch
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2184 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
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2185 =============== ========================================================
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2186
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2187 And several methods:
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2188
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2189 =============== ========================================================
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2190 Method Description
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2191 =============== ========================================================
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2192 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
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2193 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
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2194 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
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2195 when compared to the last item
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2196 =============== ========================================================
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2197
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2198 An example of batching::
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2199
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2200 <table class="otherinfo">
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2201 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
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2202 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
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2203 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
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2204 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
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2205 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
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2206 keyword here</td>
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2207 </tr>
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2208 </table>
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2209
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2210 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
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2211 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
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2212
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2213
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2214 Displaying Properties
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2215 ---------------------
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2216
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2217 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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2218 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
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2219 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
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2220 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
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2221 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
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2222
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2223
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2224 Index Views
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2225 -----------
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2226
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2227 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
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2228 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
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2229
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2230
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2231 Index View Specifiers
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2232 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2233
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2234 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
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2235 been added for clarity)::
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2236
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2237 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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2238 topic=security,ui&
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2239 @group=priority&
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2240 @sort=-activity&
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2241 @filters=status,topic&
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2242 @columns=title,status,fixer
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2243
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2244 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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2245 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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2246 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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2247 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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2248 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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2249 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
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2250 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
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2251 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
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2252 headings in the table.
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2253
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2254 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
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2255 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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2256 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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2257
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2258 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
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2259 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
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2260 displayed, and only items with "topic" values including both "security"
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2261 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority, arranged in
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2262 ascending order; and within groups, sorted by activity, arranged in
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2263 descending order. The filter section shows filters for the "status" and
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2264 "topic" properties, and the table includes columns for the "title",
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2265 "status", and "fixer" properties.
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2267 ============ =============================================================
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2268 Argument Description
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2269 ============ =============================================================
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2270 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
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2271 descending or nothing for ascending sorting.
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2272 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
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2273 in descending or nothing for ascending order.
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2274 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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2275 all.
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2276 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
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2277 Default is none.
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2278 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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2279 have (very basic search/filter).
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2280 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
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2281 issue titles, etc)
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2282 ============ =============================================================
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2283
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2284
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2285 Searching Views
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2286 ---------------
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2287
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2288 .. note::
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2289 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
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2290 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
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2291 template so that it is actually displayed.
1320
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2292
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2293 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
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2294 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
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2295 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
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2296
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2297 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
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2298 searching
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2299 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
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2300 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
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2301
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2302 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
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2303 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
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2304 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
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2305 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
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2306 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
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2307 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
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2308 more useful for the end user.
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2309
3036
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2310 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
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2311 provide an additional argument:
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2312
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2313 ============ =============================================================
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2314 Argument Description
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2315 ============ =============================================================
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2316 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
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2317 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
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2318 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
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2319 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
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2320 does not.
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2321 ============ =============================================================
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2322
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2323
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2324 Item Views
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2325 ----------
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2326
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2327 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
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2328 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
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2329 "history" section.
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2330
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2331
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2332 Editor Section
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2333 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2334
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2335 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
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2336 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
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2337
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2338 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
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2339 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
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2340 template)::
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2341
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2342 <table class="form">
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2343 <tr>
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2344 <th>Title</th>
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2345 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
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2346 </tr>
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2347
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2348 <tr>
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2349 <th>Priority</th>
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2350 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
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2351 <th>Status</th>
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2352 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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2353 </tr>
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2354
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2355 <tr>
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2356 <th>Superseder</th>
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2357 <td>
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2358 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
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2359 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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2360 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
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2361 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
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2362 </span>
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2363 </td>
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2364 <th>Nosy List</th>
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2365 <td>
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2366 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
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2367 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
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2368 </td>
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2369 </tr>
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2370
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2371 <tr>
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2372 <th>Assigned To</th>
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2373 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
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2374 assignedto menu
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2375 </td>
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2376 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2377 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2378 </tr>
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2379
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2380 <tr>
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2381 <th>Change Note</th>
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2382 <td colspan="3">
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2383 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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2384 </td>
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2385 </tr>
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2386
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2387 <tr>
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2388 <th>File</th>
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2389 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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2390 </tr>
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2391
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2392 <tr>
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2393 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2394 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2395 submit button will go here
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2396 </td>
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2397 </tr>
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2398 </table>
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2399
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2400
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2401 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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2402 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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2403 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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2404 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
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2405
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2406
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2407 Form values
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2408 :::::::::::
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2409
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2410 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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2411 meet the various needs of:
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2412
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2413 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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2414 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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2415 attached files)
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2416 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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2417 spent on an issue)
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2418
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2419 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
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2420 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
1638
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2421
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2422 Properties are specified as form variables:
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2423
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2424 ``<propname>``
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2425 property on the current context item
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2426
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2427 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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2428 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
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2429
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2430 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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2431 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
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2432 items to attach to the current item)
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2433
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2434 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
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2435 the special form values:
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2436
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2437 ``@required``
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2438 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
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2439 raised.
1638
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2440
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2441 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
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2442 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
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2443
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2444 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
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2445 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
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2446
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2447 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
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2448 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
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2449 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
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2450 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
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2451 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
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2452 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
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2453 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
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2454 <classname>-<N>).
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2455
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2456 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
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2457 designator.
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2458
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2459 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
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2460
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2461 ``:note``
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2462 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
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2463 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
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2464 ``:file``
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2465 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
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2466 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
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2467
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2468
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2469 Spool Section
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2470 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2471
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2472 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
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2473 of an issue.
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2474
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2475 TODO
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2476
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2477
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2478 History Section
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2479 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2480
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2481 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
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2482 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
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2483
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2484 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
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2485
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2486 *To be done:*
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2487
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2488 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
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2489 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
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2490
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2491 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
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2492 a journal entry
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2493 </tal:block>
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2494
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2495 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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2496
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2497
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2498 Defining new web actions
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2499 ------------------------
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2500
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2501 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2502 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
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2503 using ``instance.registerAction``.
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2504
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2505 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
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2506
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2507 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
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2508 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
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2509 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
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2510 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
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2511
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2512 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
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2513 issues`_" for an example.
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2514
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2515
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2516 Define the new action class
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2517 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2518
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2519 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
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2520 example ``myaction.py``::
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2521
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2522 class MyAction(Action):
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2523 def handle(self):
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2524 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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2525 '''
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2526
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2527 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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2528 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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2529
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2530 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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2531 It may then:
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2532
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2533 - add information to ``self.client.ok_message`` or ``self.client.error_message``
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2534 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
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2535 next
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2536 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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2537 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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2538
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2539
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2540 Register the action class
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2541 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2542
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2543 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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2544 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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2545
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2546 def init(instance):
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2547 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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2548
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2549 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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2550
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2551
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2552 Use the new action
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2553 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2554
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2555 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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2556
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2557 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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2558
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2559 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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2560
2046
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2561 Actions may return content to the user
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2562 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2563
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2564 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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2565 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
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2566 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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2567 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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2568 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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2569 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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2570 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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2571
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2572 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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2573
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2574 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
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2575 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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2576 spreadsheet or database).
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2577
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2578
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2579 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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2580 --------------------------------------------
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2581
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2582 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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2583 and a browser cookie.
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2584
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2585 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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2586 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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2587
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2588 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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2589 ``kio8-r``).
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2590
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2591 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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2592 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
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2593 utf-8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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2594 characters in form fields). This version allows one to change
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2595 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
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2596 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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2597
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2598 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
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2599 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2600 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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2601 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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2602 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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2603 </tal:block>
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2604
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2605 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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2606 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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2607
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2608 ``meta http-equiv`` lines added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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2609 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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2610
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2611 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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2612 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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2613 />
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2614
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2615 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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2616
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2617
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2618 Examples
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2619 ========
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2620
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2621 .. contents::
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2622 :local:
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2623 :depth: 2
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2624
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2625
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2626 Changing what's stored in the database
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2627 --------------------------------------
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2628
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2629 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
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2630 the database.
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2631
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2632
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2633 Adding a new field to the classic schema
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2634 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2635
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2636 This example shows how to add a simple field (a due date) to the default
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2637 classic schema. It does not add any additional behaviour, such as enforcing
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2638 the due date, or causing automatic actions to fire if the due date passes.
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2639
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2640
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2641 1. modify the schema::
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2642
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2643 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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2644 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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2645 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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2646 due_date=Date())
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2647
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2648 2. add an edit field to the issue.item.html template::
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2649
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2650 <tr>
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2651 <th>Due Date</th>
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2652 <td tal:content="structure context/due_date/field" />
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2653 </tr>
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2654
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2655 3. add the property to the issue.index.html page::
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2656
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2657 (in the heading row)
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2658 <th tal:condition="request/show/due_date">Due Date</th>
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2659 (in the data row)
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2660 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date" tal:content="i/due_date" />
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2661
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2662 4. add the property to the issue.search.html page::
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2663
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2664 <tr tal:define="name string:due_date">
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2665 <th i18n:translate="">Due Date:</th>
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2666 <td metal:use-macro="search_input"></td>
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2667 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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2668 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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2669 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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2670 </tr>
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2671
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2672
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2673 Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema
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2674 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2675
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2676 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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2677 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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2678
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2679
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2680 Introduction
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2681 ::::::::::::
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2682
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2683 To make the classic schema of Roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
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2684 for a group of systems administrators, it needs an extra data field per
1674
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2685 issue: a category.
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2686
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2687 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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2688 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
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2689 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
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2690 best).
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2691
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2692
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2693 Adding a field to the database
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2694 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2695
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2696 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
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2697 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
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2698 to add some lines to the ``schema.py`` file of your tracker instance.
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2699 Under the comment::
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2700
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2701 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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2702
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2703 add::
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2704
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2705 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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2706 category.setkey("name")
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2707
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2708 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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2709 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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2710 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
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2711 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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2712 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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2713 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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2714 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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2715 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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2716
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2717 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
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2718 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
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2719 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
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2720 with the issues. To do that, find the lines
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9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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2721 in ``schema.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
1674
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2722 the category::
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2723
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2724 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
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2725 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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2726
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2727 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
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2728 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
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2729 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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2730
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2731 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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2732 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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2733
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2734
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2735 Populating the new category class
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2736 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2737
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2738 If you haven't initialised the database with the ``roundup-admin``
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2739 "initialise" command, then you can add the following to the tracker
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2740 ``initial_data.py`` under the comment::
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2741
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2742 # add any additional database creation steps here - but only if you
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2743 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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2744
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2745 Add::
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2746
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2747 category = db.getclass('category')
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2748 category.create(name="scipy", order="1")
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2749 category.create(name="chaco", order="2")
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2750 category.create(name="weave", order="3")
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2751
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2752 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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2753 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
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2754
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2755 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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2756 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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2757 Type "help" for help.
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2758 roundup> create category name=scipy order=1
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2759 1
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2760 roundup> create category name=chaco order=1
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2761 2
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2762 roundup> create category name=weave order=1
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2763 3
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2764 roundup> exit...
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2765 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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2766
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2767 TODO: explain why order=1 in each case.
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2768
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2769
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2770 Setting up security on the new objects
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2771 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2772
1674
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2773 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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2774 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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2775 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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2776 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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2777
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2778 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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2779 is also done in ``schema.py``.
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2780
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2781 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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2782 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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2783
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2784 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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2785 # to regular users now
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2786 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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2787 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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2788 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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2789 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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2790 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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2791
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2792 These lines assign the "View" and "Edit" Permissions to the "User" role,
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2793 so that normal users can view and edit "category" objects.
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2794
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2795 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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2796 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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2797 interface stuff.
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2798
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2800 Changing the web left hand frame
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2801 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2802
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2803 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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2804 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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2805 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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2806 is ``html/page.html``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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2807
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2808 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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2809 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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2810 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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2811 classblock is met. We are going to add the category code at the end of
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2812 the classblock for the *issue* class::
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2814 <p class="classblock"
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2815 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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2816 <b>Categories</b><br>
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2817 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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2818 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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2819 </p>
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2820
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2821 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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2822 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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2823 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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2824 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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2825 get that.
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2826
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2827 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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2828 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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2829 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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2830 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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2831 categories.
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2832
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2833 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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2834 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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2835 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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2836 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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2837 later on. However, to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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2838 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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2839 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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2840
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2842 Setting up a page to edit categories
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2843 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2844
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2845 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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2846 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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2847 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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2848
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2849 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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2850 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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2851 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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2852 write now.
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2853
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2854 First, we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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2855 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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2856 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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2857 from which files by looking for these comments::
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2858
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2859 <!-- category.item -->
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2860
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2861 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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2862 trappings::
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2863
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2864 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2865 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2866 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2867 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2868 </td>
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2869 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2870
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2871 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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2872 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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2873 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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2874 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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2875 multiple times::
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2876
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2877 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2878 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2879
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2880 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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2881 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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2882 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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2883
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2884 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2885
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2886 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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2887 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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2888 happening::
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2889
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2890 <table class="form">
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2891 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2892
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2893 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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2894 category. The ``context.name.field(size=60)`` bit tells Roundup to
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2895 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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2896 will be the "name" variable of the current context (namely "category").
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2897 The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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2898 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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2899
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2900 <tr>
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2901 <th>Name</th>
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2902 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2903 name</td>
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2904 </tr>
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2905
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2906 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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2907
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2908 <tr>
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2909 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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2910 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2911 submit button will go here
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2912 </td>
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2913 </tr>
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2914
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2915 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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2916 stuff::
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2917
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2918 </td>
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2919 </tal:block>
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2920
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2921 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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2922
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2923 <!-- category.item -->
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2924 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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2925 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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2926 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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2927 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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2928 </td>
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2929 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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2930 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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2931 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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2932
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2933 <table class="form">
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2934 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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2935
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2936 <tr>
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2937 <th>Name</th>
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2938 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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2939 name</td>
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2940 </tr>
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2941
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2942 <tr>
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2943 <td>
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2944 &nbsp;
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2945 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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2946 </td>
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2947 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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2948 submit button will go here
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2949 </td>
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2950 </tr>
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2951 </table>
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2952 </form>
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2953 </td>
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2954 </tal:block>
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2955
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2956 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
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2957 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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2958 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
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2959 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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2960
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2961
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2962 Adding the category to the issue
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2963 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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2964
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2965 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
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2966 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
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2967 the ``html/category.item.html`` file was used to define how to add a new
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2968 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
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2969 is created.
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2970
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2971 Just like ``category.issue.html``, this file defines a form which has a
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2972 table to lay things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new
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2973 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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2975 <th>Category</th>
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2976 <td><span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
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2977 <span tal:replace="structure db/category/classhelp" />
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2978 </td>
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2979
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2980 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
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2981 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
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2982 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
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2983 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
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2984 issue).
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2986 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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2987 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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2988
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2989
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2990 Searching on categories
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2991 :::::::::::::::::::::::
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2992
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2993 Now we can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
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2994 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
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2995 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
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2996 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
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2997
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2998 If you look for "Search Issues" in the ``html/page.html`` file, you will
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2999 find that it looks something like
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3000 ``<a href="issue?@template=search">Search Issues</a>``. This shows us
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3001 that when you click on "Search Issues" it will be looking for a
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3002 ``issue.search.html`` file to display. So that is the file that we will
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3003 change.
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3004
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3005 If you look at this file it should begin to seem familiar, although it
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3006 does use some new macros. You can add the new category search code anywhere you
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3007 like within that form::
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3008
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3009 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
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3010 db_klass string:category;
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3011 db_content string:name;">
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3012 <th>Priority:</th>
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3013 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
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3014 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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3015 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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3016 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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3017 </tr>
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3018
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3019 The definitions in the ``<tr>`` opening tag are used by the macros:
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3020
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3021 - ``search_select`` expands to a drop-down box with all categories using
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3022 ``db_klass`` and ``db_content``.
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3023 - ``column_input`` expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns
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3024 should be displayed.
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3025 - ``sort_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
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3026 should be sorted on.
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3027 - ``group_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
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parents: 3127
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3028 should be grouped on.
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3029
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3030 The category search code above would expand to the following::
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3031
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3032 <tr>
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3033 <th>Category:</th>
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3034 <td>
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3035 <select name="category">
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3036 <option value="">don't care</option>
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3037 <option value="">------------</option>
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3038 <option value="1">scipy</option>
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3039 <option value="2">chaco</option>
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3040 <option value="3">weave</option>
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3041 </select>
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3042 </td>
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3043 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
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3044 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort" value="category"></td>
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3045 <td><input type="radio" name=":group" value="category"></td>
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3046 </tr>
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3047
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3048 Adding category to the default view
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3049 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3050
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3051 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
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3052 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
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3053 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
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3054 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
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3055 default when listing all the issues.
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3056
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3057 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
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3058 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
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3059 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
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3060 forth.
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3061
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3062 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
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3063
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3064 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
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3065
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3066 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
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3067 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
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3068
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3069 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
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3070 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
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3071 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
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3072
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3073 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
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3074
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3075 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
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3076 tal:content="i/category"></td>
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3077
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3078 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
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3079 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
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3080 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
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3081
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3082 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
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3083 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unassigned Issues" or "All Issues",
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3084 the category column should be included in the resulting list. If you
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3085 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
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3086 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
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3087 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
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3088 "category" to that list and it all should work.
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3089
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3090 Adding a time log to your issues
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3091 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3092
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3093 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
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3094 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
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3095
2983
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3096 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``schema.py``::
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3097
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3098 # storage for time logging
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3099 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
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3100
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3101 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
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3102 creation through the standard property "creation".
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3103
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3104 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
2983
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3105 ``schema.py``)::
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3106
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3107 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3108 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3109 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
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3110 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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3111
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3112 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
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3113
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3114 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
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3115 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
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3116 because unlike the other fields in the ``issue.item`` template, it
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3117 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
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3118 item (an issue). We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
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3119 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
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3120 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
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3121 field to capture a new timelog item's period::
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3122
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3123 <tr>
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3124 <th>Time Log</th>
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3125 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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3126 <br />(enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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3127 </td>
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3128 </tr>
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3130 and another hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
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3131 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the issue item. It looks
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3132 like this::
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3133
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3134 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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3135
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3136 On submission, the "-1" timelog item will be created and assigned a
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3137 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
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3138 added to it.
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3139
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3140 4. We want to display a total of the timelog times that have been
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3141 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
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3142 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
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3143 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a module ``timespent.py``
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3144 to the ``extensions`` directory in our tracker. The contents of this
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3145 file is as follows::
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3146
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3147 def totalTimeSpent(times):
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3148 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
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3149 Interval "period" property)
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3150 '''
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3151 total = Interval('0d')
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3152 for time in times:
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3153 total += time.period._value
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3154 return total
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3155
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3156 def init(instance):
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3157 instance.registerUtil('totalTimeSpent', totalTimeSpent)
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3158
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3159 We will now be able to access the ``totalTimeSpent`` function via the
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3160 ``utils`` variable in our templates, as shown in the next step.
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3161
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3162 5. Display the timelog for an issue::
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3163
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3164 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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3165 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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3166 <tal:block
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3167 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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3168 </th></tr>
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3169 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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3170 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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3171 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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3172 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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3173 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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3174 </tr>
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3175 </table>
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3176
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3177 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
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3178 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
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3179 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
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3180 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
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3181 and 40 minutes).
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3182
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3183 8. If you're using a persistent web server - ``roundup-server`` or
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3184 ``mod_python`` for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
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3185 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
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3186 time logging interface.
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3187
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3188
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3189 Tracking different types of issues
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3190 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3191
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3192 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
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3193 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
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3194 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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3195 a customer support issue class to a tracker.
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3196
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3197 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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3198 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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3199 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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3200
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3201 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``schema.py`` - in this
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3202 example, we're adding a "system support" class. Just after the "issue"
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3203 class definition, add::
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3204
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3205 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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3206 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3207 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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3208 affects=Multilink("system"))
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3209
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3210 3. Copy the existing ``issue.*`` (item, search and index) templates in the
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3211 tracker's ``html`` to ``support.*``. Edit them so they use the properties
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3212 defined in the ``support`` class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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3213 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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3214 required properties.
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3215
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3216 4. Edit the modules in the ``detectors``, adding lines to their ``init``
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3217 functions where appropriate. Look for ``audit`` and ``react`` registrations
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3218 on the ``issue`` class, and duplicate them for ``support``.
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3219
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3220 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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3221 existing issues one, changing the ``issue`` class name to ``support``.
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3222
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3223 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new ``support`` class.
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3224
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3225
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3226 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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3227 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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3228 some security declarations::
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3229
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3230 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'View', 'support')
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3231 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Create', 'support')
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3232 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Edit', 'support')
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3233
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3234 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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3235 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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3236
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3237 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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3238 for the ``issue`` class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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3239 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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3240 all with the "User" Role.
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3241
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3242
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3243 Using External User Databases
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3244 -----------------------------
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3245
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3246 Using an external password validation source
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3247 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3248
3228
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3249 .. note:: You will need to either have an "admin" user in your external
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3250 password source *or* have one of your regular users have
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3251 the Admin Role assigned. If you need to assign the Role *after*
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3252 making the changes below, you may use the ``roundup-admin``
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3253 program to edit a user's details.
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3254
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3255 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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3256 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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3257 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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3258 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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3259 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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3260 would be::
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3261
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3262 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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3263
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3264 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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3265 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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3266 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
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3267 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class. The
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3268 following is added as ``externalpassword.py`` in the tracker ``extensions``
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3269 directory::
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3270
3228
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3271 import os, crypt
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3272 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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3273
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3274 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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3275 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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3276 '''Look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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3277 name that matches.
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3278 '''
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3279 # get the user's username
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3280 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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3281
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3282 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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3283 # tracker home
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diff changeset
3284 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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3285
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3286 # see if we can find a match
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diff changeset
3287 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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diff changeset
3288 open(file).readlines()]:
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diff changeset
3289 if ent[0] == username:
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diff changeset
3290 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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3291
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diff changeset
3292 # user doesn't exist in the file
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3293 return 0
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3294
2915
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3295 def init(instance):
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3296 instance.registerAction('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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3297
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3298 You should also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
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3299 template.
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3300
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3301
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3302 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
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3303 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3304
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3305 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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3306 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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3307 and primary user group.
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3308
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3309 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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3310 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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3311 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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3312 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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3313 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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3314
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3315 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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3316 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3317 described in the previous example, `using an external password
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3318 validation source`_. We keep the user lists in sync using a fairly
1674
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diff changeset
3319 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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3320 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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3321
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3322 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
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diff changeset
3323 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
1299
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parents: 1293
diff changeset
3324
1292
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diff changeset
3325 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
3326 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
1293
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parents: 1292
diff changeset
3327 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
b2d04ce03802 Email improvements.
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parents: 1293
diff changeset
3328
1292
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diff changeset
3329 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
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diff changeset
3330
1674
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diff changeset
3331 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3332 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
3130
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
3333 information though - the user's email address and their Roundup Roles.
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3334 We're going to assume that the user's email address is the same as their
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diff changeset
3335 login name, so we just append the domain name to that. The Roles are
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3336 determined using the passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3337 to an appropriate set of Roles.
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diff changeset
3338
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3339 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
3340 as follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3341 tracker we're to work on::
1292
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diff changeset
3342
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diff changeset
3343 import sys, os, smtplib
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diff changeset
3344 from roundup import instance, date
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diff changeset
3345
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3346 # open the tracker
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3347 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
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diff changeset
3348 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
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diff changeset
3349
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
3350 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
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diff changeset
3351
3228
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parents: 3130
diff changeset
3352 # read in the users from the "passwd.txt" file
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parents: 3130
diff changeset
3353 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'passwd.txt')
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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diff changeset
3354 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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3355
1674
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diff changeset
3356 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3357 appear in the file)::
1292
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diff changeset
3358
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3359 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
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3360 # "real" users
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3361 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
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diff changeset
3362
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diff changeset
3363 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
1674
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3364 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team',
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diff changeset
3365 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
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3366
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3367 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
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3368
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3369 roles = {
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3370 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
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3371 '502': 'User', # finance
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3372 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
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3373 '504': 'User', # sales
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3374 '505': 'User', # marketing
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3375 }
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3376
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3377 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have
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3378 the tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause,
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3379 so that we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we
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3380 now do all the work::
1292
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3381
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3382 # open the database
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3383 db = tracker.open('admin')
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3384 try:
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3385 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
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3386 msg = []
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3387
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3388 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
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3389 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
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3390 if user in ignore:
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3391 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
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3392 continue
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3393 keep.append(user)
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3394 try:
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3395 # see if the user exists in the tracker
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3396 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3397
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3398 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3399 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3400 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3401 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3402 except KeyError:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3403 # nope, the user doesn't exist
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3404 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3405 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3406 msg.append('ADD %s - %s (%s)'%(user, real, roles[gid]))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3407
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3408 # 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
3409 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3410 for uid in db.user.list():
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parents: 1278
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3411 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3412 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3413 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3414 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3415
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3416 # if we did work, then send email to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3417 if msg:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3418 # create the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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3419 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3420
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parents: 1278
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3421 %s
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3422 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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3423
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3424 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3425 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3426 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3427 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3428
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3429 # now we're done - commit the changes
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3430 db.commit()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3431 finally:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3432 # always close the database cleanly
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3433 db.close()
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3434
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3435 And that's it!
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
3436
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3437
1680
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3438 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
3439 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
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3440
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3441 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3442 http://python-ldap.sf.net/ and then compares the list to the users in the
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3443 roundup user database would be pretty easy to write. You'd then have it run
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3444 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
3445 workflow). See the example `Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database`_
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3446 for more information about doing this.
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3447
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3448 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
3449 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
3450 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
3451 ``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
3452 ``extensions`` directory (see `using an external password validation
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
3453 source`_). The method is implemented by default as::
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3454
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3455 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3456 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3457 '''
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3458 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3459 if password == stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3460 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3461 if not password and not stored:
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3462 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
3463 return 0
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3464
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3465 So you could reimplement this as something like::
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3466
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3467 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3468 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3469 '''
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3470 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3471 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3472 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3473
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
3474
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3475 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3476 ----------------------------
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3477
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3478 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3479 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3480
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3481 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
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3482 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
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3483 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
3484
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3485 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3486
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
3487 user = Class(db, "user",
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3488 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
3489 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
3490 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
3491 alternate_addresses=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3492 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3493 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
3494
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3495 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
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3496 following to your ``user.item`` template::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3497
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3498 <tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3499 <th>On Vacation</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3500 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3501 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3502
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3503 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3504 consists of::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3505
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3506 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3507 users = db.user
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3508 messages = db.msg
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3509 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3510 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3511 try:
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3512 # figure the recipient ids
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3513 sendto = []
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3514 seen_message = {}
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3515 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3516 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3517 seen_message[recipid] = 1
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3518
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3519 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3520 # the message
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3521 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3522
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3523 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3524 # they aren't anonymous
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3525 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
3526 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3527 sendto.append(authid)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3528 seen_message[authid] = 1
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3529
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3530 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3531 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3532 for nosyid in nosy:
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parents: 2154
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3533 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
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3534 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
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3535 # in case they do...)
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3536 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
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3537 continue
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3538 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
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3539 if not seen_message.has_key(nosyid):
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3540 # send it to them
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3541 sendto.append(nosyid)
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3542 recipients.append(nosyid)
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3543
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3544 # generate a change note
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3545 if oldvalues:
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3546 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
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3547 else:
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3548 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
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3549
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3550 # we have new recipients
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3551 if sendto:
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parents: 2154
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3552 # filter out the people on vacation
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3553 sendto = [i for i in sendto
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3554 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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3555
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3556 # map userids to addresses
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3557 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
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parents: 2154
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3558
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3559 # update the message's recipients list
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3560 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
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parents: 2154
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3561
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parents: 2154
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3562 # send the message
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3563 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
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3564 except roundupdb.MessageSendError, message:
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3565 raise roundupdb.DetectorError, message
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parents: 2154
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3566
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3567 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
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3568 addition of::
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3569
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parents: 2154
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3570 # filter out the people on vacation
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3571 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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3572
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parents: 2154
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3573 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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3574
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3575 Adding in state transition control
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parents: 2154
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3576 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3577
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3578 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states to which users may
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3579 move issues. You can do this by following these steps:
2156
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3580
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3581 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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3582 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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3583 template::
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3584
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3585 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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3586
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3587 This will force users to select a status.
2156
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3588
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3589 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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3590
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3591 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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diff changeset
3592 ...)
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3593
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3594 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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3595
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3596 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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3597 b. using the ``roundup-admin`` "set" command.
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3598
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3599 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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3600 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
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3601
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3602 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3603 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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3604 property.
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3605 '''
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3606 if not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3607 return
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3608 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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3609 new = newvalues['status']
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3610 if new == current:
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3611 return
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3612 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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3613 if new not in ok:
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3614 raise ValueError, 'Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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parents: 2154
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3615 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name'))
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parents: 2154
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3616
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3617 def init(db):
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3618 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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parents: 2154
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3619
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3620 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3621 from::
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parents: 2154
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3622
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diff changeset
3623 <th>Status</th>
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3624 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3625
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3626 to::
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parents: 2154
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3627
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diff changeset
3628 <th>Status</th>
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3629 <td>
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3630 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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3631 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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diff changeset
3632 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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3633 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3634 tal:attributes="
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diff changeset
3635 value state/id;
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
3636 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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diff changeset
3637 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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3638 </tal:block>
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3639 </select>
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3640 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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3641 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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3642 </td>
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3643
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3644 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
1292
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
3645
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
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parents: 1255
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3646
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3647 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
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3648 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3649
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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diff changeset
3650 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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3651 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
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parents: 1671
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3652 resolved. To achieve this:
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3653
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3654 1. Create a new property on the ``issue`` class:
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diff changeset
3655 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. To do this, edit the definition of
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3656 this class in your tracker's ``schema.py`` file. Change this::
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parents: 1522
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3657
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diff changeset
3658 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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diff changeset
3659 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
3660 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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parents: 1522
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3661
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3662 to this, adding the blockers entry::
1559
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3663
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3664 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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3665 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
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3666 assignedto=Link("user"), topic=Multilink("keyword"),
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3667 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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3668
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3669 2. Add the new ``blockers`` property to the ``issue.item.html`` edit
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3670 page, using something like::
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3671
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3672 <th>Waiting On</th>
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3673 <td>
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3674 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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3675 size=20)" />
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3676 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
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3677 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
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3678 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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3679 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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3680 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
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3681 </span>
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3682
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3683 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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3684 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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3685 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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3686 the "superseders" field.
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3687
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3688 3. Create a new detector module (see below) which enforces the rules:
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3689
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3690 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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3691 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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3692
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3693 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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3694
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3695
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3696 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3697 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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3698 '''
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3699 if nodeid is None:
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3700 blockers = []
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3701 else:
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3702 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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3703 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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3704
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3705 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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3706 # changed
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3707 if not blockers or not newvalues.has_key('status'):
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3708 return
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3709
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3710 # get the resolved state ID
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3711 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3712
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3713 # format the info
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3714 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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3715 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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3716 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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3717 if len(blockers) == 1:
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3718 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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3719 else:
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3720 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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3721
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3722 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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3723 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
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3724 raise ValueError, "This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s
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3725
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3726
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3727 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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3728 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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3729 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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3730 '''
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3731 newstatus = cl.get(nodeid,'status')
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3732
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3733 # no change?
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3734 if oldvalues.get('status', None) == newstatus:
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3735 return
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3736
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3737 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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3738
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3739 # interesting?
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3740 if newstatus != resolved_id:
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3741 return
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3742
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3743 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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3744 # their blockers list
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3745 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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3746 for issueid in issues:
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3747 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
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3748 if nodeid in blockers:
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3749 blockers.remove(nodeid)
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3750 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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3751
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3752 def init(db):
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3753 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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3754 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
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3755 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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3756
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3757 # can only happen on a set
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3758 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
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3759
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3760 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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3761 "detectors" directory.
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3762
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3763 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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3764 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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3765 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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3766 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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3767 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
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3768
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3769 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status&
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3770 @columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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3771 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3772
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3773 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
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3774 "@filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)@@
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3775
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3776 <a href="issue?@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status,blockers&
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3777 blockers=-1&@columns=id,activity,title,creator,assignedto,status&
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3778 status=-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7">Show All</a><br>
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3779
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3780 The above examples are line-wrapped on the trailing & and should
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3781 be unwrapped.
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3782
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3783 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
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3784 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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3785 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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3786 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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3787 another issue's "blockers" property.
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3788
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3789 Add users to the nosy list based on the topic
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3790 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3791
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3792 Let's say we need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy
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3793 list based
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3794 on the occurance of a topic. Every user should be allowed to edit their
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3795 own list of topics for which they want to be added to the nosy list.
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3796
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3797 Below, we'll show that this change can be done with minimal
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3798 understanding of the Roundup system, using only copy and paste.
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3799
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3800 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
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3801 allow per-user recording of the lists of topics for which he wants to
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3802 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing them to edit
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3803 this list of topics, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
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3804 list when a topic is set.
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3805
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3806 Adding the nosy topic list
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3807 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3808
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3809 The change to make in the database, is that for any user there should be
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3810 a list of topics for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding
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3811 a ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seems to fullfill this (note that within
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3812 the code, topics are called ``keywords``.) As such, all that has to be
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3813 done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the
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3814 file ``schema.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and
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3815 the updated definition of user will be::
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3816
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3817 user = Class(db, "user",
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3818 username=String(), password=Password(),
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3819 address=String(), realname=String(),
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3820 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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3821 alternate_addresses=String(),
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3822 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
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3823 timezone=String(),
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3824 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
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3825
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3826 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy topic list
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3827 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3828
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3829 We want any user to be able to change the list of topics for which
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3830 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
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3831 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
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3832 We can easily
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3833 see that the topic field in the issue view has very similar editing
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3834 requirements as our nosy topics, both being lists of topics. As
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3835 such, we look for Topics in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
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3836 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
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3837 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
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3838 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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3839
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3840 <tr>
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3841 <th>Nosy Topics</th>
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3842 <td>
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3843 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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3844 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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3845 </td>
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3846 </tr>
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3847
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3848
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3849 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
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3850 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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3851
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3852 The more difficult part is the logic to add
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3853 the users to the nosy list when required.
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3854 We choose to perform this action whenever the topics on an
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3855 item are set (this includes the creation of items).
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3856 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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3857 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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3858 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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3859 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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3860 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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3861 ``nosyreaction`` function actually sends the e-mail.
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3862 We don't need this. Therefore, we can change the ``init`` function to::
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3863
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3864 def init(db):
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3865 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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3866 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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3867
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3868 After that, we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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3869 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to setting
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3870 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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3871 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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3872 code, which handled adding the assignedto user(s) to the nosy list in
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3873 ``updatenosy``, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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3874 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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3875 new topics, than looping over all users,
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3876 and assign the user to the nosy list when the topic occurs in the user's
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3877 ``nosy_keywords``. The next part in ``updatenosy`` -- adding the author
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3878 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list -- is obviously not
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3879 relevant here and is thus deleted from the new auditor. The last
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3880 part, copying the new nosy list to ``newvalues``, can stay as is.
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3881 This results in the following function::
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3882
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3883 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3884 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the topics
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3885 '''
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3886 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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3887 current = {}
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3888 if nodeid is None:
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3889 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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3890 else:
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3891 ok = ('yes',)
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3892 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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3893 # changed
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3894 if not newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3895 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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3896 for value in nosy:
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3897 if not current.has_key(value):
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3898 current[value] = 1
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3899
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3900 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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3901 if newvalues.has_key('nosy'):
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3902 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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3903 for value in nosy:
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3904 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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3905 continue
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3906 if not current.has_key(value):
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3907 current[value] = 1
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3908
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3909 # add users with topic in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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3910 if newvalues.has_key('topic') and newvalues['topic'] is not None:
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3911 topic_ids = newvalues['topic']
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3912 for topic in topic_ids:
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3913 # loop over all users,
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3914 # and assign user to nosy when topic in nosy_keywords
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3915 for user_id in db.user.list():
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3916 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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3917 found = 0
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3918 for kw in nosy_kw:
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3919 if kw == topic:
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3920 found = 1
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3921 if found:
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3922 current[user_id] = 1
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3923
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3924 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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3925 newvalues['nosy'] = current.keys()
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3926
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3927 These two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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3928
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3929 TODO: update this example to use the ``find()`` Class method.
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3930
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3931 Caveats
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3932 :::::::
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3933
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3934 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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3935
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3936 Multiple additions
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3937 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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3938 from the nosy list, he is added to the nosy list again when the
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3939 topic list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
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3940 to only check which topics are new compared to the old list
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3941 of topics, and only add users when they have indicated
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3942 interest on a new topic.
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3943
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3944 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the ``create()``
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3945 event, rather than also on the ``set()`` event, thus only setting
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3946 the nosy list when the issue is created.
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3948 Scalability
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3949 In the auditor, there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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3950 only few users this will pose no serious problem; however, with
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3951 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
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3952 A way out would be to link from the topics to the users who
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3953 selected these topics as nosy topics. This will eliminate the
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3954 loop over all users.
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3955
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3956 Changes to Security and Permissions
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3957 -----------------------------------
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3958
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3959 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
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3960 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3961
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3962 1. In your tracker's ``schema.py``, create a new Role, say "Developer"::
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3963
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3964 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
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3965
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3966 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
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3967 "issue"::
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3968
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3969 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
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3970 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
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3971
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3972 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
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3973
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3974 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
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3975
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3976 4. In the issue item edit page (``html/issue.item.html`` in your tracker
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3977 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
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3978 list::
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3979
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3980 <select name="assignedto">
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3981 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
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3982 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
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3983 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
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3984 'Fixer', context._classname)"
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3985 tal:attributes="
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3986 value user/id;
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3987 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
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3988 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
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3989 </tal:block>
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3990 </select>
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3991
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3992 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
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3993 Permission requirement (install this as ``assignedtoFixer.py`` in your
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3994 tracker ``detectors`` directory)::
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3995
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3996 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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3997 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is used with the
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3998 Fixer Permission
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3999 '''
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4000 if not newvalues.has_key('assignedto'):
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4001 # don't care
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4002 return
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4003
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4004 # get the userid
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4005 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
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4006 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
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4007 raise ValueError, 'You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname
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4008
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4009 def init(db):
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4010 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4011 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
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4012
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4013 So now, if an edit action attempts to set "assignedto" to a user that
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4014 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
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4015
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4016
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4017 Users may only edit their issues
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4018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4019
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4020 In this case, users registering themselves are granted Provisional
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4021 access, meaning they
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4022 have access to edit the issues they submit, but not others. We create a new
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4023 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
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4024 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
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4025 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".)
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4026
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4027 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
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4028 ``schema.py``::
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4029
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4030 #
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4031 # New users not approved by the admin
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4032 #
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4033 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
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4034 description='New user registered via web or email')
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4035
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4036 # These users need to be able to view and create issues but only edit
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4037 # and view their own
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4038 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', 'issue')
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4039 def own_issue(db, userid, itemid):
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4040 '''Determine whether the userid matches the creator of the issue.'''
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4041 return userid == db.issue.get(itemid, 'creator')
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4042 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
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4043 check=own_issue, description='Can only edit own issues')
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4044 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4045 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
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4046 check=own_issue, description='Can only view own issues')
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4047 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4048
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4049 # Assign the Permissions for issue-related classes
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4050 for cl in 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
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4051 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4052 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Edit', cl)
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4053 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', cl)
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4054 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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4055 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
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4056
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4057 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
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4058 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Web Access')
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4059 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Email Access')
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4060
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4061 # make sure they can view & edit their own user record
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4062 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
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4063 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
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4064 return userid == itemid
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4065 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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4066 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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4067 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4068 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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4069 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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4070 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
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4071
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4072 Then, in ``config.ini``, we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
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4073 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
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4074
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4075 [main]
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4076 ...
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4077 new_web_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
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4078 new_email_user_roles = 'Provisional User'
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4079
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4080
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4081 All users may only view and edit issues, files and messages they create
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4082 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4083
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4084 Replace the standard "classic" tracker View and Edit Permission assignments
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4085 for the "issue", "file" and "msg" classes with the following::
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4086
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4087 def checker(klass):
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4088 def check(db, userid, itemid, klass=klass):
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4089 return db.getclass(klass).get(itemid, 'creator') == userid
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4090 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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4091 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass=cl,
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4092 check=checker(cl))
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4093 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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4094 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass=cl,
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4095 check=checker(cl))
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4096 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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4097 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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4098
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4099
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4100
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4101 Changes to the Web User Interface
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4102 ---------------------------------
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4103
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4104 Adding action links to the index page
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diff changeset
4105 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4106
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4107 Add a column to the ``item.index.html`` template.
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4108
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4109 Resolving the issue::
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4110
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4111 <a tal:attributes="href
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4112 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
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4113
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4114 "Take" the issue::
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4115
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4116 <a tal:attributes="href
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4117 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
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4118
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4119 ... and so on.
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4120
1966
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4121 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
2156
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4122 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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4123
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4124 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
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4125 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add this to the ``<tr>`` that
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4126 displays the rows of data::
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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4127
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4128 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
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4129
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4130 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
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4131 different priorities, as follows::
1966
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4132
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4133 tr.priority-critical td {
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4134 background-color: red;
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4135 }
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4136
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4137 tr.priority-urgent td {
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4138 background-color: orange;
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diff changeset
4139 }
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4140
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diff changeset
4141 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
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4142
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4143 Editing multiple items in an index view
2156
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4144 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4145
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4146 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
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4147 ``issue.item.html``:
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4148
2726
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4149 1. add a form around the listing table (separate from the existing
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4150 index-page form), so at the top it reads::
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4151
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4152 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
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4153 <table class="list">
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4154
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4155 and at the bottom of that table::
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4156
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4157 </table>
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parents: 2007
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4158 </form
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diff changeset
4159
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parents: 2007
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4160 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4161 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
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parents: 2007
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4162
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4163 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4164
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4165 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4166 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4167
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diff changeset
4168 to::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4169
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diff changeset
4170 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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diff changeset
4171 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
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4172
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diff changeset
4173 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
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4174
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4175 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the index items (marked by
2009
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parents: 2007
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4176 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
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4177
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parents: 2007
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4178 <tr>
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parents: 2007
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4179 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4180 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4181 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
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parents: 2007
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4182 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
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parents: 2007
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4183 </td>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4184 </tr>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4185
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diff changeset
4186 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an edit
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4187 on any changed statuses. The final ``tal:block`` will make sure that the
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
4188 current index view parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in
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parents: 2007
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4189 rendering the next page (the results of the editing).
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4190
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4191
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4192 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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diff changeset
4193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4194
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4195 Alter the ``issue.item`` template section for messages to::
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4196
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4197 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4198 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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4199 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4200 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4201 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4202 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4203 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4204 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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diff changeset
4205 <td>
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4206 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
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diff changeset
4207 remove</a>
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4208 </td>
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4209 </tr>
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4210 </table>
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4211
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4212
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4213 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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4214 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4215
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4216 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
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4217 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
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4218 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
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4219 that shows either the one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
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4220 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
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4221
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4222 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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4223 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4224 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
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4225 <th colspan="2" class="header">
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4226 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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4227 </th>
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4228 </tr>
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4229 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4230 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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4231 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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4232 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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4233 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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4234 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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4235 <td>
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4236 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
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4237 </td>
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4238 </tr>
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4239 </tal:block>
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4240
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4241 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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4242 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
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4243 <th class="header">
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4244 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
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4245 </th>
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4246 </tr>
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4247 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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4248 <tr>
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4249 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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4250 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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4251 <th style="text-align: right">
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4252 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
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4253 </th>
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4254 </tr>
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4255 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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4256 </tal:block>
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4257 </tal:block>
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4258 </table>
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4259
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4260
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4261 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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4262 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4263
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4264 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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4265 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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4266 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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4267 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
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4268 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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4269
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4270 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4271 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4272 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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4273 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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4274
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4275 <strong>Category:</strong>
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4276 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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4277 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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4278 </form>
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4279
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4280 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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4281 addition of the following form fragments::
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4282
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4283 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4284 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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4285 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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4286 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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4287
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4288 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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4289 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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4290 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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4291 .
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4292 .
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4293 .
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4294 </form>
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4295
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4296 Note that later in the form, I use the value of "cat" to decide which
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4297 form elements should be displayed. For example::
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4298
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4299 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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4300 <tr>
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4301 <th>Operating System</th>
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4302 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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4303 </tr>
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4304 <tr>
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4305 <th>Web Browser</th>
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4306 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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4307 </tr>
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4308 </tal:block>
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4309
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4310 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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4311 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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4312
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4313 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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4314 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
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4315 those actions in a new ``Action`` class (see `defining new web actions`_)::
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4316
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4317 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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4318
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4319 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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4320 def handle(self):
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4321 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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4322 on to page 2.
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4323 '''
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4324 category = self.form['category'].value
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4325 if category == '-1':
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4326 self.error_message.append('You must select a category of report')
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4327 return
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4328 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
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4329 self.template = 'add_page2'
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4330
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4331 def init(instance):
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4332 instance.registerAction('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction)
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4333
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4334 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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4335 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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4336
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4337
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4338 -------------------
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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4339
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4340 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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4341
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4342 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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4343 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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4344 .. _`admin guide`: admin_guide.html
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