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2 :description:
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3 How to customize and extend the Roundup Issue
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4 Tracker. Includes many cookbook and how-to
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5 examples. Reference for the design and internals
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7 new needs.
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15 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
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16 http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
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18 .. contents::
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20 :local:
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22 What You Can Do
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23 ===============
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25 Before you get too far, it's probably worth having a quick read of the Roundup
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26 `design documentation`_.
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28 Customisation of Roundup can take one of six forms:
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30 1. `tracker configuration`_ changes
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31 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes
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33 4. behavioural changes through detectors_, extensions_ and interfaces.py_
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35 6. change the `web interface`_
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44 ======================
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56 =================== ========================================================
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57 Tracker File Description
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58 =================== ========================================================
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59 config.ini Holds the basic `tracker configuration`_
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60 schema.py Holds the `tracker schema`_
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62 tracker is initialised.
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63 db/ Holds the tracker's database
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64 db/files/ Holds the tracker's upload files and messages
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65 db/backend_name Names the database back-end for the tracker (obsolete).
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66 Current way uses the ``backend`` setting in the rdbms
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67 section of config.ini.
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68 detectors/ Auditors and reactors for this tracker
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69 extensions/ Additional actions and `templating utilities`_
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70 html/ Web interface templates, images and style sheets
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71 lib/ optional common imports for detectors and extensions
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76 .. index:: configuration; see config.ini
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78 Tracker Configuration
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85 schema`_. Some configuration is also performed using permissions - see the
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97 The configuration file consists of sections, led by a [section] header
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103 section. Additional defaults can be provided on initialization and
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104 retrieval. Lines beginning with '#' or ';' are ignored and may be
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118 Example configuration settings are below. This is a partial
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119 list. Documentation on all the settings is included in the
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124 Section **main**
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125 database -- ``db``
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126 Database directory path. The path may be either absolute or relative
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130 Path to the HTML templates directory. The path may be either absolute
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136 These directories may contain sitewide images, CSS stylesheets etc. If
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137 a '-' is included, the list processing ends and the TEMPLATES
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139 option is not set, all static files are taken from the TEMPLATES
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154 Additional text to include in the "name" part of the From: address used
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156 is usually: ``"Foo Bar" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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157 the EMAIL_FROM_TAG goes inside the "Foo Bar" quotes like so:
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158 ``"Foo Bar EMAIL_FROM_TAG" <issue_tracker@tracker.example>``
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160 new_web_user_roles -- ``User``
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161 Roles that a user gets when they register with Web User Interface.
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162 This is a comma-separated list of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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164 new_email_user_roles -- ``User``
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165 Roles that a user gets when they register with Email Gateway.
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166 This is a comma-separated string of role names (e.g. ``Admin,User``).
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168 error_messages_to -- ``user``
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169 Send error message emails to the ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``?
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170 The dispatcher is configured using the DISPATCHER_EMAIL setting.
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171 Allowed values: ``dispatcher``, ``user``, or ``both``
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173 html_version -- ``html4``
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174 HTML version to generate. The templates are ``html4`` by default.
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175 If you wish to make them xhtml, then you'll need to change this
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176 var to ``xhtml`` too so all auto-generated HTML is compliant.
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177 Allowed values: ``html4``, ``xhtml``
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179 timezone -- ``0``
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180 Numeric timezone offset used when users do not choose their own
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181 in their settings.
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183 instant_registration -- ``yes``
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184 Register new users instantly, or require confirmation via
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185 email?
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186 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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188 email_registration_confirmation -- ``yes``
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189 Offer registration confirmation by email or only through the web?
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190 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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191
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192 indexer_stopwords -- default *blank*
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193 Additional stop-words for the full-text indexer specific to
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194 your tracker. See the indexer source for the default list of
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195 stop-words (e.g. ``A,AND,ARE,AS,AT,BE,BUT,BY, ...``).
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196
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197 umask -- ``02``
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198 Defines the file creation mode mask.
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199
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200 csv_field_size -- ``131072``
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201 Maximum size of a csv-field during import. Roundups export
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202 format is a csv (comma separated values) variant. The csv
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203 reader has a limit on the size of individual fields
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204 starting with python 2.5. Set this to a higher value if you
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205 get the error 'Error: field larger than field limit' during
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206 import.
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207
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208 .. index:: config.ini; sections tracker
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209
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210 Section **tracker**
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211 name -- ``Roundup issue tracker``
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212 A descriptive name for your roundup instance.
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213
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214 web -- ``http://host.example/demo/``
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215 The web address that the tracker is viewable at.
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216 This will be included in information sent to users of the tracker.
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217 The URL MUST include the cgi-bin part or anything else
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218 that is required to get to the home page of the tracker.
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219 You MUST include a trailing '/' in the URL.
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220
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221 email -- ``issue_tracker``
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222 Email address that mail to roundup should go to.
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224 language -- default *blank*
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225 Default locale name for this tracker. If this option is not set, the
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226 language is determined by the environment variable LANGUAGE, LC_ALL,
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227 LC_MESSAGES, or LANG, in that order of preference.
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228
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229 .. index:: config.ini; sections web
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230
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231 Section **web**
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232 allow_html_file -- ``no``
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233 Setting this option enables Roundup to serve uploaded HTML
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234 file content *as HTML*. This is a potential security risk
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235 and is therefore disabled by default. Set to 'yes' if you
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236 trust *all* users uploading content to your tracker.
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237
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238 http_auth -- ``yes``
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239 Whether to use HTTP Basic Authentication, if present.
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240 Roundup will use either the REMOTE_USER or HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
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241 variables supplied by your web server (in that order).
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242 Set this option to 'no' if you do not wish to use HTTP Basic
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243 Authentication in your web interface.
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244
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245 use_browser_language -- ``yes``
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246 Whether to use HTTP Accept-Language, if present.
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247 Browsers send a language-region preference list.
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248 It's usually set in the client's browser or in their
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249 Operating System.
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250 Set this option to 'no' if you want to ignore it.
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251
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252 debug -- ``no``
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253 Setting this option makes Roundup display error tracebacks
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254 in the user's browser rather than emailing them to the
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255 tracker admin."),
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256
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257 .. index:: config.ini; sections rdbms
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258 single: config.ini; database settings
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259
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260 Section **rdbms**
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261 Settings in this section are used to set the backend and configure
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262 addition settings needed by RDBMs like SQLite, Postgresql and
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263 MySQL backends.
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265 .. index::
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266 single: postgres; select backend in config.ini
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267 single: mysql; select backend in config.ini
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268 single: sqlite; select backend in config.ini
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269 single: anydbm; select backend in config.ini
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270 see: database; postgres
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271 see: database; mysql
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272 see: database; sqlite
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273 see: database; anydbm
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275 backend -- set to value by init
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276 The database backend such as anydbm, sqlite, mysql or postgres.
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278 name -- ``roundup``
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279 Name of the database to use.
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281 host -- ``localhost``
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282 Database server host.
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284 port -- default *blank*
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285 TCP port number of the database server. Postgresql usually resides on
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286 port 5432 (if any), for MySQL default port number is 3306. Leave this
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287 option empty to use backend default.
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289 user -- ``roundup``
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290 Database user name that Roundup should use.
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291
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292 password -- ``roundup``
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293 Database user password.
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294
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295 read_default_file -- ``~/.my.cnf``
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297
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298 read_default_group -- ``roundup``
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299 Name of the group to use in the MySQL defaults file. Only used in
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300 MySQL connections.
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302 .. index::
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303 single: sqlite; lock timeout
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305 sqlite_timeout -- ``30``
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306 Number of seconds to wait when the SQLite database is locked.
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307 Used only for SQLite.
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308
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309 cache_size -- `100`
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310 Size of the node cache (in elements) used to keep most recently used
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311 data in memory.
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312
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313 .. index:: config.ini; sections logging
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314 see: logging; config.ini, sections logging
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315
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316 Section **logging**
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317 config -- default *blank*
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318 Path to configuration file for standard Python logging module. If this
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319 option is set, logging configuration is loaded from specified file;
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320 options 'filename' and 'level' in this section are ignored. The path may
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321 be either absolute or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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322
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323 filename -- default *blank*
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324 Log file name for minimal logging facility built into Roundup. If no file
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325 name specified, log messages are written on stderr. If above 'config'
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326 option is set, this option has no effect. The path may be either absolute
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327 or relative to the directory containig this config file.
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328
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329 level -- ``ERROR``
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330 Minimal severity level of messages written to log file. If above 'config'
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331 option is set, this option has no effect.
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332 Allowed values: ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR``
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334 .. index:: config.ini; sections mail
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335
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336 Section **mail**
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337 Outgoing email options. Used for nosy messages, password reset and
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338 registration approval requests.
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339
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340 domain -- ``localhost``
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341 Domain name used for email addresses.
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342
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343 host -- default *blank*
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344 SMTP mail host that roundup will use to send mail
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345
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346 username -- default *blank*
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347 SMTP login name. Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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348 If username is not empty, password (below) MUST be set!
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349
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350 password -- default *blank*
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351 SMTP login password.
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352 Set this if your mail host requires authenticated access.
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354 port -- default *25*
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355 SMTP port on mail host.
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356 Set this if your mail host runs on a different port.
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357
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358 local_hostname -- default *blank*
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359 The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to use during SMTP sessions. If left
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360 blank, the underlying SMTP library will attempt to detect your FQDN. If your
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361 mail host requires something specific, specify the FQDN to use.
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362
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363 tls -- ``no``
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364 If your SMTP mail host provides or requires TLS (Transport Layer Security)
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365 then you may set this option to 'yes'.
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366 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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367
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368 tls_keyfile -- default *blank*
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369 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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370 file that contains your private key. The path may be either absolute or
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371 relative to the directory containig this config file.
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372
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373 tls_certfile -- default *blank*
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374 If TLS is used, you may set this option to the name of a PEM formatted
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375 certificate chain file. The path may be either absolute or relative
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376 to the directory containig this config file.
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377
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378 charset -- utf-8
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379 Character set to encode email headers with. We use utf-8 by default, as
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380 it's the most flexible. Some mail readers (eg. Eudora) can't cope with
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381 that, so you might need to specify a more limited character set
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382 (eg. iso-8859-1).
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383
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384 debug -- default *blank*
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385 Setting this option makes Roundup to write all outgoing email messages
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386 to this file *instead* of sending them. This option has the same effect
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387 as environment variable SENDMAILDEBUG. Environment variable takes
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388 precedence. The path may be either absolute or relative to the directory
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389 containig this config file.
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391 add_authorinfo -- ``yes``
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392 Add a line with author information at top of all messages send by
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393 roundup.
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394
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395 add_authoremail -- ``yes``
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396 Add the mail address of the author to the author information at the
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397 top of all messages. If this is false but add_authorinfo is true,
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398 only the name of the actor is added which protects the mail address
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399 of the actor from being exposed at mail archives, etc.
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402 single: mailgw; config
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403 see: mail gateway; mailgw
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405 Section **mailgw**
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406 Roundup Mail Gateway options
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407
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408 keep_quoted_text -- ``yes``
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409 Keep email citations when accepting messages. Setting this to ``no`` strips
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410 out "quoted" text from the message. Signatures are also stripped.
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411 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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413 leave_body_unchanged -- ``no``
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414 Preserve the email body as is - that is, keep the citations *and*
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415 signatures.
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416 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``
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417
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418 default_class -- ``issue``
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419 Default class to use in the mailgw if one isn't supplied in email subjects.
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420 To disable, leave the value blank.
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422 language -- default *blank*
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423 Default locale name for the tracker mail gateway. If this option is
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424 not set, mail gateway will use the language of the tracker instance.
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426 subject_prefix_parsing -- ``strict``
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427 Controls the parsing of the [prefix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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428 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [prefix] is not
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430 pass it through as part of the issue title if not recognised. ``none``
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433 subject_suffix_parsing -- ``strict``
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434 Controls the parsing of the [suffix] on subject lines in incoming emails.
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435 ``strict`` will return an error to the sender if the [suffix] is not
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440 subject_suffix_delimiters -- ``[]``
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441 Defines the brackets used for delimiting the commands suffix in a subject
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442 line.
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443
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444 subject_content_match -- ``always``
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445 Controls matching of the incoming email subject line against issue titles
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446 in the case where there is no designator [prefix]. ``never`` turns off
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447 matching. ``creation + interval`` or ``activity + interval`` will match
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448 an issue for the interval after the issue's creation or last activity.
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449 The interval is a standard Roundup interval.
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450
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451 subject_updates_title -- ``yes``
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452 Update issue title if incoming subject of email is different.
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453 Setting this to ``no`` will ignore the title part of
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454 the subject of incoming email messages.
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455
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456 refwd_re -- ``(\s*\W?\s*(fw|fwd|re|aw|sv|ang)\W)+``
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457 Regular expression matching a single reply or forward prefix
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458 prepended by the mailer. This is explicitly stripped from the
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459 subject during parsing. Value is Python Regular Expression
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460 (UTF8-encoded).
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461
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462 origmsg_re -- `` ^[>|\s]*-----\s?Original Message\s?-----$``
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463 Regular expression matching start of an original message if quoted
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464 in the body. Value is Python Regular Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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465
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466 sign_re -- ``^[>|\s]*-- ?$``
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467 Regular expression matching the start of a signature in the message
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468 body. Value is Python Regular Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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469
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470 eol_re -- ``[\r\n]+``
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471 Regular expression matching end of line. Value is Python Regular
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472 Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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473
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474 blankline_re -- ``[\r\n]+\s*[\r\n]+``
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475 Regular expression matching a blank line. Value is Python Regular
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476 Expression (UTF8-encoded).
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477
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478 ignore_alternatives -- ``no``
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479 When parsing incoming mails, roundup uses the first
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480 text/plain part it finds. If this part is inside a
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481 multipart/alternative, and this option is set, all other
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482 parts of the multipart/alternative are ignored. The default
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483 is to keep all parts and attach them to the issue.
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484
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485 .. index:: config.ini; sections php
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486
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487 Section **pgp**
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488 OpenPGP mail processing options
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489
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490 enable -- ``no``
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491 Enable PGP processing. Requires gpg.
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492
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493 roles -- default *blank*
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494 If specified, a comma-separated list of roles to perform PGP
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495 processing on. If not specified, it happens for all users.
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496
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497 homedir -- default *blank*
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498 Location of PGP directory. Defaults to $HOME/.gnupg if not
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499 specified.
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500
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501
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502 .. index:: config.ini; sections nosy
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503
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504 Section **nosy**
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505 Nosy messages sending
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506
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507 messages_to_author -- ``no``
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508 Send nosy messages to the author of the message.
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509 If ``yes`` is used, then messages are sent to the author
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510 even if not on the nosy list, same for ``new`` (but only for new messages).
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511 When set to ``nosy``, the nosy list controls sending messages to the author.
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512 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``, ``nosy``
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513
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514 signature_position -- ``bottom``
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515 Where to place the email signature.
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516 Allowed values: ``top``, ``bottom``, ``none``
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517
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518 add_author -- ``new``
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519 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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520 If ``new`` is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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521 creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the author will be added on
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522 followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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523 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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524
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525 add_recipients -- ``new``
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526 Do the recipients (``To:``, ``Cc:``) of a message get placed on the nosy
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527 list? If ``new`` is used, then the recipients will only be added when a
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528 message creates a new issue. If ``yes``, then the recipients will be added
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529 on followups too. If ``no``, they're never added to the nosy.
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530 Allowed values: ``yes``, ``no``, ``new``
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531
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532 email_sending -- ``single``
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533 Controls the email sending from the nosy reactor. If ``multiple`` then
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534 a separate email is sent to each recipient. If ``single`` then a single
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535 email is sent with each recipient as a CC address.
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536
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537 max_attachment_size -- ``2147483647``
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538 Attachments larger than the given number of bytes won't be attached
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539 to nosy mails. They will be replaced by a link to the tracker's
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540 download page for the file.
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541
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542
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543 .. index:: single: roundup-admin; config.ini update
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544 single: roundup-admin; config.ini create
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545 single: config.ini; create
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546 single: config.ini; update
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547
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548 You may generate a new default config file using the ``roundup-admin
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549 genconfig`` command. You can generate a new config file merging in
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550 existing settings using the ``roundup-admin updateconfig`` command.
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551
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552 Configuration variables may be referred to in lower or upper case. In code,
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553 variables not in the "main" section are referred to using their section and
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554 name, so "domain" in the section "mail" becomes MAIL_DOMAIN.
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555
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556 .. index:: pair: configuration; extensions
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557 pair: configuration; detectors
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558
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559 Extending the configuration file
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560 --------------------------------
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561
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562 You can't add new variables to the config.ini file in the tracker home but
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563 you can add two new config.ini files:
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564
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565 - a config.ini in the ``extensions`` directory will be loaded and attached
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566 to the config variable as "ext".
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567 - a config.ini in the ``detectors`` directory will be loaded and attached
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568 to the config variable as "detectors".
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569
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570 For example, the following in ``detectors/config.ini``::
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571
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572 [main]
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573 qa_recipients = email@example.com
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574
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575 is accessible as::
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576
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577 db.config.detectors['QA_RECIPIENTS']
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578
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579 Note that the name grouping applied to the main configuration file is
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580 applied to the extension config files, so if you instead have::
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581
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582 [qa]
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583 recipients = email@example.com
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584
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585 then the above ``db.config.detectors['QA_RECIPIENTS']`` will still work.
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586
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587 Unlike values in the tracker's main ``config.ini``, the values defined
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588 in these config files are not validated. For example: a setting that
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589 is supposed to be an integer value (e.g. 4) could be the word
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590 "foo". If you are writing Python code that uses these settings, you
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593 Also, incorrect values aren't discovered until the config setting is
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594 used. This can be long after the tracker is started and the error may
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595 not be seen in the logs.
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596
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597 It is possible to validate these settings. Validation involves calling
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599 done from the ``init()`` function in the Python files implementing
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600 extensions_ or detectors_.
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602 As an example, adding the following to an extension::
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604 from roundup.configuration import SecretMandatoryOption
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606 def init(instance):
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607 instance.config.ext.update_option('RECAPTCHA_SECRET',
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608 SecretMandatoryOption,description="Secret securing reCaptcha.")
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610 similarly for a detector::
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612 from roundup.configuration import MailAddressOption
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614 def init(db):
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615 try:
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616 db.config.detectors.update_option('QA_RECIPIENTS',
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617 MailAddressOption,
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618 description="Email used for QA comment followup.")
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620 # COMMENT_EMAIL setting is not found, but it's optional
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621 # so continue
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622 pass
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623
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624 will allow reading the secret from a file or append the tracker domain
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627 Running ``roundup-admin -i tracker_home display user1`` will validate
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628 the settings for both config.ini`s. Otherwise detector options are not
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629 validated until the first request to the web interface (or email
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630 gateway).
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632 There are 4 arguments for ``update_option``:
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640 The first argument is the config setting name as described at the
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641 beginning of this section.
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642
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643 The second argument is a class in the roundup.configuration module.
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644 There are a number of these classes: BooleanOption,
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645 IntegerNumberOption, RegExpOption.... Please see the configuration
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646 module for all Option validators and their descriptions. You can also
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647 define your own custom validator in `interfaces.py`_.
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649 The third and fourth arguments are strings and are optional. They are
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650 printed if there is an error and may help the user correct the problem.
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652 .. index:: ! schema
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654 Tracker Schema
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657 .. note::
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658 if you modify the schema, you'll most likely need to edit the
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659 `web interface`_ HTML template files and `detectors`_ to reflect
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660 your changes.
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662 A tracker schema defines what data is stored in the tracker's database.
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666 The ``schema.py`` and ``initial_data.py`` modules
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669 The schema.py module is used to define what your tracker looks like
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670 on the inside, the schema of the tracker. It defines the Classes
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671 and properties on each class. It also defines the security for
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672 those Classes. The next few sections describe how schemas work
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673 and what you can do with them.
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675 The initial_data.py module sets up the initial state of your
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676 tracker. It’s called exactly once - by the ``roundup-admin initialise``
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677 command. See the start of the section on database content for more
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678 info about how this works.
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680 .. index:: schema; classic - description of
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702 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(), timezone=String())
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721 You must never:
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724 This class is the only *required* class in Roundup.
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727 Various parts of Roundup require these properties. Don't remove them.
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729 **Change the type of a property**
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730 Property types must *never* be changed - the database simply doesn't take
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731 this kind of action into account. Note that you can't just remove a
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parents: 1829
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732 property and re-add it as a new type either. If you wanted to make the
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
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parents: 1829
diff changeset
733 assignedto property a Multilink, you'd need to create a new property
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
734 assignedto_list and remove the old assignedto property.
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
735
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
736
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
737 What you can do to the schema
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
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parents: 1829
diff changeset
738 -----------------------------
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
739
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
740 Your schema may be changed at any time before or after the tracker has been
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
741 initialised (or used). You may:
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
742
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
743 **Add new properties to classes, or add whole new classes**
6171
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
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744 This is painless and easy to do - there are generally no repercussions
1832
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
745 from adding new information to a tracker's schema.
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
746
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
747 **Remove properties**
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
748 Removing properties is a little more tricky - you need to make sure that
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
749 the property is no longer used in the `web interface`_ *or* by the
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
750 detectors_.
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
751
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
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parents: 1829
diff changeset
752
f7b0ca3de3dc doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1829
diff changeset
753
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
754 Classes and Properties - creating a new information store
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
755 ---------------------------------------------------------
659
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parents:
diff changeset
756
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
757 In the tracker above, we've defined 7 classes of information:
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
758
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
759 priority
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
760 Defines the possible levels of urgency for issues.
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
761
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
762 status
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
763 Defines the possible states of processing the issue may be in.
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
764
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
765 keyword
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
766 Initially empty, will hold keywords useful for searching issues.
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
767
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
768 user
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
769 Initially holding the "admin" user, will eventually have an entry
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
770 for all users using roundup.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
771
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
772 msg
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
773 Initially empty, will hold all e-mail messages sent to or
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
774 generated by roundup.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
775
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
776 file
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
777 Initially empty, will hold all files attached to issues.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
778
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
779 issue
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
780 Initially empty, this is where the issue information is stored.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
781
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
782 We define the "priority" and "status" classes to allow two things:
6171
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
783
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
784 1. reduction in the amount of information stored on the issue
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
785 2. more powerful, accurate searching of issues by priority and status
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
786
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
diff changeset
787 By only requiring a link on the issue (which is stored as a single
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
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diff changeset
788 number) we reduce the chance that someone mis-types a priority or
53a674b5910f Fix spelling and make list into a list for readability.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6168
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789 status - or simply makes a new one up.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
790
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
791
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
792 Class and Items
1098
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
793 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
794
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
795 A Class defines a particular class (or type) of data that will be stored
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
796 in the database. A class comprises one or more properties, which gives
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
797 the information about the class items.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
798
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
799 The actual data entered into the database, using ``class.create()``, are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
800 called items. They have a special immutable property called ``'id'``. We
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
801 sometimes refer to this as the *itemid*.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
802
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
803
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
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804 .. index:: schema; property types
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parents: 6163
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805
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
806 Properties
1098
c5819344714c more doc
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
807 ~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
808
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
809 A Class is comprised of one or more properties of the following types:
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
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parents: 1089
diff changeset
810
6160
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
811 String
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
812 properties are for storing arbitrary-length strings.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
813 Password
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
814 properties are for storing encoded arbitrary-length strings.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
815 The default encoding is defined on the ``roundup.password.Password``
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
816 class.
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
817 Date
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
818 properties store date-and-time stamps. Their values are Timestamp
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
819 objects.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
820 Interval
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
821 properties store time periods rather than absolute dates. For
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
822 example 2 hours.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
823 Integer
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
824 properties store integer values. (Number can store real/float values.)
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
825 Number
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
826 properties store numeric values. There is an option to use
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
827 double-precision floating point numbers.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
828 Boolean
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
829 properties store on/off, yes/no, true/false values.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
830 Link
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
831 properties refers to a single other item selected from a
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
832 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
833 integer, the id of the chosen item.
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
834 Multilink
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
835 properties refer to possibly many items in a specified
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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parents: 6159
diff changeset
836 class. The value is a list of integers.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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837
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
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parents: 5047
diff changeset
838 Properties can have additional attributes to change the default
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
839 behaviour:
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
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parents: 5047
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840
6168
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parents: 6163
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841 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; required
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
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842 triple: schema; property attributes; default_value
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
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843 triple: schema; property attributes; quiet
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844
5239
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parents: 5232
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845 * All properties support the following attributes:
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parents: 5232
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846
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847 - ``required``: see `design documentation`_. Adds the property to
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parents: 5232
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848 the list returned by calling get_required_props for the class.
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
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parents: 5232
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849 - ``default_value``: see `design documentation`_ Sets the default
5759
39082e29d2b4 fix typo
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5714
diff changeset
850 value if the property is not set.
5239
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
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parents: 5232
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851 - ``quiet``: see `design documentation`_. Suppresses user visible
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
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parents: 5232
diff changeset
852 to changes to this property. The property change is not reported:
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
853
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
854 - in the change feedback/confirmation message in the web
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
855 interface
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
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856 - the property change section of the nosy email
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
857 - the web history at the bottom of an item's page
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
858
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
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parents: 5232
diff changeset
859 This can be used to store state of the user interface (e.g. the
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
860 names of elements that are collapsed or hidden from the
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
861 user). Making properties that are updated as an indirect result of
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
862 a user's change (e.g. updating a blockers property, counting
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
863 number of times an issue was reopened or reassigned etc.) should
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5232
diff changeset
864 not be displayed to the user as they can be confusing.
15440504fb04 Spelling fix in design.txt.
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parents: 5232
diff changeset
865
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parents: 6163
diff changeset
866 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; indexme
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parents: 6163
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867
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
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parents: 5047
diff changeset
868 * String properties can have an ``indexme`` attribute that defines if the
5114
f74300d1494e issue2550854: including new field in All text* search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5067
diff changeset
869 property should be part of the full text index. The default is 'no' but this
f74300d1494e issue2550854: including new field in All text* search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5067
diff changeset
870 can be set to 'yes' to allow a property's contents to be in the full
f74300d1494e issue2550854: including new field in All text* search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5067
diff changeset
871 text index.
6168
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parents: 6163
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872
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parents: 6163
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873 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; use_double
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parents: 6163
diff changeset
874
5175
e1e40674a0bc Implement double-precision Number
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5161
diff changeset
875 * Number properties can have a ``use_double`` attribute that, when set
e1e40674a0bc Implement double-precision Number
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5161
diff changeset
876 to ``True``, will use double precision floating point in the database.
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
877 * Link and Multilink properties can have several attributes:
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
878
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
879 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; do_journal
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parents: 6163
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880
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881 - ``do_journal``: By default, every change of a link property is
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882 recorded in the item being linked to (or being unlinked). A typical
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883 use-case for setting ``do_journal='no'`` would be to turn off
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884 journalling of nosy list, message author and message recipient link
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885 and unlink events to prevent the journal from clogged with these
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886 events.
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887
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888 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; try_id_parsing
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889
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890 - ``try_id_parsing`` is turned on by default. If entering a number
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891 into a Link or Multilink field, roundup interprets this number as an
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892 ID of the item to link to. Sometimes items can have numeric names
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893 (like, e.g., product codes). For these roundup needs to match the
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894 numeric name and should never match an ID. In this case you can set
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895 ``try_id_parsing='no'``.
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896
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897 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; rev_multilink
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898
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899 - The ``rev_multilink`` option takes a property name to be inserted
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900 into the linked-to class. This property is a Multilink property that
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901 links back to the current class. The new Multilink is read-only (it
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902 is automatically modified if the Link or Multilink property defining
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903 it is modified). The new property can be used in normal searches
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904 using the "filter" method of the Class. This means it can be used
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905 like other Multilink properties when searching (in an index
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906 template) or via the REST and XMLRPC APIs.
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907
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908 As a example, suppose you want to group multiple issues into a
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909 super issue. Each issue can be part of only one super issue. It is
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910 inefficient to find all of the issues that are part of the
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911 super issue by searching through all issues in the system looking
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912 at the part_of link property. To make this more efficient, you
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913 can declare an issue's part_of property as::
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914
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915 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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916 ...
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917 part_of = Link("issue", rev_multilink="components"),
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918 ... )
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919
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920 This automatically creates the ``components`` multilink on the issue
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921 class. The ``components`` multilink is never explicitly declared in
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922 the issue class, but it has the same effect as though you had
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923 declared the class as::
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924
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925 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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926 ...
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927 part_of = Link("issue"),
6159
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928 components = Multilink("issue"),
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929 ... )
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930
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931 Then wrote a detector to update the components property on the
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932 corresponding issue. Writing this detector can be tricky. There is
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933 one other difference, you can not explicitly set/modify the
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934 ``components`` multilink.
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935
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936 The effect of setting ``part_of = 3456`` on issue1234
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937 automatically adds "1234" to the ``components`` property on
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938 issue3456. You can search the ``components`` multilink just like a
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939 regular multilink, but you can't explicitly assign to it.
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940 Another difference of reverse multilinks to normal multilinks
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941 is that when a linked node is retired, the node vanishes from the
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942 multilink, e.g. in the example above, if an issue with ``part_of``
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943 set to another issue is retired this issue vanishes from the
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944 ``components`` multilink of the other issue.
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945
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946 You can also link between different classes. So you can modify
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947 the issue definition to include::
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948
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949 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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950 ...
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951 assigned_to = Link("user", rev_multilink="responsibleFor"),
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952 ... )
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953
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954 This makes it easy to list all issues that the user is responsible
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955 for (aka assigned_to).
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956
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957 .. index:: triple: schema; property attributes; msg_header_property
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958
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959 - The ``msg_header_property`` is used by the mail gateway when sending
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960 out messages. When a link or multilink property of an issue changes,
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961 roundup creates email headers of the form::
5064
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962
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963 X-Roundup-issue-prop: value
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964
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965 where ``value`` is the ``name`` property for the linked item(s).
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966 For example, if you have a multilink for attached_files in your
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967 issue, you will see a header::
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968
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969 X-Roundup-issue-attached_files: MySpecialFile.doc, HisResume.txt
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970
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971 when the class for attached files is defined as::
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972
6389
7fb49f0c2dad collapse code example to one line.
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973 file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String())
5131
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974
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975 ``MySpecialFile.doc`` is the name for the file object.
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976
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977 If you have an ``assigned_to`` property in your issue class that
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978 links to the user class and you want to add a header::
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979
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980 X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: ...
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981
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982 so that the mail recipients can filter emails where
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983 ``X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: name`` that contains their
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984 username. The user class is defined as::
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985
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986 user = Class(db, "user",
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987 username=String(),
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988 password=Password(),
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989 address=String(),
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990 realname=String(),
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991 phone=String(),
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992 organisation=String(),
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993 alternate_addresses=String(),
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994 queries=Multilink('query'),
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995 roles=String(), # comma-separated string of Role names
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996 timezone=String())
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997
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998 Because there is no ``name`` parameter for the user class, there
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999 will be no header. However setting::
5135
9e8d8cd49f40 removing unneeded whitespace
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1000
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1001 assigned_to=Link("user", msg_header_property="username")
5131
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1002
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1003 will make the mail gateway generate an ``X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to``
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1004 using the username property of the linked user.
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1005
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1006 Assume assigned_to for an issue is linked to the user with
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1007 username=joe_user, setting::
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1008
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1009 msg_header_property="username"
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Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1010
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1011 for the assigned_to property will generated message headers of the
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1012 form::
5131
513803cade0a from mailing list spurce up the documentation om msg_header_property. We may rename it, but that'a an easy patch
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5124
diff changeset
1013
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1014 X-Roundup-issue-assigned_to: joe_user
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1015
5131
513803cade0a from mailing list spurce up the documentation om msg_header_property. We may rename it, but that'a an easy patch
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5124
diff changeset
1016 for emails sent on issues where joe_user has been assigned to the issue.
5124
a927f9549af0 Fix issue2550751: Email Header Issue.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5114
diff changeset
1017
a927f9549af0 Fix issue2550751: Email Header Issue.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5114
diff changeset
1018 If this property is set to the empty string "", it will prevent
a927f9549af0 Fix issue2550751: Email Header Issue.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5114
diff changeset
1019 the header from being generated on outgoing mail.
5064
46da0db55545 Document some existing property attributes
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 5047
diff changeset
1020
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1021 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; creator
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1022 triple: schema; class property; creation
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1023 triple: schema; class property; actor
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1024 triple: schema; class property; activity
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1025
3097
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1026 All Classes automatically have a number of properties by default:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1027
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1028 *creator*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1029 Link to the user that created the item.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1030 *creation*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1031 Date the item was created.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1032 *actor*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1033 Link to the user that last modified the item.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1034 *activity*
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1035 Date the item was last modified.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3079
diff changeset
1036
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1037
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1038 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; content
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1039 triple: schema; class property; type
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1040
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1041 FileClass
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1042 ~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1043
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1044 FileClasses save their "content" attribute off in a separate file from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1045 the rest of the database. This reduces the number of large entries in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1046 the database, which generally makes databases more efficient, and also
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1047 allows us to use command-line tools to operate on the files. They are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1048 stored in the files sub-directory of the ``'db'`` directory in your
3754
9f4dd27ae843 documentation cleanup from Luke Ross (patch [SF#1594860])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3747
diff changeset
1049 tracker. FileClasses also have a "type" attribute to store the MIME
9f4dd27ae843 documentation cleanup from Luke Ross (patch [SF#1594860])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3747
diff changeset
1050 type of the file.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1051
6291
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1052 Roundup by default considers the contents of the file immutable. This
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1053 is to assist in maintaining an accurate record of correspondence. The
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1054 distributed tracker templates do not enforce this. So if you have
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1055 access to the roundup tracker directory, you can edit the files (make
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1056 sure to preserve mode, owner and group) to remove information (e.g. if
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1057 somebody includes a password or you need to redact proprietary
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1058 information). Obviously the journal for the message/file will not
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1059 report that the file has changed.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1060
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1061 Best practice is to remove offending material and leave a
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1062 placeholder. E.G. replace a password with the text::
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1063
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1064 [password has been deleted 2020-12-02 --myname]
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1065
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1066 If you need to delete an entire file, replace the file contents with::
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1067
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1068 [file contents deleted due to spam 202-10-21 --myname]
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1069
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1070 rather than deleting the file. If you actually delete the file roundup
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1071 will report an error to the user and email the administrator. If you
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1072 empty the file, a user downloading the file using the direct URL
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1073 (e.g. ``tracker/msg22``) may be confused and think something is broken
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1074 when they receive an empty file. Retiring a file/msg does not prevent
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1075 access to the file using the direct URL. Retiring an item only removes
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1076 it when requesting a list of all items in the class. If you are
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1077 replacing the contents, you probably want to change the content type
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1078 of the file. E.G. from ``image/jpeg`` to ``text/plain``. You can do
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1079 this easily through the web interface, or using the ``roundup-admin``
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1080 command line interface.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1081
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1082 You can also change the contents of a file or message using the REST
6293
5d6b3122f74c Remove redundant words in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6291
diff changeset
1083 interface. Note that this will NOT result in an entry in the journal,
5d6b3122f74c Remove redundant words in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6291
diff changeset
1084 so again it allows a silent change. To do this you need to make two
5d6b3122f74c Remove redundant words in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6291
diff changeset
1085 rest requests. An example using curl is::
6291
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1086
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1087 $ curl -u demo:demo -s
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1088 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1089 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1090 -X GET \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1091 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/content
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1092 {
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1093 "data": {
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1094 "id": "30",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1095 "type": "<class 'str'>",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1096 "link": "https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/conten
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1097 t",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1098 "data": "hello3",
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1099 "@etag": "\"3f2f8063dbce5b6bd43567e6f4f3c671\""
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1100 }
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1101 }
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1102
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1103 using the etag, overwrite the content with::
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1104
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1105 $ curl -u demo:demo -s
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1106 -H "X-requested-with: rest" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1107 -H "Referer: https://tracker.example.com/demo/" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1108 -H 'If-Match: "3f2f8063dbce5b6bd43567e6f4f3c671"' \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1109 -X PUT \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1110 -F "data=@hello" \
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1111 https://tracker.example.com/demo/rest/data/file/30/content
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1112
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1113 where ``hello`` is a file on local disk.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1114
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1115 You can enforce immutability in your tracker by adding an auditor (see
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1116 detectors_) for the file/msg class that rejects changes to the content
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1117 property. The auditor could also add a journal entry so that a change
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1118 via the roundup mechanism is reported. Using a mixin (see:
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1119 https://wiki.roundup-tracker.org/MixinClassFileClass) to augment the
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1120 file class allows for other possibilities including signing the file, or
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1121 recording a checksum in the database and validating the file contents
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1122 at the time it gets read. This allows detection of changes done on the
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1123 filesystem outside of the roundup mechanism.
a67e2b559e8d Document changing FileClass content files.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6289
diff changeset
1124
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1125 .. index:: triple: schema; class property; messages
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1126 triple: schema; class property; files
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1127 triple: schema; class property; nosy
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1128 triple: schema; class property; superseder
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1129
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1130 IssueClass
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1131 ~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1132
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1133 IssueClasses automatically include the "messages", "files", "nosy", and
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1134 "superseder" properties.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1135
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1136 The messages and files properties list the links to the messages and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1137 files related to the issue. The nosy property is a list of links to
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1138 users who wish to be informed of changes to the issue - they get "CC'ed"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1139 e-mails when messages are sent to or generated by the issue. The nosy
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1140 reactor (in the ``'detectors'`` directory) handles this action. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1141 superseder link indicates an issue which has superseded this one.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1142
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1143 They also have the dynamically generated "creation", "activity" and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1144 "creator" properties.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1145
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1146 The value of the "creation" property is the date when an item was
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1147 created, and the value of the "activity" property is the date when any
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1148 property on the item was last edited (equivalently, these are the dates
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1149 on the first and last records in the item's journal). The "creator"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1150 property holds a link to the user that created the issue.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1151
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1152 .. index: triple: schema; class method; setkey
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1153
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1154 setkey(property)
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
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1155 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1156
6174
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6171
diff changeset
1157 .. index:: roundup-admin; setting assignedto on an issue
5522c950a2e4 Add indexing for roundup-admin references.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6171
diff changeset
1158
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1159 Select a String property of the class to be the key property. The key
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1160 property must be unique, and allows references to the items in the class
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1161 by the content of the key property. That is, we can refer to users by
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1162 their username: for example, let's say that there's an issue in roundup,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1163 issue 23. There's also a user, richard, who happens to be user 2. To
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1164 assign an issue to him, we could do either of::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1165
1570
93e0a565cee5 fix the "set" command usage statement
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1568
diff changeset
1166 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=2
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1167
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1168 or::
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1169
1570
93e0a565cee5 fix the "set" command usage statement
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1568
diff changeset
1170 roundup-admin set issue23 assignedto=richard
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1171
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1172 Note, the same thing can be done in the web and e-mail interfaces.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1173
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1174 .. index: triple: schema; class method; setlabelprop
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1175
3476
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1176 setlabelprop(property)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1177 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1178
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1179 Select a property of the class to be the label property. The label
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1180 property is used whereever an item should be uniquely identified, e.g.,
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1181 when displaying a link to an item. If setlabelprop is not specified for
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1182 a class, the following values are tried for the label:
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1183
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1184 * the key of the class (see the `setkey(property)`_ section above)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1185 * the "name" property
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1186 * the "title" property
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1187 * the first property from the sorted property name list
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1188
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1189 So in most cases you can get away without specifying setlabelprop
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1190 explicitly.
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1191
5268
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1192 You should make sure that users have View access to this property or
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1193 the id property for a class. If the property can not be viewed by a
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1194 user, looping over items in the class (e.g. messages attached to an
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1195 issue) will not work.
cc79c0f1651d Adding a little more doc describing that view access to the labelprop
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5248
diff changeset
1196
6168
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1197 .. index: triple: schema; class method; setorderprop
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1198
3476
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1199 setorderprop(property)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1200 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1201
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1202 Select a property of the class to be the order property. The order
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1203 property is used whenever using a default sort order for the class,
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1204 e.g., when grouping or sorting class A by a link to class B in the user
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1205 interface, the order property of class B is used for sorting. If
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1206 setorderprop is not specified for a class, the following values are tried
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1207 for the order property:
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1208
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1209 * the property named "order"
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1210 * the label property (see `setlabelprop(property)`_ above)
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1211
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1212 So in most cases you can get away without specifying setorderprop
1142dafe0d7f added setorderprop() and setlabelprop() to Class (lots of patches)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3470
diff changeset
1213 explicitly.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1214
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1215 .. index: triple: schema; class method; create
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1216
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1217 create(information)
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1218 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1219
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1220 Create an item in the database. This is generally used to create items
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1221 in the "definitional" classes like "priority" and "status".
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
1222
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
1223 .. index: schema; item ordering
684
5b23ff865f3a added a "detectors" directory...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 673
diff changeset
1224
2897
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1225 A note about ordering
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1226 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1227
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1228 When we sort items in the hyperdb, we use one of a number of methods,
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1229 depending on the properties being sorted on:
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1230
5067
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
1231 1. If it's a String, Integer, Number, Date or Interval property, we
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
1232 just sort the scalar value of the property. Strings are sorted
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
1233 case-sensitively.
2897
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1234 2. If it's a Link property, we sort by either the linked item's "order"
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1235 property (if it has one) or the linked item's "id".
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1236 3. Mulitlinks sort similar to #2, but we start with the first Multilink
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1237 list item, and if they're the same, we sort by the second item, and
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1238 so on.
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1239
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1240 Note that if an "order" property is defined on a Class that is used for
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1241 sorting, all items of that Class *must* have a value against the "order"
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1242 property, or sorting will result in random ordering.
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1243
21a0b049fed8 notes about sorting
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2886
diff changeset
1244
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1245 Examples of adding to your schema
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1246 ---------------------------------
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1247
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1248 Some examples are in the :ref:`CustomExamples` section below.
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1249
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1250 Also the `Roundup wiki`_ has additional examples of how schemas can be
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1251 customised to add new functionality.
6160
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
1252
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
1253 .. _Roundup wiki:
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6159
diff changeset
1254 https://wiki.roundup-tracker.org/
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1255
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1256 .. index:: !detectors
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
1257
684
5b23ff865f3a added a "detectors" directory...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 673
diff changeset
1258 Detectors - adding behaviour to your tracker
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
1259 ============================================
909
ef9c759c243e Fix to hasPermission, thanks Stefan Seefeld.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 907
diff changeset
1260 .. _detectors:
684
5b23ff865f3a added a "detectors" directory...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 673
diff changeset
1261
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1262 Detectors are initialised every time you open your tracker database, so
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1263 you're free to add and remove them any time, even after the database is
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
1264 initialised via the ``roundup-admin initialise`` command.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1265
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1266 The detectors in your tracker fire *before* (**auditors**) and *after*
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1267 (**reactors**) changes to the contents of your database. They are Python
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1268 modules that sit in your tracker's ``detectors`` directory. You will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1269 have some installed by default - have a look. You can write new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1270 detectors or modify the existing ones. The existing detectors installed
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1271 for you are:
907
38a74d1351c5 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 899
diff changeset
1272
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1273 .. index:: detectors; installed
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
1274
907
38a74d1351c5 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 899
diff changeset
1275 **nosyreaction.py**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1276 This provides the automatic nosy list maintenance and email sending.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1277 The nosy reactor (``nosyreaction``) fires when new messages are added
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1278 to issues. The nosy auditor (``updatenosy``) fires when issues are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1279 changed, and figures out what changes need to be made to the nosy list
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1280 (such as adding new authors, etc.)
907
38a74d1351c5 documentation updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 899
diff changeset
1281 **statusauditor.py**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1282 This provides the ``chatty`` auditor which changes the issue status
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1283 from ``unread`` or ``closed`` to ``chatting`` if new messages appear.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
1284 It also provides the ``presetunread`` auditor which pre-sets the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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1285 status to ``unread`` on new items if the status isn't explicitly
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1286 defined.
1777
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1287 **messagesummary.py**
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parents: 1773
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1288 Generates the ``summary`` property for new messages based on the message
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parents: 1773
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1289 content.
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1290 **userauditor.py**
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parents: 1773
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1291 Verifies the content of some of the user fields (email addresses and
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parents: 1773
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1292 roles lists).
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1293
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parents: 1773
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1294 If you don't want this default behaviour, you're completely free to change
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1295 or remove these detectors.
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1296
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1297 See the detectors section in the `design document`__ for details of the
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1298 interface for detectors.
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1299
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1300 __ design.html
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1301
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1302
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1303 .. index:: detectors; writing api
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1304
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1305 Detector API
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1306 ------------
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1307
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1308 .. index:: pair: detectors; auditors
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1309 single: auditors; function signature
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1310 single: auditors; defining
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1311 single: auditors; arguments
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1312
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1313 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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1314
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1315 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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1316
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1317 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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1318 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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1319 property names to values.
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1320
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1321 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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1322 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
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1323 is about to be created.
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1324
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1325 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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1326 properties that are about to be changed.
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1327
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1328 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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1329
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1330 .. index:: pair: detectors; reactor
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1331 single: reactors; function signature
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1332 single: reactors; defining
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1333 single: reactors; arguments
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1334
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1335 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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1336
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1337 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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1338
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1339 where ``db`` is the database, ``cl`` is an instance of Class or
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1340 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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1341 property names to values.
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1342
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1343 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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parents: 2193
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1344 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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1345
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1346 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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1347 values of properties that were changed.
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1348
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1349 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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1350 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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1351
6163
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1352 .. index:: detectors; additional
2209
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1353
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1354 Additional Detectors Ready For Use
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1355 ----------------------------------
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1356
1674
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parents: 1671
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1357 Sample additional detectors that have been found useful will appear in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
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1358 the ``'detectors'`` directory of the Roundup distribution. If you want
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parents: 1671
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1359 to use one, copy it to the ``'detectors'`` of your tracker instance:
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1360
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diff changeset
1361 **irker.py**
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
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parents: 4656
diff changeset
1362 This detector sends notification on IRC through an irker daemon
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
parents: 4656
diff changeset
1363 (http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/) when issues are created or messages
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
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parents: 4656
diff changeset
1364 are added. In order to use it you need to install irker, start the
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
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parents: 4656
diff changeset
1365 irkerd daemon, and add an ``[irker]`` section in ``detectors/config.ini``
132650f4700a #2550782: Added a new irker detector to send notifications on IRC when an issue is created or messages are added.
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diff changeset
1366 that contains a comma-separated list of channels where the messages should
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diff changeset
1367 be sent, e.g. ``channels = irc://chat.freenode.net/channelname``.
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1368 **newissuecopy.py**
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1369 This detector sends an email to a team address whenever a new issue is
1674
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parents: 1671
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1370 created. The address is hard-coded into the detector, so edit it
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1371 before you use it (look for the text 'team@team.host') or you'll get
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parents: 1671
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1372 email errors!
2193
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1373 **creator_resolution.py**
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parents: 2180
diff changeset
1374 Catch attempts to set the status to "resolved" - if the assignedto
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1375 user isn't the creator, then set the status to "confirm-done". Note that
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1376 "classic" Roundup doesn't have that status, so you'll have to add it. If
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1377 you don't want to though, it'll just use "in-progress" instead.
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1378 **email_auditor.py**
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diff changeset
1379 If a file added to an issue is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the
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1380 extension .eml.
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diff changeset
1381 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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parents: 2180
diff changeset
1382 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,
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1383 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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1384 information, see the detector code - it has a length explanation.
1091
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1385
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1386
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1387 .. index:: auditors; rules for use
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1388 single: reactors; rules for use
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1389
2129
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1390 Auditor or Reactor?
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1391 -------------------
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1392
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1393 Generally speaking, the following rules should be observed:
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1394
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1395 **Auditors**
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1396 Are used for `vetoing creation of or changes to items`_. They might
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1397 also make automatic changes to item properties.
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1398 **Reactors**
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1399 Detect changes in the database and react accordingly. They should avoid
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1400 making changes to the database where possible, as this could create
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parents: 2122
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1401 detector loops.
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1402
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1403
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1404 Vetoing creation of or changes to items
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1405 ---------------------------------------
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1406
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1407 Auditors may raise the ``Reject`` exception to prevent the creation of
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1408 or changes to items in the database. The mail gateway, for example, will
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1409 not attach files or messages to issues when the creation of those files or
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1410 messages are prevented through the ``Reject`` exception. It'll also not create
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1411 users if that creation is ``Reject``'ed too.
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1412
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1413 To use, simply add at the top of your auditor::
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1414
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1415 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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1416
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1417 And then when your rejection criteria have been detected, simply::
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1418
5004
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John Kristensen <john@jerrykan.com>
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1419 raise Reject('Description of error')
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
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1420
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diff changeset
1421 Error messages raised with ``Reject`` automatically have any HTML content
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
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1422 escaped before being displayed to the user. To display an error message to the
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
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1423 user without performing any HTML escaping the ``RejectRaw`` should be used. All
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
John Kristensen <john@jerrykan.com>
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diff changeset
1424 security implications should be carefully considering before using
494d255043c9 Display errors containing HTML with RejectRaw (issue2550847)
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1425 ``RejectRaw``.
2129
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1426
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1427
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1428 Generating email from Roundup
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1429 -----------------------------
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1430
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1431 The module ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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1432 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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1433
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1434 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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1435 ``send_message()`` are used to generate nosy messages, and may generate
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1436 messages which only consist of a change note (ie. the message id parameter
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1437 is not required - this is referred to as a "System Message" because it
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1438 comes from "the system" and not a user).
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1439
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1440
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1441 .. index:: extensions
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1442 .. index:: extensions; add python functions to tracker
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1443
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1444 Extensions - adding capabilities to your tracker
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1445 ================================================
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1446 .. _extensions:
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1447
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1448 While detectors_ add new behavior by reacting to changes in tracked
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1449 objects, `extensions` add new actions and utilities to Roundup, which
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1450 are mostly used to enhance web interface.
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1451
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1452 You can create an extension by creating Python file in your tracker
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1453 ``extensions`` directory. All files from this dir are loaded when
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1454 tracker instance is created, at which point it calls ``init(instance)``
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1455 from each file supplying itself as a first argument.
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1456
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1457 Note that at this point web interface is not loaded, but extensions still
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1458 can register actions for in tracker instance. This may be fixed in
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1459 Roundup 1.6 by introducing ``init_web(client)`` callback or a more
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1460 flexible extension point mechanism.
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1461
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1462
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1463 * ``instance.registerUtil`` is used for adding `templating utilities`_
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1464 (see `adding a time log to your issues`_ for an example)
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1465
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1466 * ``instance.registerAction`` is used to add more actions to instance
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1467 and to web interface. See `Defining new web actions`_ for details.
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1468 Generic action can be added by inheriting from ``action.Action``
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1469 instead of ``cgi.action.Action``.
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1470
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1471 interfaces.py - hooking into the core of roundup
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1472 ================================================
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1473 .. _interfaces.py:
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1474
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1475 There is a magic trick for hooking into the core of roundup. Using
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1476 this you can:
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1477
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1478 * modify class data structures
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1479 * monkey patch core code to add new functionality
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1480 * modify the email gateway
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1481 * add new rest endpoints
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1482
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1483 but with great power comes great responsibility.
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1484
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1485 Interfaces.py has been around since the earliest releases of roundup
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1486 and used to be the main way to get a lot of customization done. In
6470
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1487 modern roundup, the extensions_ mechanism is used, but there are
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1488 places where interfaces.py is still useful. Note that the tracker
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1489 directories are not on the Python system path when interfaces.py is
6687
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1490 evaluated. You need to add library directories explictly by
6470
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1491 modifying sys.path.
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1492
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1493 Example: Changing Cache-Control headers
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1494 ---------------------------------------
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1495
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1496 The Client class in cgi/client.py has a lookup table that is used to
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1497 set the Cache-Control headers for static files. The entries in this
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1498 table are set from interfaces.py using::
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1499
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1500 from roundup.cgi.client import Client
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1501
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1502 Client.Cache_Control['text/css'] = "public, max-age=3600"
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1503 Client.Cache_Control['application/javascript'] = "public, max-age=30"
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1504 Client.Cache_Control['rss.xml'] = "public, max-age=900"
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1505 Client.Cache_Control['local.js'] = "public, max-age=7200"
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1506
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1507 In this case static files delivered using @@file will have cache
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1508 headers set. These files are searched for along the `static_files`
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1509 path in the tracker's `config.ini`. In the example above:
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1510
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1511 * a css file (e.g. @@file/style.css) will be cached for an hour
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1512 * javascript files (e.g. @@file/libraries/jquery.js) will be cached
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1513 for 30 seconds
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1514 * a file named rss.xml will be cached for 15 minutes
5980
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1515 * a file named local.js will be cached for 2 hours
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1516
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1517 Note that a file name match overrides the mime type settings.
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1518
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1519
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1520 Example: Implement password complexity checking
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1521 -----------------------------------------------
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1522
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1523 .. index:: tracker; lib directory (example)
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1524
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1525 This example uses the zxcvbn_ module that you can place in the zxcvbn
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1526 subdirectory of your tracker's lib directory.
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1527
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1528 If you add this to the interfaces.py file in the root directory of
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1529 your tracker (same place as schema.py)::
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1530
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1531 import roundup.password as password
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1532 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
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1533 from zxcvbn import zxcvbn
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1534
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1535 # monkey patch the setPassword method with this method
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1536 # that checks password strength.
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1537 origPasswordFunc = password.Password.setPassword
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1538 def mpPasswordFunc(self, plaintext, scheme, config=None):
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1539 """ Replace the password set function with one that
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1540 verifies that the password is complex enough. It
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1541 has to be done at this point and not in an auditor
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1542 as the auditor only sees the encrypted password.
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1543 """
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1544 results = zxcvbn(plaintext)
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1545 if results['score'] < 3:
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1546 l = []
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1547 map(l.extend, [[results['feedback']['warning']], results['feedback']['suggestions']])
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1548 errormsg = " ".join(l)
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1549 raise Reject ("Password is too easy to guess. " + errormsg)
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1550 return origPasswordFunc(self, plaintext, scheme, config=config)
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1551
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1552 password.Password.setPassword = mpPasswordFunc
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1553
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1554 it replaces the setPassword method in the Password class. The new
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1555 version validates that the password is sufficiently complex. Then it
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1556 passes off the setting of password to the original method.
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1557
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1558 Example: Enhance time intervals
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1559 -------------------------------
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1560
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1561 To make the user interface easier to use, you may want to support
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1562 other forms for intervals. For example you can support an interval
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1563 like 1.5 by interpreting it the same as 1:30 (1 hour 30 minutes).
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1564 Also you can allow a bare integer (e.g. 45) as a number of minutes.
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1565
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1566 To do this we intercept the from_raw method of the Interval class in
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1567 hyperdb.py with::
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1568
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1569 import roundup.hyperdb as hyperdb
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1570 origFrom_Raw = hyperdb.Interval.from_raw
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1571
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1572 def normalizeperiod(self, value, **kw):
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1573 ''' Convert alternate time forms into standard interval format
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1574
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1575 [+-] [#y] [#m] [#w] [#d] [[[H]H:MM]:SS]
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1576
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1577 if value is float, it's hour and fractional hours
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1578 if value is integer, it's number of minutes
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1579 '''
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1580 if ":" not in value:
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1581 # Not a specified interval
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1582 # if int consider number of minutes
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1583 try:
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1584 isMinutes = int(value)
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1585 minutes = isMinutes%60
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1586 hours = (isMinutes - minutes) / 60
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1587 value = "%d:%d"%(hours,minutes)
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1588 except ValueError:
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1589 pass
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1590 # if float, consider it number of hours and fractional hours.
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1591 import math
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1592 try:
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1593 afterdecimal, beforedecimal = math.modf(float(value))
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1594 value = "%d:%d"%(beforedecimal,60*afterdecimal)
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1595 except ValueError:
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1596 pass
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1597
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1598 return origFrom_Raw(self, value, **kw)
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1599
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1600 hyperdb.Interval.from_raw = normalizeperiod
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1601
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1602 any call to convert an interval from raw form now has two simpler
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1603 (and more friendly) ways to specify common time intervals.
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1604
5983
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1605 Example: Modifying the mail gateway
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1606 -----------------------------------
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1607
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1608 One site receives email on a main gateway. The virtual alias delivery
6160
9619d64c0351 Doc updates for customizing.txt, start of index generation
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1609 table on the postfix server is configured with::
5983
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1610
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1611 test-issues@example.com roundup-test@roundup-vm.example.com
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1612 test-support@example.com roundup-test+support-a@roundup-vm.example.com
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1613 test@support.example.com roundup-test+support-b@roundup-vm.example.com
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1614
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1615 These modifications to the mail gateway for roundup allows anonymous
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1616 submissions. It hides all of the requesters under the "support"
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1617 user. It also makes some other modifications to the mail parser
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1618 allowing keywords to be set and prefixes to be defined based on the
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1619 delivery alias.
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1620
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1621 This is the entry in interfaces.py::
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1622
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1623 import roundup.mailgw
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1624 import email.utils
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1625
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1626 class SupportTracker(object):
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1627 def __init__(self, prefix=None, keyword=None):
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1628 self.prefix = prefix
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1629 self.keyword = keyword
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1630
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1631 # Define new prefixes and keywords based on local address.
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1632 support_trackers = {
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1633 ### production instances ###
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1634
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1635 ### test instances ###
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1636 'roundup-test+support-a':
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1637 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 1', keyword='support1'),
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1638 'roundup-test+support-b':
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diff changeset
1639 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 2', keyword='support2'),
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diff changeset
1640 'roundup-test2+support-a':
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diff changeset
1641 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 1', keyword='support1'),
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diff changeset
1642 'roundup-test2+support-b':
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diff changeset
1643 SupportTracker(prefix='Support 2', keyword='support2'),
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diff changeset
1644 }
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1645
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1646 class parsedMessage(roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage):
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1647 def __init__(self, mailgw, message, support_tracker):
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diff changeset
1648 roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage.__init__(self, mailgw, message)
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diff changeset
1649 if support_tracker.prefix:
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1650 self.prefix = '%s: ' % support_tracker.prefix
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1651 else:
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diff changeset
1652 self.prefix = ''
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1653 self.keywords = []
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1654 if support_tracker.keyword:
d877a2ac5ae4 Added mailgw interfaces.py example from Thomas Arendsen Hein
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diff changeset
1655 try:
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diff changeset
1656 self.keywords = [
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1657 self.db.keyword.lookup(support_tracker.keyword)]
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diff changeset
1658 except KeyError:
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1659 pass
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1660 self.config.ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY = 'no'
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1661 self.config.ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY = 'no'
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1662 self.config.MAILGW_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT = 'yes'
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1663 self.config.MAILGW_LEAVE_BODY_UNCHANGED = 'yes'
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1664 self.classname = 'issue'
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1665 self.pfxmode = 'loose'
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diff changeset
1666 self.sfxmode = 'none'
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1667 # set the support user id
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1668 self.fixed_author = self.db.user.lookup('support')
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1669 self.fixed_props = {
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1670 'nosy': [self.fixed_author],
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1671 'keyword': self.keywords,
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diff changeset
1672 }
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1673
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1674 def handle_help(self):
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1675 pass
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1676
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1677 def check_subject(self):
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1678 if not self.subject:
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1679 self.subject = 'no subject'
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1680
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1681 def rego_confirm(self):
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1682 pass
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1683
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1684 def get_author_id(self):
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1685 # force the support user to be the author
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1686 self.author = self.fixed_author
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1687
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1688 def get_props(self):
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1689 self.props = {}
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1690 if not self.nodeid:
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1691 self.props.update(self.fixed_props)
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1692 self.props['title'] = ("%s%s" % (
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1693 self.prefix, self.subject.replace('[', '(').replace(']', ')')))
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1694
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1695 def get_content_and_attachments(self):
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1696 roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage.get_content_and_attachments(self)
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1697 if not self.content:
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1698 self.content = 'no text'
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1699 intro = []
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1700 for header in ['From', 'To', 'Cc']:
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1701 for addr in self.message.getaddrlist(header):
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1702 intro.append('%s: %s' % (header, email.utils.formataddr(addr)))
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1703 intro.append('Subject: %s' % self.subject)
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1704 intro.append('\n')
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1705 self.content = '\n'.join(intro) + self.content
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1706
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1707 class MailGW(roundup.mailgw.MailGW):
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1708 def parsed_message_class(self, mailgw, message):
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1709 support_tracker = None
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1710 # The delivered-to header is unique to postfix
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1711 # it is the target address:
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1712 # roundup-test+support-a@roundup-vm.example.com
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1713 # rather than
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1714 # test-support@example.com
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1715 recipients = message.getaddrlist('delivered-to')
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1716 if recipients:
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1717 localpart = recipients[0][1].rpartition('@')[0]
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1718 support_tracker = support_trackers.get(localpart)
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1719 if support_tracker:
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1720 # parse the mesage using the parsedMessage class
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1721 # defined above.
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1722 return parsedMessage(mailgw, message, support_tracker)
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1723 else:
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1724 # parse the message normally
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1725 return roundup.mailgw.parsedMessage(mailgw, message)
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1726
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1727 This is the most complex example section. The mail gateway is also one
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1728 of the more complex subsystems in roundup, and modifying it is not
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1729 trivial.
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1730
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1731 Other Examples
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1732 --------------
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1733
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1734 See the `rest interface documentation`_ for instructions on how to add
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1735 new rest endpoints using interfaces.py.
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1736
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1737 Database Content
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1738 ================
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1739
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1740 .. note::
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1741 If you modify the content of definitional classes, you'll most
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1742 likely need to edit the tracker `detectors`_ to reflect your changes.
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1743
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1744 Customisation of the special "definitional" classes (eg. status,
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1745 priority, resolution, ...) may be done either before or after the
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1746 tracker is initialised. The actual method of doing so is completely
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1747 different in each case though, so be careful to use the right one.
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1748
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1749 **Changing content before tracker initialisation**
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1750 Edit the initial_data.py module in your tracker to alter the items
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1751 created using the ``create( ... )`` methods.
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1752
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1753 **Changing content after tracker initialisation**
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1754 As the "admin" user, click on the "class list" link in the web
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1755 interface to bring up a list of all database classes. Click on the
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1756 name of the class you wish to change the content of.
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1757
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1758 You may also use the ``roundup-admin`` interface's create, set and
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1759 retire methods to add, alter or remove items from the classes in
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1760 question.
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1761
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1762 See "`adding a new field to the classic schema`_" for an example that
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1763 requires database content changes.
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1764
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1765
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1766 Security / Access Controls
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1767 ==========================
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1768
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1769 A set of Permissions is built into the security module by default:
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1770
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1771 - Create (everything)
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1772 - Edit (everything)
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1773 - Search (everything) (used if View does not permit access)
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1774 - View (everything)
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1775 - Register (User class only)
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1776
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1777 These are assigned to the "Admin" Role by default, and allow a user to do
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1778 anything. Every Class you define in your `tracker schema`_ also gets an
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1779 Create, Edit and View Permission of its own. The web and email interfaces
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1780 also define:
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1781
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1782 *Email Access*
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1783 If defined, the user may use the email interface. Used by default to deny
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1784 Anonymous users access to the email interface. When granted to the
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1785 Anonymous user, they will be automatically registered by the email
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1786 interface (see also the ``new_email_user_roles`` configuration option).
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1787 *Web Access*
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1788 If defined, the user may use the web interface. All users are able to see
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1789 the login form, regardless of this setting (thus enabling logging in).
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1790 *Web Roles*
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1791 Controls user access to editing the "roles" property of the "user" class.
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1792 TODO: deprecate in favour of a property-based control.
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1793 *Rest Access* and *Xmlrpc Access*
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1794 These control access to the Rest and Xmlrpc endpoints. The Admin and User
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1795 roles have these by default in the classic tracker. See the
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1796 `directions in the rest interface documentation`_ and the
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1797 `xmlrpc interface documentation`_.
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1798
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1799 These are hooked into the default Roles:
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1800
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1801 - Admin (Create, Edit, Search, View and everything; Web Roles)
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1802 - User (Web Access; Email Access)
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1803 - Anonymous (Web Access)
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1804
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1805 And finally, the "admin" user gets the "Admin" Role, and the "anonymous"
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1806 user gets "Anonymous" assigned when the tracker is installed.
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1807
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1808 For the "User" Role, the "classic" tracker defines:
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1809
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1810 - Create, Edit and View issue, file, msg, query, keyword
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1811 - View priority, status
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1812 - View user
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1813 - Edit their own user record
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1814
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1815 And the "Anonymous" Role is defined as:
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1816
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1817 - Web interface access
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1818 - Register user (for registration)
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1819 - View issue, file, msg, query, keyword, priority, status
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1820
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1821 Put together, these settings appear in the tracker's ``schema.py`` file::
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1822
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1823 #
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1824 # TRACKER SECURITY SETTINGS
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1825 #
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1826 # See the configuration and customisation document for information
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1827 # about security setup.
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1828
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1829 #
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1830 # REGULAR USERS
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1831 #
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1832 # Give the regular users access to the web and email interface
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1833 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Web Access')
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1834 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Email Access')
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1835 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Rest Access')
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1836 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Xmlrpc Access')
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1837
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1838 # Assign the access and edit Permissions for issue, file and message
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1839 # to regular users now
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1840 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword':
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1841 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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1842 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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1843 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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1844 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
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1845 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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1846
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1847 # May users view other user information? Comment these lines out
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1849 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user',
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1850 properties=('id', 'organisation', 'phone', 'realname', 'timezone',
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1851 'username'))
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1852 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1853
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1854 # Users should be able to edit their own details -- this permission is
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1855 # limited to only the situation where the Viewed or Edited item is their own.
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1856 def own_record(db, userid, itemid, **ctx):
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1858 return userid == itemid
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1859 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
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1860 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
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1861 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1862 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
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1863 properties=('username', 'password', 'address', 'realname', 'phone',
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1864 'organisation', 'alternate_addresses', 'queries', 'timezone'),
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1865 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
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1866 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1868 # Users should be able to edit and view their own queries. They should also
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1869 # be able to view any marked as not private. They should not be able to
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1870 # edit others' queries, even if they're not private
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1871 def view_query(db, userid, itemid):
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1872 private_for = db.query.get(itemid, 'private_for')
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1873 if not private_for: return True
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1874 return userid == private_for
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1875 def edit_query(db, userid, itemid):
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1876 return userid == db.query.get(itemid, 'creator')
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1877 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='query', check=view_query,
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1878 description="User is allowed to view their own and public queries")
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1879 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1880 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='query')
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1881 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1882 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1883 description="User is allowed to edit their queries")
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1884 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1885 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Retire', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1886 description="User is allowed to retire their queries")
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1887 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1888 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Restore', klass='query', check=edit_query,
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1889 description="User is allowed to restore their queries")
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1890 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1891 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Create', klass='query',
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1892 description="User is allowed to create queries")
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1893 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
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1895 #
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1896 # ANONYMOUS USER PERMISSIONS
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1897 #
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1898 # Let anonymous users access the web interface. Note that almost all
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1899 # trackers will need this Permission. The only situation where it's not
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1900 # required is in a tracker that uses an HTTP Basic Authenticated front-end.
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1901 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Web Access')
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1902
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1903 # Let anonymous users access the email interface (note that this implies
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1904 # that they will be registered automatically, hence they will need the
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1905 # "Create" user Permission below)
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1906 # This is disabled by default to stop spam from auto-registering users on
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1907 # public trackers.
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1908 #db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Email Access')
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1909
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1910 # Assign the appropriate permissions to the anonymous user's Anonymous
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1911 # Role. Choices here are:
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1912 # - Allow anonymous users to register
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1913 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Register', 'user')
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1914
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1915 # Allow anonymous users access to view issues (and the related, linked
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1916 # information)
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1917 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'keyword', 'priority', 'status':
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1918 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'View', cl)
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1919
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1920 # Allow the anonymous user to use the "Show Unassigned" search.
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1921 # It acts like "Show Open" if this permission is not available.
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1922 # If you are running a tracker that does not allow read access for
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1923 # anonymous, you should remove this entry as it can be used to perform
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1924 # a username guessing attack against a roundup install.
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1925 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='user')
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1926 db.security.addPermissionToRole ('Anonymous', p)
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1927
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1928 # [OPTIONAL]
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1929 # Allow anonymous users access to create or edit "issue" items (and the
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1930 # related file and message items)
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1931 #for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
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1932 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Create', cl)
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1933 # db.security.addPermissionToRole('Anonymous', 'Edit', cl)
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1934
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1935 .. index::
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1936 single: roundup-admin; view class permissions
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1937
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1938 You can use ``roundup-admin security`` to verify the permissions
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1939 defined in the schema. It also verifies that properties specified in
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1940 permissions are valid for the class. This helps detect typos that can
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1941 cause baffling permission issues.
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1942
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1943 Automatic Permission Checks
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1944 ---------------------------
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1945
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1946 Permissions are automatically checked when information is rendered
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1947 through the web. This includes:
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1948
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1949 1. View checks for properties when being rendered via the ``plain()`` or
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1950 similar methods. If the check fails, the text "[hidden]" will be
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1951 displayed.
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1952 2. Edit checks for properties when the edit field is being rendered via
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1953 the ``field()`` or similar methods. If the check fails, the property
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1954 will be rendered via the ``plain()`` method (see point 1. for subsequent
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1955 checking performed)
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1956 3. View checks are performed in index pages for each item being displayed
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1957 such that if the user does not have permission, the row is not rendered.
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1958 4. View checks are performed at the top of item pages for the Item being
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1959 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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1960 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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1961 5. View checks are performed at the top of index pages for the Class being
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1962 displayed. If the user does not have permission, the text "You are not
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1963 allowed to view this page." will be displayed.
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1964
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1965
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1966 New User Roles
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1967 --------------
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1968
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1969 New users are assigned the Roles defined in the config file as:
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1970
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1971 - NEW_WEB_USER_ROLES
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1972 - NEW_EMAIL_USER_ROLES
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1973
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1974 The `users may only edit their issues`_ example shows customisation of
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1975 these parameters.
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1977
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1978 Changing Access Controls
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1980
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1981 You may alter the configuration variables to change the Role that new
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1982 web or email users get, for example to not give them access to the web
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1983 interface if they register through email.
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1984
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1985 You may use the ``roundup-admin`` "``security``" command to display the
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1986 current Role and Permission configuration in your tracker.
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1988
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1989 Adding a new Permission
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1990 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1991
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1992 When adding a new Permission, you will need to:
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1993
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1994 1. add it to your tracker's ``schema.py`` so it is created, using
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1995 ``security.addPermission``, for example::
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1996
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1997 db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass='frozzle',
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1998 description="User is allowed to access frozzles")
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1999
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2000 will set up a new "View" permission on the Class "frozzle".
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2001 2. enable it for the Roles that should have it (verify with
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2002 "``roundup-admin security``")
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2003 3. add it to the relevant HTML interface templates
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2004 4. add it to the appropriate xxxPermission methods on in your tracker
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2005 interfaces module
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2006
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2007 The ``addPermission`` method takes a few optional parameters:
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2008
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2009 **properties**
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2010 A sequence of property names that are the only properties to apply the
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2011 new Permission to (eg. ``... klass='user', properties=('name',
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2012 'email') ...``)
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2013 **props_only**
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2014 A boolean value (set to false by default) that is a new feature
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2015 in roundup 1.6.
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2016 A permission defined using:
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2017
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2018 ``properties=('list', 'of', 'property', 'names')``
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2019
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2020 is used to determine access for things other than just those
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2021 properties. For example a check for View permission on the issue
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2022 class or an issue item can use any View permission for the issue
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2023 class even if that permission has a property list. This can be
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2024 confusing and surprising as you would think that a permission
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2025 including properties would be used only for determining the
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2026 access permission for those properties.
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2027
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2028 ``roundup-admin security`` will report invalid properties for the
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2029 class. For example a permission with an invalid summary property is
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2030 presented as::
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2031
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2032 Allowed to see content of object regardless of spam status
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2033 (View for "file": ('content', 'summary') only)
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2034
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2035 **Invalid properties for file: ['summary']
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2036
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2037 Setting ``props_only=True`` will make the permission valid only for
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2038 those properties.
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2039
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2040 If you use a lot of permissions with property checks, it can be
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2041 difficult to change all of them. Calling the function:
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2042
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2043 db.security.set_props_only_default(True)
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2044
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2045 at the top of ``schema.py`` will make every permission creation
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2046 behave as though props_only was set to True. It is expected that the
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2047 default of True will become the default in a future Roundup release.
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2048 **check**
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2049 A function to be executed which returns boolean determining whether
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2050 the Permission is allowed. If it returns True, the permission is
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2051 allowed, if it returns False the permission is denied. The function
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2052 can have one of two signatures::
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2053
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2054 check(db, userid, itemid)
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2055
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2056 or::
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2057
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2058 check(db, userid, itemid, **ctx)
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2059
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2060 where ``db`` is a handle on the open database, ``userid`` is
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2061 the user attempting access and ``itemid`` is the specific item being
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2062 accessed. If the second form is used the ``ctx`` dictionary is
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2063 defined with the following values::
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2064
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2065 ctx['property'] the name of the property being checked or None if
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2066 it's a class check.
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2067
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2068 ctx['classname'] the name of the class that is being checked
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2069 (issue, query ....).
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2070
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2071 ctx['permission'] the name of the permission (e.g. View, Edit...).
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2072
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2073 The second form is preferred as it makes it easier to implement more
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2074 complex permission schemes. An example of the use of ``ctx`` can be
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2075 found in the ``upgrading.txt`` or `upgrading.html`_ document.
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2076
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2077 .. _`upgrading.html`: upgrading.html
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2078
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2079 Example Scenarios
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2080 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2081
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2082 See the `examples`_ section for longer examples of customisation.
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2083
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2084 **anonymous access through the e-mail gateway**
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2085 Give the "anonymous" user the "Email Access", ("Edit", "issue") and
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2086 ("Create", "msg") Permissions but do not not give them the ("Create",
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2087 "user") Permission. This means that when an unknown user sends email
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2088 into the tracker, they're automatically logged in as "anonymous".
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2089 Since they don't have the ("Create", "user") Permission, they won't
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2090 be automatically registered, but since "anonymous" has permission to
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2091 use the gateway, they'll still be able to submit issues. Note that
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2092 the Sender information - their email address - will not be available
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2093 - they're *anonymous*.
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2094
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2095 **automatic registration of users in the e-mail gateway**
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2096 By giving the "anonymous" user the ("Register", "user") Permission, any
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2097 unidentified user will automatically be registered with the tracker
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2098 (with no password, so they won't be able to log in through
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2099 the web until an admin sets their password). By default new Roundup
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2100 trackers don't allow this as it opens them up to spam. It may be enabled
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2101 by uncommenting the appropriate addPermissionToRole in your tracker's
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2102 ``schema.py`` file. The new user is given the Roles list defined in the
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2103 "new_email_user_roles" config variable.
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2104
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2105 **only developers may be assigned issues**
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2106 Create a new Permission called "Fixer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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2107 new Role "Developer" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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2108 appropriate users. Filter the list of users available in the assignedto
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2109 list to include only those users. Enforce the Permission with an
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2110 auditor. See the example
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2111 `restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task`_.
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2112
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2113 **only managers may sign off issues as complete**
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2114 Create a new Permission called "Closer" for the "issue" class. Create a
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2115 new Role "Manager" which has that Permission, and assign that to the
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2116 appropriate users. In your web interface, only display the "resolved"
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2117 issue state option when the user has the "Closer" Permissions. Enforce
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2118 the Permission with an auditor. This is very similar to the previous
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2119 example, except that the web interface check would look like::
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2120
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2121 <option tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Closer')"
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2122 value="resolved">Resolved</option>
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2123
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2124 **don't give web access to users who register through email**
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2125 Create a new Role called "Email User" which has all the Permissions of
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2126 the normal "User" Role minus the "Web Access" Permission. This will
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2127 allow users to send in emails to the tracker, but not access the web
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2128 interface.
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2129
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2130 **let some users edit the details of all users**
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2131 Create a new Role called "User Admin" which has the Permission for
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2132 editing users::
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2133
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2134 db.security.addRole(name='User Admin', description='Managing users')
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parents: 1304
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2135 p = db.security.getPermission('Edit', 'user')
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parents: 1304
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2136 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User Admin', p)
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parents: 1304
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2137
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1304
diff changeset
2138 and assign the Role to the users who need the permission.
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parents: 1304
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2139
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8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
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parents: 1236
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2140
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
2141 Web Interface
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2142 =============
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
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2143
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
2144 .. contents::
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
2145 :local:
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
2146
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2147 The web interface is provided by the ``roundup.cgi.client`` module and
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parents: 1671
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2148 is used by ``roundup.cgi``, ``roundup-server`` and ``ZRoundup``
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2149 (``ZRoundup`` is broken, until further notice). In all cases, we
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2150 determine which tracker is being accessed (the first part of the URL
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2151 path inside the scope of the CGI handler) and pass control on to the
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2152 ``roundup.cgi.client.Client`` class - which handles the rest of the
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
2153 access through its ``main()`` method. This means that you can do pretty
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2154 much anything you want as a web interface to your tracker.
7d97c75e7cba more docs
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
2155
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parents: 1003
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2156
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
2157
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2158 Repercussions of changing the tracker schema
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2159 ---------------------------------------------
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2160
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2161 If you choose to change the `tracker schema`_ you will need to ensure
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parents: 1671
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2162 the web interface knows about it:
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parents: 1671
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2163
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parents: 1671
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2164 1. Index, item and search pages for the relevant classes may need to
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parents: 1671
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2165 have properties added or removed,
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parents: 1671
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2166 2. The "page" template may require links to be changed, as might the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2167 "home" page's content arguments.
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2168
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parents: 2897
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2169
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2170 How requests are processed
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2171 --------------------------
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parents: 1070
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2172
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parents: 1003
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2173 The basic processing of a web request proceeds as follows:
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2174
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2175 1. figure out who we are, defaulting to the "anonymous" user
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2176 2. figure out what the request is for - we call this the "context"
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2177 3. handle any requested action (item edit, search, ...)
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2178 4. render the template requested by the context, resulting in HTML
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2179 output
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2180
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2181 In some situations, exceptions occur:
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2182
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2183 - HTTP Redirect (generally raised by an action)
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2184 - SendFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2185 here we serve up a FileClass "content" property
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2186 - SendStaticFile (generally raised by ``determine_context``)
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2187 here we serve up a file from the tracker "html" directory
1057
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2188 - Unauthorised (generally raised by an action)
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2189 here the action is cancelled, the request is rendered and an error
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2190 message is displayed indicating that permission was not granted for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2191 the action to take place
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2192 - NotFound (raised wherever it needs to be)
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2193 this exception percolates up to the CGI interface that called the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2194 client
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2195
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
2196
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2197 Roundup URL design
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2198 ------------------
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2199
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2200 Each tracker has several hardcoded URLs. These three are equivalent and
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2201 lead to the main tracker page:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2202
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2203 1. ``/``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2204 2. ``/index``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2205 3. ``/home``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2206
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2207 The following prefix is used to access static resources:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2208
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2209 4. ``/@@file/``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2210
6631
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2211 Two additional url's are used for the API's.
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2212 The `REST api`_ is accessed via:
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2213
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2214 5. ``/rest/``
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2215
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2216 .. _`REST api`: rest.html
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2217
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2218 and the `XMLRPC api`_ is available at:
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2219
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2220 6. ``/rest/``
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2221
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2222 .. _`XMLRPC api`: xmlrpc.html
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2223
4725
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2224 All other URLs depend on the classes configured in Roundup database.
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2225 Each class receives two URLs - one for the class itself and another
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2226 for specific items of that class. Example for class URL:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2227
6631
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6586
diff changeset
2228 7. ``/issue``
4725
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2229
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2230 This is usually used to show listings of class items. The URL for
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2231 for specific object of issue class with id 1 will look like:
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2232
6631
9455538c4a1f Add /rest/ and /xmlrpc/ to section Roundup URL design
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parents: 6586
diff changeset
2233 8. ``/issue1``
4725
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2234
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2235
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2236 Determining web context
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
2237 -----------------------
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
2238
4725
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2239 To determine the "context" of a request (what request is for), we look at
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2240 the URL path after the tracker root and at ``@template`` request
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2241 parameter. Typical URL paths look like:
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2242
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2243 1. ``/tracker/issue``
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2244 2. ``/tracker/issue1``
2589
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
2245 3. ``/tracker/@@file/style.css``
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8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2246 4. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1``
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2247 5. ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/file1/kitten.png``
8b9feca82090 some progress
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2248
4725
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2249 where tracker root is ``/tracker/`` or ``/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi/tracker/``
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2250 We're looking at "issue", "issue1", "@@file/style.css", "file1" and
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2251 "file1/kitten.png" in the cases above.
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2252
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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diff changeset
2253 a. with is no path we are in the "home" context. See `the "home"
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2254 context`_ below for details. "index" or "home" paths may also be used
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anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2255 to switch into "home" context.
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2256 b. for paths starting with "@@file" the additional path entry ("style.css"
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2257 in the example above) specifies the static file to be served
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2258 from the tracker TEMPLATES directory (or STATIC_FILES, if configured).
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
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parents: 4723
diff changeset
2259 This is usually the tracker's "html" directory. Internally this works
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2260 by raising SendStaticFile exception.
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diff changeset
2261 c. if there is something in the path (as in example 1, "issue"), it
4725
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diff changeset
2262 identifies the tracker class to display.
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diff changeset
2263 d. if the path is an item designator (as in examples 2 and 4, "issue1"
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diff changeset
2264 and "file1"), then we're to display a specific item.
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2265 e. if the path starts with an item designator and is longer than one
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diff changeset
2266 entry (as in example 5, "file1/kitten.png"), then we're assumed to be
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diff changeset
2267 handling an item of a ``FileClass``, and the extra path information
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diff changeset
2268 gives the filename that the client is going to label the download
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parents: 1671
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2269 with (i.e. "file1/kitten.png" is nicer to download than "file1").
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2270 This raises a ``SendFile`` exception.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2271
5154
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2272 Neither b. or e. use templates and stop before the template is
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2273 determined. For other contexts the template used is specified by the
4725
9b9d9cb9734a Document Roundup URL design
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4723
diff changeset
2274 ``@template`` variable, which defaults to:
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2275
5154
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2276 - only classname supplied: "index"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2277 - full item designator supplied: "item"
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2278
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2279
2227
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2280 The "home" Context
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2281 ------------------
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2282
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2283 The "home" context is special because it allows you to add templated
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2284 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
2285 list or specific issue).
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2286
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2287 Let's say you wish to add frames to control the layout of your tracker's
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2288 interface. You'd probably have:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2289
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2290 - A top-level frameset page. This page probably wouldn't be templated, so
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2291 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
2292 - A sidebar frame that is templated. Let's call this page
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2293 "home.navigation.html" in your tracker's "html" directory. To load that
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2294 page up, you use the URL:
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2295
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2296 <tracker url>/home?@template=navigation
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2297
15c20983fd13 more info about the "home" context
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2209
diff changeset
2298
2134
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2299 Serving static content
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2300 ----------------------
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2301
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2302 See the previous section `determining web context`_ where it describes
2589
809758599cdc oops, double-@
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2588
diff changeset
2303 ``@@file`` paths.
2134
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2304
00dfd8b50773 doc clarification
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2129
diff changeset
2305
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2306 Performing actions in web requests
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2307 ----------------------------------
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2308
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2309 When a user requests a web page, they may optionally also request for an
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2310 action to take place. As described in `how requests are processed`_, the
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2311 action is performed before the requested page is generated. Actions are
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2312 triggered by using a ``@action`` CGI variable, where the value is one
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2313 of:
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2314
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2315 **login**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2316 Attempt to log a user in.
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2317
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2318 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2319 Log the user out - make them "anonymous".
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2320
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2321 **register**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2322 Attempt to create a new user based on the contents of the form and then
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2323 log them in.
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2324
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2325 **edit**
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2326 Perform an edit of an item in the database. There are some `special form
6334
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2327 variables`_ you may use. Also you can set the ``__redirect_to`` form
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2328 variable to the URL that should be displayed after the edit is succesfully
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2329 completed. If you wanted to edit a sequence of issues, users etc. this
eeddc4e03742 Documented possible use of __redirect_to for edit function.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6329
diff changeset
2330 could be used to display the next item in the sequence to the user.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2331
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2332 **new**
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2333 Add a new item to the database. You may use the same `special form
5158
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2334 variables`_ as in the "edit" action. Also you can set the
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2335 ``__redirect_to`` form variable to the URL that should be displayed after
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2336 the new item is created. This is useful if you want to create another
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2337 item rather than edit the newly created item.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2338
1278
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2339 **retire**
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2340 Retire the item in the database.
0c0494deb09f doc for the retire action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1270
diff changeset
2341
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2342 **editCSV**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2343 Performs an edit of all of a class' items in one go. See also the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2344 *class*.csv templating method which generates the CSV data to be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2345 edited, and the ``'_generic.index'`` template which uses both of these
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2346 features.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2347
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2348 **search**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2349 Mangle some of the form variables:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2350
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2351 - Set the form ":filter" variable based on the values of the filter
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2352 variables - if they're set to anything other than "dontcare" then add
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2353 them to :filter.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2354
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2355 - Also handle the ":queryname" variable and save off the query to the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2356 user's query list.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2357
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2358 Each of the actions is implemented by a corresponding ``*XxxAction*`` (where
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2359 "Xxx" is the name of the action) class in the ``roundup.cgi.actions`` module.
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2360 These classes are registered with ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``. If you need
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
2361 to define new actions, you may add them there (see `defining new
2017
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2362 web actions`_).
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2363
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2364 Each action class also has a ``*permission*`` method which determines whether
31d920b31642 Update customization examples too, expand upgrade notice a bit.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2016
diff changeset
2365 the action is permissible given the current user. The base permission checks
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2366 for each action are:
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
2367
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2368 **login**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2369 Determine whether the user has the "Web Access" Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2370 **logout**
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2371 No permission checks are made.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2372 **register**
3404
7d48c5b1e8f2 merge from maint-0-8
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3363
diff changeset
2373 Determine whether the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2374 **edit**
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
2375 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this item. If we're
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2376 editing the "user" class, users are allowed to edit their own details -
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2377 unless they try to edit the "roles" property, which requires the
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2378 special Permission "Web Roles".
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2379 **new**
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
2380 Determine whether the user has permission to create this item. No
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2381 additional property checks are made. Additionally, new user items may
3404
7d48c5b1e8f2 merge from maint-0-8
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3363
diff changeset
2382 be created if the user has the ("Create", "user") Permission.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2383 **editCSV**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2384 Determine whether the user has permission to edit this class.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2385 **search**
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
2386 Determine whether the user has permission to view this class.
1058
a55ef5a98fd3 more docco... and we need to check for web access Permission!
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1057
diff changeset
2387
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2388 Protecting users from web application attacks
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2389 ---------------------------------------------
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2390
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2391 There is a class of attacks known as Cross Site Request Forgeries
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2392 (CSRF). Malicious code running in the browser can making a
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2393 request to roundup while you are logged into roundup. The
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2394 malicious code piggy backs on your existing roundup session to
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2395 make changes without your knowledge. Roundup 1.6 has support for
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2396 defending against this by analyzing the
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2397
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2398 * Referer,
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2399 * Origin, and
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2400 * Host or
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2401 * X-Forwarded-Host
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2402
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2403 HTTP headers. It compares the headers to the value of the web setting
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2404 in the [tracker] section of the tracker's ``config.ini``.
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2405
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2406 Also a per form token (also called a nonce) can be enabled for
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
2407 the tracker using the ``csrf_enforce_token`` option in
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2408 config.ini. When enabled, roundup will validate a hidden form
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2409 field called ``@csrf``. If the validation fails (or the token
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1d7363d8474b typo fixes
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2410 is used more than once) the request is rejected. The ``@csrf``
5201
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2411 input field is added automatically by calling the ``submit``
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2412 function/path. It can also be added manually by calling
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2413 anti_csrf_nonce() directly. For example:
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2414
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2415 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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2416 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce(lifetime=10)">
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2417
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2418 By default a nonce lifetime is 2 weeks. However the lifetime (in
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2419 minutes) can be set by passing a lifetime argument as shown
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2420 above. The example above makes the nonce lifetime 10 minutes.
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2421
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2422 Search for @csrf in this document for more examples. There are
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2423 more examples and information in ``upgrading.txt``.
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2424
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2425 The token protects you because malicious code supplied by another
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2426 site is unable to obtain the token. Thus many attempts they make
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2427 to submit a request are rejected.
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2428
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2429 The protection on the xmlrpc interface is untested, but is based
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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diff changeset
2430 on a valid header check against the roundup url and the presence
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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2431 of the ``X-REQUESTED-WITH`` header. Work to improve this is a
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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diff changeset
2432 future project after the 1.6 release.
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2433
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2434 The enforcement levels can be modified in ``config.ini``. Refer to
5201
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2435 that file for details.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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2436
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2437 Special form variables
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2438 ----------------------
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2439
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2440 Item properties and their values are edited with html FORM
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2441 variables and their values. You can:
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2442
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2443 - Change the value of some property of the current item.
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2444 - Create a new item of any class, and edit the new item's
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2445 properties,
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2446 - Attach newly created items to a multilink property of the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2447 current item.
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2448 - Remove items from a multilink property of the current item.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2449 - Specify that some properties are required for the edit
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2450 operation to be successful.
5158
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2451 - Redirect to a different page after creating a new item (new action
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2452 only, not edit action). Usually you end up on the page for the
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2453 created item.
3429
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2454 - Set up user interface locale.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2455
3293
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parents: 3292
diff changeset
2456 These operations will only take place if the form action (the
8897483a9f8b doc tweak
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parents: 3292
diff changeset
2457 ``@action`` variable) is "edit" or "new".
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parents: 3292
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2458
1679
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2459 In the following, <bracketed> values are variable, "@" may be
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2460 either ":" or "@", and other text "required" is fixed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2461
3429
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2462 Two special form variables are used to specify user language preferences:
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2463
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2464 ``@language``
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2465 value may be locale name or ``none``. If this variable is set to
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2466 locale name, web interface language is changed to given value
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2467 (provided that appropriate translation is available), the value
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2468 is stored in the browser cookie and will be used for all following
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2469 requests. If value is ``none`` the cookie is removed and the
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2470 language is changed to the tracker default, set up in the tracker
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2471 configuration or OS environment.
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2472
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2473 ``@charset``
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2474 value may be character set name or ``none``. Character set name
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2475 is stored in the browser cookie and sets output encoding for all
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2476 HTML pages generated by Roundup. If value is ``none`` the cookie
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2477 is removed and HTML output is reset to Roundup internal encoding
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2478 (UTF-8).
963003d2ffdd add @language and @charset to "Special form variables" section
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3417
diff changeset
2479
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2480 Most properties are specified as form variables:
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2481
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2482 ``<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2483 property on the current context item
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2484
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2485 ``<designator>"@"<propname>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2486 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2487
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2488 Designators name a specific item of a class.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2489
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2490 ``<classname><N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2491 Name an existing item of class <classname>.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2492
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2493 ``<classname>"-"<N>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2494 Name the <N>th new item of class <classname>. If the form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2495 submission is successful, a new item of <classname> is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2496 created. Within the submitted form, a particular
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2497 designator of this form always refers to the same new
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2498 item.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2499
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2500 Once we have determined the "propname", we look at it to see
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2501 if it's special:
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2502
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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2503 ``@required``
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diff changeset
2504 The associated form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2505 property names that must be specified when the form is
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2506 submitted for the edit operation to succeed.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2507
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2508 When the <designator> is missing, the properties are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2509 for the current context item. When <designator> is
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diff changeset
2510 present, they are for the item specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2511 <designator>.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2512
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2513 The "@required" specifier must come before any of the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2514 properties it refers to are assigned in the form.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2515
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2516 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)`` or ``@add@<propname>=id(s)``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2517 The "@add@" and "@remove@" edit actions apply only to
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diff changeset
2518 Multilink properties. The form value must be a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2519 comma-separate list of keys for the class specified by
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2520 the simple form variable. The listed items are added
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2521 to (respectively, removed from) the specified
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2522 property.
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2523
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2524 ``@link@<propname>=<designator>``
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2525 If the edit action is "@link@", the simple form
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2526 variable must specify a Link or Multilink property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2527 The form value is a comma-separated list of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2528 designators. The item corresponding to each
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2529 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
2530 form variable.
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diff changeset
2531
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2532 None of the above (ie. just a simple form value)
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2533 The value of the form variable is converted
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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parents: 1674
diff changeset
2534 appropriately, depending on the type of the property.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2535
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
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diff changeset
2536 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
2537 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
2538 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
2539
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2540 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
2541 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
2542 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
2543
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2544 Note that for simple-form-variables specifiying Link
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2545 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
2546 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
2547
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2548 For a String() property specifying a filename, the
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2549 file named by the form value is uploaded. This means we
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2550 try to set additional properties "filename" and "type" (if
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2551 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
2552 is set to the form value.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2553
5067
e424987d294a Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5064
diff changeset
2554 For Date(), Interval(), Boolean(), Integer() and Number()
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2555 properties, the form value is converted to the
6289
6672d92b2ce1 Add missing word to phrase.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6219
diff changeset
2556 appropriate value.
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2557
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2558 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2559 designator.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2560
5161
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2561 Setting the form variable: ``__redirect_to=`` to a url when
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2562 @action=new redirects the user to the specified url after successfully
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2563 creating the new item. This is useful if you want the user to create
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2564 another item rather than edit the newly created item. Note that the
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2565 url assigned to ``__redirect_to`` must be url encoded/quoted and be
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2566 under the tracker's base url. If the base_url uses http, you can set
12190efa30d4 I realized that the __came_from and __redirect_to url parameters I
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5158
diff changeset
2567 the url to https.
5158
63294ed25e84 issue1842687: Keywords: After creating, stay in "Create New" mode.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5156
diff changeset
2568
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2569 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2570
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2571 @note
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2572 This is equivalent to::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2573
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2574 @link@messages=msg-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
2575 msg-1@content=value
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2576
6448
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2577 which is equivalent to the html::
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2578
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2579 <textarea name="msg-1@content"></textarea>
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2580 <input type="hidden" name="@link@messages" value="msg-1">
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2581
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2582 except that in addition, the "author" and "date" properties of
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2583 "msg-1" are set to the userid of the submitter, and the current
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2584 time, respectively.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2585
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2586 @file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2587 This is equivalent to::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2588
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2589 @link@files=file-1
1918
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1850
diff changeset
2590 file-1@content=value
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2591
6448
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2592 by adding the HTML::
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2593
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2594 <input type="file" name="file-1@content">
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2595 <input type="hidden" name="@link@files" value="file-1">
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2596
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2597 The String content value is handled as described above for file
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2598 uploads.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2599
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2600 If both the "@note" and "@file" form variables are
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2601 specified, the action::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2602
6448
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2603 msg-1@link@files=file-1
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2604
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2605 is also performed. This would be expressed in HTML with::
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2606
2bd60def4fed Improve doc on special action vars in cusotmizing.txt.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6423
diff changeset
2607 <input type="hidden" name="msg-1@link@files" value="file-1">
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2608
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2609 We also check that FileClass items have a "content" property with
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2610 actual content, otherwise we remove them from all_props before
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2611 returning.
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2612
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2613
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2614 Default templates
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2615 -----------------
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2616
1952
c40ed9113285 Applied Stefan Seefeld's html4/xhtml patch with some changes.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1918
diff changeset
2617 The default templates are html4 compliant. If you wish to change them to be
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
2618 xhtml compliant, you'll need to change the ``html_version`` configuration
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
2619 variable in ``config.ini`` to ``'xhtml'`` instead of ``'html4'``.
1952
c40ed9113285 Applied Stefan Seefeld's html4/xhtml patch with some changes.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1918
diff changeset
2620
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2621 Most customisation of the web view can be done by modifying the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2622 templates in the tracker ``'html'`` directory. There are several types
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2623 of files in there. The *minimal* template includes:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2624
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2625 **page.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2626 This template usually defines the overall look of your tracker. When
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2627 you view an issue, it appears inside this template. When you view an
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2628 index, it also appears inside this template. This template defines a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2629 macro called "icing" which is used by almost all other templates as a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2630 coating for their content, using its "content" slot. It also defines
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2631 the "head_title" and "body_title" slots to allow setting of the page
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2632 title.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2633 **home.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2634 the default page displayed when no other page is indicated by the user
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2635 **home.classlist.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2636 a special version of the default page that lists the classes in the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2637 tracker
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2638 **classname.item.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2639 displays an item of the *classname* class
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2640 **classname.index.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2641 displays a list of *classname* items
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2642 **classname.search.html**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2643 displays a search page for *classname* items
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2644 **_generic.index.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2645 used to display a list of items where there is no
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2646 ``*classname*.index`` available
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2647 **_generic.help.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2648 used to display a "class help" page where there is no
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2649 ``*classname*.help``
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2650 **user.register.html**
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2651 a special page just for the user class, that renders the registration
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2652 page
4435
386200d0c929 Some minor typos fixed in doc/customizing.txt (Thanks Ralf Hemmecke).
Bernhard Reiter <Bernhard.Reiter@intevation.de>
parents: 4406
diff changeset
2653 **style.css**
1091
d870139aeb5c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1089
diff changeset
2654 a static file that is served up as-is
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
2655
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2656 The *classic* template has a number of additional templates.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2657
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
2658 Remember that you can create any template extension you want to,
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2659 so if you just want to play around with the templating for new issues,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2660 you can copy the current "issue.item" template to "issue.test", and then
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2661 access the test template using the "@template" URL argument::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2662
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
2663 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test
1147
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2664
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2665 and it won't affect your users using the "issue.item" template.
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2666
5154
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2667 You can also put templates into a subdirectory of the template
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2668 directory. So if you specify::
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2669
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2670 http://your.tracker.example/tracker/issue?@template=test/item
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2671
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2672 you will use the template at: ``test/issue.item.html``. If that
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2673 template doesn't exit it will try to use
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2674 ``test/_generic.item.html``. If that template doesn't exist
f608eeecf638 issue2550891: Allow subdir in template value. Anthony (antmail)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5135
diff changeset
2675 it will return an error.
1147
89b1a8a468e7 more doc, "fixer" example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1144
diff changeset
2676
5185
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2677 Implementing Modal Editing Using @template
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2678 ------------------------------------------
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2679
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2680 Many item templates allow you to edit the item. They contain
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2681 code that renders edit boxes if the user has edit permissions.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2682 Otherwise the template will just display the item information.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2683
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2684 In some cases you want to do a modal edit. The user has to take some
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2685 action (click a button or follow a link) to shift from display mode to
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2686 edit mode. When the changes are submitted, ending the edit mode,
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2687 the user is returned to display mode.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2688
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2689 Modal workflows usually slow things down and are not implemented by
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2690 default templates. However for some workflows a modal edit is useful.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2691 For example a batch edit mode that allows the user to edit a number of
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2692 issues all from one form could be implemented as a modal workflow of:
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2693
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2694 * search for issues to modify
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2695 * switch to edit mode and change values
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2696 * exit back to the results of the search
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2697
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2698 To implement the modal edit, assume you have an issue.edit.html
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2699 template that implements an edit form. On the display page (a version
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2700 of issue.item.html modified to only display information) add a link
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2701 that calls the display url, but adds ``@template=edit`` to the link.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2702
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2703 This will now display the edit page. On the edit page you want to add
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2704 a hidden text field to your form named ``@template`` with the value:
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2705 ``item|edit``. When the form is submitted it is validated. If the
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2706 form is correct the user will see the item rendered using the item
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2707 template. If there is an error (validation failed) the item will be
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2708 rendered using the edit template. The edit template that is rendered
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2709 will display all the changes that the user made to the form before it
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2710 was submitted. The user can correct the error and resubmit the changes
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2711 until the form validates.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2712
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2713 If the form failed to validate but the ``@template`` field had the
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2714 value ``item`` the user would still see the error, but all of the data
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2715 the user entered would be discarded. The user would have to redo all
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2716 the edits again.
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2717
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
2718
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2719 How the templates work
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2720 ----------------------
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2721
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2722
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2723 Templating engines
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2724 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2725
6752
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2726 Since version 1.4.20 Roundup supports two templating engines:
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2727
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2728 * the original `Template Attribute Language`_ (TAL) engine from Zope
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2729 * the standalone Chameleon templating engine. Chameleon is intended
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2730 as a replacement for the original TAL engine, and supports the
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2731 same syntax, but they are not 100% compatible. The major (and most
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2732 likely the only) incompatibility is the default expression type being
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2733 ``python:`` instead of ``path:``. See also "Incompatibilities and
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2734 differences" section of `Chameleon documentation`__.
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2735
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2736 Version 1.5.0 added experimental support for the `jinja2`_ templating
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2737 language. You must install the `jinja2`_ module in order to use it. The
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2738 ``jinja2`` template supplied with Roundup has the templates rewritten
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2739 to use ``jinja2`` rather than TAL. A number of trackers are running
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2740 using ``jinja2`` templating so it is considered less experimental than
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2741 Chameleon templating.
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2742
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2743 .. _jinja2: https://palletsprojects.com/p/jinja/
d640e9a5d6d7 Reformat templating section. Document jinja2.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6687
diff changeset
2744
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2745
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2746 **NOTE1**: For historical reasons, examples given below assumes path
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2747 expression as default expression type. With Chameleon you have to manually
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2748 resolve the path expressions. A Chameleon-based, z3c.pt, that is fully
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2749 compatible with the old TAL implementation, is planned to be included in a
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2750 future release.
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2751
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2752 **NOTE2**: As of 1.4.20 Chameleon support is highly experimental and **not**
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2753 recommended for production use.
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2754
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2755 .. _Chameleon:
5364
dffa7d0df99c Fixing links to chameleon documentation.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5361
diff changeset
2756 https://pypi.org/project/Chameleon/
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2757 .. _z3c.pt:
5337
01dabc0483b0 more changes to prep for 1.6 release.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5332
diff changeset
2758 https://pypi.org/project/z3c.pt/
5364
dffa7d0df99c Fixing links to chameleon documentation.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5361
diff changeset
2759 __ https://chameleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html?highlight=differences#incompatibilities-and-differences
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2760 .. _TAL:
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2761 .. _Template Attribute Language:
5365
979390afb001 Fix some dev.zope.org links for tales and metal.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5364
diff changeset
2762 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALSpecification14.html
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2763
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2764
1214
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2765 Basic Templating Actions
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2766 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2767
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2768 Roundup's templates consist of special attributes on the HTML tags.
4619
d9254d300d6e Add some notes about Chameleon in the documentation
Cheer Xiao <xiaqqaix@gmail.com>
parents: 4464
diff changeset
2769 These attributes form the **Template Attribute Language**, or TAL.
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2770 The basic TAL commands are:
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2771
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2772 **tal:define="variable expression; variable expression; ..."**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2773 Define a new variable that is local to this tag and its contents. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2774 example::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2775
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2776 <html tal:define="title request/description">
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2777 <head><title tal:content="title"></title></head>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2778 </html>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2779
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2780 In this example, the variable "title" is defined as the result of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2781 expression "request/description". The "tal:content" command inside the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2782 <html> tag may then use the "title" variable.
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2783
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2784 **tal:condition="expression"**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2785 Only keep this tag and its contents if the expression is true. For
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2786 example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2787
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2788 <p tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'issue')">
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2789 Display some issue information.
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2790 </p>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2791
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2792 In the example, the <p> tag and its contents are only displayed if
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2793 the user has the "View" permission for issues. We consider the number
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2794 zero, a blank string, an empty list, and the built-in variable
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2795 nothing to be false values. Nearly every other value is true,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2796 including non-zero numbers, and strings with anything in them (even
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2797 spaces!).
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2798
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2799 **tal:repeat="variable expression"**
1674
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2800 Repeat this tag and its contents for each element of the sequence
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2801 that the expression returns, defining a new local variable and a
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diff changeset
2802 special "repeat" variable for each element. For example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2803
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2804 <tr tal:repeat="u user/list">
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2805 <td tal:content="u/id"></td>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2806 <td tal:content="u/username"></td>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2807 <td tal:content="u/realname"></td>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2808 </tr>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2809
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2810 The example would iterate over the sequence of users returned by
2855
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2811 "user/list" and define the local variable "u" for each entry. Using
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2812 the repeat command creates a new variable called "repeat" which you
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2813 may access to gather information about the iteration. See the section
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
2814 below on `the repeat variable`_.
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parents: 1003
diff changeset
2815
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
2816 **tal:replace="expression"**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2817 Replace this tag with the result of the expression. For example::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2818
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diff changeset
2819 <span tal:replace="request/user/realname" />
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2820
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diff changeset
2821 The example would replace the <span> tag and its contents with the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2822 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce", then the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2823 resultant output would be "Bruce".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2824
1125
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2825 **tal:content="expression"**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2826 Replace the contents of this tag with the result of the expression.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2827 For example::
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diff changeset
2828
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
2829 <span tal:content="request/user/realname">user's name appears here
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2830 </span>
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diff changeset
2831
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2832 The example would replace the contents of the <span> tag with the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2833 user's realname. If the user's realname was "Bruce" then the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2834 resultant output would be "<span>Bruce</span>".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2835
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
2836 **tal:attributes="attribute expression; attribute expression; ..."**
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2837 Set attributes on this tag to the results of expressions. For
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2838 example::
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2839
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2840 <a tal:attributes="href string:user${request/user/id}">My Details</a>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2841
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2842 In the example, the "href" attribute of the <a> tag is set to the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2843 value of the "string:user${request/user/id}" expression, which will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2844 be something like "user123".
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2845
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
2846 **tal:omit-tag="expression"**
1070
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2847 Remove this tag (but not its contents) if the expression is true. For
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2848 example::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2849
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2850 <span tal:omit-tag="python:1">Hello, world!</span>
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2851
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2852 would result in output of::
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
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parents: 1058
diff changeset
2853
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2854 Hello, world!
af0abadfda3a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1058
diff changeset
2855
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2856 Note that the commands on a given tag are evaulated in the order above,
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2857 so *define* comes before *condition*, and so on.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2858
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2859 Additionally, you may include tags such as <tal:block>, which are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2860 removed from output. Its content is kept, but the tag itself is not (so
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2861 don't go using any "tal:attributes" commands on it). This is useful for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2862 making arbitrary blocks of HTML conditional or repeatable (very handy
6329
207b0fc82fc1 Fix incorrect template (Nagy Gabor); spelling fix
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6293
diff changeset
2863 for repeating multiple table rows, which would otherwise require an
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2864 illegal tag placement to effect the repeat).
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2865
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
2866
1214
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2867 Templating Expressions
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2868 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3ed25834f33c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2869
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2870 Templating Expressions are covered by `Template Attribute Language
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2871 Expression Syntax`_, or TALES. The expressions you may use in the
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2872 attribute values may be one of the following forms:
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2873
1125
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
2874 **Path Expressions** - eg. ``item/status/checklist``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2875 These are object attribute / item accesses. Roughly speaking, the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2876 path ``item/status/checklist`` is broken into parts ``item``,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2877 ``status`` and ``checklist``. The ``item`` part is the root of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2878 expression. We then look for a ``status`` attribute on ``item``, or
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2879 failing that, a ``status`` item (as in ``item['status']``). If that
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2880 fails, the path expression fails. When we get to the end, the object
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2881 we're left with is evaluated to get a string - if it is a method, it
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2882 is called; if it is an object, it is stringified. Path expressions
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2883 may have an optional ``path:`` prefix, but they are the default
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2884 expression type, so it's not necessary.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2885
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2886 If an expression evaluates to ``default``, then the expression is
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2887 "cancelled" - whatever HTML already exists in the template will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2888 remain (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``, attributes in the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2889 case of ``tal:attributes``).
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2890
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2891 If an expression evaluates to ``nothing`` then the target of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2892 expression is removed (tag content in the case of ``tal:content``,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2893 attributes in the case of ``tal:attributes`` and the tag itself in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2894 the case of ``tal:replace``).
1244
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1236
diff changeset
2895
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1236
diff changeset
2896 If an element in the path may not exist, then you can use the ``|``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2897 operator in the expression to provide an alternative. So, the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2898 expression ``request/form/foo/value | default`` would simply leave
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2899 the current HTML in place if the "foo" form variable doesn't exist.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2900
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2901 You may use the python function ``path``, as in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2902 ``path("item/status")``, to embed path expressions in Python
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2903 expressions.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2904
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2905 **String Expressions** - eg. ``string:hello ${user/name}``
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2906 These expressions are simple string interpolations - though they can
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2907 be just plain strings with no interpolation if you want. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2908 expression in the ``${ ... }`` is just a path expression as above.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2909
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2910 **Python Expressions** - eg. ``python: 1+1``
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2911 These expressions give the full power of Python. All the "root level"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2912 variables are available, so ``python:item.status.checklist()`` would
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2913 be equivalent to ``item/status/checklist``, assuming that
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2914 ``checklist`` is a method.
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
2915
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2916 Modifiers:
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2917
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2918 **structure** - eg. ``structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)``
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2919 The result of expressions are normally *escaped* to be safe for HTML
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2920 display (all "<", ">" and "&" are turned into special entities). The
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2921 ``structure`` expression modifier turns off this escaping - the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2922 result of the expression is now assumed to be HTML, which is passed
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2923 to the web browser for rendering.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2924
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2925 **not:** - eg. ``not:python:1=1``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2926 This simply inverts the logical true/false value of another
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2927 expression.
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2928
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2929 .. _TALES:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
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parents: 2227
diff changeset
2930 .. _Template Attribute Language Expression Syntax:
5365
979390afb001 Fix some dev.zope.org links for tales and metal.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5364
diff changeset
2931 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALESSpecification13.html
1448
bbb1e5f8fc93 added info about structure/not:/path()
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1436
diff changeset
2932
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
2933
1214
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2934 Template Macros
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2935 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2936
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2937 Macros are used in Roundup to save us from repeating the same common
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2938 page stuctures over and over. The most common (and probably only) macro
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2939 you'll use is the "icing" macro defined in the "page" template.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2940
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2941 Macros are generated and used inside your templates using special
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2942 attributes similar to the `basic templating actions`_. In this case,
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2943 though, the attributes belong to the `Macro Expansion Template
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2944 Attribute Language`_, or METAL. The macro commands are:
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2945
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2946 **metal:define-macro="macro name"**
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2947 Define that the tag and its contents are now a macro that may be
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2948 inserted into other templates using the *use-macro* command. For
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2949 example::
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
2950
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2951 <html metal:define-macro="page">
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2952 ...
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2953 </html>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2954
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2955 defines a macro called "page" using the ``<html>`` tag and its
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2956 contents. Once defined, macros are stored on the template they're
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2957 defined on in the ``macros`` attribute. You can access them later on
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2958 through the ``templates`` variable, eg. the most common
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2959 ``templates/page/macros/icing`` to access the "page" macro of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2960 "page" template.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2961
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2962 **metal:use-macro="path expression"**
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2963 Use a macro, which is identified by the path expression (see above).
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2964 This will replace the current tag with the identified macro contents.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2965 For example::
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2966
1214
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parents: 1213
diff changeset
2967 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2968 ...
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2969 </tal:block>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2970
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
2971 will replace the tag and its contents with the "page" macro of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2972 "page" template.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2973
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2974 **metal:define-slot="slot name"** and **metal:fill-slot="slot name"**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2975 To define *dynamic* parts of the macro, you define "slots" which may
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2976 be filled when the macro is used with a *use-macro* command. For
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2977 example, the ``templates/page/macros/icing`` macro defines a slot like
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2978 so::
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2979
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2980 <title metal:define-slot="head_title">title goes here</title>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2981
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2982 In your *use-macro* command, you may now use a *fill-slot* command
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2983 like this::
1213
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2984
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2985 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">My Title</title>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2986
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2987 where the tag that fills the slot completely replaces the one defined
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2988 as the slot in the macro.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2989
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2990 Note that you may not mix `METAL`_ and `TAL`_ commands on the same tag, but
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2991 TAL commands may be used freely inside METAL-using tags (so your
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
2992 *fill-slots* tags may have all manner of TAL inside them).
1214
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1213
diff changeset
2993
2296
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2994 .. _METAL:
5092d44194dd added links to TAL specifications
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2227
diff changeset
2995 .. _Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language:
5365
979390afb001 Fix some dev.zope.org links for tales and metal.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5364
diff changeset
2996 https://pagetemplates.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history/TALESSpecification13.html
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
2997
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
2998 Information available to templates
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
2999 ----------------------------------
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3000
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3001 This is implemented by ``roundup.cgi.templating.RoundupPageTemplate``
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
3002
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
3003 The following variables are available to templates.
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
3004
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3005 **context**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3006 The current context. This is either None, a `hyperdb class wrapper`_
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3007 or a `hyperdb item wrapper`_
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3008 **request**
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3009 Includes information about the current request, including:
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3010 - the current index information (``filterspec``, ``filter`` args,
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3011 ``properties``, etc) parsed out of the form.
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3012 - methods for easy filterspec link generation
3968
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3013 - "form"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3014 The current CGI form information as a mapping of form argument name
3968
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3015 to value (specifically a cgi.FieldStorage)
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3016 - "env" the CGI environment variables
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3017 - "base" the base URL for this instance
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3018 - "user" a HTMLItem instance for the current user
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3019 - "language" as determined by the browser or config
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3020 - "classname" the current classname (possibly None)
5857cd1a0db9 add language to the "request" template var
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3922
diff changeset
3021 - "template" the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
1254
77920c42aeb9 Expose the tracker config as a variable for templating
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1252
diff changeset
3022 **config**
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
3023 This variable holds all the values defined in the tracker config.ini
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3024 file (eg. TRACKER_NAME, etc.)
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1124
diff changeset
3025 **db**
1254
77920c42aeb9 Expose the tracker config as a variable for templating
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1252
diff changeset
3026 The current database, used to access arbitrary database items.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3027 **templates**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3028 Access to all the tracker templates by name. Used mainly in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3029 *use-macro* commands.
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3030 **utils**
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3031 This variable makes available some utility functions like batching.
1125
3c1533be3822 more doc
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3032 **nothing**
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3033 This is a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3034 the tag (in the case of a ``tal:replace``), its contents (in the case
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3035 of ``tal:content``) or some attributes (in the case of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3036 ``tal:attributes``) will not appear in the the output. So, for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3037 example::
1100
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3038
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3039 <span tal:attributes="class nothing">Hello, World!</span>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1098
diff changeset
3040
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3041 would result in::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3042
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3043 <span>Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3044
1125
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parents: 1124
diff changeset
3045 **default**
1100
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3046 Also a special variable - if an expression evaluates to this, then the
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3047 existing HTML in the template will not be replaced or removed, it will
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3048 remain. So::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3049
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3050 <span tal:replace="default">Hello, World!</span>
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3051
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3052 would result in::
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parents: 1098
diff changeset
3053
f96deb4fb935 more docco
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diff changeset
3054 <span>Hello, World!</span>
1073
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parents: 1070
diff changeset
3055
2526
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2511
diff changeset
3056 **true**, **false**
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2511
diff changeset
3057 Boolean constants that may be used in `templating expressions`_
dfe0bde4ff7f "Information available to templates": 'true' and 'false' constants
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2511
diff changeset
3058 instead of ``python:1`` and ``python:0``.
2540
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3059 **i18n**
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3060 Internationalization service, providing two string translation methods:
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3061
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3062 **gettext** (*message*)
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3063 Return the localized translation of message
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3064 **ngettext** (*singular*, *plural*, *number*)
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3065 Like ``gettext()``, but consider plural forms. If a translation
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3066 is found, apply the plural formula to *number*, and return the
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3067 resulting message (some languages have more than two plural forms).
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3068 If no translation is found, return singular if *number* is 1;
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3069 return plural otherwise.
bad572863a85 "Information available to templates": i18n
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2526
diff changeset
3070
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3071 The context variable
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3072 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3073
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3074 The *context* variable is one of three things based on the current
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3075 context (see `determining web context`_ for how we figure this out):
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3076
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3077 1. if we're looking at a "home" page, then it's None
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3078 2. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb class, it's a
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3079 `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3080 3. if we're looking at a specific hyperdb item, it's a
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3081 `hyperdb item wrapper`_.
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3082
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3083 If the context is not None, we can access the properties of the class or
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3084 item. The only real difference between cases 2 and 3 above are:
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3085
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3086 1. the properties may have a real value behind them, and this will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3087 appear if the property is displayed through ``context/property`` or
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3088 ``context/property/field``.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3089 2. the context's "id" property will be a false value in the second case,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3090 but a real, or true value in the third. Thus we can determine whether
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3091 we're looking at a real item from the hyperdb by testing
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3092 "context/id".
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3093
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3094 Hyperdb class wrapper
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3095 :::::::::::::::::::::
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3096
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3097 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLClass``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3098 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3099
4435
386200d0c929 Some minor typos fixed in doc/customizing.txt (Thanks Ralf Hemmecke).
Bernhard Reiter <Bernhard.Reiter@intevation.de>
parents: 4406
diff changeset
3100 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperdb class. It is used
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3101 primarily in both index view and new item views, but it's also usable
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3102 anywhere else that you wish to access information about a class, or the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3103 items of a class, when you don't have a specific item of that class in
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3104 mind.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3105
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3106 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3107 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3108 from the CGI form.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3109
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3110 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3111
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3112 =========== =============================================================
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3113 Method Description
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3114 =========== =============================================================
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3115 properties return a `hyperdb property wrapper`_ for all of this class's
5222
9bf221cebef3 Make properties method return only properties the user can search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5206
diff changeset
3116 properties that are searchable by the user. You can use
9bf221cebef3 Make properties method return only properties the user can search.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5206
diff changeset
3117 the argument cansearch=False to get all properties.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3118 list lists all of the active (not retired) items in the class.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3119 csv return the items of this class as a chunk of CSV text.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3120 propnames lists the names of the properties of this class.
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3121 filter lists of items from this class, filtered and sorted. Two
5185
349bef975367 Make @template support two alternate templates for error and ok cases.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5175
diff changeset
3122 options are available for sorting:
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3123
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3124 1. by the current *request* filterspec/filter/sort/group args
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3125 2. by the "filterspec", "sort" and "group" keyword args.
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3126 "filterspec" is ``{propname: value(s)}``. "sort" and
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3127 "group" are an optionally empty list ``[(dir, prop)]``
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3128 where dir is '+', '-' or None
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3129 and prop is a prop name or None.
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3130
3718
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3131 The propname in filterspec and prop in a sort/group spec
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3132 may be transitive, i.e., it may contain properties of
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3133 the form link.link.link.name.
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3134
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3135 eg. All issues with a priority of "1" with messages added in
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3136 the last week, sorted by activity date:
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3137 ``issue.filter(filterspec={"priority": "1",
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3138 'messages.creation' : '.-1w;'}, sort=[('activity', '+')])``
2858
0357a9c93933 fix filter() doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2855
diff changeset
3139
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3140 Note that when searching for Link and Multilink values, the
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3141 special value '-1' searches for empty Link or Multilink
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3142 values. For both, Links and Multilinks, multiple values
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3143 given in a filter call are combined with 'OR' by default.
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3144 For Multilinks a postfix expression syntax using negative ID
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3145 numbers (as strings) as operators is supported. Each
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3146 non-negative number (or '-1') is pushed on an operand stack.
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3147 A negative number pops the required number of arguments from
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3148 the stack, applies the operator, and pushes the result. The
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3149 following operators are supported:
6417
586865e08f42 Fix formatting of lists in doc for postfix expressions
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6414
diff changeset
3150
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3151 - '-2' stands for 'NOT' and takes one argument
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3152 - '-3' stands for 'AND' and takes two arguments
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3153 - '-4' stands for 'OR' and takes two arguments
6417
586865e08f42 Fix formatting of lists in doc for postfix expressions
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6414
diff changeset
3154
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3155 Note that this special handling of ID arguments is applied only
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3156 when a negative number smaller than -1 is encountered as an ID
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3157 in the filter call. Otherwise the implicit OR default
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3158 applies.
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3159 Examples of using Multilink expressions would be
6417
586865e08f42 Fix formatting of lists in doc for postfix expressions
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6414
diff changeset
3160
6409
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3161 - '1', '2', '-4', '3', '4', '-4', '-3'
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3162 would search for IDs (1 or 2) and (3 or 4)
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3163 - '-1' '-2' would search for all non-empty Multilinks
ce99e0d39262 Add documentation for multilink expression syntax
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 6389
diff changeset
3164
3688
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3165 filter_sql **Only in SQL backends**
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3166
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3167 Lists the items that match the SQL provided. The SQL is a
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3168 complete "select" statement.
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3169
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3170 The SQL select must include the item id as the first column.
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3171
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3172 This function **does not** filter out retired items, add
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3173 on a where clause "__retired__ <> 1" if you don't want
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3174 retired nodes.
722ab52d47fc added filter_sql to SQL backends which takes an arbitrary SQL statement...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3660
diff changeset
3175
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3176 classhelp display a link to a javascript popup containing this class'
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3177 "help" template.
3363
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3178
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3179 This generates a link to a popup window which displays the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3180 properties indicated by "properties" of the class named by
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3181 "classname". The "properties" should be a comma-separated list
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3182 (eg. 'id,name,description'). Properties defaults to all the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3183 properties of a class (excluding id, creator, created and
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3184 activity).
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3185
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3186 You may optionally override the "label" displayed, the "width",
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3187 the "height", the number of items per page ("pagesize") and
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3188 the field on which the list is sorted ("sort").
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3189
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3190 With the "filter" arg it is possible to specify a filter for
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3191 which items are supposed to be displayed. It has to be of
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3192 the format "<field>=<values>;<field>=<values>;...".
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3193
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3194 The popup window will be resizable and scrollable.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3195
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3196 If the "property" arg is given, it's passed through to the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3197 javascript help_window function. This allows updating of a
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3198 property in the calling HTML page.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3199
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3200 If the "form" arg is given, it's passed through to the
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3201 javascript help_window function - it's the name of the form
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3202 the "property" belongs to.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3203
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
3204 submit generate a submit button (and action and @csrf hidden elements)
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3205 renderWith render this class with the given template.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3206 history returns 'New node - no history' :)
1136
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3207 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current class?
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3208 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current class?
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3209 =========== =============================================================
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3210
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3211 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3212 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3213 expression. For example::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3214
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3215 python:context['list']
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3216
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3217 will access the "list" property, rather than the list method.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3218
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3219
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3220 Hyperdb item wrapper
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3221 ::::::::::::::::::::
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3222
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3223 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLItem``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3224 class.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3225
4435
386200d0c929 Some minor typos fixed in doc/customizing.txt (Thanks Ralf Hemmecke).
Bernhard Reiter <Bernhard.Reiter@intevation.de>
parents: 4406
diff changeset
3226 This wrapper object provides access to a hyperdb item.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3227
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3228 We allow access to properties. There will be no "id" property. The value
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3229 accessed through the property will be the current value of the same name
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3230 from the CGI form.
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3231
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3232 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3233
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3234 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3235 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3236 =============== ========================================================
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
3237 submit generate a submit button (and action and @csrf hidden elements)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3238 journal return the journal of the current item (**not
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3239 implemented**)
5227
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3240 history render the journal of the current item as
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3241 HTML. By default properties marked as "quiet" (see
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3242 `design documentation`_) are not shown unless the
690ec4f438df Added missing documentation of the showall parameter to the history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5222
diff changeset
3243 function is called with the showall=True parameter.
5232
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
3244 Properties that are not Viewable to the user are not
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
3245 shown.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3246 renderQueryForm specific to the "query" class - render the search form
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3247 for the query
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3248 hasPermission specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3249 user has a Permission. The signature is::
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3250
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3251 hasPermission(self, permission, [classname=],
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3252 [property=], [itemid=])
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3253
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
3254 where the classname defaults to the current context.
3535
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3255 hasRole specific to the "user" class - determine whether the
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3256 user has a Role. The signature is::
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3257
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3258 hasRole(self, rolename)
75dc225613cc fix security check for hasPermission(Permission, None)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3510
diff changeset
3259
1136
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3260 is_edit_ok is the user allowed to Edit the current item?
7e193bbda38e added generic item editing
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1133
diff changeset
3261 is_view_ok is the user allowed to View the current item?
2154
9f6e6bc40a08 fixes and release announcement
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2153
diff changeset
3262 is_retired is the item retired?
3510
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3263 download_url generate a url-quoted link for download of FileClass
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
3264 item contents (ie. file<id>/<name>)
3510
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3265 copy_url generate a url-quoted link for creating a copy
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3266 of this item. By default, the copy will acquire
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3267 all properties of the current item except for
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3268 ``messages`` and ``files``. This can be overridden
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3269 by passing ``exclude`` argument which contains a list
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3270 (or any iterable) of property names that shall not be
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3271 copied. Database-driven properties like ``id`` or
ef80a6c02e09 describe copy_url method of hyperdb item wrapper
Alexander Smishlajev <a1s@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3476
diff changeset
3272 ``activity`` cannot be copied.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3273 =============== ========================================================
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3274
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3275 Note that if you have a property of the same name as one of the above
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3276 methods, you'll need to access it using a python "item access"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3277 expression. For example::
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3278
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3279 python:context['journal']
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3280
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3281 will access the "journal" property, rather than the journal method.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3282
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3283
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3284 Hyperdb property wrapper
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3285 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3286
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3287 This is implemented by subclasses of the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3288 ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLProperty`` class (``HTMLStringProperty``,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3289 ``HTMLNumberProperty``, and so on).
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3290
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3291 This wrapper object provides access to a single property of a class. Its
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3292 value may be either:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3293
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3294 1. if accessed through a `hyperdb item wrapper`_, then it's a value from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3295 the hyperdb
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3296 2. if access through a `hyperdb class wrapper`_, then it's a value from
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3297 the CGI form
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3298
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3299
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3300 The property wrapper has some useful attributes:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3301
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3302 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3303 Attribute Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3304 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3305 _name the name of the property
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3306 _value the value of the property if any - this is the actual
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3307 value retrieved from the hyperdb for this property
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3308 =============== ========================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3309
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3310 There are several methods available on these wrapper objects:
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3311
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3312 =========== ================================================================
1780
d2801a2b0a77 Initial implementation (half-baked) at new Tracker instance.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
3313 Method Description
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3314 =========== ================================================================
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3315 plain render a "plain" representation of the property. This method
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3316 may take two arguments:
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3317
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3318 escape
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3319 If true, escape the text so it is HTML safe (default: no). The
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3320 reason this defaults to off is that text is usually escaped
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3321 at a later stage by the TAL commands, unless the "structure"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3322 option is used in the template. The following ``tal:content``
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3323 expressions are all equivalent::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3324
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3325 "structure python:msg.content.plain(escape=1)"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3326 "python:msg.content.plain()"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3327 "msg/content/plain"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3328 "msg/content"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3329
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3330 Usually you'll only want to use the escape option in a
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3331 complex expression.
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3332
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3333 hyperlink
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3334 If true, turn URLs, email addresses and hyperdb item
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3335 designators in the text into hyperlinks (default: no). Note
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3336 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
3337 want to use this ``tal:content`` expression::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3338
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3339 "structure python:msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1)"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3340
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3341 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
3342 transformation done in the plain() method.
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3343
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3344 hyperlinked The same as msg.content.plain(hyperlink=1), but nicer::
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3345
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3346 "structure msg/content/hyperlinked"
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3347
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3348 field render an appropriate form edit field for the property - for
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3349 most types this is a text entry box, but for Booleans it's a
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3350 tri-state yes/no/neither selection. This method may take some
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3351 arguments:
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3352
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3353 size
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3354 Sets the width in characters of the edit field
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3355
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3356 format (Date properties only)
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3357 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
3358 format string argument as supplied to the ``pretty`` method
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3359 below.
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3360
3649
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3361 popcal (Date properties only)
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3362 Include the Javascript-based popup calendar for date
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3363 selection. Defaults to on.
12633662ff63 include the popcal in Date field editing and search fields by default
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3648
diff changeset
3364
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3365 stext only on String properties - render the value of the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3366 as StructuredText (requires the StructureText module to be
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3367 installed separately)
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3368 multiline only on String properties - render a multiline form edit
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3369 field for the property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3370 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
3371 as an obscured email address
5156
882fa4d9bead issue2550795: @dispname query args in page.html search links
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5154
diff changeset
3372 url_quote only on String properties. It quotes any characters in the
882fa4d9bead issue2550795: @dispname query args in page.html search links
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5154
diff changeset
3373 string so it is safe to use in a url. E.G. a space is
882fa4d9bead issue2550795: @dispname query args in page.html search links
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5154
diff changeset
3374 replaced with %20.
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3375 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
3376 for the property, used for confirmation that the user typed
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3377 the password correctly. Generates a field with name
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3378 "name:confirm".
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3379 now only on Date properties - return the current date as a new
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3380 property
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3381 reldate only on Date properties - render the interval between the date
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3382 and now
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3383 local only on Date properties - return this date as a new property
2007
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3384 with some timezone offset, for example::
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3385
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3386 python:context.creation.local(10)
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3387
55046bb7f789 tweaking
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2003
diff changeset
3388 will render the date with a +10 hour offset.
2088
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3389 pretty Date properties - render the date as "dd Mon YYYY" (eg. "19
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3390 Mar 2004"). Takes an optional format argument, for example::
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3391
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3392 python:context.activity.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3393
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3394 Will format as "2004-03-19" instead.
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3395
90769be53b4b doc fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2076
diff changeset
3396 Interval properties - render the interval in a pretty
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3397 format (eg. "yesterday"). The format arguments are those used
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3398 in the standard ``strftime`` call (see the `Python Library
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3399 Reference: time module`__)
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3400 popcal Generate a link to a popup calendar which may be used to
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3401 edit the date field, for example::
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3402
3597
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3403 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3404
3647
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3405 you still need to include the ``field`` for the property, so
3648
d1b38bde7d5a fix rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3647
diff changeset
3406 typically you'd have::
3647
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3407
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3408 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/field" />
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3409 <span tal:replace="structure context/due/popcal" />
d4112ddfc0bb doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3597
diff changeset
3410
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3411 menu only on Link and Multilink properties - render a form select
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3412 list for this property. Takes a number of optional arguments
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3413
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3414 size
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3415 is used to limit the length of the list labels
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3416 height
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3417 is used to set the <select> tag's "size" attribute
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3418 showid
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3419 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
3420 additional
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3421 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
3422 sort_on
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3423 indicates the property to sort the list on as (direction,
3363
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3424 (direction, property) where direction is '+' or '-'. A
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3425 single string with the direction prepended may be used.
7bc1e9c42a26 allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp" popups
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3293
diff changeset
3426 For example: ('-', 'order'), '+name'.
3470
fd32170475f5 allow preselection of values in templating menu()s (patch [SF#1396085])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3463
diff changeset
3427 value
fd32170475f5 allow preselection of values in templating menu()s (patch [SF#1396085])
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3463
diff changeset
3428 gives a default value to preselect in the menu
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3429
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3430 The remaining keyword arguments are used as conditions for
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3431 filtering the items in the list - they're passed as the
3597
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3432 "filterspec" argument to a Class.filter() call. For example::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3433
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3434 <span tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3435
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3436 <span tal:replace="python:context.status.menu(order='+name",
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3437 value='chatting',
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3590
diff changeset
3438 filterspec={'status': '1,2,3,4'}" />
3127
021b131bd816 doc fixes, one more fix to the permissions-in-listings fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3126
diff changeset
3439
2883
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3440 sorted only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3441 items sorted by some property, for example::
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3442
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3443 python:context.files.sorted('creation')
1ca5ebe9b16a *** empty log message ***
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2858
diff changeset
3444
5903
c3728772c594 Add reverse option to hyperdb property wrapper by David Sowder
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5897
diff changeset
3445 Will list the files by upload date. While
c3728772c594 Add reverse option to hyperdb property wrapper by David Sowder
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5897
diff changeset
3446
5923
45c691a81f75 Untabify example in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5903
diff changeset
3447 python:context.files.sorted('creation', reverse=True)
45c691a81f75 Untabify example in doc.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5903
diff changeset
3448
5903
c3728772c594 Add reverse option to hyperdb property wrapper by David Sowder
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5897
diff changeset
3449 Will list the files by upload date in reverse order from
6414
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3450 the prior example. If the property can be unset, you can
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3451 use the ``NoneFirst`` parameter to sort the None/Unset
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3452 values at the front or the end of the list. For example::
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3453
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3454 python:context.files.sorted('creation', NoneFirst=True)
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3455
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3456 will sort files by creation date with files missing a
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3457 creation date at the start of the list. The default for
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3458 ``NoneFirst`` is False so these files will sort at the end
3dbf1bc5e567 issue2551120 - The sorted method of MultilinkHTMLProperty crashes ...
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6409
diff changeset
3459 by default. (Note creation date is never unset, but you
6421
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3460 get the idea.) If you combine NoneFirst with
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3461 ``reverse=True`` the meaning of NoneFirst is inverted:
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3462 True sorts None/unset at the end and False sorts at the
9c57f2814597 Fix issue2551122 (MultilinkHTMLProperty sorted method issue)
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
3463 beginning.
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3464 reverse only on Multilink properties - produce a list of the linked
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3465 items in reverse order
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
3466 isset returns True if the property has been set to a value
1773
5f15fb95180c various cosmetic fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1730
diff changeset
3467 =========== ================================================================
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3468
5367
f3b844fda420 Updated links to handle:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5365
diff changeset
3469 __ https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html
2958
1ae91c2fa5fe merge from maint-0-7
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2921
diff changeset
3470
2138
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3471 All of the above functions perform checks for permissions required to
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3472 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3473 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3474
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3475 context/title/field
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3476
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3477 Will present the user with an edit field, if they have edit permission. If
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3478 not, then they will be presented with a static display if they have view
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3479 permission. If they don't even have view permission, then an error message
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3480 is raised, preventing the display of the page, indicating that they don't
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3481 have permission to view the information.
f76d1642014a doc cleanup, editing and creation of a What's New
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2134
diff changeset
3482
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3483
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3484 The request variable
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3485 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3486
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3487 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3488 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3489
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3490 The request variable is packed with information about the current
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3491 request.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3492
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3493 .. taken from ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLRequest`` docstring
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3494
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3495 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3496 Variable Holds
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3497 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3498 form the CGI form as a cgi.FieldStorage
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3499 env the CGI environment variables
1089
43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
3500 base the base URL for this tracker
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3501 user a HTMLUser instance for this user
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3502 classname the current classname (possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3503 template the current template (suffix, also possibly None)
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3504 form the current CGI form variables in a FieldStorage
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3505 =========== ============================================================
1083
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3506
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3507 **Index page specific variables (indexing arguments)**
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3508
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3509 =========== ============================================================
1083
40fc5f8cd55c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1074
diff changeset
3510 Variable Holds
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3511 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3512 columns dictionary of the columns to display in an index page
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3513 show a convenience access to columns - request/show/colname will
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3514 be true if the columns should be displayed, false otherwise
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3515 sort index sort columns [(direction, column name)]
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3516 group index grouping properties [(direction, column name)]
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3517 filter properties to filter the index on
3718
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3518 filterspec values to filter the index on (property=value, eg
0d561b24ceff support sqlite3
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3717
diff changeset
3519 ``priority=1`` or ``messages.author=42``
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3520 search_text text to perform a full-text search on for an index
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3521 =========== ============================================================
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3522
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3523 There are several methods available on the request variable:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3524
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3525 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3526 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3527 =============== ========================================================
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3528 description render a description of the request - handle for the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3529 page title
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3530 indexargs_form render the current index args as form elements
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3531 indexargs_url render the current index args as a URL
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3532 base_javascript render some javascript that is used by other components
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3533 of the templating
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3534 batch run the current index args through a filter and return a
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3535 list of items (see `hyperdb item wrapper`_, and
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3536 `batching`_)
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3537 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3538
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3539 The form variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3540 :::::::::::::::::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3541
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3542 The form variable is a bit special because it's actually a python
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3543 FieldStorage object. That means that you have two ways to access its
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3544 contents. For example, to look up the CGI form value for the variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3545 "name", use the path expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3546
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3547 request/form/name/value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3548
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3549 or the python expression::
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3550
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3551 python:request.form['name'].value
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3552
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3553 Note the "item" access used in the python case, and also note the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3554 explicit "value" attribute we have to access. That's because the form
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3555 variables are stored as MiniFieldStorages. If there's more than one
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3556 "name" value in the form, then the above will break since
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3557 ``request/form/name`` is actually a *list* of MiniFieldStorages. So it's
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3558 best to know beforehand what you're dealing with.
1142
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3559
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1136
diff changeset
3560
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3561 The db variable
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3562 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3563
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3564 This is implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.HTMLDatabase``
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3565 class.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3566
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3567 Allows access to all hyperdb classes as attributes of this variable. If
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3568 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
3569
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3570 db/user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3571 python:db.user
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3572
1711
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
3573 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
3574 ``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
3575 ``request/user``), but it can be useful in detectors or interfaces.
3c3e44aacdb4 Documentation fixes.
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1680
diff changeset
3576
1123
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3577 The access results in a `hyperdb class wrapper`_.
644d3075c2df more documentation, fixed bug in request/description
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1113
diff changeset
3578
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3579
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3580 The templates variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3581 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1073
cf30c6cdca02 More documentation.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1070
diff changeset
3582
4723
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3583 This was implemented by the ``roundup.cgi.templating.Templates``
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3584 class before 1.4.20. In later versions it is the instance of appropriate
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3585 template engine loader class.
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3586
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3587 This variable is used to access other templates in expressions and
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3588 template macros. It doesn't have any useful methods defined. The
42f6c76950a4 Cancel version bump to 1.5.0 - the impact is minimal, so just update
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4695
diff changeset
3589 templates can be accessed using the following path expression::
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3590
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3591 templates/name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3592
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3593 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3594
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3595 templates[name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3596
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3597 where "name" is the name of the template you wish to access. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3598 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
3599 macro (called "macro_name"), use the path expression::
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3600
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3601 templates/name/macros/macro_name
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3602
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3603 or the python expression::
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3604
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3605 templates[name].macros[macro_name]
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3606
2855
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3607 The repeat variable
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3608 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3609
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3610 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
3611 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
3612 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
3613
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3614 repeat/user
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3615 python:repeat['user']
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3616
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3617 The "user" entry has a number of methods available for information:
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3618
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3619 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3620 Method Description
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3621 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3622 first True if the current item is the first in the sequence.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3623 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
3624 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
3625 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
3626 number Current position in the sequence, starting from 1.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3627 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
3628 z, then aa through zz, and so on.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3629 Letter Same as letter(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3630 roman Current position in the sequence as lowercase roman
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3631 numerals.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3632 Roman Same as roman(), except uppercase.
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3633 =============== =========================================================
874bf6abad42 doc for repeat variable
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2739
diff changeset
3634
1213
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3635
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3636 The utils variable
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
3637 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4921
8430576a5625 doc: Reverse engineer extension handling and add separate chapter
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4891
diff changeset
3638 .. _templating utilities:
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3639
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3640 This is implemented by the
4921
8430576a5625 doc: Reverse engineer extension handling and add separate chapter
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4891
diff changeset
3641 ``roundup.cgi.templating.TemplatingUtils`` class, which may be extended
8430576a5625 doc: Reverse engineer extension handling and add separate chapter
anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
parents: 4891
diff changeset
3642 with additional methods by extensions_.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3643
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3644 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3645 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3646 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3647 Batch return a batch object using the supplied list
2180
58b6d1747973 Web interface tweaks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2159
diff changeset
3648 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
3649 html_quote quote some text as safe in HTML (ie. <, >, ...)
3292
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3650 html_calendar renders an HTML calendar used by the
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3651 ``_generic.calendar.html`` template (itself invoked by
8c7b522dc934 added date selection popup windows (thanks Marcus Priesch)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3291
diff changeset
3652 the popupCalendar DateHTMLProperty method
6423
2917231d8076 Document templating.utils.anti_csrf_nonce()
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6421
diff changeset
3653 anti_csrf_nonce returns the random noncue generated for this session
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3654 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3655
1270
c3424abf7f77 added ability to implement new templating utility methods
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1262
diff changeset
3656
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3657 Batching
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3658 ::::::::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3659
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3660 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
3661 series of batches. Its usage is::
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3662
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3663 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
3664 overlap=0)
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3665
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3666 or, to get the current index batch::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3667
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3668 request/batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3669
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3670 The parameters are:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3671
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3672 ========= ==============================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3673 Parameter Usage
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3674 ========= ==============================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3675 sequence a list of HTMLItems
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3676 size how big to make the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3677 start where to start (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3678 end where to end (0-indexed) in the sequence.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3679 orphan if the next batch would contain less items than this value,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3680 then it is combined with this batch
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3681 overlap the number of items shared between adjacent batches
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3682 ========= ==============================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3683
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3684 All of the parameters are assigned as attributes on the batch object. In
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3685 addition, it has several more attributes:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3686
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3687 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3688 Attribute Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3689 =============== ========================================================
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3690 start indicates the start index of the batch. *Unlike
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3691 the argument, is a 1-based index (I know, lame)*
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3692 first indicates the start index of the batch *as a 0-based
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3693 index*
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3694 length the actual number of elements in the batch
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3695 sequence_length the length of the original, unbatched, sequence.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3696 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3697
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3698 And several methods:
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3699
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3700 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3701 Method Description
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3702 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3703 previous returns a new Batch with the previous batch settings
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3704 next returns a new Batch with the next batch settings
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3705 propchanged detect if the named property changed on the current item
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3706 when compared to the last item
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3707 =============== ========================================================
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3708
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3709 An example of batching::
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3710
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3711 <table class="otherinfo">
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3712 <tr><th colspan="4" class="header">Existing Keywords</th></tr>
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3713 <tr tal:define="keywords db/keyword/list"
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3714 tal:repeat="start python:range(0, len(keywords), 4)">
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3715 <td tal:define="batch python:utils.Batch(keywords, 4, start)"
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3716 tal:repeat="keyword batch" tal:content="keyword/name">
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3717 keyword here</td>
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3718 </tr>
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3719 </table>
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3720
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3721 ... which will produce a table with four columns containing the items of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3722 the "keyword" class (well, their "name" anyway).
1124
1fc1f92c5f31 more doc, bugfix in Batch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1123
diff changeset
3723
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
3724
4325
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3725 Translations
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3726 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3727
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3728 Should you wish to enable multiple languages in template content that you
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3729 create you'll need to add new locale files in the tracker home under a
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3730 ``locale`` directory. Use the instructions in the ``developer's guide`` to
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3731 create the locale files.
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3732
6ec048310de7 add simple doc about translating customised tracker content
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4300
diff changeset
3733
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3734 Displaying Properties
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3735 ---------------------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3736
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3737 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3738 in editors, and as search arguments. For each type of property, there
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3739 are several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3740 string property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3741 view, that property may be displayed in an editable field.
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3742
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3743
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3744 Index Views
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3745 -----------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3746
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3747 This is one of the class context views. It is also the default view for
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3748 classes. The template used is "*classname*.index".
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3749
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3750
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3751 Index View Specifiers
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3752 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3753
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3754 An index view specifier (URL fragment) looks like this (whitespace has
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3755 been added for clarity)::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3756
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3757 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3758 keyword=security,ui&
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3759 @group=priority,-status&
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3760 @sort=-activity&
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3761 @filters=status,keyword&
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3762 @columns=title,status,fixer
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3763
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3764 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3765 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3766 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3767 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3768 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3769 items are selected for display. The filter part is interactively
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3770 manipulated with the form widgets displayed in the filter section. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3771 layout part is interactively manipulated by clicking on the column
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3772 headings in the table.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3773
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3774 The filter part selects the union of the sets of items with values
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3775 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3776 of items with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3777
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3778 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only items with a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3779 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progress" or "resolved" are
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3780 displayed, and only items with "keyword" values including both "security"
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3781 and "ui" are displayed. The items are grouped by priority arranged in
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3782 ascending order and in descending order by status; and within
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3783 groups, sorted by activity, arranged in descending order. The filter
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
3784 section shows filters for the "status" and "keyword" properties, and the
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3785 table includes columns for the "title", "status", and "fixer"
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3786 properties.
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3787
3036
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parents: 2991
diff changeset
3788 ============ =============================================================
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3789 Argument Description
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3790 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
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parents: 2991
diff changeset
3791 @sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3792 descending or nothing for ascending sorting. Several
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3793 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3794 Internally a search-page using several sort properties may
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3795 use @sort0, @sort1 etc. with option @sortdir0, @sortdir1
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3796 etc. for the direction of sorting (a non-empty value of
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3797 sortdir0 specifies reverse order).
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3798 @group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3799 in descending or nothing for ascending order. Several
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3800 properties can be specified delimited with comma.
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3801 Internally a search-page using several grouping properties may
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3802 use @group0, @group1 etc. with option @groupdir0, @groupdir1
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3803 etc. for the direction of grouping (a non-empty value of
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
3804 groupdir0 specifies reverse order).
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3805 @columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3806 all.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3807 @filter indicates which properties are being used in filtering.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3808 Default is none.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3809 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3810 have (very basic search/filter).
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3811 @search_text if supplied, performs a full-text search (message bodies,
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3812 issue titles, etc)
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3813 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3814
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
3815
1057
8b9feca82090 some progress
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1003
diff changeset
3816 Searching Views
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3817 ---------------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3818
3052
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3819 .. note::
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3820 if you add a new column to the ``@columns`` form variable potentials
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3821 then you will need to add the column to the appropriate `index views`_
230f7394cce9 fix to fix
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3036
diff changeset
3822 template so that it is actually displayed.
1320
3758a5af985f Lots of little fixes in this update:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1317
diff changeset
3823
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3824 This is one of the class context views. The template used is typically
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3825 "*classname*.search". The form on this page should have "search" as its
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3826 ``@action`` variable. The "search" action:
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3827
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3828 - sets up additional filtering, as well as performing indexed text
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3829 searching
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3830 - sets the ``@filter`` variable correctly
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3831 - saves the query off if ``@query_name`` is set.
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3832
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3833 The search page should lay out any fields that you wish to allow the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3834 user to search on. If your schema contains a large number of properties,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3835 you should be wary of making all of those properties available for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3836 searching, as this can cause confusion. If the additional properties are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3837 Strings, consider having their value indexed, and then they will be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3838 searchable using the full text indexed search. This is both faster, and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3839 more useful for the end user.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3840
3036
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3841 If the search view does specify the "search" ``@action``, then it may also
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3842 provide an additional argument:
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3843
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3844 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3845 Argument Description
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3846 ============ =============================================================
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3847 @query_name if supplied, the index parameters (including @search_text)
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3848 will be saved off as a the query item and registered against
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3849 the user's queries property. Note that the *classic* template
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3850 schema has this ability, but the *minimal* template schema
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3851 does not.
8fa6b5747a53 updated searching / indexing docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2991
diff changeset
3852 ============ =============================================================
1245
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3853
d8c98af869ff merge from maint-0-5
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1244
diff changeset
3854
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3855 Item Views
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3856 ----------
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3857
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3858 The basic view of a hyperdb item is provided by the "*classname*.item"
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3859 template. It generally has three sections; an "editor", a "spool" and a
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3860 "history" section.
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3861
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3862
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3863 Editor Section
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
3864 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3865
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3866 The editor section is used to manipulate the item - it may be a static
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3867 display if the user doesn't have permission to edit the item.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3868
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3869 Here's an example of a basic editor template (this is the default
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3870 "classic" template issue item edit form - from the "issue.item.html"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3871 template)::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3872
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3873 <table class="form">
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3874 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3875 <th>Title</th>
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3876 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure python:context.title.field(size=60)">title</td>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3877 </tr>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3878
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3879 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3880 <th>Priority</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3881 <td tal:content="structure context/priority/menu">priority</td>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3882 <th>Status</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3883 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3884 </tr>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3885
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3886 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3887 <th>Superseder</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3888 <td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3889 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.field(showid=1, size=20)" />
1113
a95428868bf4 Added the missing keyword/topic interface to classic template (blush)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1100
diff changeset
3890 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title')" />
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3891 <span tal:condition="context/superseder">
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3892 <br>View: <span tal:replace="structure python:context.superseder.link(showid=1)" />
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3893 </span>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3894 </td>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3895 <th>Nosy List</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3896 <td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3897 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy/field" />
1113
a95428868bf4 Added the missing keyword/topic interface to classic template (blush)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1100
diff changeset
3898 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.user.classhelp('username,realname,address,phone')" />
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3899 </td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3900 </tr>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3901
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3902 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3903 <th>Assigned To</th>
1074
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3904 <td tal:content="structure context/assignedto/menu">
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3905 assignedto menu
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3906 </td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3907 <td>&nbsp;</td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3908 <td>&nbsp;</td>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3909 </tr>
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3910
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
3911 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
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3912 <th>Change Note</th>
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3913 <td colspan="3">
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parents: 1083
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3914 <textarea name=":note" wrap="hard" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
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3915 </td>
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3916 </tr>
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3917
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3918 <tr>
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fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
3919 <th>File</th>
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parents: 1671
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3920 <td colspan="3"><input type="file" name=":file" size="40"></td>
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parents: 1073
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3921 </tr>
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parents: 1073
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3922
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parents: 1073
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3923 <tr>
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parents: 1073
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3924 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3925 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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parents: 1073
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3926 submit button will go here
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parents: 1073
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3927 </td>
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parents: 1073
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3928 </tr>
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parents: 1073
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3929 </table>
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parents:
diff changeset
3930
673
604c84696461 link() htmltemplate function now has a "showid" option for links & multilinks.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 659
diff changeset
3931
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
3932 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
3933 describing the changed properties. As shown in the example, the editor
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43ab730ee194 instance -> tracker, node -> item
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1083
diff changeset
3934 template can use the ":note" and ":file" fields, which are added to the
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3935 standard changenote message generated by Roundup.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3936
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
3937
1638
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3938 Form values
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3939 :::::::::::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3940
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3941 We have a number of ways to pull properties out of the form in order to
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3942 meet the various needs of:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3943
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3944 1. editing the current item (perhaps an issue item)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3945 2. editing information related to the current item (eg. messages or
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3946 attached files)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3947 3. creating new information to be linked to the current item (eg. time
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3948 spent on an issue)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3949
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parents: 1671
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3950 In the following, ``<bracketed>`` values are variable, ":" may be one of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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3951 ":" or "@", and other text ("required") is fixed.
1638
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parents: 1614
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3952
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parents: 1614
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3953 Properties are specified as form variables:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3954
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3955 ``<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3956 property on the current context item
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3957
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3958 ``<designator>:<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3959 property on the indicated item (for editing related information)
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3960
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3961 ``<classname>-<N>:<propname>``
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3962 property on the Nth new item of classname (generally for creating new
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3963 items to attach to the current item)
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3964
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3965 Once we have determined the "propname", we check to see if it is one of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3966 the special form values:
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3967
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3968 ``@required``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3969 The named property values must be supplied or a ValueError will be
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3970 raised.
1638
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3971
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
3972 ``@remove@<propname>=id(s)``
1638
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3973 The ids will be removed from the multilink property.
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3974
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3975 ``:add:<propname>=id(s)``
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3976 The ids will be added to the multilink property.
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3977
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3978 ``:link:<propname>=<designator>``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3979 Used to add a link to new items created during edit. These are
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3980 collected and returned in ``all_links``. This will result in an
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3981 additional linking operation (either Link set or Multilink append)
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3982 after the edit/create is done using ``all_props`` in ``_editnodes``.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3983 The <propname> on the current item will be set/appended the id of the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3984 newly created item of class <designator> (where <designator> must be
1638
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3985 <classname>-<N>).
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3986
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3987 Any of the form variables may be prefixed with a classname or
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3988 designator.
4a47eb555e51 more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3989
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
3990 Two special form values are supported for backwards compatibility:
1638
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3991
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3992 ``:note``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3993 create a message (with content, author and date), linked to the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3994 context item. This is ALWAYS designated "msg-1".
1638
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3995 ``:file``
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3996 create a file, attached to the current item and any message created by
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
3997 :note. This is ALWAYS designated "file-1".
1638
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parents: 1614
diff changeset
3998
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1614
diff changeset
3999
659
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4000 Spool Section
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
4002
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4003 The spool section lists related information like the messages and files
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4004 of an issue.
1074
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4005
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4006 TODO
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diff changeset
4007
659
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4008
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4009 History Section
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4011
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4012 The final section displayed is the history of the item - its database
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4013 journal. This is generally generated with the template::
659
e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents:
diff changeset
4014
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4015 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/history" />
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4016
5232
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4017 or::
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4018
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4019 <tal:block
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4020 tal:replace="structure python:context.history(showall=True)" />
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4021
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4022 if you want to show history entries for quiet properties.
462b0f76fce8 issue2550864 - Potential information leakage via journal/history
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5231
diff changeset
4023
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4024 *To be done:*
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
4025
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4026 *The actual history entries of the item may be accessed for manual
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4027 templating through the "journal" method of the item*::
1074
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4028
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4029 <tal:block tal:repeat="entry context/journal">
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4030 a journal entry
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1073
diff changeset
4031 </tal:block>
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4032
954ad22eb7d9 more doc, more cleanup
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parents: 1073
diff changeset
4033 *where each journal entry is an HTMLJournalEntry.*
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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parents:
diff changeset
4034
2910
5c0e5abcb5e3 doc updates
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2897
diff changeset
4035
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4036 Defining new web actions
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4037 ------------------------
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4038
2016
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4039 You may define new actions to be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4040 These are added to the tracker ``extensions`` directory and registered
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4041 using ``instance.registerAction``.
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4042
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4043 All the existing Actions are defined in ``roundup.cgi.actions``.
2016
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4044
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4045 Adding action classes takes three steps; first you `define the new
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4046 action class`_, then you `register the action class`_ with the cgi
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4047 interface so it may be triggered by the ``@action`` form variable.
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4048 Finally you `use the new action`_ in your HTML form.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4049
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4050 See "`setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4051 issues`_" for an example.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4052
1244
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1236
diff changeset
4053
2016
2112962f5bb1 Update documentation for the client.py split and add an upgrade notice.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2009
diff changeset
4054 Define the new action class
1244
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1236
diff changeset
4055 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8dd4f736370b merge from maintenance branch
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1236
diff changeset
4056
2915
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4057 Create a new action class in your tracker's ``extensions`` directory, for
7d97c75e7cba more docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2914
diff changeset
4058 example ``myaction.py``::
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4059
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4060 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
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4061
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4062 class MyAction(Action):
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4063 def handle(self):
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4064 ''' Perform some action. No return value is required.
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4065 '''
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4066
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4067 The *self.client* attribute is an instance of ``roundup.cgi.client.Client``.
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4068 See the docstring of that class for details of what it can do.
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4069
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4070 The method will typically check the ``self.form`` variable's contents.
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4071 It may then:
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4072
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4073 - add information to ``self.client._ok_message``
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4074 or ``self.client._error_message`` (by using ``self.client.add_ok_message``
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4075 or ``self.client.add_error_message``, respectively)
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4076 - change the ``self.client.template`` variable to alter what the user will see
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4077 next
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4078 - raise Unauthorised, SendStaticFile, SendFile, NotFound or Redirect
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4079 exceptions (import them from roundup.cgi.exceptions)
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4080
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parents: 2009
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4081
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4082 Register the action class
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4083 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4084
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4085 The class is now written, but isn't available to the user until you register
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4086 it with the following code appended to your ``myaction.py`` file::
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4087
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4088 def init(instance):
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4089 instance.registerAction('myaction', myActionClass)
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4090
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4091 This maps the action name "myaction" to the action class we defined.
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4092
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4093
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4094 Use the new action
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4095 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4096
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4097 In your HTML form, add a hidden form element like so::
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4098
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4099 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="myaction">
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4100
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4101 where "myaction" is the name you registered in the previous step.
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4102
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4103 Actions may return content to the user
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4104 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4105
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4106 Actions generally perform some database manipulation and then pass control
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4107 on to the rendering of a template in the current context (see `Determining
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
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4108 web context`_ for how that works.) Some actions will want to generate the
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4109 actual content returned to the user. Action methods may return their own
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4110 content string to be displayed to the user, overriding the templating step.
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4111 In this situation, we assume that the content is HTML by default. You may
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4112 override the content type indicated to the user by calling ``setHeader``::
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4113
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4114 self.client.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/csv')
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4115
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diff changeset
4116 This example indicates that the value sent back to the user is actually
f913b6beac35 document and make easier the actions-returning-content idiom
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parents: 2034
diff changeset
4117 comma-separated value content (eg. something to be loaded into a
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4118 spreadsheet or database).
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4119
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4120
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4121 8-bit character set support in Web interface
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4122 --------------------------------------------
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4123
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4124 The web interface uses UTF-8 default. It may be overridden in both forms
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4125 and a browser cookie.
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4126
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4127 - In forms, use the ``@charset`` variable.
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4128 - To use the cookie override, have the ``roundup_charset`` cookie set.
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4129
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4130 In both cases, the value is a valid charset name (eg. ``utf-8`` or
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4131 ``kio8-r``).
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4132
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4133 Inside Roundup, all strings are stored and processed in utf-8.
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4134 Unfortunately, some older browsers do not work properly with
3130
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diff changeset
4135 utf-8-encoded pages (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4 displays wrong
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diff changeset
4136 characters in form fields). This version allows one to change
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4137 the character set for http transfers. To do so, you may add
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parents: 2897
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4138 the following code to your ``page.html`` template::
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4139
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parents: 2897
diff changeset
4140 <tal:block define="uri string:${request/base}${request/env/PATH_INFO}">
3130
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diff changeset
4141 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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4142 {'@charset':'utf-8'})">utf-8</a>
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diff changeset
4143 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url(uri,
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parents: 2897
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4144 {'@charset':'koi8-r'})">koi8-r</a>
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4145 </tal:block>
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4146
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parents: 2897
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4147 (substitute ``koi8-r`` with appropriate charset for your language).
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parents: 2897
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4148 Charset preference is kept in the browser cookie ``roundup_charset``.
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4149
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4150 ``meta http-equiv`` lines added to the tracker templates in version 0.6.0
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parents: 2897
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4151 should be changed to include actual character set name::
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parents: 2897
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4152
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parents: 2897
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4153 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
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parents: 2897
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4154 tal:attributes="content string:text/html;; charset=${request/client/charset}"
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parents: 2897
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4155 />
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4156
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parents: 2897
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4157 The charset is also sent in the http header.
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parents: 2897
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4158
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parents: 6160
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4159 .. _CustomExamples:
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4160
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4161 Examples
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diff changeset
4162 ========
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4163
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4164 .. contents::
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4165 :local:
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4166 :depth: 2
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4167
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parents: 2154
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4168
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parents: 2154
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4169 Changing what's stored in the database
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
4170 --------------------------------------
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4171
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4172 The following examples illustrate ways to change the information stored in
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4173 the database.
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4174
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parents: 1671
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4175
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4176 Adding a new field to the classic schema
2156
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4177 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4178
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4179 This example shows how to add a simple field (a due date) to the default
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4180 classic schema. It does not add any additional behaviour, such as enforcing
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parents: 3121
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4181 the due date, or causing automatic actions to fire if the due date passes.
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parents: 3121
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4182
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parents: 3404
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4183 You add new fields by editing the ``schema.py`` file in you tracker's home.
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parents: 3404
diff changeset
4184 Schema changes are automatically applied to the database on the next
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parents: 3404
diff changeset
4185 tracker access (note that roundup-server would need to be restarted as it
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parents: 3404
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4186 caches the schema).
3122
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parents: 3121
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4187
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parents: 6160
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4188 .. index:: schema; example changes
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parents: 6160
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4189
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parents: 3796
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4190 1. Modify the ``schema.py``::
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4191
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4192 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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parents: 3881
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4193 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
3122
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4194 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
3127
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parents: 3126
diff changeset
4195 due_date=Date())
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4196
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parents: 3796
diff changeset
4197 2. Add an edit field to the ``issue.item.html`` template::
3122
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diff changeset
4198
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4199 <tr>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4200 <th>Due Date</th>
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parents: 3121
diff changeset
4201 <td tal:content="structure context/due_date/field" />
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4202 </tr>
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4203
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4204 If you want to show only the date part of due_date then do this instead::
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4205
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4206 <tr>
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4207 <th>Due Date</th>
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4208 <td tal:content="structure python:context.due_date.field(format='%Y-%m-%d')" />
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4209 </tr>
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4210
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4211 3. Add the property to the ``issue.index.html`` page::
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4212
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5894c7bea8ce *** empty log message ***
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4213 (in the heading row)
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4214 <th tal:condition="request/show/due_date">Due Date</th>
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4215 (in the data row)
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4216 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date"
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4217 tal:content="i/due_date" />
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4218
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4219 If you want format control of the display of the due date you can
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diff changeset
4220 enter the following in the data row to show only the actual due date::
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4221
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4222 <td tal:condition="request/show/due_date"
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4223 tal:content="python:i.due_date.pretty('%Y-%m-%d')">&nbsp;</td>
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4224
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4225 4. Add the property to the ``issue.search.html`` page::
3122
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4226
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4227 <tr tal:define="name string:due_date">
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4228 <th i18n:translate="">Due Date:</th>
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4229 <td metal:use-macro="search_input"></td>
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4230 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
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4231 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
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4232 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
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4233 </tr>
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4234
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4235 5. If you wish for the due date to appear in the standard views listed
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4236 in the sidebar of the web interface then you'll need to add "due_date"
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4237 to the columns and columns_showall lists in your ``page.html``::
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4238
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4239 columns string:id,activity,due_date,title,creator,status;
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4240 columns_showall string:id,activity,due_date,title,creator,assignedto,status;
3122
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4241
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4242 Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema
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4243 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4244
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4245 This example shows how to add a new constrained property (i.e. a
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4246 selection of distinct values) to your tracker.
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4247
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4248
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4249 Introduction
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4250 ::::::::::::
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4251
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4252 To make the classic schema of Roundup useful as a TODO tracking system
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4253 for a group of systems administrators, it needs an extra data field per
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4254 issue: a category.
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4255
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4256 This would let sysadmins quickly list all TODOs in their particular area
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4257 of interest without having to do complex queries, and without relying on
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4258 the spelling capabilities of other sysadmins (a losing proposition at
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4259 best).
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4260
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4261
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4262 Adding a field to the database
2156
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4263 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4264
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4265 This is the easiest part of the change. The category would just be a
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diff changeset
4266 plain string, nothing fancy. To change what is in the database you need
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diff changeset
4267 to add some lines to the ``schema.py`` file of your tracker instance.
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diff changeset
4268 Under the comment::
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4269
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4270 # add any additional database schema configuration here
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4271
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4272 add::
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4273
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4274 category = Class(db, "category", name=String())
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4275 category.setkey("name")
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4276
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4277 Here we are setting up a chunk of the database which we are calling
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diff changeset
4278 "category". It contains a string, which we are refering to as "name" for
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4279 lack of a more imaginative title. (Since "name" is one of the properties
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diff changeset
4280 that Roundup looks for on items if you do not set a key for them, it's
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4281 probably a good idea to stick with it for new classes if at all
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4282 appropriate.) Then we are setting the key of this chunk of the database
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diff changeset
4283 to be that "name". This is equivalent to an index for database types.
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diff changeset
4284 This also means that there can only be one category with a given name.
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diff changeset
4285
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diff changeset
4286 Adding the above lines allows us to create categories, but they're not
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diff changeset
4287 tied to the issues that we are going to be creating. It's just a list of
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diff changeset
4288 categories off on its own, which isn't much use. We need to link it in
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diff changeset
4289 with the issues. To do that, find the lines
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
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parents: 2958
diff changeset
4290 in ``schema.py`` which set up the "issue" class, and then add a link to
1674
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diff changeset
4291 the category::
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diff changeset
4292
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4293 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue", ... ,
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diff changeset
4294 category=Multilink("category"), ... )
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diff changeset
4295
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diff changeset
4296 The ``Multilink()`` means that each issue can have many categories. If
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diff changeset
4297 you were adding something with a one-to-one relationship to issues (such
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diff changeset
4298 as the "assignedto" property), use ``Link()`` instead.
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diff changeset
4299
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diff changeset
4300 That is all you need to do to change the schema. The rest of the effort
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diff changeset
4301 is fiddling around so you can actually use the new category.
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diff changeset
4302
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diff changeset
4303
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diff changeset
4304 Populating the new category class
2156
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diff changeset
4305 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1235
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diff changeset
4306
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diff changeset
4307 If you haven't initialised the database with the
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diff changeset
4308 "``roundup-admin initialise``" command, then you
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diff changeset
4309 can add the following to the tracker ``initial_data.py``
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diff changeset
4310 under the comment::
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4311
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4312 # add any additional database creation steps here - but only if you
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diff changeset
4313 # haven't initialised the database with the admin "initialise" command
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diff changeset
4314
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4315 Add::
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4316
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4317 category = db.getclass('category')
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diff changeset
4318 category.create(name="scipy")
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diff changeset
4319 category.create(name="chaco")
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4320 category.create(name="weave")
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4321
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diff changeset
4322 .. index:: roundup-admin; create entries in class
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diff changeset
4323
1674
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4324 If the database has already been initalised, then you need to use the
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4325 ``roundup-admin`` tool::
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4326
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diff changeset
4327 % roundup-admin -i <tracker home>
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diff changeset
4328 Roundup <version> ready for input.
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diff changeset
4329 Type "help" for help.
3582
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diff changeset
4330 roundup> create category name=scipy
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4331 1
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4332 roundup> create category name=chaco
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4333 2
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4334 roundup> create category name=weave
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4335 3
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4336 roundup> exit...
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4337 There are unsaved changes. Commit them (y/N)? y
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4338
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4339
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4340 Setting up security on the new objects
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4341 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4342
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4343 By default only the admin user can look at and change objects. This
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4344 doesn't suit us, as we want any user to be able to create new categories
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4345 as required, and obviously everyone needs to be able to view the
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4346 categories of issues for it to be useful.
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4347
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4348 We therefore need to change the security of the category objects. This
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4349 is also done in ``schema.py``.
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4350
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4351 There are currently two loops which set up permissions and then assign
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4352 them to various roles. Simply add the new "category" to both lists::
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4353
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4354 # Assign the access and edit permissions for issue, file and message
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4355 # to regular users now
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4356 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg', 'category':
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4357 p = db.security.getPermission('View', cl)
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4358 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', cl)
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4359 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', cl)
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4360 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
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4361
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4362 These lines assign the "View" and "Edit" Permissions to the "User" role,
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4363 so that normal users can view and edit "category" objects.
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4364
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4365 This is all the work that needs to be done for the database. It will
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4366 store categories, and let users view and edit them. Now on to the
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4367 interface stuff.
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4368
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4369
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4370 Changing the web left hand frame
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4371 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4372
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4373 We need to give the users the ability to create new categories, and the
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4374 place to put the link to this functionality is in the left hand function
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4375 bar, under the "Issues" area. The file that defines how this area looks
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4376 is ``html/page.html``, which is what we are going to be editing next.
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4377
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4378 If you look at this file you can see that it contains a lot of
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4379 "classblock" sections which are chunks of HTML that will be included or
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4380 excluded in the output depending on whether the condition in the
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4381 classblock is met. We are going to add the category code at the end of
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4382 the classblock for the *issue* class::
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4383
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4384 <p class="classblock"
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4385 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('View', 'category')">
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4386 <b>Categories</b><br>
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4387 <a tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'category')"
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4388 href="category?@template=item">New Category<br></a>
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4389 </p>
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4390
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4391 The first two lines is the classblock definition, which sets up a
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4392 condition that only users who have "View" permission for the "category"
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4393 object will have this section included in their output. Next comes a
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4394 plain "Categories" header in bold. Everyone who can view categories will
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4395 get that.
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4396
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4397 Next comes the link to the editing area of categories. This link will
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4398 only appear if the condition - that the user has "Edit" permissions for
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4399 the "category" objects - is matched. If they do have permission then
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4400 they will get a link to another page which will let the user add new
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4401 categories.
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4402
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4403 Note that if you have permission to *view* but not to *edit* categories,
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4404 then all you will see is a "Categories" header with nothing underneath
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4405 it. This is obviously not very good interface design, but will do for
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4406 now. I just claim that it is so I can add more links in this section
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4407 later on. However, to fix the problem you could change the condition in
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4408 the classblock statement, so that only users with "Edit" permission
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4409 would see the "Categories" stuff.
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4410
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4411
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4412 Setting up a page to edit categories
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4413 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4414
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4415 We defined code in the previous section which let users with the
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4416 appropriate permissions see a link to a page which would let them edit
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4417 conditions. Now we have to write that page.
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4418
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4419 The link was for the *item* template of the *category* object. This
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4420 translates into Roundup looking for a file called ``category.item.html``
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4421 in the ``html`` tracker directory. This is the file that we are going to
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4422 write now.
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4423
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4424 First, we add an info tag in a comment which doesn't affect the outcome
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4425 of the code at all, but is useful for debugging. If you load a page in a
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4426 browser and look at the page source, you can see which sections come
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4427 from which files by looking for these comments::
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4428
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4429 <!-- category.item -->
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4430
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4431 Next we need to add in the METAL macro stuff so we get the normal page
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4432 trappings::
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4433
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4434 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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4435 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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4436 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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4437 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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4438 </td>
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4439 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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4440
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4441 Next we need to setup up a standard HTML form, which is the whole
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4442 purpose of this file. We link to some handy javascript which sends the
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4443 form through only once. This is to stop users hitting the send button
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4444 multiple times when they are impatient and thus having the form sent
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4445 multiple times::
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4446
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4447 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4448 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4449
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4450 Next we define some code which sets up the minimum list of fields that
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4451 we require the user to enter. There will be only one field - "name" - so
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4452 they better put something in it, otherwise the whole form is pointless::
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4453
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4454 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
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4455
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4456 To get everything to line up properly we will put everything in a table,
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4457 and put a nice big header on it so the user has an idea what is
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4458 happening::
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4459
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4460 <table class="form">
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4461 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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4462
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4463 Next, we need the field into which the user is going to enter the new
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4464 category. The ``context.name.field(size=60)`` bit tells Roundup to
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4465 generate a normal HTML field of size 60, and the contents of that field
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4466 will be the "name" variable of the current context (namely "category").
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4467 The upshot of this is that when the user types something in
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4468 to the form, a new category will be created with that name::
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4470 <tr>
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4471 <th>Name</th>
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4472 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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4473 name</td>
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4474 </tr>
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4475
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4476 Then a submit button so that the user can submit the new category::
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4477
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4478 <tr>
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4479 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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4480 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
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4481 submit button will go here
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4482 </td>
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4483 </tr>
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4484
5201
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4485 The ``context/submit`` bit generates the submit button but also
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4486 generates the @action and @csrf hidden fields. The @action field is
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
4487 used to tell roundup how to process the form. The @csrf field provides
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diff changeset
4488 a unique single use token to defend against CSRF attacks. (More about
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
4489 anti-csrf measures can be found in ``upgrading.txt``.)
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4490
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4491 Finally we finish off the tags we used at the start to do the METAL
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4492 stuff::
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4493
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4494 </td>
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4495 </tal:block>
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4496
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4497 So putting it all together, and closing the table and form we get::
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4498
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4499 <!-- category.item -->
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4500 <tal:block metal:use-macro="templates/page/macros/icing">
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4501 <title metal:fill-slot="head_title">Category editing</title>
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4502 <td class="page-header-top" metal:fill-slot="body_title">
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4503 <h2>Category editing</h2>
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4504 </td>
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parents: 1164
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4505 <td class="content" metal:fill-slot="content">
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4506 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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4507 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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4508
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4509 <table class="form">
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4510 <tr><th class="header" colspan="2">Category</th></tr>
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4511
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4512 <tr>
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parents: 1817
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4513 <th>Name</th>
1674
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diff changeset
4514 <td tal:content="structure python:context.name.field(size=60)">
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4515 name</td>
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4516 </tr>
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4517
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4518 <tr>
1829
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parents: 1825
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4519 <td>
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
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parents: 1825
diff changeset
4520 &nbsp;
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
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parents: 1825
diff changeset
4521 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="name">
4e4afbe3cd30 Move '<input type="hidden">' elements into a block.
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parents: 1825
diff changeset
4522 </td>
1674
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parents: 1671
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4523 <td colspan="3" tal:content="structure context/submit">
1213
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4524 submit button will go here
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4525 </td>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4526 </tr>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
4527 </table>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4528 </form>
3a5e05edcd87 added doc for METAL
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1164
diff changeset
4529 </td>
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parents: 1164
diff changeset
4530 </tal:block>
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4531
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4532 This is quite a lot to just ask the user one simple question, but there
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4533 is a lot of setup for basically one line (the form line) to do its work.
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4534 To add another field to "category" would involve one more line (well,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4535 maybe a few extra to get the formatting correct).
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4536
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4537
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diff changeset
4538 Adding the category to the issue
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4539 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4540
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4541 We now have the ability to create issues to our heart's content, but
1098
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4542 that is pointless unless we can assign categories to issues. Just like
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4543 the ``html/category.item.html`` file was used to define how to add a new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4544 category, the ``html/issue.item.html`` is used to define how a new issue
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4545 is created.
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parents: 1671
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4546
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4547 Just like ``category.issue.html``, this file defines a form which has a
1674
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4548 table to lay things out. It doesn't matter where in the table we add new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4549 stuff, it is entirely up to your sense of aesthetics::
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4550
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fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
4551 <th>Category</th>
3582
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4552 <td>
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4553 <span tal:replace="structure context/category/field" />
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4554 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.category.classhelp('name',
026adc5f1e13 fix "Adding a new constrained field to the classic schema" example in docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3580
diff changeset
4555 property='category', width='200')" />
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4556 </td>
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diff changeset
4557
1674
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4558 First, we define a nice header so that the user knows what the next
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4559 section is, then the middle line does what we are most interested in.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4560 This ``context/category/field`` gets replaced by a field which contains
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4561 the category in the current context (the current context being the new
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4562 issue).
1098
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diff changeset
4563
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diff changeset
4564 The classhelp lines generate a link (labelled "list") to a popup window
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4565 which contains the list of currently known categories.
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diff changeset
4566
1674
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parents: 1671
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4567
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diff changeset
4568 Searching on categories
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4569 :::::::::::::::::::::::
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4570
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diff changeset
4571 Now we can add categories, and create issues with categories. The next
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4572 obvious thing that we would like to be able to do, would be to search
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4573 for issues based on their category, so that, for example, anyone working
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4574 on the web server could look at all issues in the category "Web".
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4575
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diff changeset
4576 If you look for "Search Issues" in the ``html/page.html`` file, you will
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4577 find that it looks something like
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4578 ``<a href="issue?@template=search">Search Issues</a>``. This shows us
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
4579 that when you click on "Search Issues" it will be looking for a
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4580 ``issue.search.html`` file to display. So that is the file that we will
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4581 change.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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diff changeset
4582
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diff changeset
4583 If you look at this file it should begin to seem familiar, although it
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4584 does use some new macros. You can add the new category search code anywhere you
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4585 like within that form::
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4586
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4587 <tr tal:define="name string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4588 db_klass string:category;
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4589 db_content string:name;">
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4590 <th>Priority:</th>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4591 <td metal:use-macro="search_select"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4592 <td metal:use-macro="column_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4593 <td metal:use-macro="sort_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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diff changeset
4594 <td metal:use-macro="group_input"></td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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parents: 1711
diff changeset
4595 </tr>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
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4596
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diff changeset
4597 The definitions in the ``<tr>`` opening tag are used by the macros:
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4598
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diff changeset
4599 - ``search_select`` expands to a drop-down box with all categories using
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diff changeset
4600 ``db_klass`` and ``db_content``.
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diff changeset
4601 - ``column_input`` expands to a checkbox for selecting what columns
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
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4602 should be displayed.
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4603 - ``sort_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4604 should be sorted on.
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4605 - ``group_input`` expands to a radio button for selecting what property
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4606 should be grouped on.
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4607
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4608 The category search code above would expand to the following::
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4609
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4610 <tr>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4611 <th>Category:</th>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4612 <td>
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parents: 1096
diff changeset
4613 <select name="category">
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4614 <option value="">don't care</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4615 <option value="">------------</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4616 <option value="1">scipy</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4617 <option value="2">chaco</option>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4618 <option value="3">weave</option>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4619 </select>
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4620 </td>
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4621 <td><input type="checkbox" name=":columns" value="category"></td>
3696
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
4622 <td><input type="radio" name=":sort0" value="category"></td>
790363e96852 Sorting/grouping by multiple properties.
Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3688
diff changeset
4623 <td><input type="radio" name=":group0" value="category"></td>
1730
2dd6b4c825e9 Final touches to fix query editing. It should work now.
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1711
diff changeset
4624 </tr>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4625
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4626 Adding category to the default view
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4627 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4628
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Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4629 We can now add categories, add issues with categories, and search for
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4630 issues based on categories. This is everything that we need to do;
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4631 however, there is some more icing that we would like. I think the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4632 category of an issue is important enough that it should be displayed by
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4633 default when listing all the issues.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4634
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4635 Unfortunately, this is a bit less obvious than the previous steps. The
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4636 code defining how the issues look is in ``html/issue.index.html``. This
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4637 is a large table with a form down at the bottom for redisplaying and so
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4638 forth.
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c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4639
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4640 Firstly we need to add an appropriate header to the start of the table::
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4641
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4642 <th tal:condition="request/show/category">Category</th>
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4643
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4644 The *condition* part of this statement is to avoid displaying the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4645 Category column if the user has selected not to see it.
1098
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4646
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4647 The rest of the table is a loop which will go through every issue that
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4648 matches the display criteria. The loop variable is "i" - which means
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4649 that every issue gets assigned to "i" in turn.
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4650
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4651 The new part of code to display the category will look like this::
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4652
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4653 <td tal:condition="request/show/category"
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4654 tal:content="i/category"></td>
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4655
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4656 The condition is the same as above: only display the condition when the
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4657 user hasn't asked for it to be hidden. The next part is to set the
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4658 content of the cell to be the category part of "i" - the current issue.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4659
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4660 Finally we have to edit ``html/page.html`` again. This time, we need to
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4661 tell it that when the user clicks on "Unassigned Issues" or "All Issues",
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4662 the category column should be included in the resulting list. If you
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4663 scroll down the page file, you can see the links with lots of options.
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4664 The option that we are interested in is the ``:columns=`` one which
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4665 tells roundup which fields of the issue to display. Simply add
1098
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4666 "category" to that list and it all should work.
c5819344714c more doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1096
diff changeset
4667
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4668 Adding a time log to your issues
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
4669 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4670
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4671 We want to log the dates and amount of time spent working on issues, and
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4672 be able to give a summary of the total time spent on a particular issue.
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4673
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
4674 1. Add a new class to your tracker ``schema.py``::
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4675
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4676 # storage for time logging
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4677 timelog = Class(db, "timelog", period=Interval())
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4678
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4679 Note that we automatically get the date of the time log entry
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4680 creation through the standard property "creation".
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4681
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4682 You will need to grant "Creation" permission to the users who are
3653
cfa7fa2c5e0f arg rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3652
diff changeset
4683 allowed to add timelog entries. You may do this with::
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4684
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4685 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4686 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'View', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4687
3653
cfa7fa2c5e0f arg rest
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3652
diff changeset
4688 If users are also able to *edit* timelog entries, then also include::
3652
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4689
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4690 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Edit', 'timelog')
3a19d31be628 add in note about perms
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3649
diff changeset
4691
6163
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
4692 .. index:: schema; example changes
c2fd254c9257 Doc updates/indexing.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6160
diff changeset
4693
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4694 2. Link to the new class from your issue class (again, in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
4695 ``schema.py``)::
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4696
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4697 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
Justus Pendleton <jpend@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3881
diff changeset
4698 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
1262
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4699 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"),
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4700 times=Multilink("timelog"))
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4701
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4702 the "times" property is the new link to the "timelog" class.
a66dd1573ebd new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1255
diff changeset
4703
1674
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
4704 3. We'll need to let people add in times to the issue, so in the web
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4705 interface we'll have a new entry field. This is a special field
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4706 because unlike the other fields in the ``issue.item`` template, it
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4707 affects a different item (a timelog item) and not the template's
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4708 item (an issue). We have a special syntax for form fields that affect
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4709 items other than the template default item (see the cgi
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4710 documentation on `special form variables`_). In particular, we add a
3130
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
4711 field to capture a new timelog item's period::
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4712
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4713 <tr>
1825
fad32dafc174 Replaced all uses of the 'nowrap' attribute with its CSS equivalent:
Johannes Gijsbers <jlgijsbers@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1817
diff changeset
4714 <th>Time Log</th>
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4715 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3796
diff changeset
4716 (enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
1679
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4717 </td>
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4718 </tr>
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4719
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4720 and another hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4721 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the issue item. It looks
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4722 like this::
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4723
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4724 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4725
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4726 On submission, the "-1" timelog item will be created and assigned a
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4727 real item id. The "times" property of the issue will have the new id
e2caeaa34ed4 fix timelog documentation, add new cgi special for variable doc
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1674
diff changeset
4728 added to it.
3818
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3796
diff changeset
4729
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3796
diff changeset
4730 The full entry will now look like this::
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3796
diff changeset
4731
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3796
diff changeset
4732 <tr>
e5043875a03d Improved due_date and timelog customisation docs [SF#1625124]
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4733 <th>Time Log</th>
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4734 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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4735 (enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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4736 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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4737 </td>
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4738 </tr>
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4739
1679
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4740
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4741 4. We want to display a total of the timelog times that have been
1674
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4742 accumulated for an issue. To do this, we'll need to actually write
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4743 some Python code, since it's beyond the scope of PageTemplates to
2915
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4744 perform such calculations. We do this by adding a module ``timespent.py``
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4745 to the ``extensions`` directory in our tracker. The contents of this
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4746 file is as follows::
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4747
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4748 from roundup import date
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4749
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4750 def totalTimeSpent(times):
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4751 ''' Call me with a list of timelog items (which have an
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4752 Interval "period" property)
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4753 '''
3717
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4754 total = date.Interval('0d')
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4755 for time in times:
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4756 total += time.period._value
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4757 return total
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4758
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4759 def init(instance):
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4760 instance.registerUtil('totalTimeSpent', totalTimeSpent)
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4761
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4762 We will now be able to access the ``totalTimeSpent`` function via the
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4763 ``utils`` variable in our templates, as shown in the next step.
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4764
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4765 5. Display the timelog for an issue::
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4766
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4767 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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4768 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log
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4769 <tal:block
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4770 tal:replace="python:utils.totalTimeSpent(context.times)" />
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4771 </th></tr>
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4772 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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4773 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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4774 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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4775 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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4776 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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4777 </tr>
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4778 </table>
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4779
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4780 I put this just above the Messages log in my issue display. Note our
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4781 use of the ``totalTimeSpent`` method which will total up the times
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4782 for the issue and return a new Interval. That will be automatically
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4783 displayed in the template as text like "+ 1y 2:40" (1 year, 2 hours
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4784 and 40 minutes).
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4785
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4786 6. If you're using a persistent web server - ``roundup-server`` or
5891
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4787 ``mod_wsgi`` for example - then you'll need to restart that to pick up
1674
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4788 the code changes. When that's done, you'll be able to use the new
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4789 time logging interface.
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4790
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4791 An extension of this modification attaches the timelog entries to any
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4792 change message entered at the time of the timelog entry:
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4793
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4794 A. Add a link to the timelog to the msg class in ``schema.py``:
3657
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4795
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4796 msg = FileClass(db, "msg",
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4797 author=Link("user", do_journal='no'),
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4798 recipients=Multilink("user", do_journal='no'),
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4799 date=Date(),
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4800 summary=String(),
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4801 files=Multilink("file"),
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4802 messageid=String(),
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4803 inreplyto=String(),
3657
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4804 times=Multilink("timelog"))
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4805
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4806 B. Add a new hidden field that links that new timelog item (new
3657
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4807 because it's marked as having id "-1") to the new message.
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4808 The link is placed in ``issue.item.html`` in the same section that
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4809 handles the timelog entry.
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4810
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4811 It looks like this after this addition::
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4812
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4813 <tr>
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4814 <th>Time Log</th>
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4815 <td colspan=3><input type="text" name="timelog-1@period" />
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4816 (enter as '3y 1m 4d 2:40:02' or parts thereof)
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4817 <input type="hidden" name="@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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4818 <input type="hidden" name="msg-1@link@times" value="timelog-1" />
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4819 </td>
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4820 </tr>
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4821
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4822 The "times" property of the message will have the new id added to it.
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4823
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4824 C. Add the timelog listing from step 5. to the ``msg.item.html`` template
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4825 so that the timelog entry appears on the message view page. Note that
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diff changeset
4826 the call to totalTimeSpent is not used here since there will only be one
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4827 single timelog entry for each message.
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4828
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4829 I placed it after the Date entry like this::
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4830
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4831 <tr>
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4832 <th i18n:translate="">Date:</th>
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4833 <td tal:content="context/date"></td>
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4834 </tr>
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4835 </table>
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4836
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4837 <table class="otherinfo" tal:condition="context/times">
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4838 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Time Log</th></tr>
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4839 <tr><th>Date</th><th>Period</th><th>Logged By</th></tr>
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4840 <tr tal:repeat="time context/times">
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4841 <td tal:content="time/creation"></td>
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4842 <td tal:content="time/period"></td>
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4843 <td tal:content="time/creator"></td>
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4844 </tr>
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4845 </table>
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4846
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4847 <table class="messages">
3657
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4848
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4849
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4850 Tracking different types of issues
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4851 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4852
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4853 Sometimes you will want to track different types of issues - developer,
2159
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4854 customer support, systems, sales leads, etc. A single Roundup tracker is
2156
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4855 able to support multiple types of issues. This example demonstrates adding
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4856 a system support issue class to a tracker.
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4857
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4858 1. Figure out what information you're going to want to capture. OK, so
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4859 this is obvious, but sometimes it's better to actually sit down for a
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4860 while and think about the schema you're going to implement.
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4861
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4862 2. Add the new issue class to your tracker's ``schema.py``. Just after the
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4863 "issue" class definition, add::
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4864
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4865 # list our systems
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4866 system = Class(db, "system", name=String(), order=Number())
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4867 system.setkey("name")
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4868
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4869 # store issues related to those systems
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4870 support = IssueClass(db, "support",
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4871 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
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4872 status=Link("status"), deadline=Date(),
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4873 affects=Multilink("system"))
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4874
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4875 3. Copy the existing ``issue.*`` (item, search and index) templates in the
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4876 tracker's ``html`` to ``support.*``. Edit them so they use the properties
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4877 defined in the ``support`` class. Be sure to check for hidden form
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4878 variables like "required" to make sure they have the correct set of
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4879 required properties.
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4880
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4881 4. Edit the modules in the ``detectors``, adding lines to their ``init``
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4882 functions where appropriate. Look for ``audit`` and ``react`` registrations
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4883 on the ``issue`` class, and duplicate them for ``support``.
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4884
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4885 5. Create a new sidebar box for the new support class. Duplicate the
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4886 existing issues one, changing the ``issue`` class name to ``support``.
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4887
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4888 6. Re-start your tracker and start using the new ``support`` class.
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4889
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4890
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4891 Optionally, you might want to restrict the users able to access this new
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4892 class to just the users with a new "SysAdmin" Role. To do this, we add
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4893 some security declarations::
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4894
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4895 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'View', 'support')
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4896 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Create', 'support')
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4897 db.security.addPermissionToRole('SysAdmin', 'Edit', 'support')
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4898
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4899 You would then (as an "admin" user) edit the details of the appropriate
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4900 users, and add "SysAdmin" to their Roles list.
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4901
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4902 Alternatively, you might want to change the Edit/View permissions granted
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4903 for the ``issue`` class so that it's only available to users with the "System"
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4904 or "Developer" Role, and then the new class you're adding is available to
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4905 all with the "User" Role.
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4906
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4907
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4908 .. _external-authentication:
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4909
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4910 Using External User Databases
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4911 -----------------------------
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4912
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4913 Using an external password validation source
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4914 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4915
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4916 .. note:: You will need to either have an "admin" user in your external
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4917 password source *or* have one of your regular users have
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4918 the Admin Role assigned. If you need to assign the Role *after*
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4919 making the changes below, you may use the ``roundup-admin``
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4920 program to edit a user's details.
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4921
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4922 We have a centrally-managed password changing system for our users. This
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4923 results in a UN*X passwd-style file that we use for verification of
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4924 users. Entries in the file consist of ``name:password`` where the
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4925 password is encrypted using the standard UN*X ``crypt()`` function (see
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4926 the ``crypt`` module in your Python distribution). An example entry
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4927 would be::
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4928
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4929 admin:aamrgyQfDFSHw
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4930
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4931 Each user of Roundup must still have their information stored in the Roundup
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4932 database - we just use the passwd file to check their password. To do this, we
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4933 need to override the standard ``verifyPassword`` method defined in
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4934 ``roundup.cgi.actions.LoginAction`` and register the new class. The
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4935 following is added as ``externalpassword.py`` in the tracker ``extensions``
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4936 directory::
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4937
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4938 import os, crypt
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4939 from roundup.cgi.actions import LoginAction
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4940
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4941 class ExternalPasswordLoginAction(LoginAction):
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4942 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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4943 '''Look through the file, line by line, looking for a
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4944 name that matches.
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4945 '''
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4946 # get the user's username
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4947 username = self.db.user.get(userid, 'username')
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4948
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4949 # the passwords are stored in the "passwd.txt" file in the
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4950 # tracker home
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4951 file = os.path.join(self.db.config.TRACKER_HOME, 'passwd.txt')
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4952
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4953 # see if we can find a match
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4954 for ent in [line.strip().split(':') for line in
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diff changeset
4955 open(file).readlines()]:
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4956 if ent[0] == username:
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4957 return crypt.crypt(password, ent[1][:2]) == ent[1]
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4958
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4959 # user doesn't exist in the file
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4960 return 0
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4961
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4962 def init(instance):
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4963 instance.registerAction('login', ExternalPasswordLoginAction)
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4964
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4965 You should also remove the redundant password fields from the ``user.item``
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4966 template.
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4967
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4968
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4969 Using a UN*X passwd file as the user database
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4970 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4971
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4972 On some systems the primary store of users is the UN*X passwd file. It
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4973 holds information on users such as their username, real name, password
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4974 and primary user group.
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4975
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4976 Roundup can use this store as its primary source of user information,
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4977 but it needs additional information too - email address(es), roundup
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4978 Roles, vacation flags, roundup hyperdb item ids, etc. Also, "retired"
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4979 users must still exist in the user database, unlike some passwd files in
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4980 which the users are removed when they no longer have access to a system.
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4981
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4982 To make use of the passwd file, we therefore synchronise between the two
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4983 user stores. We also use the passwd file to validate the user logins, as
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4984 described in the previous example, `using an external password
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4985 validation source`_. We keep the user lists in sync using a fairly
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4986 simple script that runs once a day, or several times an hour if more
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4987 immediate access is needed. In short, it:
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4988
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4989 1. parses the passwd file, finding usernames, passwords and real names,
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4990 2. compares that list to the current roundup user list:
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4991
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4992 a. entries no longer in the passwd file are *retired*
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4993 b. entries with mismatching real names are *updated*
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4994 c. entries only exist in the passwd file are *created*
1299
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4995
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4996 3. send an email to administrators to let them know what's been done.
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4997
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4998 The retiring and updating are simple operations, requiring only a call
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4999 to ``retire()`` or ``set()``. The creation operation requires more
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5000 information though - the user's email address and their Roundup Roles.
1674
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5001 We're going to assume that the user's email address is the same as their
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5002 login name, so we just append the domain name to that. The Roles are
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5003 determined using the passwd group identifier - mapping their UN*X group
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5004 to an appropriate set of Roles.
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5005
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5006 The script to perform all this, broken up into its main components, is
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5007 as follows. Firstly, we import the necessary modules and open the
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parents: 1671
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5008 tracker we're to work on::
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5009
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5010 import sys, os, smtplib
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5011 from roundup import instance, date
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parents: 1278
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5012
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5013 # open the tracker
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5014 tracker_home = sys.argv[1]
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parents: 1278
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5015 tracker = instance.open(tracker_home)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5016
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5017 Next we read in the *passwd* file from the tracker home::
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parents: 1278
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5018
3228
1b15e9eeb592 fixes to the "Using an external password validation source"...
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parents: 3130
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5019 # read in the users from the "passwd.txt" file
1b15e9eeb592 fixes to the "Using an external password validation source"...
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5020 file = os.path.join(tracker_home, 'passwd.txt')
1292
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parents: 1278
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5021 users = [x.strip().split(':') for x in open(file).readlines()]
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5022
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5023 Handle special users (those to ignore in the file, and those who don't
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
5024 appear in the file)::
1292
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5025
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5026 # users to not keep ever, pre-load with the users I know aren't
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5027 # "real" users
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5028 ignore = ['ekmmon', 'bfast', 'csrmail']
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parents: 1278
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5029
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5030 # users to keep - pre-load with the roundup-specific users
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5031 keep = ['comment_pool', 'network_pool', 'admin', 'dev-team',
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parents: 1671
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5032 'cs_pool', 'anonymous', 'system_pool', 'automated']
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f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5033
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parents: 1278
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5034 Now we map the UN*X group numbers to the Roles that users should have::
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parents: 1278
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5035
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5036 roles = {
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parents: 1278
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5037 '501': 'User,Tech', # tech
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5038 '502': 'User', # finance
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5039 '503': 'User,CSR', # customer service reps
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5040 '504': 'User', # sales
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5041 '505': 'User', # marketing
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5042 }
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5043
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5044 Now we do all the work. Note that the body of the script (where we have
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
diff changeset
5045 the tracker database open) is wrapped in a ``try`` / ``finally`` clause,
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
Jean Jordaan <neaj@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1671
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5046 so that we always close the database cleanly when we're finished. So, we
0807e3676133 Reflowed to 72 columns, some tidying, updating & rephrasing ..
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5047 now do all the work::
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parents: 1278
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5048
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5049 # open the database
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parents: 1278
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5050 db = tracker.open('admin')
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5051 try:
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parents: 1278
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5052 # store away messages to send to the tracker admins
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5053 msg = []
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parents: 1278
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5054
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5055 # loop over the users list read in from the passwd file
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
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5056 for user,passw,uid,gid,real,home,shell in users:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5057 if user in ignore:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5058 # this user shouldn't appear in our tracker
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5059 continue
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5060 keep.append(user)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5061 try:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5062 # see if the user exists in the tracker
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5063 uid = db.user.lookup(user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5064
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5065 # yes, they do - now check the real name for correctness
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5066 if real != db.user.get(uid, 'realname'):
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5067 db.user.set(uid, realname=real)
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5068 msg.append('FIX %s - %s'%(user, real))
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5069 except KeyError:
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5070 # nope, the user doesn't exist
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5071 db.user.create(username=user, realname=real,
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5072 address='%s@ekit-inc.com'%user, roles=roles[gid])
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5073 msg.append('ADD %s - %s (%s)'%(user, real, roles[gid]))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
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5074
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5075 # 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
5076 # "keep" list - retire those who aren't
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5077 for uid in db.user.list():
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5078 user = db.user.get(uid, 'username')
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5079 if user not in keep:
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5080 db.user.retire(uid)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5081 msg.append('RET %s'%user)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5082
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5083 # if we did work, then send email to the tracker admins
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5084 if msg:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5085 # create the email
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5086 msg = '''Subject: %s user database maintenance
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5087
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5088 %s
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5089 '''%(db.config.TRACKER_NAME, '\n'.join(msg))
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5090
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5091 # send the email
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5092 smtp = smtplib.SMTP(db.config.MAILHOST)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5093 addr = db.config.ADMIN_EMAIL
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5094 smtp.sendmail(addr, addr, msg)
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5095
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5096 # now we're done - commit the changes
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5097 db.commit()
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5098 finally:
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5099 # always close the database cleanly
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5100 db.close()
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5101
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5102 And that's it!
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parents: 1278
diff changeset
5103
f7d9fefcae88 Fixes for SourceForge tracker bugs.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1278
diff changeset
5104
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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diff changeset
5105 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
5106 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5107
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5108 A script that reads users from an LDAP store using
5367
f3b844fda420 Updated links to handle:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5365
diff changeset
5109 https://pypi.org/project/python-ldap/ and then compares the list to the users in the
1680
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5110 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
5111 once an hour / day (or on demand if you can work that into your LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5112 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
5113 for more information about doing this.
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5114
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5115 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
5116 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
5117 extension to the cgi interface. You'd do this by overriding the method called
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5118 ``verifyPassword`` on the ``LoginAction`` class in your tracker's
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
5119 ``extensions`` directory (see `using an external password validation
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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diff changeset
5120 source`_). The method is implemented by default as::
1680
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5121
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5122 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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diff changeset
5123 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
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diff changeset
5124 '''
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diff changeset
5125 stored = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'password')
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diff changeset
5126 if password == stored:
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diff changeset
5127 return 1
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
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diff changeset
5128 if not password and not stored:
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diff changeset
5129 return 1
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5130 return 0
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parents: 1679
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5131
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parents: 1679
diff changeset
5132 So you could reimplement this as something like::
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parents: 1679
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5133
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diff changeset
5134 def verifyPassword(self, userid, password):
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diff changeset
5135 ''' Verify the password that the user has supplied
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5136 '''
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5137 # look up some unique LDAP information about the user
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5138 username = self.db.user.get(self.userid, 'username')
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5139 # now verify the password supplied against the LDAP store
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5140
86cc794cc3a0 added simplistic LDAP authentication example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1679
diff changeset
5141
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5142 Changes to Tracker Behaviour
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5143 ----------------------------
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5144
6168
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
5145 .. index:: single: auditors; how to register (example)
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
5146 single: reactors; how to register (example)
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6163
diff changeset
5147
3830
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5148 Preventing SPAM
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5149 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5150
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5151 The following detector code may be installed in your tracker's
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5152 ``detectors`` directory. It will block any messages being created that
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5153 have HTML attachments (a very common vector for spam and phishing)
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5154 and any messages that have more than 2 HTTP URLs in them. Just copy
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5155 the following into ``detectors/anti_spam.py`` in your tracker::
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5156
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5157 from roundup.exceptions import Reject
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5158
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5159 def reject_html(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5160 if newvalues['type'] == 'text/html':
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5161 raise Reject('not allowed')
3830
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5162
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5163 def reject_manylinks(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5164 content = newvalues['content']
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5165 if content.count('http://') > 2:
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5166 raise Reject('not allowed')
3830
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5167
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5168 def init(db):
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5169 db.file.audit('create', reject_html)
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5170 db.msg.audit('create', reject_manylinks)
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5171
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5172 You may also wish to block image attachments if your tracker does not
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5173 need that ability::
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5174
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5175 if newvalues['type'].startswith('image/'):
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5176 raise Reject('not allowed')
3830
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5177
a48c514c465f Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3818
diff changeset
5178
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5179 Stop "nosy" messages going to people on vacation
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5180 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5181
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5182 When users go on vacation and set up vacation email bouncing, you'll
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5183 start to see a lot of messages come back through Roundup "Fred is on
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5184 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
5185
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5186 1. add a "vacation" flag to your users::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5187
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5188 user = Class(db, "user",
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5189 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
5190 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
5191 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
5192 alternate_addresses=String(),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5193 roles=String(), queries=Multilink("query"),
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5194 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
5195
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5196 2. So that users may edit the vacation flags, add something like the
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5197 following to your ``user.item`` template::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5198
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5199 <tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5200 <th>On Vacation</th>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5201 <td tal:content="structure context/vacation/field">vacation</td>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5202 </tr>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5203
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5204 3. edit your detector ``nosyreactor.py`` so that the ``nosyreaction()``
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5205 consists of::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5206
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5207 def nosyreaction(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5208 users = db.user
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5209 messages = db.msg
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5210 # send a copy of all new messages to the nosy list
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5211 for msgid in determineNewMessages(cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5212 try:
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5213 # figure the recipient ids
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5214 sendto = []
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5215 seen_message = {}
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5216 recipients = messages.get(msgid, 'recipients')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5217 for recipid in messages.get(msgid, 'recipients'):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5218 seen_message[recipid] = 1
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5219
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5220 # figure the author's id, and indicate they've received
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5221 # the message
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5222 authid = messages.get(msgid, 'author')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5223
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5224 # possibly send the message to the author, as long as
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5225 # they aren't anonymous
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5226 if (db.config.MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR == 'yes' and
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5227 users.get(authid, 'username') != 'anonymous'):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5228 sendto.append(authid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5229 seen_message[authid] = 1
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5230
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5231 # now figure the nosy people who weren't recipients
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5232 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5233 for nosyid in nosy:
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5234 # Don't send nosy mail to the anonymous user (that
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5235 # user shouldn't appear in the nosy list, but just
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5236 # in case they do...)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5237 if users.get(nosyid, 'username') == 'anonymous':
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5238 continue
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5239 # make sure they haven't seen the message already
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5240 if nosyid not in seen_message:
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5241 # send it to them
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5242 sendto.append(nosyid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5243 recipients.append(nosyid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5244
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5245 # generate a change note
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5246 if oldvalues:
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5247 note = cl.generateChangeNote(nodeid, oldvalues)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5248 else:
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5249 note = cl.generateCreateNote(nodeid)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5250
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5251 # we have new recipients
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5252 if sendto:
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5253 # filter out the people on vacation
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5254 sendto = [i for i in sendto
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5255 if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5256
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5257 # map userids to addresses
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5258 sendto = [users.get(i, 'address') for i in sendto]
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5259
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5260 # update the message's recipients list
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5261 messages.set(msgid, recipients=recipients)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5262
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5263 # send the message
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5264 cl.send_message(nodeid, msgid, note, sendto)
5248
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
diff changeset
5265 except roundupdb.MessageSendError as message:
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
diff changeset
5266 raise roundupdb.DetectorError(message)
2156
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5267
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5268 Note that this is the standard nosy reaction code, with the small
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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5269 addition of::
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5270
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5271 # filter out the people on vacation
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5272 sendto = [i for i in sendto if not users.get(i, 'vacation', 0)]
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5273
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5274 which filters out the users that have the vacation flag set to true.
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5275
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5276 Adding in state transition control
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5277 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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5278
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5279 Sometimes tracker admins want to control the states to which users may
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5280 move issues. You can do this by following these steps:
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5281
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5282 1. make "status" a required variable. This is achieved by adding the
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5283 following to the top of the form in the ``issue.item.html``
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5284 template::
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5285
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5286 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="status">
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5287
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5288 This will force users to select a status.
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5289
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5290 2. add a Multilink property to the status class::
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5291
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5292 stat = Class(db, "status", ... , transitions=Multilink('status'),
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5293 ...)
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5294
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5295 and then edit the statuses already created, either:
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5296
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5297 a. through the web using the class list -> status class editor, or
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5298 b. using the ``roundup-admin`` "set" command.
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5299
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5300 3. add an auditor module ``checktransition.py`` in your tracker's
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5301 ``detectors`` directory, for example::
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5302
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5303 def checktransition(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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5304 ''' Check that the desired transition is valid for the "status"
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5305 property.
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5306 '''
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5307 if 'status' not in newvalues:
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5308 return
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5309 current = cl.get(nodeid, 'status')
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5310 new = newvalues['status']
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5311 if new == current:
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5312 return
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5313 ok = db.status.get(current, 'transitions')
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5314 if new not in ok:
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5315 raise ValueError('Status not allowed to move from "%s" to "%s"'%(
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5316 db.status.get(current, 'name'), db.status.get(new, 'name')))
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5317
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5318 def init(db):
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5319 db.issue.audit('set', checktransition)
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5320
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5321 4. in the ``issue.item.html`` template, change the status editing bit
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5322 from::
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5323
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5324 <th>Status</th>
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5325 <td tal:content="structure context/status/menu">status</td>
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5326
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5327 to::
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5328
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5329 <th>Status</th>
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5330 <td>
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5331 <select tal:condition="context/id" name="status">
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5332 <tal:block tal:define="ok context/status/transitions"
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5333 tal:repeat="state db/status/list">
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5334 <option tal:condition="python:state.id in ok"
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5335 tal:attributes="
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5336 value state/id;
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5337 selected python:state.id == context.status.id"
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5338 tal:content="state/name"></option>
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5339 </tal:block>
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5340 </select>
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5341 <tal:block tal:condition="not:context/id"
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5342 tal:replace="structure context/status/menu" />
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5343 </td>
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5344
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5345 which displays only the allowed status to transition to.
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5346
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5347
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5348 Blocking issues that depend on other issues
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5349 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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5350
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5351 We needed the ability to mark certain issues as "blockers" - that is,
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5352 they can't be resolved until another issue (the blocker) they rely on is
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5353 resolved. To achieve this:
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5354
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5355 1. Create a new property on the ``issue`` class:
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5356 ``blockers=Multilink("issue")``. To do this, edit the definition of
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5357 this class in your tracker's ``schema.py`` file. Change this::
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5358
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5359 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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5360 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
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5361 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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5362
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5363 to this, adding the blockers entry::
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5364
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5365 issue = IssueClass(db, "issue",
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5366 blockers=Multilink("issue"),
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5367 assignedto=Link("user"), keyword=Multilink("keyword"),
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5368 priority=Link("priority"), status=Link("status"))
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5369
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5370 2. Add the new ``blockers`` property to the ``issue.item.html`` edit
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5371 page, using something like::
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5372
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5373 <th>Waiting On</th>
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5374 <td>
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5375 <span tal:replace="structure python:context.blockers.field(showid=1,
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5376 size=20)" />
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5377 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.issue.classhelp('id,title',
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5378 property='blockers')" />
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5379 <span tal:condition="context/blockers"
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5380 tal:repeat="blk context/blockers">
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5381 <br>View: <a tal:attributes="href string:issue${blk/id}"
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5382 tal:content="blk/id"></a>
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5383 </span>
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5384 </td>
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5385
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5386 You'll need to fiddle with your item page layout to find an
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5387 appropriate place to put it - I'll leave that fun part up to you.
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5388 Just make sure it appears in the first table, possibly somewhere near
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5389 the "superseders" field.
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5390
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5391 3. Create a new detector module (see below) which enforces the rules:
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5392
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5393 - issues may not be resolved if they have blockers
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5394 - when a blocker is resolved, it's removed from issues it blocks
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5395
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5396 The contents of the detector should be something like this::
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5397
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5398
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5399 def blockresolution(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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5400 ''' If the issue has blockers, don't allow it to be resolved.
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5401 '''
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5402 if nodeid is None:
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5403 blockers = []
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5404 else:
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5405 blockers = cl.get(nodeid, 'blockers')
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5406 blockers = newvalues.get('blockers', blockers)
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5407
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5408 # don't do anything if there's no blockers or the status hasn't
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5409 # changed
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5410 if not blockers or 'status' not in newvalues:
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5411 return
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5412
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5413 # get the resolved state ID
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5414 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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5415
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5416 # format the info
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5417 u = db.config.TRACKER_WEB
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5418 s = ', '.join(['<a href="%sissue%s">%s</a>'%(
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5419 u,id,id) for id in blockers])
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5420 if len(blockers) == 1:
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5421 s = 'issue %s is'%s
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5422 else:
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5423 s = 'issues %s are'%s
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5424
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5425 # ok, see if we're trying to resolve
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5426 if newvalues['status'] == resolved_id:
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
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5427 raise ValueError("This issue can't be resolved until %s resolved."%s)
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5428
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5429
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5430 def resolveblockers(db, cl, nodeid, oldvalues):
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5431 ''' When we resolve an issue that's a blocker, remove it from the
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5432 blockers list of the issue(s) it blocks.
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5433 '''
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5434 newstatus = cl.get(nodeid,'status')
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5435
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5436 # no change?
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5437 if oldvalues.get('status', None) == newstatus:
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5438 return
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5439
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5440 resolved_id = db.status.lookup('resolved')
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5441
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5442 # interesting?
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5443 if newstatus != resolved_id:
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5444 return
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5445
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5446 # yes - find all the blocked issues, if any, and remove me from
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5447 # their blockers list
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5448 issues = cl.find(blockers=nodeid)
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5449 for issueid in issues:
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5450 blockers = cl.get(issueid, 'blockers')
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5451 if nodeid in blockers:
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5452 blockers.remove(nodeid)
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5453 cl.set(issueid, blockers=blockers)
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5454
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5455 def init(db):
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5456 # might, in an obscure situation, happen in a create
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5457 db.issue.audit('create', blockresolution)
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5458 db.issue.audit('set', blockresolution)
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5459
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5460 # can only happen on a set
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5461 db.issue.react('set', resolveblockers)
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5462
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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5463 Put the above code in a file called "blockers.py" in your tracker's
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diff changeset
5464 "detectors" directory.
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diff changeset
5465
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5466 4. Finally, and this is an optional step, modify the tracker web page
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5467 URLs so they filter out issues with any blockers. You do this by
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diff changeset
5468 adding an additional filter on "blockers" for the value "-1". For
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5469 example, the existing "Show All" link in the "page" template (in the
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5470 tracker's "html" directory) looks like this::
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diff changeset
5471
3796
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5472 <a href="#"
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5473 tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url('issue', {
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5474 '@sort': '-activity',
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5475 '@group': 'priority',
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5476 '@filter': 'status',
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5477 '@columns': columns_showall,
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diff changeset
5478 '@search_text': '',
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5479 'status': status_notresolved,
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5480 '@dispname': i18n.gettext('Show All'),
aef19fff38dd If-Modified-Since handling was broken
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5481 })"
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5482 i18n:translate="">Show All</a><br>
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diff changeset
5483
6bfb9c9de03c added blockers customisation example to doc
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parents: 1522
diff changeset
5484 modify it to add the "blockers" info to the URL (note, both the
3590
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diff changeset
5485 "@filter" *and* "blockers" values must be specified)::
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diff changeset
5486
3796
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5487 <a href="#"
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5488 tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url('issue', {
aef19fff38dd If-Modified-Since handling was broken
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5489 '@sort': '-activity',
aef19fff38dd If-Modified-Since handling was broken
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5490 '@group': 'priority',
aef19fff38dd If-Modified-Since handling was broken
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5491 '@filter': 'status,blockers',
aef19fff38dd If-Modified-Since handling was broken
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5492 '@columns': columns_showall,
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5493 '@search_text': '',
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5494 'status': status_notresolved,
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5495 'blockers': '-1',
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parents: 3772
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5496 '@dispname': i18n.gettext('Show All'),
aef19fff38dd If-Modified-Since handling was broken
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5497 })"
aef19fff38dd If-Modified-Since handling was broken
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parents: 3772
diff changeset
5498 i18n:translate="">Show All</a><br>
2409
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parents: 2397
diff changeset
5499
3052
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
5500 The above examples are line-wrapped on the trailing & and should
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parents: 3036
diff changeset
5501 be unwrapped.
1559
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diff changeset
5502
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diff changeset
5503 That's it. You should now be able to set blockers on your issues. Note
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diff changeset
5504 that if you want to know whether an issue has any other issues dependent
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5505 on it (i.e. it's in their blockers list) you can look at the journal
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parents: 1671
diff changeset
5506 history at the bottom of the issue page - look for a "link" event to
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diff changeset
5507 another issue's "blockers" property.
1559
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diff changeset
5508
3904
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diff changeset
5509 Add users to the nosy list based on the keyword
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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parents: 3881
diff changeset
5510 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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5511
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diff changeset
5512 Let's say we need the ability to automatically add users to the nosy
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diff changeset
5513 list based
3904
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diff changeset
5514 on the occurance of a keyword. Every user should be allowed to edit their
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5515 own list of keywords for which they want to be added to the nosy list.
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5516
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5517 Below, we'll show that this change can be done with minimal
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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5518 understanding of the Roundup system, using only copy and paste.
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5519
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diff changeset
5520 This requires three changes to the tracker: a change in the database to
3904
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diff changeset
5521 allow per-user recording of the lists of keywords for which he wants to
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diff changeset
5522 be put on the nosy list, a change in the user view allowing them to edit
3904
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5523 this list of keywords, and addition of an auditor which updates the nosy
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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parents: 3881
diff changeset
5524 list when a keyword is set.
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5525
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5526 Adding the nosy keyword list
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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parents: 3881
diff changeset
5527 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5528
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5529 The change to make in the database, is that for any user there should be a list
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5530 of keywords for which he wants to be put on the nosy list. Adding a
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5531 ``Multilink`` of ``keyword`` seems to fullfill this. As such, all that has to
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5532 be done is to add a new field to the definition of ``user`` within the file
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5533 ``schema.py``. We will call this new field ``nosy_keywords``, and the updated
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5534 definition of user will be::
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5535
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diff changeset
5536 user = Class(db, "user",
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diff changeset
5537 username=String(), password=Password(),
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diff changeset
5538 address=String(), realname=String(),
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diff changeset
5539 phone=String(), organisation=String(),
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diff changeset
5540 alternate_addresses=String(),
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diff changeset
5541 queries=Multilink('query'), roles=String(),
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diff changeset
5542 timezone=String(),
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5543 nosy_keywords=Multilink('keyword'))
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5544
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5545 Changing the user view to allow changing the nosy keyword list
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5546 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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5547
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5548 We want any user to be able to change the list of keywords for which
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5549 he will by default be added to the nosy list. We choose to add this
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5550 to the user view, as is generated by the file ``html/user.item.html``.
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5551 We can easily
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5552 see that the keyword field in the issue view has very similar editing
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5553 requirements as our nosy keywords, both being lists of keywords. As
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5554 such, we look for Keywords in ``issue.item.html``, and extract the
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5555 associated parts from there. We add this to ``user.item.html`` at the
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5556 bottom of the list of viewed items (i.e. just below the 'Alternate
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5557 E-mail addresses' in the classic template)::
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5558
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5559 <tr>
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5560 <th>Nosy Keywords</th>
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5561 <td>
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5562 <span tal:replace="structure context/nosy_keywords/field" />
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5563 <span tal:replace="structure python:db.keyword.classhelp(property='nosy_keywords')" />
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5564 </td>
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5565 </tr>
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5566
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5567
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5568 Addition of an auditor to update the nosy list
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5569 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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5570
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5571 The more difficult part is the logic to add
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5572 the users to the nosy list when required.
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5573 We choose to perform this action whenever the keywords on an
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5574 item are set (this includes the creation of items).
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5575 Here we choose to start out with a copy of the
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5576 ``detectors/nosyreaction.py`` detector, which we copy to the file
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5577 ``detectors/nosy_keyword_reaction.py``.
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5578 This looks like a good start as it also adds users
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5579 to the nosy list. A look through the code reveals that the
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5580 ``nosyreaction`` function actually sends the e-mail.
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5581 We don't need this. Therefore, we can change the ``init`` function to::
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5582
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5583 def init(db):
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5584 db.issue.audit('create', update_kw_nosy)
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5585 db.issue.audit('set', update_kw_nosy)
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5586
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5587 After that, we rename the ``updatenosy`` function to ``update_kw_nosy``.
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5588 The first two blocks of code in that function relate to setting
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5589 ``current`` to a combination of the old and new nosy lists. This
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5590 functionality is left in the new auditor. The following block of
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5591 code, which handled adding the assignedto user(s) to the nosy list in
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5592 ``updatenosy``, should be replaced by a block of code to add the
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5593 interested users to the nosy list. We choose here to loop over all
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5594 new keywords, than looping over all users,
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5595 and assign the user to the nosy list when the keyword occurs in the user's
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5596 ``nosy_keywords``. The next part in ``updatenosy`` -- adding the author
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5597 and/or recipients of a message to the nosy list -- is obviously not
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5598 relevant here and is thus deleted from the new auditor. The last
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5599 part, copying the new nosy list to ``newvalues``, can stay as is.
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5600 This results in the following function::
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5601
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5602 def update_kw_nosy(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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5603 '''Update the nosy list for changes to the keywords
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5604 '''
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5605 # nodeid will be None if this is a new node
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5606 current = {}
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5607 if nodeid is None:
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5608 ok = ('new', 'yes')
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5609 else:
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5610 ok = ('yes',)
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5611 # old node, get the current values from the node if they haven't
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5612 # changed
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5613 if 'nosy' not in newvalues:
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5614 nosy = cl.get(nodeid, 'nosy')
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5615 for value in nosy:
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5616 if value not in current:
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5617 current[value] = 1
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5618
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5619 # if the nosy list changed in this transaction, init from the new value
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5620 if 'nosy' in newvalues:
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5621 nosy = newvalues.get('nosy', [])
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5622 for value in nosy:
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5623 if not db.hasnode('user', value):
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5624 continue
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5625 if value not in current:
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5626 current[value] = 1
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5627
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5628 # add users with keyword in nosy_keywords to the nosy list
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5629 if 'keyword' in newvalues and newvalues['keyword'] is not None:
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5630 keyword_ids = newvalues['keyword']
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5631 for keyword in keyword_ids:
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5632 # loop over all users,
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5633 # and assign user to nosy when keyword in nosy_keywords
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5634 for user_id in db.user.list():
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5635 nosy_kw = db.user.get(user_id, "nosy_keywords")
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5636 found = 0
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5637 for kw in nosy_kw:
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diff changeset
5638 if kw == keyword:
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5639 found = 1
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5640 if found:
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diff changeset
5641 current[user_id] = 1
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5642
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5643 # that's it, save off the new nosy list
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5644 newvalues['nosy'] = list(current.keys())
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5645
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5646 These two function are the only ones needed in the file.
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5647
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5648 TODO: update this example to use the ``find()`` Class method.
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5649
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5650 Caveats
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5651 :::::::
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5652
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diff changeset
5653 A few problems with the design here can be noted:
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5654
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diff changeset
5655 Multiple additions
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5656 When a user, after automatic selection, is manually removed
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5657 from the nosy list, he is added to the nosy list again when the
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diff changeset
5658 keyword list of the issue is updated. A better design might be
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diff changeset
5659 to only check which keywords are new compared to the old list
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5660 of keywords, and only add users when they have indicated
91008ec8f9a0 retire "topic" usage
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diff changeset
5661 interest on a new keyword.
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5662
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5663 The code could also be changed to only trigger on the ``create()``
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diff changeset
5664 event, rather than also on the ``set()`` event, thus only setting
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5665 the nosy list when the issue is created.
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5666
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5667 Scalability
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5668 In the auditor, there is a loop over all users. For a site with
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5669 only few users this will pose no serious problem; however, with
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diff changeset
5670 many users this will be a serious performance bottleneck.
3904
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diff changeset
5671 A way out would be to link from the keywords to the users who
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diff changeset
5672 selected these keywords as nosy keywords. This will eliminate the
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5673 loop over all users. See the ``rev_multilink`` attribute to make
de9d602c8ce6 more index entries and CHANGES.txt update for them.
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parents: 6163
diff changeset
5674 this easier.
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5675
4781
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5676 Restricting updates that arrive by email
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5677 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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5678
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5679 Roundup supports multiple update methods:
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5680
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5681 1. command line
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diff changeset
5682 2. plain email
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diff changeset
5683 3. pgp signed email
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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diff changeset
5684 4. web access
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parents: 4726
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5685
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5686 in some cases you may need to prevent changes to properties by some of
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5687 these methods. For example you can set up issues that are viewable
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5688 only by people on the nosy list. So you must prevent unauthenticated
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5689 changes to the nosy list.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5690
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5691 Since plain email can be easily forged, it does not provide sufficient
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5692 authentication in this senario.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5693
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5694 To prevent this we can add a detector that audits the source of the
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5695 transaction and rejects the update if it changes the nosy list.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5696
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5697 Create the detector (auditor) module and add it to the detectors
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5698 directory of your tracker::
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5699
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5700 from roundup import roundupdb, hyperdb
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5701
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5702 from roundup.mailgw import Unauthorized
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5703
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5704 def restrict_nosy_changes(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5705 '''Do not permit changes to nosy via email.'''
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5706
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5707 if 'nosy' not in newvalues:
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5708 # the nosy field has not changed so no need to check.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5709 return
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5710
5881
9938c40e03bc Add "rest" and "xmlrpc" values for database tx_Source property
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5759
diff changeset
5711 if db.tx_Source in ['web', 'rest', 'xmlrpc', 'email-sig-openpgp', 'cli' ]:
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5712 # if the source of the transaction is from an authenticated
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5713 # source or a privileged process allow the transaction.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5714 # Other possible sources: 'email'
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5715 return
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5716
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5717 # otherwise raise an error
5248
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
diff changeset
5718 raise Unauthorized( \
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5719 'Changes to nosy property not allowed via %s for this issue.'%\
5248
198b6e810c67 Use Python-3-compatible 'as' syntax for except statements
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
parents: 5239
diff changeset
5720 tx_Source)
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5721
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5722 def init(db):
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5723 ''' Install restrict_nosy_changes to run after other auditors.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5724
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5725 Allow initial creation email to set nosy.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5726 So don't execute: db.issue.audit('create', requestedbyauditor)
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5727
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
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parents: 4726
diff changeset
5728 Set priority to 110 to run this auditor after other auditors
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5729 that can cause nosy to change.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5730 '''
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5731 db.issue.audit('set', restrict_nosy_changes, 110)
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5732
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5733 This detector (auditor) will prevent updates to the nosy field if it
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5734 arrives by email. Since it runs after other auditors (due to the
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5735 priority of 110), it will also prevent changes to the nosy field that
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5736 are done by other auditors if triggered by an email.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5737
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5738 Note that db.tx_Source was not present in roundup versions before
4790
07014a4b8a49 tx_Source property: doc fix.
Bernhard Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de>
parents: 4781
diff changeset
5739 1.4.22, so you must be running a newer version to use this detector.
4781
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5740 Read the CHANGES.txt document in the roundup source code for further
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5741 details on tx_Source.
6e9b9743de89 Implementation for:
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4726
diff changeset
5742
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5743 Changes to Security and Permissions
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5744 -----------------------------------
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5745
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5746 Restricting the list of users that are assignable to a task
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5747 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5748
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
5749 1. In your tracker's ``schema.py``, create a new Role, say "Developer"::
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5750
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5751 db.security.addRole(name='Developer', description='A developer')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5752
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5753 2. Just after that, create a new Permission, say "Fixer", specific to
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5754 "issue"::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5755
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5756 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Fixer', klass='issue',
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5757 description='User is allowed to be assigned to fix issues')
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5758
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5759 3. Then assign the new Permission to your "Developer" Role::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5760
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5761 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Developer', p)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5762
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5763 4. In the issue item edit page (``html/issue.item.html`` in your tracker
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5764 directory), use the new Permission in restricting the "assignedto"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5765 list::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5766
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5767 <select name="assignedto">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5768 <option value="-1">- no selection -</option>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5769 <tal:block tal:repeat="user db/user/list">
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5770 <option tal:condition="python:user.hasPermission(
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5771 'Fixer', context._classname)"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5772 tal:attributes="
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5773 value user/id;
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5774 selected python:user.id == context.assignedto"
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5775 tal:content="user/realname"></option>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5776 </tal:block>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5777 </select>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5778
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5779 For extra security, you may wish to setup an auditor to enforce the
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5780 Permission requirement (install this as ``assignedtoFixer.py`` in your
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5781 tracker ``detectors`` directory)::
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5782
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5783 def assignedtoMustBeFixer(db, cl, nodeid, newvalues):
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5784 ''' Ensure the assignedto value in newvalues is used with the
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5785 Fixer Permission
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5786 '''
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5787 if 'assignedto' not in newvalues:
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5788 # don't care
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5789 return
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5790
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5791 # get the userid
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5792 userid = newvalues['assignedto']
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5793 if not db.security.hasPermission('Fixer', userid, cl.classname):
5332
d0689aaa83db Applied patch 0038 from issue2550960 to upgrade code examples in
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5268
diff changeset
5794 raise ValueError('You do not have permission to edit %s'%cl.classname)
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5795
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5796 def init(db):
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5797 db.issue.audit('set', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5798 db.issue.audit('create', assignedtoMustBeFixer)
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5799
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5800 So now, if an edit action attempts to set "assignedto" to a user that
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5801 doesn't have the "Fixer" Permission, the error will be raised.
1816
61a23c293147 added another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1808
diff changeset
5802
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5803
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5804 Users may only edit their issues
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5805 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5806
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5807 In this case, users registering themselves are granted Provisional
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5808 access, meaning they
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5809 have access to edit the issues they submit, but not others. We create a new
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5810 Role called "Provisional User" which is granted to newly-registered users,
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5811 and has limited access. One of the Permissions they have is the new "Edit
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5812 Own" on issues (regular users have "Edit".)
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5813
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5814 First up, we create the new Role and Permission structure in
2983
9614a101b68f Stuff from the train ride this morning:
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2958
diff changeset
5815 ``schema.py``::
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5816
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5817 #
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5818 # New users not approved by the admin
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5819 #
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5820 db.security.addRole(name='Provisional User',
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5821 description='New user registered via web or email')
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5822
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5823 # These users need to be able to view and create issues but only edit
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5824 # and view their own
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5825 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', 'issue')
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5826 def own_issue(db, userid, itemid):
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5827 '''Determine whether the userid matches the creator of the issue.'''
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5828 return userid == db.issue.get(itemid, 'creator')
3079
64df8d65cc54 fix "Users may only edit their issues"
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3052
diff changeset
5829 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='issue',
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5830 check=own_issue, description='Can only edit own issues')
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5831 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
3079
64df8d65cc54 fix "Users may only edit their issues"
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3052
diff changeset
5832 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='issue',
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5833 check=own_issue, description='Can only view own issues')
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5834 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
5537
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5367
diff changeset
5835 # This allows the interface to get the names of the properties
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5367
diff changeset
5836 # in the issue. Used for selecting sorting and grouping
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5367
diff changeset
5837 # on the index page.
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5367
diff changeset
5838 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='issue')
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5367
diff changeset
5839 db.security.addPermissionToRole ('Provisional User', p)
d698d3d843a9 'Provisional User' example needed to have search permissions added
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5367
diff changeset
5840
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5841
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5842 # Assign the Permissions for issue-related classes
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5843 for cl in 'file', 'msg', 'query', 'keyword':
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5844 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5845 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Edit', cl)
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5846 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Create', cl)
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5847 for cl in 'priority', 'status':
3121
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3117
diff changeset
5848 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'View', cl)
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5849
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5850 # and give the new users access to the web and email interface
2991
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5851 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Web Access')
b9a55628a78d more doc fixes
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2983
diff changeset
5852 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', 'Email Access')
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5853
3260
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5854 # make sure they can view & edit their own user record
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5855 def own_record(db, userid, itemid):
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5856 '''Determine whether the userid matches the item being accessed.'''
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5857 return userid == itemid
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5858 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass='user', check=own_record,
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5859 description="User is allowed to view their own user details")
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5860 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5861 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass='user', check=own_record,
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5862 description="User is allowed to edit their own user details")
e41e1540a287 fix provisional user so they can view their own record
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3258
diff changeset
5863 db.security.addPermissionToRole('Provisional User', p)
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5864
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5865 Then, in ``config.ini``, we change the Role assigned to newly-registered
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5866 users, replacing the existing ``'User'`` values::
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5867
2921
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
5868 [main]
ad4fb8a14a97 more doc updates, not so many TODOs any more
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2915
diff changeset
5869 ...
4941
b76710818d31 Roundup Tracker isssue #: 2550857
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4921
diff changeset
5870 new_web_user_roles = Provisional User
b76710818d31 Roundup Tracker isssue #: 2550857
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 4921
diff changeset
5871 new_email_user_roles = Provisional User
1954
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5872
a71bc3a6f433 Added 'Users may only edit their issues' customisation example.
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1952
diff changeset
5873
3126
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5874 All users may only view and edit issues, files and messages they create
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5875 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5876
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5877 Replace the standard "classic" tracker View and Edit Permission assignments
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5878 for the "issue", "file" and "msg" classes with the following::
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5879
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5880 def checker(klass):
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5881 def check(db, userid, itemid, klass=klass):
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5882 return db.getclass(klass).get(itemid, 'creator') == userid
3580
5c26b9bbd31a fix "All users may only view and edit issues, files and messages they...
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3548
diff changeset
5883 return check
3126
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5884 for cl in 'issue', 'file', 'msg':
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5885 p = db.security.addPermission(name='View', klass=cl,
6534
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5886 check=checker(cl),
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5887 description='User can view only if creator.')
3126
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5888 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5889 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Edit', klass=cl,
6534
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5890 check=checker(cl),
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5891 description='User can edit only if creator.')
3126
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5892 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', p)
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5893 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', 'Create', cl)
6534
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5894 # This allows the interface to get the names of the properties
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5895 # in the issue. Used for selecting sorting and grouping
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5896 # on the index page.
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5897 p = db.security.addPermission(name='Search', klass='issue')
7cfb7d4fce60 Fix docs mising Search permission for example.
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
5898 db.security.addPermissionToRole ('User', p)
3126
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5899
a2889d22db4a the cgi templating code now checks item-level
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5900
4300
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5901 Moderating user registration
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5902 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5903
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5904 You could set up new-user moderation in a public tracker by:
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5905
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5906 1. creating a new highly-restricted user role "Pending",
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5907 2. set the config new_web_user_roles and/or new_email_user_roles to that
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5908 role,
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5909 3. have an auditor that emails you when new users are created with that
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5910 role using roundup.mailer
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5911 4. edit the role to "User" for valid users.
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5912
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5913 Some simple javascript might help in the last step. If you have high volume
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5914 you could search for all currently-Pending users and do a bulk edit of all
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5915 their roles at once (again probably with some simple javascript help).
608919e3bbbf add another simple recipe
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4296
diff changeset
5916
3126
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3123
diff changeset
5917
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5918 Changes to the Web User Interface
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5919 ---------------------------------
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5920
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5921 Adding action links to the index page
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5922 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5923
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5924 Add a column to the ``item.index.html`` template.
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5925
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5926 Resolving the issue::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5927
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5928 <a tal:attributes="href
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5929 string:issue${i/id}?:status=resolved&:action=edit">resolve</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5930
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5931 "Take" the issue::
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5932
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5933 <a tal:attributes="href
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5934 string:issue${i/id}?:assignedto=${request/user/id}&:action=edit">take</a>
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5935
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5936 ... and so on.
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5937
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5938 Colouring the rows in the issue index according to priority
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5939 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5940
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5941 A simple ``tal:attributes`` statement will do the bulk of the work here. In
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5942 the ``issue.index.html`` template, add this to the ``<tr>`` that
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5943 displays the rows of data::
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5944
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5945 <tr tal:attributes="class string:priority-${i/priority/plain}">
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5946
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5947 and then in your stylesheet (``style.css``) specify the colouring for the
3130
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 3127
diff changeset
5948 different priorities, as follows::
1966
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5949
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5950 tr.priority-critical td {
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5951 background-color: red;
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5952 }
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5953
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5954 tr.priority-urgent td {
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
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parents: 1954
diff changeset
5955 background-color: orange;
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5956 }
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5957
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5958 and so on, with far less offensive colours :)
c8d8d03b6d94 another example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 1954
diff changeset
5959
2009
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5960 Editing multiple items in an index view
2156
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
5961 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2009
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5962
3594e5d2b411 added new example
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2007
diff changeset
5963 To edit the status of all items in the item index view, edit the
6329
207b0fc82fc1 Fix incorrect template (Nagy Gabor); spelling fix
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 6293
diff changeset
5964 ``issue.index.html``:
2009
3594e5d2b411 added new example
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5965
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5966 1. add a form around the listing table (separate from the existing
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5967 index-page form), so at the top it reads::
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5968
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5969 <form method="POST" tal:attributes="action request/classname">
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5970 <table class="list">
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5971
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5972 and at the bottom of that table::
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5973
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5974 </table>
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5975 </form
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5976
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5977 making sure you match the ``</table>`` from the list table, not the
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5978 navigation table or the subsequent form table.
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5979
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5980 2. in the display for the issue property, change::
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5981
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5982 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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5983 tal:content="python:i.status.plain() or default">&nbsp;</td>
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5984
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5985 to::
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5986
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diff changeset
5987 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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5988 tal:content="structure i/status/field">&nbsp;</td>
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5989
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5990 this will result in an edit field for the status property.
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5991
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5992 3. after the ``tal:block`` which lists the index items (marked by
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5993 ``tal:repeat="i batch"``) add a new table row::
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5994
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5995 <tr>
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diff changeset
5996 <td tal:attributes="colspan python:len(request.columns)">
5201
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5997 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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diff changeset
5998 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce()">
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3594e5d2b411 added new example
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diff changeset
5999 <input type="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
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parents: 2007
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6000 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="edit">
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
6001 <tal:block replace="structure request/indexargs_form" />
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6002 </td>
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6003 </tr>
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parents: 2007
diff changeset
6004
5201
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6005 which gives us a submit button, indicates that we are performing an
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6006 edit on any changed statuses, and provides a defense against cross
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
6007 site request forgery attacks.
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
6008
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
6009 The final ``tal:block`` will make sure that the current index view
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
6010 parameters (filtering, columns, etc) will be used in rendering the
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
6011 next page (the results of the editing).
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diff changeset
6012
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6013
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diff changeset
6014 Displaying only message summaries in the issue display
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parents: 2154
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6015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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6016
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6017 Alter the ``issue.item`` template section for messages to::
2156
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6018
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6019 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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6020 <tr><th colspan="5" class="header">Messages</th></tr>
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diff changeset
6021 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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6022 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6023 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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diff changeset
6024 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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diff changeset
6025 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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6026 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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diff changeset
6027 <td>
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diff changeset
6028 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6029 remove</a>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6030 </td>
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6031 </tr>
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parents: 2154
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6032 </table>
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6033
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parents: 2154
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6034
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6035 Enabling display of either message summaries or the entire messages
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6036 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6037
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6038 This is pretty simple - all we need to do is copy the code from the
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6039 example `displaying only message summaries in the issue display`_ into
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6040 our template alongside the summary display, and then introduce a switch
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parents: 3127
diff changeset
6041 that shows either the one or the other. We'll use a new form variable,
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6042 ``@whole_messages`` to achieve this::
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6043
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6044 <table class="messages" tal:condition="context/messages">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6045 <tal:block tal:condition="not:request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6046 <tr><th colspan="3" class="header">Messages</th>
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diff changeset
6047 <th colspan="2" class="header">
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diff changeset
6048 <a href="?@whole_messages=yes">show entire messages</a>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6049 </th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6050 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6051 <tr tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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diff changeset
6052 <td><a tal:attributes="href string:msg${msg/id}"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6053 tal:content="string:msg${msg/id}"></a></td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6054 <td tal:content="msg/author">author</td>
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diff changeset
6055 <td class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</td>
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diff changeset
6056 <td tal:content="msg/summary">summary</td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6057 <td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6058 <a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6059 </td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6060 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6061 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6062
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6063 <tal:block tal:condition="request/form/@whole_messages/value | python:0">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6064 <tr><th colspan="2" class="header">Messages</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6065 <th class="header">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6066 <a href="?@whole_messages=">show only summaries</a>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6067 </th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6068 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6069 <tal:block tal:repeat="msg context/messages">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6070 <tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6071 <th tal:content="msg/author">author</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6072 <th class="date" tal:content="msg/date/pretty">date</th>
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diff changeset
6073 <th style="text-align: right">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6074 (<a tal:attributes="href string:?@remove@messages=${msg/id}&@action=edit">remove</a>)
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6075 </th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6076 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6077 <tr><td colspan="3" tal:content="msg/content"></td></tr>
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diff changeset
6078 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6079 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6080 </table>
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diff changeset
6081
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6082
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diff changeset
6083 Setting up a "wizard" (or "druid") for controlled adding of issues
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6084 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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6085
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diff changeset
6086 1. Set up the page templates you wish to use for data input. My wizard
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6087 is going to be a two-step process: first figuring out what category
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6088 of issue the user is submitting, and then getting details specific to
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6089 that category. The first page includes a table of help, explaining
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6090 what the category names mean, and then the core of the form::
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6091
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6092 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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6093 enctype="multipart/form-data">
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6094 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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diff changeset
6095 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce()">
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6096 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page1">
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6097 <input type="hidden" name="@action" value="page1_submit">
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6098
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6099 <strong>Category:</strong>
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parents: 2154
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6100 <tal:block tal:replace="structure context/category/menu" />
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parents: 2154
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6101 <input type="submit" value="Continue">
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parents: 2154
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6102 </form>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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6103
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parents: 2154
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6104 The next page has the usual issue entry information, with the
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parents: 2154
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6105 addition of the following form fragments::
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parents: 2154
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6106
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parents: 2154
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6107 <form method="POST" onSubmit="return submit_once()"
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parents: 2154
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6108 enctype="multipart/form-data"
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6109 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6110 tal:define="cat request/form/category/value">
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
diff changeset
6111
5201
a9ace22e0a2f issue 2550690 - Adding anti-csrf measures to roundup following
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
6112 <input name="@csrf" type="hidden"
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parents: 5196
diff changeset
6113 tal:attributes="value python:utils.anti_csrf_nonce()">
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6114 <input type="hidden" name="@template" value="add_page2">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6115 <input type="hidden" name="@required" value="title">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6116 <input type="hidden" name="category" tal:attributes="value cat">
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6117 .
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6118 .
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6119 .
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6120 </form>
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Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 2154
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6121
3130
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parents: 3127
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6122 Note that later in the form, I use the value of "cat" to decide which
7308c3c5a943 docs editing from Jean Jordaan
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parents: 3127
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6123 form elements should be displayed. For example::
2156
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6124
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diff changeset
6125 <tal:block tal:condition="python:cat in '6 10 13 14 15 16 17'.split()">
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diff changeset
6126 <tr>
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parents: 2154
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6127 <th>Operating System</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6128 <td tal:content="structure context/os/field"></td>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6129 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6130 <tr>
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6131 <th>Web Browser</th>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6132 <td tal:content="structure context/browser/field"></td>
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parents: 2154
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6133 </tr>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6134 </tal:block>
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6135
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6136 ... the above section will only be displayed if the category is one
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6137 of 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6138
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parents: 2154
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6139 3. Determine what actions need to be taken between the pages - these are
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parents: 2154
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6140 usually to validate user choices and determine what page is next. Now encode
2915
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parents: 2914
diff changeset
6141 those actions in a new ``Action`` class (see `defining new web actions`_)::
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parents: 2914
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6142
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6143 from roundup.cgi.actions import Action
2156
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6144
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6145 class Page1SubmitAction(Action):
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parents: 2154
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6146 def handle(self):
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parents: 2154
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6147 ''' Verify that the user has selected a category, and then move
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6148 on to page 2.
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6149 '''
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6150 category = self.form['category'].value
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6151 if category == '-1':
4880
ca692423e401 Different approach to fix XSS in issue2550817
Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com>
parents: 4790
diff changeset
6152 self.client.add_error_message('You must select a category of report')
2156
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6153 return
d68eeb9d363f reorg of the (now quite long) examples section and add new example
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parents: 2154
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6154 # everything's ok, move on to the next page
4464
c62c0f383e41 Fix incorrect setting of template in customizing.txt example action
Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
parents: 4435
diff changeset
6155 self.client.template = 'add_page2'
2156
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6156
2915
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6157 def init(instance):
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6158 instance.registerAction('page1_submit', Page1SubmitAction)
2156
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parents: 2154
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6159
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6160 4. Use the usual "new" action as the ``@action`` on the final page, and
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6161 you're done (the standard context/submit method can do this for you).
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parents: 2154
diff changeset
6162
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parents: 2154
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6163
5714
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parents: 5538
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6164 Silent Submit
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6165 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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parents: 5538
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6166
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6167 When working on an issue, most of the time the people on the nosy list
a5f5c044049f Documentation additions by Tom Ekberg to add example of performing
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6168 need to be notified of changes. There are cases where a user wants to
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6169 add a comment to an issue and not bother other users on the nosy
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6170 list.
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6171 This feature is called Silent Submit because it allows the user to
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6172 silently modify an issue and not tell anyone.
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6173
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6174 There are several parts to this change. The main activity part
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6175 involves editing the stock detectors/nosyreaction.py file in your
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6176 tracker. Insert the following lines near the top of the nosyreaction
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6177 function::
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6178
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parents: 5538
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6179 # Did user click button to do a silent change?
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6180 try:
a5f5c044049f Documentation additions by Tom Ekberg to add example of performing
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6181 if db.web['submit'] == "silent_change":
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6182 return
a5f5c044049f Documentation additions by Tom Ekberg to add example of performing
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6183 except (AttributeError, KeyError) as err:
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6184 # The web attribute or submit key don't exist.
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6185 # That's fine. We were probably triggered by an email
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6186 # or cli based change.
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6187 pass
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6188
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6189 This checks the submit button to see if it is the silent type. If there
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6190 are exceptions trying to make that determination they are ignored and
a5f5c044049f Documentation additions by Tom Ekberg to add example of performing
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6191 processing continues. You may wonder how db.web gets set. This is done
a5f5c044049f Documentation additions by Tom Ekberg to add example of performing
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6192 by creating an extension. Add the file extensions/edit.py with
a5f5c044049f Documentation additions by Tom Ekberg to add example of performing
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6193 this content::
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6194
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6195 from roundup.cgi.actions import EditItemAction
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6196
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6197 class Edit2Action(EditItemAction):
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6198 def handle(self):
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6199 self.db.web = {} # create the dict
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6200 # populate the dict by getting the value of the submit_button
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6201 # element from the form.
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6202 self.db.web['submit'] = self.form['submit_button'].value
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6203
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6204 # call the core EditItemAction to process the edit.
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6205 EditItemAction.handle(self)
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6206
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6207 def init(instance):
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6208 '''Override the default edit action with this new version'''
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6209 instance.registerAction('edit', Edit2Action)
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6210
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6211 This code is a wrapper for the roundup EditItemAction. It checks the
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6212 form's submit button to save the value element. The rest of the changes
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parents: 5538
diff changeset
6213 needed for the Silent Submit feature involves editing
a5f5c044049f Documentation additions by Tom Ekberg to add example of performing
John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6214 html/issue.item.html to add the silent submit button. In
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John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
parents: 5538
diff changeset
6215 the stock issue.item.html the submit button is on a line that contains
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diff changeset
6216 "submit button". Replace that line with something like the following::
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6217
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diff changeset
6218 <input type="submit" name="submit_button"
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diff changeset
6219 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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diff changeset
6220 value="Submit Changes">&nbsp;
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diff changeset
6221 <button type="submit" name="submit_button"
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diff changeset
6222 tal:condition="context/is_edit_ok"
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6223 title="Click this to submit but not send nosy email."
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diff changeset
6224 value="silent_change" i18n:translate="">
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diff changeset
6225 Silent Change</button>
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diff changeset
6226
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diff changeset
6227 Note the difference in the value attribute for the two submit buttons.
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diff changeset
6228 The value "silent_change" in the button specification must match the
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6229 string in the nosy reaction function.
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6231 Debugging Trackers
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6233
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6234 There are three switches in tracker configs that turn on debugging in
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6235 Roundup:
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6236
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6237 1. web :: debug
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6238 2. mail :: debug
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6239 3. logging :: level
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6240
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6241 See the config.ini file or the `tracker configuration`_ section above for
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6242 more information.
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6243
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6244 Additionally, the ``roundup-server.py`` script has its own debugging mode
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6245 in which it reloads edited templates immediately when they are changed,
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6246 rather than requiring a web server restart.
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6247
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6248
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6249 .. _`design documentation`: design.html
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6250 .. _`developer's guide`: developers.html
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6251 .. _`rest interface documentation`: rest.html#programming-the-rest-api
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6252 .. _`directions in the rest interface documentation`: rest.html#enabling-the-rest-api
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6253 .. _`xmlrpc interface documentation`: xmlrpc.html#through-roundup
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6254 .. _`zxcvbn`: https://github.com/dwolfhub/zxcvbn-python
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