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Folders and the /
by cs＠comlounge.net 16 May '00

16 May '00

Hi! Recently I was trying to mirror a Zope page to a local machine using pavuk or wget. The problem I encountered was that not everything was copied. I've tried to track down the problem and the basic issue is that folders when being referenced as e.g. http://machine.com/folderA/folderB will be downloaded as files. Thus when accessing a file inside the folderB it will result in an error as there is not folder folderB in the actual tree. To solve this problem Zope needs to make a redirect to http://machine.com/folderA/folderB/ (with a / prepended) so that the mirror tool knows that it's an folder. This is as I think the way Apache does it. The mirror tool will then also create a local directory and download the data as index.html (wget) or _._.html (pavuk). I haven't looked at the code yet but cannot imagine that it's too hard to implement. (What method is invoked on the folder when being accessed? index_html() ? Must this be changed?) cheers, Christian

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Re: [Zope-dev] Zope security alert and 2.2 information
by Anthony Baxter 16 May '00

16 May '00

>>> Chris Withers wrote > The problem is HTTP Basic Authentication caching the user's details > until it gets told they've failed authentication for that realm... .. and even then, if they've had a previous successful auth for a page, the browser will re-use the token. The only _real_ way to do it properly is to pass a token to the client, and use that token to reference their authentication information. That way, when they log out, you destroy the authentication information on the server side. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <anthony(a)interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

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Zope 2.2alpha1 Catalog/CatalogAware problem
by Bill Anderson 16 May '00

16 May '00

OK, I thought I'd give the new alpha a try with an old site, to check the upgrade procedure. I have a problem. If I go to create a ZClass, which inherits from ZCatalogAware, or I click on the update catalog link in a Catalog, I get the following traceback: Traceback (innermost last): File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 224, in publish_module File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 189, in publish File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 221, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 175, in publish File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: manage_catalogReindex) File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: manage_catalogReindex) File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/ZCatalog.py, line 282, in manage_catalogReindex (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/ZCatalog.py, line 369, in catalog_object (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/Catalog.py, line 373, in catalogObject File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/SearchIndex/UnTextIndex.py, line 251, in index_object File /home/web/Alpha/lib/python/SearchIndex/Lexicon.py, line 165, in Splitter AttributeError: (see above) Since I couldn't do anything as 'superuser', I created a manager user, and am logged in as that user. Could the new ownership stuff be causing this? Bill

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executing scheduled commands in separate thread
by Oliver Frommel 16 May '00

16 May '00

hi, a while ago I saw the proposal to schedule events via cron and lynx or wget (or maybe zclient). however I would prefer a self contained solution. isn't there a way just to add a new thread to Zserver checking for scheduled tasks? is there documentation for the zope architecture in general? (like which thrad does what, main threads etc.) thanks -oliver

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XMLDocument beta release
by Chimezie Thomas-Ogbuji 16 May '00

16 May '00

-- Chimezie Thomas-Ogbuji Junior Consultant Fourthought Inc. (303) 583 9900 ext 104 cogbuji(a)fourthought.com XMLDocument beta is a collection of Zope products and python tools that integrate XML into Zope, above and beyond the current XMLDocument product. Like ZDOM, it is the result of a collaborative venture by Digital Creations and Fourthought Inc. ClobXmlDocument This is a Zope product that wraps XML content for use in Zope. In many ways it behaves similarly to the original XMLDocument, except it only creates a single Zope object upon import or creation. XMLImporter This python module allows users to externally import XML content into the Zope database in a 'controlled' manner. The user has full range of control over import parameters. XSLT Method This is a Zope product that wraps an XSLT stylesheet for use in Zope. Like a DTML method, it can be invoked on a ClobXmlDocument instance and return the resulting XSLT transformation. Fourthought provides custom technological solutions based on open technologies. 4Suite is a powerful set of Python tools developed by Fourthought for Web-based applications in areas such as Intranets, E-Commerce and knowledge-management. Elements of 4Suite have been adopted as core XML technologies in Zope and in the Python XML distribution links: Fourthought: http://fourthought.com 4Suite: http://fourthought.com/4Suite/ DOM 2 Spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-DOM-Level-2-20000307/ Zope http://www.zope.org contact: consultants(a)fourthought.com Installing XMLDocument beta --------------------------- This document describes installing XMLDocument beta on Unix. Important Notes XMLDocument requires 4DOM which is installed by the ZDOM installation. Simply installing ZDOM should resolve this dependency XMLDocument requires 4XPath and 4XSLT XMLDocument also requires Bison, Swig, and Flex. The RPMs for these can be downloaded at the corresponding locations Bison (ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/bison-1.28-4mdk…) Swig ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/swig-1.1p5-4mdk… Flex (might already be installed) ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/flex-2.5.4a-11m… Installing If necessary, install all the dependent packages (as well as Zope) Download this files from our FTP server (ftp.fourthought.com) /pub/4Suite/4Zope/XMLDocument/XMLDocument-beta.tgz /pub/4Suite/4Zope/XMLDocument/XMLImporter-beta.tgz /pub/4Suite/4Zope/XMLDocument/4Suite-Base-0.8.0beta1.tar.gz /pub/4Suite/4Zope/XMLDocument/4XPath-0.9.0beta2.tar.gz /pub/4Suite/4Zope/XMLDocument/4XSLT-0.9.0beta2.tar.gz Installing ClobXmLDocument and XSLTMethod: decompress XMLDocument-beta.tgz to a temporary directory like so: cd (some temporary directory) tar -xzf (location of downloaded file)/XMLDocument-beta.tgz run the stage.py script file. By default, it installs XMLDocument to /usr/local/src/Zope. If you have installed Zope in a different location you can specify this on the command line using the --dest option. For example, if you wanted to install XMLDocument to /home/Zope you would execute the stage.py script like so: stage.py --dest=/home/Zope Installing XMLImporter: decompress XMLImporter-beta.tgz to an arbitrary directory. make sure (Zope install directory)/lib/python is in your PYTHONPATH * read the python files in test_suite for examples on how to use XMLImporter Installing XPath, and XSlt: Simply untar the appropriate packages and follow the instructions in INSTALL Assuming you've satisfied the dependencies, you should be done! questions? email: consultants(a)fourthought.com RELEASE NOTES _______________________ XMLDocument beta supports the import and manipulation of XML files in Zope through the use of XSLT. See (XPath: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116, and XSLT: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116) XMLImporter is currently used as a python based tool to input XML files as Zope Objects. The mapping functionality and XSLT transform are used to manipulate the incomming XML stream into a set of Zope Objects. The transform is applied to the incoming XML to allow manipulation and compression of the incomming XML. See http://216.164.72.7:7780/Wiki/Members/jim/ZDOM/InitialNotes under the heading optimization. The final set of objects created by XMLImporter is defined by the mapping dictionary where keys are the tagNames to be created, and the values are references to python classes. A current limitation of the system is that Zope must not be running during an import. Clob XML Document is a Zope Object that represents a complete XML document. Interfaces are provided to edit the content of the document, and modify how the document is displayed when viewed. XSLTMethod is a Zope Object that applies an XSLT transform to an object. An XSLTMethod can be accessed as any other method of an object. With the ZDOM pakage installed, the XSLTMethod can be applied to any Object in the Zope application. Special processing is currently restricted to Clob XML Documents. When an XSLTMethod is applied to a Clob XML Document the contents of the document are used as a source, not the object itself. INSTALLATION --------------- Please see INSTALL.txt for Installation and package dependencies TODO ___________ 1. Allow XMLImporter to be called through the HTML interface 2. Allow Exporting of Zope Objects to XML (expand current export functionality) 3. Allow XSLT special processing on other objects (through _getDom interface) 4. Allow external parameters into XSLTMethod 5. Fix minor UI bugs in XSLTMethod (copy, cut, paste) 6. Fix processing error when applying XSLT to the Zope Application

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Re: [Zope-dev] New product: Refresh
by Anthony Baxter 16 May '00

16 May '00

ooo. question: It adds a "Refresh" tab to every Product Folder and enables the refresh function only for products that are compatible with this function. how do you make a product compatible? Anthony >>> Shane Hathaway wrote > Zopistas, > > The first development version of the Refresh product is available. It > lets you make changes to the Python code in your products without > restarting Zope. > > Standard disclaimer applies; do not use in production environments. > But at least it has less chance of breaking Zope the way the first > version of TransparentFolders did... ;-) > > http://www.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/Refresh > > Shane > shane(a)digicool.com > > P.S. Ye-haw!! > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev(a)zope.org > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) > -- Anthony Baxter <anthony(a)interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

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Re: [Zope-dev] Zope security alert and 2.2 information
by Anthony Baxter 16 May '00

16 May '00

>>> "R. David Murray" wrote > My perception is that w3m is a browser that only passes auth > info when requested. If I'm looking at a management screen, > and I click on a link that takes me to 'manage_workspace' for > that object, Zope responds as if I am not authenticated. If I > explicitly type in the URL with 'manage_main', then I get the > management screen. I'm *guessing* that manage_workspace somehow > does not require 'view management screens' permission but > 'manage_main' does. This is a bug in w3m. Once you've been prompted, you're meant to keep sending the auth info. I'd dig out the RFC reference, but I can't be bothered right now :) manage_workspace is a magic method that redirects you to the default page _for your role_. If w3m doesn't send the auth info, then it will send the default page for the unauthenticated user. You can also see this in netscape &c when bringing up the two pane view - if the left hand menu frame is slower to load, the right hand one will load first and will render the unauthenticated user's view of the top level page. In the past the w3m author's been more than happy to fix bugs in his browser - mail him and ask? Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <anthony(a)interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

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Image with border=0
by anderson 15 May '00

15 May '00

How I put an image without border using the tag  ? []s anderson

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Replace in String
by anderson 15 May '00

15 May '00

Hi friends, Anybody knows how I replace a char. in a String, such the ASP command : Replace ? thanks so much Anderson

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Zope Filesystem
by Christian Robottom Reis 15 May '00

15 May '00

Sorry if this is brought up excessively. I'm wondering if we have any ongoing project to provide Zope with a filesystem driver for Linux. I understand there's the question of object semantics being mapped onto files, but AFAICS as soon as that's decided it's a relatively easy task, no? There's already an FTP interface for Zope, and IIRC there _is_ something like a ftpfs either developed and dead or moving along slowly. This perhaps could serve as a temporary kludge? The main vantages are freedom from the Web Editing interface, which isn't the greatest - at least till we get a vi-binded textarea on a browser, which IMHO isn't coming very soon, and freedom to use whatever revision control tools we'd like. I understand objects themselves wouldn't be supported, but since DTML documents are plain text, they at least would work fine, excluding attribute/permission trouble. This is not unsolvabale, AFAICS. [Another idea would be a plugin or module for editors - vim comes to mind - which allows you to post the data to a webserver on a write. This is more complex and is a 1-per-client thing, so I'm not sure it's that interesting]. Comments? Cheers, -- _/\ Christian Reis is sometimes kiko(a)radiumsystems.com.br \/~ suicide architect | free software advocate | mountain biker

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