January 1999 - Zope - Zope lists

- Problems Installing
by Sebastian Luehnsdorf 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

hi! i'm trying to get Zope 1.9.0 final to run with an existing Apache 1.3.3 on a Linux machine. However, trying to access the Zope.cgi I get an error message "No such file or directory!" The support infos on zope.org didn't help but I managed to track the error down to the pcgi wrapper. Does anybody have a solution! Thanx in advance, basti --------------------------------------------------------------------- sebastian f. luehnsdorf beehive elektronische medien gmbh --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://basti.beehive.de http://www.beehive.de mailto:basti@beehive.de mailto:service@beehive.de fon: (+49 30) 84 78 20 fax: (+49 30) 84 78 22 99

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- formatting question clarified . . .hopefully ;)
by David Wagle 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ok . . . . AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHhhhhh I have a string property list for a folder. I have a document in that folder. I want to iterate over the list putting the values into a table I want to create a new column once I have passed the half-way point in the list of items. For example . . if the prop_list contains "a b c d e" then the table generated should look like this: <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> a </TD> <TD> d </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> b </TD> <TD> e </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> c </TD> <TD></TD> </TR> </TABLE> which would display as: a d b e c - -- now, I'm probablly showing my ignorance of both html and Zope, but how do I do this?? (and do it so that when I add an new element (say b+ it get's inserted in the correct "place" ala -- a c b+ d b e ?? thanks for the help. dave - ------------------------------------------------- A computer system without Microsoft products is like a dog without bricks chained to its head. - ------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNrHtSNtGhckXZmDjEQIKNgCgu8LvNaxQ6YKuEuY0+yTzVDwYDLYAoPdz RehsHkf9GCDkwfmoIGT05HLb =LCrj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Zope] - zope pcgi with apache
by Anthony Joseph Seward 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

> There are at least two possibilities that I have stumbled on: > > 1. I misspelled AUTHORIZATION in the rewrite role (S instead of Z) > > 2. I copied everything from one computer to another and then nothing > worked > anymore - the reason was that the other machine had the default 1.2.6 > Apache, > whereas the rewrite rules work for authorisation starting from 1.3.0 > > > ----------------- > Hannu I am having the same problem, but I've checked and the rewrite rule is spelled correctly and I am running apache 1.3.3. What is the Zope authorization procedure? Is there a way to use the Python debugger and get some informathon about what is going on? Tony

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- Please stop the cross posting
by Christian Tismer 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

Friends, it is ok to cross post things which belong to two mailing lists. But can we *please* take care about the subject lines? I get crazy when I have to read Re: [Zope] - Re: [XML-SIG] RE: [Zope] - XML-style DTML code Is it possible to always reply from the sig where the origin was? I will also propose to change Mailman to handle this in a better way. My own patched version on Starship never prepends the list name if it can be matched in the "re" already. ciao - chris -- Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:tismer@appliedbiometrics.com> Applied Biometrics GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 101 : *Starship* http://starship.skyport.net 10553 Berlin : PGP key -> http://pgp.ai.mit.edu/ we're tired of banana software - shipped green, ripens at home

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RE: [Zope] - XML-style DTML code
by Oliver Thuns 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

>current syntax: > > <font size=""> > >which is legal, would become: > > <font size="<?ztml #var arg ?>"> > >which *not* valid XML...is it? That is, can you have markup inside >markup? I don't see any differences, current syntax is as (il)legal as "xml" syntax. But why don't ask the PHP3 guys (www.php.net) or and do it the same way. PHP3 uses also <?php ... ?>. Oliver

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Re: [Zope] - Re: [XML-SIG] RE: [Zope] - XML-style DTML code
by Phil Harris 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

Surely, xml would allow <'s and >'s within quoted strings? if not, boy is that weird! ----- Original Message ----- From: Lars Marius Garshol <larsga(a)ifi.uio.no> To: <xml-sig(a)python.org>; <zope(a)zope.org> Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 4:01 PM Subject: [Zope] - Re: [XML-SIG] RE: [Zope] - XML-style DTML code > >* Paul Everitt >| >| <font size=""> >| [...] >| <font size="<?ztml #var arg ?>"> >| >| which *not* valid XML...is it? > >Neither of these are well-formed XML, since '<'s are not allowed in >attribute values. The spec is less clear than it ought to be on this[1], >perhaps, but xmlproc, XP, Lark and the Sun XML parser are all in >agreement that this isn't allowed. > >AElfred allows it, but then some checks have been left out of AElfred, >ostensibly for class file size reasons. > >| That is, can you have markup inside markup? > >No. Even if you write > > <font size="<?ztml #var arg ?>"> > >the PI in the attribute won't be recognized as one. > >However, not knowing Zope I don't think this is fatal if Zope >substitutes this before any XML/HTML parsers see the result. If you're >trying to use XML/HTML/SGML syntax for a preprocessor then maybe that >isn't the way to go. > >* Andrew M. Kuchling >| >| I don't believe so, but have CC'ed this to the XML-SIG where the >| real experts hang out. PIs have to be outside other markup; I >| suspect the XML way of handling your second case would be to define >| an entity: >| >| <font size="&arg;"> > >This is right, yes. > >--Lars M. > >[1] The relevant part is a WFC to production 41 in section 3.1. > > >_______________________________________________ >Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org >http://www2.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope >

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- Using Zope with PCGI on a web hosting service
by Kevin Dangoor 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

Hi, I just wanted to pass along some of what I've learned trying to get Zope working properly on a web hosting service where I don't have any admin level access to Apache. Assuming the hosting company has mod_rewrite installed (which pair, the company I'm using, does), you should be able to get things going. mod_rewrite is not as efficient on a directory-level basis, but it does at least function. The Rewrite config lines listed in WEBSERVER.txt need to be added to a .htaccess file in your document tree. There is a change that you need to make, however. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*) RewriteRule ^Zope.cgi/(.*) - [e=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1,t=application/x-httpd-cgi,l] Note that the RewriteRule (and the line below it) are on one line. When using mod_rewrite from .htaccess, the URL you are applying the RewriteRule to is relative to directory you're in. (In WEBSERVER.txt, it lists ^/Zope/, but the leading / is not necessary in this context.) The RewriteRule I've supplied above does not actually rewrite the URL. It just passes through the HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION variable. I had to do this because of another side effect of using mod_rewrite from .htaccess. If I had made the RewriteRule look like this: RewriteRule ^z/(.*) /path/to/Zope.cgi [e=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1,t=application/x-httpd-cgi,l] Zope would see its URL as http://www.yoursite.com/Zope.cgi/, even though you accessed it from http://www.yoursite.com/z/. Consequently, you can't use the management interface, because Zope tries to load things through /Zope.cgi/ instead of through /z/, therefore the RewriteRule doesn't get touched and the authorization information doesn't make it through. Thus far, I haven't had a chance to play with the environment variables to try to fix this. (Though I'm sure it is fixable.) Finally, one last caveat: you'll need an updated ZPublisher. mod_rewrite tosses REDIRECT_ in front of a number of environment variables when used with .htaccess. The changes to Publish.py remove the REDIRECT_ references. If anyone has been using mod_rewrite like this and has any suggestions on making things work cleaner, they'd be much appreciated. Kevin -- Kevin Dangoor kid(a)ans.net / 734-214-7349

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Re: [Zope] - XML-style DTML code
by Christopher G. Petrilli 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

Gang, Several people have complained that the patch I sent out didn't apply correctly, but it appears to be a mailer related problem, it's being munged somewhere along the way... so... here's a URL to it... it ain't a pretty thing, but there you have it. I've not heard from Paul/Jim?Amos/Michel/etal avbout this and the '#' side, at which point I'll tweek that out if they agree. http://www.amber.org/~petrilli/python/zope/DT_HTML.py.diff Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli | petrilli(a)amber.org

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Re: [Zope] - Re: Name clashes (PIL vs Zope)...
by Fredrik Lundh 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

>I'd love to use PIL. I'd like it even more if the PIL community was >less antagonistic. Well, either you change the name or I do. I don't see how I can do that without causing an enormous amount of trouble for all existing users of PIL (including ourselves and our paying customers, some of which are using it with pre-1.5 versions of Python). After all, we've used the "Image" prefix since 1995, and this is the first time anyone has reported a nameclash. Suggestions are welcome, but don't expect me to undertake a massive renaming/restructuring effort if that can be avoided. Maybe in 2.0. /F

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- Docs: Printed vs Screen: Techniques
by Robert OConnor 29 Jan '99

29 Jan '99

Hi Amos, {and list members} I'm impressed with the documentation that you recently published -- the three new user guides. It's nice to see that they come in 4 delicious flavors: > * Online HTML > * Online PDF > * gzipped tarred Postscript > * gzipped tarred HTML http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Guides For a printed copy, I prefer the PDF format because the page breaks, margins and alignment are just as you, the author, intended. If I print the HTML from the browser, I usually change to the smallest font and hope for the best. Sometimes lines still print off the page and page breaks can be in ugly places. ***Ok, so how do you do it? What word processor and native format do you use? Is it based in HTML and converted to PDF and Postscript? I'm looking for the optimal WEB document tool but also want to have good looking paper documents. In the past, I have published *fancy* paper reports using VenturaPublisher (Old v4). A series of FoxPro programs scanned the DOS data to produce Ventura marked up ASCII files. Ventura could then print the fancy paper reports. Ok so we want to move this process to the web ...reports that look great both on the web and on paper SO..... ***What are the best tools Today? ****Are there tools that take a user query and make it fancy both for the screen and for paper? For example, can the PDF format be created automatically on the fly? ... Always print an intro page then print the results of a data query. Made available as a link for download/view on a Zope page? *---- Also related: I currently have a number of WordPerfect DOS files to convert to HTML Again, the best - easiest tools to use. Thank you. -bobo connor bob(a)rocnet.com

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