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Zope intro at PLUG in Philadelphia 10/6
by Chris McDonough 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

I think I will be giving a short talk on Zope at the Philadelphia Linux Users' Group (PLUG) meeting on October 6 (next week). I talked earlier today with its organizer, and I'm pretty sure its a go. See http://www.op.net/~darxus/plug/anouncement/anouncement.html for more info. If you're local, stop by... I'd love to meet other people in the area that are Zope freaks.

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How Fast & Stable??
by Geoff Caplan 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

Hi folks Thanks for your very full and thoughtful replies. I am sorry I have not responded sooner, but I was called away from the office on a personal matter... Reading your replies, the thing that most concerns me is the question of how to get around the limitations of CGI. I'm afraid that I am not up to speed yet on all the details of the different approaches. Can some kind person please spell out the alternatives, with their pros and cons? If speed and scalability is the priority, what is the recommended approach? >From the tone of the thread, it looks as if things are moving towards FastCGI. I am also looking at a solution with Tcl/Velocigen, and the guys there write that: >>>>>>>>>> Freely available interfaces do exist that use the FastCGI standard. These other solutions require you to dedicate a single process for each script executed and encourage the creation of fewer and larger, more complex scripts, rather than many smaller, easy to manage scripts. Also, these other FastCGI Perl implementations require you to know the details of the FastCGI protocol, and force you to manage memory and system resources. >>>>>>>>>> Do these factors apply when FastCGI is used with Zope - or is Zope smart enough to handle memory and system resource management for the developer? Sorry if these are ignorant questions - this is a new field for me! Thanks Geoff Caplan

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Formatted Documents
by Grant Street 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

Hello all I noticed that when you log in to the Zope site you can add a "Formatted Document". Is this product available ? I looked in bothe Zope sites and I'm feeling a bit confused? I've been looking for somthing like this for a while. Grant Street

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RE: [Zope] nesting question clarification
by Alexander Staubo 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

Aren't you getting my posts? There are a myriad ways to do this stuff. Examples: (1) <dtml-var "Top.Child"> (2) <dtml-var "Top['Child']"> (3) <dtml-with Top> <dtml-var Child> <dtml-with> (4) <dtml-with Top> <dtml-var "_.getitem('Child', 1)"> </dtml-with> So given your example, you might do: <dtml-var "Top[id + '_content']"> -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "`This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, `I never could get the hang of Thursdays.'" --Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Cooke-Johnson [mailto:chriscj@gocarib.com] > Sent: 30. september 1999 02:03 > To: Phil Harris > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] nesting question clarification > > > Phil, > > This is a pretty heavy request by some standards - some database front > ends will handle it and some won't - I'm new to zope so I'm > not sure if > it will, but the rest of zope seems very well thought out so > I'd like to > think there is a way to do this. > > What I want is a nested call/substitution. This often > requires a second > pass through the parsing routine, or in other packages a > special syntax. > > The exact example I'm working on is as follows. > > I've got a series or sectional news folders, each folder has > a DTML doc > which contains the content and a DTML method as the > index_html which is > substituting another DTML method which references the content file. > Basically, I've got one DTML method in the parent directory, which is > being used by all the index_html DTML methods in the sub folders. > > my first attempt at the code was: > > <dtml-var <dtml-var id>_content> > > So if the active dir is "general" then I'd end up with > > <dtml-var general_content> > > Which would be in turn replaced by the DTML document. > > This way the one master DTML method can be used through all > of the sections. > > I hope I've managed to clear it up a bit. > > Thanx > Chris > > > > Phil Harris wrote: > > > > Explain exactly what you want in a bit more detail, I'm not sure I > > understand what's going on. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: zope-admin(a)zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On > Behalf Of Chris > > Cooke-Johnson > > Sent: 30 September 1999 00:25 > > To: Phil Harris > > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > > Subject: [Zope] Re: PARENTS solved - nesting question > > > > Great Phil - that worked perfectly :-) > > > > Any thought on my nesting question? > > > > > > Also, is it possible to nest calls? I.E. How can I make: > > > > > > > >  --> or similar > > > > > > > > In other words how can I make a compound call based on > path (or other) > > > > variables? > > > > Thanx again and in advance, > > > > Chris > > > > Phil Harris wrote: > > > > > > How about (untested) > > > > > > <dtml-var "PARENTS[1].id"> > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Chris Cooke-Johnson [mailto:chriscj@gocarib.com] > > > Sent: 30 September 1999 00:03 > > > To: Phil Harris > > > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > > > Subject: Newbie PARENTS question - <Folder instance at 8577a18> > > > > > > Thanx Phil, > > > > > > but that substitution is giving me "<Folder instance at > 8577a18>" not > > > the id of the parent folder... > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > Phil Harris wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Chris > > > > > > > > Have you tried > > > > > > > > <dtml-var "PARENTS[1]"> > > > > > > > > Might work ;¬) > > > > > > > > Phil > > > > phil(a)philh.org > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: zope-admin(a)zope.org > [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Chris > > > > Cooke-Johnson > > > > Sent: 29 September 1999 22:27 > > > > To: zope(a)zope.org > > > > Subject: [Zope] Newbie PARENTS question > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to reference the folder above from a DTML > method. Basically > > > > what I'm looking for is an equivalent to the the >  which > > > > will give the id of the parent folder. In the DTML > reference I found an > > > > explanation of the PARENTS attribute with seems to be > what I want but > > > > I'm getting errors with both: > > > > > > > >  > > > > and > > > >  > > > > > > > > How do I do this? > > > > > > > > Also, is it possible to nest calls? I.E. How can I make: > > > > > > > >  --> or similar > > > > > > > > In other words how can I make a compound call based on > path (or other) > > > > variables? > > > > > > > > Thanx in advance. > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > > > > > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > > > > > > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > > > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > > > > > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > > > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > > > > > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > > > > > > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > > > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > > > > > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > > > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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RE: [Zope] RE: Newbie PARENTS question - <Folder instance at 8577 a18>
by Alexander Staubo 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

Actually, id is a method on _documents_, but an attribute of most other objects, including folders, mail hosts, etc. -- but interestingly not image uploads or the Application object. I can't find where the document's id() method is defined -- difficult to do a grep here, "id" pops up everywhere! -- so I can't explain it. Perhaps Jim can shed some light on this interesting dichotomy. -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "`This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, `I never could get the hang of Thursdays.'" --Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ > -----Original Message----- > From: Pavlos Christoforou [mailto:pavlos@gaaros.msrc.sunysb.edu] > Sent: 30. september 1999 01:47 > To: Phil Harris > Cc: Chris Cooke-Johnson; zope(a)zope.org > Subject: Re: [Zope] RE: Newbie PARENTS question - <Folder instance at > 8577a18> > > > On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Phil Harris wrote: > > > How about (untested) > > > > <dtml-var "PARENTS[1].id"> > > > > Probably: > <dtml-var "PARENTS[1].id()"> > > as id is a method. > > Pavlos > > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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RE: [Zope] where are you sticking site-wide methods/resources ? ( too manyDTML-WITH's) DTML-WITH's)
by Jay, Dylan 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: chas [mailto:panda@skinnyhippo.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 01:53 > To: Kevin Dangoor > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: Re: [Zope] where are you sticking site-wide > methods/resources ? > (too manyDTML-WITH's) DTML-WITH's) > > > > >>><dtml-var "Imports.folder.method()"> > >> > >>One of the first things I tried as I remember. Worked OK for > >>simple methods but for more complex methods : > >> > >>a) variables kept disappearing (which means I really don't grok > >> this acquisition business yet). > >> > >>b) the DTML method could no longer 'import' other things. > > > >Try this: > > > ><dtml-var "Imports.folder.method(_.None, _)"> > > > >This will pass the namespace to the method, and possibly fix > a & b above... > > I read that line of code you wrote and smiled/laughed to > myself because : > > a) Just how intuitive is '_.None, _' ? The '_.None,_' trick fixes lots of problems and its really not intuitive at all. Is there way in which the namespace can be passed in by default in an expression? I imagine "folder.method" will mean the method object rather than a call but is it possible that "folder.method()" can be made equivalent to "folder.method(_.None, _)"???? Or would this screw somthing up fundamental?

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RE: [Zope] where are you sticking site-wide methods/resources ? ( too manyDTML-WITH's) DTML-WITH's)
by Jay, Dylan 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Dangoor [mailto:kid@kendermedia.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 00:42 > To: Phil Harris; zope(a)zope.org; chas > Subject: Re: [Zope] where are you sticking site-wide > methods/resources ? > (too manyDTML-WITH's) DTML-WITH's) > > >At 08:38 AM 9/29/99 +0100, Phil Harris wrote: > >>Couldn't you just do something like (untested) > >> > >><dtml-var "Imports.folder.method()"> > > > >One of the first things I tried as I remember. Worked OK for > >simple methods but for more complex methods : > > > >a) variables kept disappearing (which means I really don't grok > > this acquisition business yet). > > > >b) the DTML method could no longer 'import' other things. > > Try this: > > <dtml-var "Imports.folder.method(_.None, _)"> > > This will pass the namespace to the method, and possibly fix > a & b above... I think the idea of the import tag. If you had something like <dtml-import "imports.folder"> Then it would add it to the bottom of the namespace stack so that if aquisition failed the name lookup would try your "imported" location. Will this work the way I propose? Import might not be the best name? I think this would make things a lot nicer for people and be a whole lot more intuitive than the above.

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RE: [Zope] Allaire Spectra
by Jay, Dylan 30 Sep '99

30 Sep '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Bernstein [mailto:mbernstein@profitscape.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 07:33 > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: Re: [Zope] Allaire Spectra > > > "Jay, Dylan" wrote: > > > Has anyone had a good look at Allaire Spectra? > > It looks like Zope on steriods. Or at least marketed that > way. Perhaps > > someone can do a feature for feature comparrison. > > I did a comparison for DC about three weeks ago. With Paul's > permission, here is > a somewhat edited version: > > Paul Everitt wrote: > > <stuff deleted about DC's strategy> > > > With that in mind, how does Zope, particularly the new > Zope.org site, > > stack up against Spectra? <stuff snipped> > > Get this: Almost all of the management and meta-management > interfaces are > dynamically generated from the object model. Some of this > could be accomplished > in Zope by allowing developers to incorporate 'naked' > elements from the > management interface (for example propertysheets) into their > DTML without the > 'chrome' of the tabs etc.(ie: <dtml-var propertysheetform>). > If an object had > more than one propertysheet, it would be nice to be able to > include them all in > one add/edit form, and have Zope do the heavy lifting > > Currently, it is possible to generate add and edit forms for > ZClasses, and then > edit the DTML to change the appearance. But if the ZClass > definition changes, > those forms need to be re-generated, and the appearance > changes done again. This > seems as though it could be handled a little more elegantly > by embedding a call > for a 'naked' form that is dynamically generated, into a DTML > document that > contains all the code for the appearance of the page. That > way when the ZClass > definition changes, the form would too. I think this is a really good idea. However there would need to be more meta data kept about the properties to determine how to represent it well, eg a textarea for a string property is ofter more appropriate than a simple input box. To do this, perhaps each property could have an optional edit field where you can put in property name inpedendent html that would render an edit widget for a single property. If fact now that I'm on the topic. Why are properties and and objects/methods so seperate? It seems to me what I'm describing above is creating a speciaiztion of a simple object type (ie string) with a different render or edit method. What aren't properties objects? What can't objects be extended in an as-hoc manner. Why can't complex objects such as an XML document exist as a property and be changed/viewed in the same way as any property on a property sheet? Why can't I copy/rename/delete any property like I can a method. I see the difference between methods and properties as a organizational one rather than a logical one.

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RE: [Zope] Newbie PARENTS question - <Folder instance at 8577a18>
by Alexander Staubo 29 Sep '99

29 Sep '99

Be careful what you ask for. :) This may be what you want: <dtml-var "PARENTS[1].id"> This should also answer your question about "a compound call". The nesting qualifier in Python and Zope is the dot ("."). Note that Zope expressions are Python expressions. Some things are attributes, others are functions. While <dtml-var title_or_id> gives you the title or ID of the document or associated object, this is because Zope knows how to call functions. On the other hand, <dtml-var "title_or_id"> will give the string representation of the title_or_id() function (something like <function title_or_id at 8f5288>). Instead, use: <dtml-var "title_or_id()"> This goes for a lot of things. Note that id is an attribute, not a function. Doing "id()" ain't valid. Also note that "dtml-var" only "renders" stuff. If you want to call something with parameters, you need to use "dtml-call". For example: <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('Foo', 1)"> But you can also do: <dtml-call MyObject> ...assuming MyObject is callable; ie., it's either (a) a function, or (b) a class instance implementing the Python __call__() method. Once you read up on Python a bit (assuming you have not), you'll find these two possibilities are the same side of different coins, really. :) -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "`This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, `I never could get the hang of Thursdays.'" --Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Cooke-Johnson [mailto:chriscj@gocarib.com] > Sent: 30. september 1999 01:03 > To: Phil Harris > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] Newbie PARENTS question - <Folder instance at 8577a18> > > > Thanx Phil, > > but that substitution is giving me "<Folder instance at 8577a18>" not > the id of the parent folder... > > any ideas? > > Phil Harris wrote: > > > > Hi Chris > > > > Have you tried > > > > <dtml-var "PARENTS[1]"> > > > > Might work ;¬) > > > > Phil > > phil(a)philh.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: zope-admin(a)zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On > Behalf Of Chris > > Cooke-Johnson > > Sent: 29 September 1999 22:27 > > To: zope(a)zope.org > > Subject: [Zope] Newbie PARENTS question > > > > Hi there, > > > > I'm trying to reference the folder above from a DTML > method. Basically > > what I'm looking for is an equivalent to the the  which > > will give the id of the parent folder. In the DTML > reference I found an > > explanation of the PARENTS attribute with seems to be what > I want but > > I'm getting errors with both: > > > >  > > and > >  > > > > How do I do this? > > > > Also, is it possible to nest calls? I.E. How can I make: > > > >  --> or similar > > > > In other words how can I make a compound call based on path > (or other) > > variables? > > > > Thanx in advance. > > > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > (Related lists - please, no cross posts or HTML encoding! > > To receive general Zope announcements, see: > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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increment variable
by Mike Mikkelsen 29 Sep '99

29 Sep '99

Hello again, I think I've seen this subject on the list before but I'm having a hard time wording it right so as to find it in the archives. Is there a way, without PythonMethod & External Python Methods, to increment a variable (possibly a cookie value)? Something like this: <dtml-var "_['PresetCookie']=_['PresetCookie']+1"> or <dtml-var "_['PresetCookie']=_['PresetCookie']+_['product_cost']"> I've tried the above, to no avail. I get syntax errors as soon as I try to save the changes to the document. Thank you. -- ========================================================================== Mike Mikkelsen mikk(a)microbsys.com Micro Business Systems http://www.microbsys.com Fresno Linux Users Group http://linux.fresno.ca.us Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion

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