On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:51:34 -0400, Michel Pelletier <michel@digicool.com> said: Michel> This probably has nothing to do with your problem, but 1.10.2 is Michel> only tested with Python 1.5.1. Otherwise, I don't have much Michel> experience with using the publishing features of Netscape. Do you think I should back off to Python 1.5.1? Michel> You must use ZServer to get the FTP ability. This is because, Michel> of course, Apache and other web servers aren't FTP servers, so Michel> there is no way for Zope to interact with them. ZServer is a Michel> general purpose tcp/ip server (the full blown system it's based Michel> on is called Medusa) which we have written HTTP and FTP Michel> extensions for (based on the stock Medusa protocol handlers). OK I see. How does ZServer performance compare with Apache pcgi Zope? Medus sounds like it's pretty high performance. Michel> <opinion> ZServer and Emacs is the hands down best way to Michel> 'manually' edit things in Zope. The idea of 'WYSIWYG' editors Michel> is a good one, but as has been pointed out, often they make lots Michel> of assumptions about the filenames, they're picky and flakey Michel> about acutally publishing, and they just want to do things their Michel> way. This often results in 'WYSINNWYAWAYCFI' (What you see is Michel> nowhere near what you actually wanted and you can't fix it). Michel> Emacs supports the concept of 'WYSIWYM', What you see is what Michel> you *mean* (A powerful concept brought to us by the TeX people). Michel> You can allways use your favorite WYSIWYG tool to generate the Michel> HTML, and then cut and paste it into a really killer tool like Michel> Emacs. </opinion> I'm 100% with you there. I particularly like the python-mode.el for Emacs. But using one's favorite editor implies either uploading with FTP or with HTTP-put, correct? Just making sure I understand all the options :-) Thanks, Alex Rice | alrice@swcp.com | http://www.swcp.com/~alrice Current Location: N. Rio Grande Bioregion, Southwestern USA