[Zope-CMF] replacing CMF tools?

[Shane Hathaway]

Karl Anderson wrote:
> Tres Seaver <tseaver@zope.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>>I'd like to do this to an existing CMF site, if possible, for quicker
>>>testing.
>>
>>Basically, you just delete it in the ZMI and add a new instance of
>>your tool under its name.  As long as you implement the tool's
>>interface, everything should just work.  You can add an instance of
>>the stock tool by selecting "CMF Default Tool" from the add list,
>>and then selecting "Memberdata tool" from the factory form.
> 
> 
> What about the CMFy initialization that the core tools currently do?
> Perhaps this isn't necessary because I'm subclassing those tools - I
> just looked at Plone's __init__ and it was just doing the ToolInit.

All of that funky initialization is just a shortcut that avoids the 
necessity of making a factory form for every tool.  If you're willing to 
make your own factory forms, you don't need any of that complex 
initialization.  It makes no difference.

Shane