[Zope-dev] using overridden docs

Thu, 5 Aug 1999 13:39:36 +0100

In article <4.2.0.58.19990805103928.00d94980@lisp.atmm.nl>, Martijn
Pieters <mj@antraciet.nl> writes
>At 23:57 04/08/99 , Robin Becker wrote:
>>Is there any way to use an over-ridden document ie I want to include the
>>contents of the acquired standard_html_header within the current
>>folder's standard_html_header
>>
>>  I want to use this for the current folder ie override one property
>>
>><dtml-var standard_html_header>
>><dtml-call "RESPONSE.setHeader('content-type','text/html')">
>
>You could use <dtml-with "PARENTS[1]"> or <dtml-with "PARENTS[-1]"> or 
>something like that, but that isn't very flexible, and the first method 
>(PARENTS[1]) doesn't work in subfolders acquiring your header, as 
>PARENTS[1] will be a different, higher folder, thus causing an infinite loop.
I observed this and it doesn't really do it.
>
>You should probably factor out the property or element that you want to 
>override into a seperate document, which you override in subfolders:
>
>Toplevel standard_html_header:
>
>   <HTML><HEAD>....... etc ....
>   <dtml-var extra_header_info>
>   </HEAD>
>
>where extra_header_info is an empty string property on the top-level 
>folder. Then, in subfolders, you could override this property by setting a 
>new proprty, or using a DTML Method with the same id, to include things like
>
>   <dtml-call "RESPONSE.setHeader('content-type','text/html')">
I suppose this is better; however, it's not the best answer really. My
standard header will end up with all sorts of conditional properties.
This again is the inability to control acquisition.
>
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