[Zope] Basic Zope Documentation?

[Michel Pelletier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Dragon De Monsyne [mailto:dragondm@integral.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 5:40 PM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] Basic Zope Documentation?
> 
> 
> 	I've been looking for some documentation of so very basic  Zope
> features, and  have been going  nuts trying to find it.
> 
> 	Basically I',m looking for info  on things like objectValues(). 
> _I_ know you use objectValuee to get the contents of a 
> folder, but _where_ 
> is there docs that say that? (and how you use it)
> 

objectValues and it's brethren are documented in the online help, under
'Object Manager'.  This is probably not the easiest place for a new
person to find it.

> Plus things like id, title, title_or_id (which are methods as 
> I found out
> after much irritation, (I'd thought they were attrbutes)), 

In some cases they are computed attributes, others methods, and some
even plain attributes.

> and there are
> others I know (but I don't know what they are, since I can't 
> find a list
> of them).

The DTML manual covers a good bit of the builtin stuff.

> 	Like I said _I_ know these things, but I'm putting together a
> community site for Authors and Artists, and _they_ won't, and if there
> isn't some good docs I can point 'em to I'll be getting 
> emails asking 'how
> do I get the last changed date for my document', & 'How do I 
> list stuff in
> a folder'  a dozen times a day. 
> 

This could be tricky.  Keep in mind however, that there are some serious
long term documentation projects going on for the benefit of everyone.
It's a huge task though.  I think something like a DTML quick reference
card would be handy though.

-Michel

> (Yes, I've already looked at the online help, the User's 
> Guides, and the
> ZDP site.)
> 
> 	-The Dragon De Monsyne
> 
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