[Zope] Documentation issues ... cloning folders into instances

[Phil Harris]

Joachim,

Have you seen the *brilliant* Zope Quick Reference?

If not I'd get it and treasure it.

http://zdp.zope.org/projects/zqr

You'll not regret this one :)

Phil
phil.harris@zope.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joachim Werner" <joachim.werner@iuveno.de>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:35 AM
Subject: [Zope] Documentation issues ... cloning folders into instances


> <frustration>
>
> I'm finding myself again trying to figure out how things work in Zope,
just
> to find out at the end that it is MUCH simpler that I thought  -- but
totally
> undocumented! Or maybe I just haven't looked for it enough ...
>
> Isn't there somewhere a list of all method calls I can use from DTML (like
> manage_addXYZ)? It can't all be just trial and error or "read the
code". -- Yes
> it can, but I don't want to be that pessimistic ;-)
>
> O.k., my current problem is that I have a folder with icons and images in
a
> ZClass that should be copied to all new instances of the class.
>
> There seems to be a "manage_clone" call for that (just read about it in a
> posting), but how does it work and where do I find any documentation on
it?
>
> As all those methods are in the namespace, isn't there at least a trick to
get
> a list of all names to print out? That would be a first start.
>
> I mean, I had to figure out every single call like manage_addDTMLDocument
or
> manage_changeProperties by trial and error. That makes Zope so much less
> efficient that it could be ...
>
> </frustration>
>
>
> Joachim Werner.
>
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