[Zope] zope interface suggestion

[Peter Bengtsson]

It became a HowTo
http://www.zope.org/Members/peterbe/skintheZMI




----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Bengtsson" <mail@peterbe.com>
To: "Jason Byron" <jason_zope@yahoo.com>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] zope interface suggestion


> I disagree.
> Then there would be two ways to move around objects. With the links and
with
> buttons.
> This would be bad usability with all the confusion and the ZMI would be
more
> cluttered.
>
> I suggest that you think of a skin to do this.
> If you are the only one using the Zope, you can apply this hotfix:
>
> - create a folder in the Products directory called: "ZMIHotfix1"
> - in that folder copy lib/python/OFS/dtml/main.dtml and do the changes to
> that file.
> - now create a file called __init__.py and do the following:
>
> # HotFix 1
> # change the main.dtml ZMI template
>
> from OFS.ObjectManager import ObjectManager
> from Globals import DTMLFile
> ObjectManager.manage_main = DTMLFile('main', globals())
>
> Restart Zope and if you've made changes to main.dtml, they should show up
> automatically.
>
> To debug this, run Zope with -D and you can change the
ZMIHotFix1/main.dtml
> and the interfaces changes with a simple refresh.
>
> This can probably be extended using cookies or something so that if you
> share the Zope with a newbie, you can get different interface. But then my
> tip might not be completely the right.
>
>
> I think I'll now put this into HowTo or a Tip on zope.org if it's working.
>
>
> Peter
>
> > Why don't we add three single letter links to each line of the
> > objects listed in zope's web interface?
> >
> > Say 'R', for Rename 'C/P' for Copy and Paste , and 'D' for
> > Delete.
> >
> > We could add it between the Name and the Size.
> >
> > It could simply look like: R C/P D
> >
> > That sure would make things quicker.
> >
> > Anyone want a new project? :)
> >
> >
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