[Zope] Re: [cadaver] cadaver and zope

[Chris McDonough]

Use the WebDav source port option to z2.py.(-w) during Zope startup. 
Then visit the port you specfy via DAV.  The result will be the source 
instead of the rendered version.  This is a hack but it makes things 
work.  ;-)

Patrick Collins wrote:
> Mathieu,
>    I may get into an argument with the Zope authors on this one, but in
> my opinion, 
> they haven't implemented the <link> in the way most clients would
> expect.
> 
>>From my reading of RFC2518, in order to edit "index_html" (in your
> example) the client (cadaver) should be able to GET AND PUT
> "index_html/document_src". 
> 
> It doesn't make sense to me that you'd read from
> "index_html/document_src" and then write back to "index_html". This is
> because index_html MAY actually be generated by multiple source files.
> 
> The example in RFC2518 in section 13.10.1 seems to behave the way you,
> Mathieu, would prefer it to work.
> 
> The spec states:
>    "The source of the link (src) is typically the URI of the
>     output resource on which the link is defined, and there is typically
>     only one destination (dst) of the link, which is the URI where the
>     unprocessed source of the resource may be accessed."
> 
> I've tried to send this email to the appropriate Zope mailing lists but
> not sure if I got the right ones.
> 
> I'f I'm wrong, I'd be happy for someone to explain it to me because I
> will have to implement this into PerlDAV's "dave" command-line client as
> well and would rather do it right once.
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick.
> 
> Mathieu Longtin wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm trying to use Cadaver with Zope (www.zope.org), and the connection goes
>>well and I can download page and post new one.
>>
>>However, if I use the straight "edit" command, the page I get to edit is not
>>the source code, but rather the generated html.
>>
>>Zope allows one to get the source document, by getting
>>"index_html/document_src" instead of just "index_html".
>>
>>Problem is, if I say "edit index_html/document_src", it saves it to that
>>location as well and Zope promptly ignores it (it wants it to be saved to
>>"index_html").
>>
>>I know I would have to modify the cadaver code to make this work, but what
>>is the best way?
>>
>>- Have a cadaver options that says: if you want to edit file x, actually
>>download file x/document_src (or some other extensions for other type of
>>server)
>>
>>- Have cadaver look at the "source" property. Here is a typical zope
>>property set:
>>        dav:/zope/QuickStart/> propget index_html
>>        Fetching properties for `index_html': (reconnecting...done)
>>        creationdate = 1970-01-01T12:00:00Z
>>        displayname = index_html
>>        resourcetype =
>>        getcontenttype = text/html
>>        getcontentlength = 1558
>>        source = <link>
>>          <src>/zope/QuickStart/index_html</src>
>>          <dst>/zope/QuickStart/index_html/document_src</dst>
>>          </link>
>>
>>        supportedlock = <lockentry>
>>          <lockscope><exclusive></exclusive></lockscope>
>>          <locktype><write></write></locktype>
>>          </lockentry>
>>
>>        lockdiscovery =
>>        getlastmodified = Thu, 06 Sep 2001 18:22:57 GMT
>>
>>Any suggestion?
>>
>>-Mathieu
>>
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