[Zope] Feature request for metal - default macros?

[KevinL]

On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 20:40, Chris Withers wrote:
> make language a python script:
> 
> language = "a string containing your language, got from wherever you get 
> it from"
> if context.skins.helpfile.macros.has_key(language):
>     return language
> else:
>     reutnr 'english'

Stefan Holek wrote:

> http://www.zopelabs.com/cookbook/1014285275

(which lists a way to use pythonscripts to return the actual macro,
rather than the word)

I combined the two, with a method in my local python product, to give:

    def getHelptext(self):
        """
        Returns the actual text for the help block on a page
        """
        request = getattr(self,'REQUEST')
        baseUrl = self.baseUrl()
        ptl_name = request['URL0'].replace(baseUrl,'')[1:]
        language = self.getLanguage()
        skin = self.getSkin()
        subSkin = self.getSubSkin()
        ptl_page = self.restrictedTraverse('%s/skins/%s/%s/help/%s'
            % (self.realm(),skin,subSkin,ptl_name))
        if ptl_page.macros.has_key(language):
            return ptl_page.macros[language]
        else:
            return ptl_page.macros['english']

(baseUrl, getLanguage, getSkin, etc are all my own methods)
and the call in the page is

<metal:block use-macro="here/getHelptext"></metal:block>

Doesn't get much simpler.

Thanks heaps for the quick responses from people - one of Zope's many
assets :)

KJL