[Zope] ZPT & passing around options...

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:56:38 -0400 (EDT)

> Can you clarify why you can't use 'context' instead of 'container' ?
> It  would seem you rely on acquisition in your site design, but throw
> it  away in some of these methods.
>
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Sorry, ignore container and replace with context. The results are the same.

Oh and I made a grave error in my email. The text should read that I can't
get the variables passed into index_html in context. At least I haven't
fiugred out how...

>
> Edward Muller wrote:
>
>>Hello All...
>>
>>I have a problem that I haven't found a 'good' solution for.
>>
>>I use what I cann RPZN (Reverse Polish Zope Notation) when developing
>>sites. RPZN is where you use one master template index_html in the root
>>of your zope install. Thist master index_html file provides the layout
>>for the entire site and includes (in my case) at least one reference
>>like this:
>><div tal:content="structure here/content" class="content">
>>  Content
>></div>
>>
>>This way each folder you create needs to only have a 'content' object
>>(either a file, DTML Method or Document), which includes only the
>>content for that folder. This makes adding to the site really easy.
>>Want more content, add a folder, create a 'content' object and fill it
>>in. The entire site look'n'feel is maintained in one place and that's
>>/index_html.
>>
>>This has worked great for some time, until now. :-(
>>
>>Because of my design, in a Python script I need to call something like:
>>  return container.content(variable1="sometxt", var2=["text1","text2"])
>>
>>This ends up calling the local content, without the surrounding site
>>look'n'feel, <html> tags ... and the rest ... which is bad ...
>>
>>And ... calling index_html like so:
>>  return container.index_html(variable1="sometxt",
>>var2=["text1","text2"])
>>(line may be wrapped)
>>
>>works fine wrt the site loook'n'feel and structure and all ... but the
>>variables I pass into index_html get passed to the local content
>>object, which is what I need to do.
>>
>>Anyone know how to do this? I spent some time looking around and I
>>couldn't find an answer.
>>
>>Help!
>>
>>Thanks in advance ... I'd be happy to clarify anything above if it
>>helps.
>>
>>--EAM
>>
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