Lukasz Szybalski wrote: > Hello. > I am trying to tell my program to ask user for input filenames and > based on that it will need to create 2 .py files for each filename. I > need to substitute the names of few fields in the .py files and add > some things depending on extension. Right now I just want to create > folder and single file in it, nothing fancy until I get an idea of how > this whole thing is structured. > > So I guess I want to create a program similar to paster create myapp, > but it would be called from a command line: myapp create somename ???? > or paster -t myapp? or? > > "paster create myapp" command created a structure of my program that > will be creating my custom files. > > I read over here > (http://pythonpaste.org/script/developer.html#templates) that I can > use > > [paste.paster_create_template] > framework = framework.templates:FrameworkTemplate > > 1. What will above do, and how can I call it later from a command line? > paster create -t framework ???
Correct. > 2. I add that I don't see it as being listed as template.? Where is a > line that tells me I work on myapp vs I work on what will "myapp" > create? > paster create --list-templates Everytime you update setup.py, you need to run python setup.py develop or python setup.py install. Probably you haven't reinstalled? > 3. I need some help on what should be set where and how to get it > working so at least one file is created. > > My current structure is: > tree MyAPP/ > > MyAPP/ > |-- __init__.py > |-- myapp > | `-- __init__.py > |-- myapp.egg-info > | |-- PKG-INFO > | |-- SOURCES.txt > | |-- dependency_links.txt > | |-- entry_points.txt > | |-- not-zip-safe > | |-- paster_plugins.txt > | `-- top_level.txt > |-- setup.cfg > `-- setup.py > > > I start here : http://pythonpaste.org/script/developer.html > So I want to start with template and later go into commands. > > I've been told I can create a templates with cheetah. Tempita (http://pythonpaste.org/tempita/) is the preferred language now, as it is easier to install than Cheetah. > templates/ > somefile.py_tmpl > > My final finish project would be something like this? I think: > > some command to get it started? > ...ask for Name....etc... > > which will give > > somename/ > | --somefile.py > | -- setup.py... > > 4. Do I need a templates folder or can I just put my somefile.py_tmpl > into myapp folder (the structure above)? You need a folder, as it works by copying the entire tree. You probably need a tree like; template/ setup.py_tmpl +package+.py > 5. What else I need to add? > > I think I need to add below to setup.py file?! > setup(... > entry_points=""" > [paste.paster_create_template] > framework = framework.templates:FrameworkTemplate > """) That's right. > 6. What does framework do in above. Does it mean I can call it as > myapp -t framework? paster create -t framework Something > And below I need to put into __init__.py?! > |-- myapp > | `-- __init__.py > > " > from paste.script import templates > class FrameworkTemplate(templates.Template): > > egg_plugins = ['Framework'] > summary = 'Template for creating a basic Framework package' > required_templates = ['basic_package'] > _template_dir = 'template' > use_cheetah = True Yes, that's right. Note that using 'basic_package' will fill in a bunch of files, like create a +package+ directory with an __init__.py. If that's the structure you want to start with then it's helpful. If you want to control the entire structure yourself you might not want required_templates. > 7. egg_plugins = ['Framework'], in my case this should be egg_plugins > = ['MyAPP'] > _template_dir = 'template', in my case this should be _template_dir = > 'myapp' ??? > Anything else I should change? _template_dir is the location, relative to the class file, where the source files are located. So 'template' means it's in framework/template/ -- Ian Bicking : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://blog.ianbicking.org _______________________________________________ Paste-users mailing list [email protected] http://webwareforpython.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/paste-users
