Following up from a mail way-back-when:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin Old [mailto:kevinold at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 8:37 PM
>> To: The elegant MVC web framework
>> Subject: Re: [Catalyst] Mason configuration in YAML
>>
>> I'm pretty sure you need to do it like this:
>>
>> In your YAML file specify comp_root and data_dir:
>>
>> comp_root: __path_to(mason/root)__
>> data_dir: __path_to(mason/data)__
>>
>> then in Mason.pm you can use it like this:
>> package MyApp::View::Mason;
>>
>> use base 'Catalyst::View::Mason';
>>
>> __PACKAGE__->config->{DEBUG} = 'all';
>> __PACKAGE__->config->{comp_root} = $c->config->{comp_root};
>> __PACKAGE__->config->{data_dir} = $c->config->{data_dir};
>>
>> 1;
>>
>> Catalyst::View::Mason doesn't look for these by default (like
>> Catalyst::Plugin::Session, for instance) which is why you
>> have to specify them in the Mason.pm.
> Ahh, OK, thanks. So it seems that not all C::V::* or C::M::* follow
the
> same 'rules'.
> The ones I used up to now (View::TTSite, Model::DBIC, and
C::P::Session
> you mentioned) can be configured in yml that way.
> For that reason I (wrongly) assumed that all modules behaved like
this.
> On the other hand, I think it would be a Good Thing(tm) if they would
> all follow the same way of configuration.
I'm not sure thet Catalyst::View::Mason is under "active maintenance"
but I've sent a patch to rt.cpan.org #25413 which proposes a fix to make
C::V::M pick up config from the normal config files.
Cheers
Carl
(IRC: CaptainCarlos)
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