OK, for those of us who like visuals, I have a very short screen cast of this line of code added to front/index.dryml in action:
http://screencast.com/t/YWUxYTli Current user: <a with ="¤t_user.name"> </a>' On Mar 12, 3:22 pm, Owen Dall <[email protected]> wrote: > Mmmm. Thanks. > > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > acting_user is *only* available on model objects, and even then only > > typically within the context of a save/update transaction or in a permission > > check. > > > current_user is the one to use in view/controller code. > > > --Matt Jones > > > On Mar 12, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Owen Dall wrote: > > > While we are on the subject, in which context is "self.acting_user" > >> available? > > >> For example, so we can build a tag to display the user... > > >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:45 PM, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> well, there's no real choice in the model, you only have acting_user. > >> the point I was making is there is rarely a case where the model > >> acting_user is not the same User as the controller current_user, since > >> most time you're checking acting_user it was current_user passed > >> behind the scenes from controller/view to the model. > > >> On Mar 12, 11:54 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Thanks, I think most folks will use "acting_user" > > >> > On Mar 12, 1:46 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > probably the bigger confusion is there's very few cases where the > >> > > acting_user isn't going to be the current_user. maybe in some special > >> > > multipart lifecycle actions but I can't think of any other case that I > >> > > might use a different acting_user. > > >> > > On Mar 12, 7:52 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > Think this needs another discussion for all new to Hobo: > > >> > > > Here is a post from Tom a while back: > > >> > > > Although it is a common source of confusion, it's actually fairly > >> > > > important to understand the difference between the two concepts, or > >> > > > you're at risk of messing up your nice MVC separation. current_user > >> > > > only makes sense in conjunction with the idea of a "current > >> > > > session", > >> > > > which only exists in the view and controller layers. That's why in > >> > > > 'normal' Rails apps you just can't get at that information from the > >> > > > model. > > >> > > > But it struck me that "this model-level action is happening on > >> > > > behalf > >> > > > some specific user" is such a fundamental aspect of the kind of apps > >> > > > we right, that it was a good idea to support this in the model > >> > > > layer. > > >> > > > As Bryan says, it's not _necessarily_ the current_user from the > >> > > > session. Rather, it's the user who is performing this action - the > >> > > > acting_user. > > >> > > > Sometimes a common source of confusion is a good thing, because > >> > > > what's > >> > > > actually going on is a common misconception, and the confusion is an > >> > > > opportunity to straighten things out. > > >> > > > Tom > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Hobo Users" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<hobousers%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> Thanks, > >> - Owen > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Hobo Users" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<hobousers%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Hobo Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<hobousers%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > > -- > Thanks, > - Owen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
