Sounds like an error in the docs. In the particular case of ``url_for``, John's suggestion is probably what you want. Other "built in" helpers can be found in the WebHelpers package. In earlier versions of Pylons, helpers.py included these imports for you; now, you import the ones you want.
On Mar 16, 3:36 pm, edgarsmolow <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, John, but that's not my question. > My question is not about how to access functions in the module. My > question is about why the documentation talks about using the url_for > () function, but it is not present in the module. Are we expected to > write it ourselves, or was there a problem in the WAY I set up the > application? For instance, perhaps I missed a step... > > Thanks. > Edgar > > On Mar 16, 5:14 pm, John Dickson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Edgar > > > You normally add the imports you want to helpers.py, which then makes them > > available as "h.some_import". For example, I use the following line to get > > the url_for() function: > > > from routes import url_for > > > Cheers ........................ JD > > > 2009/3/17 edgarsmolow <[email protected]> > > > > I recently began development with Pylons 0.9.7. The online docs > > > suggest using a function called url_for that should be in > > > myproject.lib.helpers.py. But, the file is essentially empty. > > > > Is helpers.py supposed to come with any functions at all, or are we > > > supposed to write url_for (and any others mentioned in the docs)? > > > > Thanks. > > > Edgar > > > -- > > /Angle-parked in a parallel universe.../ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" 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/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
