Re: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-27 Thread Nikko Wolf
I prefer: emacs with ExternalEditor - to edit ZODB objects, emacs with TRAMP - to edit native filesystem files via SSH, see: http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/tramp/ emacs via FTP (with AngeFTP or with TRAMP) is also good for both of these when configured. But be aware that content

RE: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-23 Thread Jim Abramson
I do recommend Boa Constructor, which feels the most like you're actually editing source code files (though you're editing the zope objects in place). This program has actually saved my life. Caveats: It has a few dependencies you'll need to track down, and it's a little buggy/quirky. If

Re: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-23 Thread Paul Winkler
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 04:27:50PM +0100, John Poltorak wrote: What alternatives are there to editing objects through ZMI? ExternalEditor. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org

Re: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-23 Thread John Poltorak
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:49:19AM -0400, Paul Winkler wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 04:27:50PM +0100, John Poltorak wrote: What alternatives are there to editing objects through ZMI? ExternalEditor. Do you mean this? http://plope.com/software/ExternalEditor Are there any screen shots

Re: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-23 Thread Brian Sullivan
AFAIK External Editor just provides the infrastructure not the editor itself. I use the External Editor product/infrastructure and HTML Kit on Windows: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org

Re: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-23 Thread Dennis Allison
emacs via ftp -- see the Zope Book for funky details. On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Paul Winkler wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 04:27:50PM +0100, John Poltorak wrote: What alternatives are there to editing objects through ZMI? ExternalEditor. -- Dennis Allison * Computer Systems

Re: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-23 Thread Dennis Allison
External editor is an interface product that allows you to edit Zope objects with your local editor (vi, emacs, nano, wordpad, etc) but it does require installation of a helper product and Python on the client machine. On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, John Poltorak wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at

Re: [Zope] External editor for ZMI

2005-06-23 Thread Andrew Langmead
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 04:27:50PM +0100, John Poltorak wrote: What alternatives are there to editing objects through ZMI? I've often used the WebDAV support for using standard file system based editing tools on Zope content. How well it works depends greatly on the WebDAV client you