On May 10, 2007, at 8:45 PM, Catherine wrote:
> > Hi! > > I've just submitted my first TG widget to the CogBin - xcbl ( > http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/xcbl/0.1 ). Yaaay! It's called > Extensible CheckBox List, and it's just like (and inherits from) the > CheckBox List, except it's... well, extensible. It includes an > "Other: " field for the user to fill in more options beyond what was > originally specified. > > http://catherine.devlin.googlepages.com/xcbl.html > > Everything seems to be working OK - though it's my first, fumbling > upload to the Cheeseshop, so I'd appreciate anybody who'd like to > install it, take a look, and critique/correct. > > My problem - the new widget isn't showing up in the Widget Browser. I > can't figure out why, and can't really find any documentation to help > me. > > I suspect I may be leaving something out of my WidgetDescription. I > virtually copied the description for the ordinary CheckBoxList, like > so: > > class ExtensibleCheckBoxListDesc(WidgetDescription): > name = "Extensible CheckBox List" > for_widget = > ExtensibleCheckBoxList("your_extensible_checkbox_list", > options=[(1, "Python"), > (2, "Java"), > (3, "Pascal"), > (4, "Ruby")], > default=[1,4]) > > Does anybody know what else I have to do to get it into the Widget > Browser? Is there a list of requirements for a valid > WidgetDescription? If I did something wrong, would the error be > logged somewhere? > > The only other thing I can think of that I might have goofed up is > setup.py, so I'm attaching that - though I don't see anything wrong > with it, I'm also only working by imitation and don't know quite what > it's supposed to have. > > Thanks for any help... and I hope some of you will find > ExtensibleCheckBoxList handy! > Seems that you're missing the entry_point declaration in setup.py, try adding something like these lines: entry_points = """ [turbogears.widgets] xcbl = path.to.your.widgets.module """ Then reinstall and it should appear (the widget description looks fine). Thanks for sharing it! :) Alberto --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" 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/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
