On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:16:12 -0000, Daniel Fetchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Sorry for the long subject line, it pretty much says (asks) it all. >> > >> > This would be useful in situations where several controller methods >> > use the same template but the actual appearance differs slightly from >> > method to method. Is it possible? >> >> I imagine it will be tricky, if possible at all. This page has one >> approach: >> >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-May/205437.html >> >> Why not just be explicit and pass in an additional argument to the >> template? > > Sure, if it can not be done in a clean and nice way that's what I'll > do, well, that's what I'm currently doing already. The link you sent > is indeed talking about this issue but is too hackish and doesn't > qualify for "clean and nice" :) how about a decorator, something like: def tell_template_this_controller(func): def _func(*args, **kw): d = return func(*args, **kw) d['this_controller'] = func.__name__ return _func Then use like: @expose(template='.templates.whatever') @tell_template_this_controller def controller_1(self): # do stuff return dict(...) @expose(template='.templates.whatever') @tell_template_this_controller def controller_2(self): # do stuff return dict(...) and in the whatever template: <p>Hello from the <span py:content="this_controller" /> controller!</p> (code untested) Nick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
