And how do you define "magic" in this case? On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:38:25 AM UTC-5, Paul Whipp wrote: > > A very fair question. > > I'd like to define a class that inherits from the controller class set up > in the magic stuff. In that class I'd define the replacement edit method. > I'd then have some code indicating that the files for the specialised app > are to be searched for in the source app folders and indicating that my > controller class is to be used in place of the usual magic controller. > > > On 30 January 2013 15:30, Anthony <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> What sort of solution do you envision? >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:02:36 PM UTC-5, Paul Whipp wrote: >> >>> Thanks for that. >>> >>> If I use a plug in I can replace the default.py controller file in admin >>> in its entirety, if my reading of that section is correct, a plugin >>> solution still involves a lot of repetition (although at least we're down >>> to one file) and a hole in future update behaviour. >>> >>> On 30 January 2013 13:42, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe look into plugins: http://web2py.com/** >>>> books/default/chapter/29/12#**Plugins<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/12#Plugins> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6:39:44 PM UTC-5, Paul Whipp wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm new to web2py but not to Python or web application frameworks. >>>>> >>>>> I love the dry pythonic nature of web2py. I'm less enamoured by its >>>>> use of magic but the convenient REP makes this mostly forgivable. I'm >>>>> giving web2py a go on a couple of real projects. >>>>> >>>>> As I use emacs, it looks like it would be straightforward to modify >>>>> the admin app to pass a file to an emacs service (if available) for >>>>> editing. Its also easy to copy the admin application, call it myadmin and >>>>> make the change there. These are both bad things to do because; in the >>>>> first case an upgrade will overwrite my change (yes I use source control >>>>> but its still going to be a pain), and in the second case I've copied a >>>>> large slice of code and lost the benefit of upgrades in myadmin which >>>>> could >>>>> lead to all sorts of problems in the long term. >>>>> >>>>> What I want to do is specialize the admin app such that I just use my >>>>> specialised default controller with its single specialized edit method >>>>> (the >>>>> latter specialisation is a little tricky because the method is a bit >>>>> monolithic but you can see what I'm aiming at). >>>>> >>>>> The result would be a specialization of the admin app called myadmin >>>>> containing virtually nothing but the specialized default controller and >>>>> edit method. I cannot see any obvious way to do this. Am I going to have >>>>> to >>>>> make like a PHP programmer and copy the whole application to make one >>>>> small >>>>> change or is there some cool way to unravel the magic a bit and point the >>>>> myadmin file lookups to admin, except for my controllers/default.py? >>>>> >>>>> For the time being I'll stick with navigating the file structure and >>>>> invoking emacs directly, so my question is more of a "How would I". I've >>>>> tried google to no avail and I'll be happy for an RTFM response if you >>>>> can >>>>> point me at the FM (or an example) that covers this. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to web2py+un...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > >
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