For me, magic is anything that supplies context or functionality that is not visible in the usual python manner. For example where the default.py controller file looks like normal python and mostly behaves that way but has a whole lot of magic going on in terms of variables it can access.
On 30 January 2013 16:25, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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/**boo** >>>>> ks/default/chapter/29/12#**Plugi**ns<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/**grou**ps/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 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]. > For more options, visit 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
