(See below) On Friday, February 21, 2014 9:38:36 AM UTC-8, Austin Taylor wrote: > > I tried using this answer located here: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9679090/using-modules-in-views/9680031#9680031 > > Here is the response i'm trying to follow (so you don't have to click the > link). > > ----------------- > > Just for record. > > It is not a good idea to use locals() > > instead of passing locals to response.render, it is better to create a > dictionary with the keys you want to be available for the view to be > rendered. > > You can also include a reference to markdown on that dictionary > > from gluon.contrib.markdown.markdown2 import markdown > mydict = dict(markdown=markdown, anotherkey=anothervalue)return > response.render("path/to/view", mydict) > > Dont try to extend locals() in to mydict, you will run in to problems if > you try this. > > Also you can just use the default web2py behavior > > from gluon.contrib.markdown.markdown2 import markdown > response.view = "path/to/view"return dict(markdown=markdown, > anotherkey=anothervalue) > > another option for you is to import markdown in a model file. > > --------------------------- > > > What does he mean by anotherkey=anothervalue? > I think he's just using these as placeholders (or non-specific examples). If your queryDict (below) has {dailyPrice = $4.50, orderQuantity = 5, shipping='surface'}, then you'd write mydict=dict(markdown=markdown, price2use=dailyPrice), or mydict=dict(markdown=markdown, price2use=dailyPrice, quantity=orderQuantity), etc.
Sorry, I can't answer anything markdown-related, though, as I am also pretty much a noob as well. (To my credit, one rather simple app used as an intranet-based datalogger.) > If my dictionary is called queryDict and I have a lot of values I'd like > to be returned how could I return them all using markdown? > > Sorry if this is noobish, I love web2py and am trying to use it for > everything. > > (And I've been hanging out in this group for several months, so I can sometimes parrot an answer.) /dps -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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.
