yeah, ok... does not look very nice in this format, but, if we forgo the sample below, the rest is still a valid question, thanks again :)
On Oct 4, 1:50 pm, mart <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, bad typing day.... > > I need to display some dictionaries, these are generated according to > DATA provided by the user. I would like to display them on a page, but > need to display them pretty (like with pprint). I am wrapping this > part of the app in plugin_wiki: I have 4 types of data that that get > inserted in to a DB once generated that I can use for for this (i > couldn't decide, so gave myself options): > > 1) a dictionary (containing other dictionaries embedded within) > 2) the same dict, but inserted as_string > 3) the same dict, but wrapped up like an object > 4) an xml representation of the same dict > > I can write any of these 4 very nicely to the terminal output, or a > file, but it seems not on a web2py app page... Once displayed, the > user will understand the 'semantics. does anybody have a trick for > displaying like this on a webApp page? > > here is an example of what I am looking for (not sure how this will > look here, but, apologies in advance if it does look garbled): > > {'resources': {'fileSets': {'fileSet': [{'files': {'file': > [{'installPath': '${installRoot}', > 'source': > '../file001.txt'}, > > {'installPath': '${installRoot}', > 'source': > '../file002.txt'}]}, > 'rules': {'and': {'include': > {'attribute': 'os', > > 'match': 'symbian'}, > 'or': > {'include': [{'attribute': 'osver', > > 'match': 's60'}, > > {'attribute': 'os', > > 'match': 's60fp3'}]}}, > 'exclude': > {'attribute': 'osver', > > 'macth': 'DontIncludeMe'}}}, > {'files': {'file': > [{'installPath': '${installRoot}', > 'source': > '../file003.txt'}, > > {'installPath': '${installRoot}', > 'source': > '../file004.txt'}]}, > 'rules': {'and': {'include': > {'attribute': 'os', > > 'match': 'symbian'}, > 'or': > {'include': {'attribute': 'os', > > 'match': 's60fp3'}}}}}]}, > 'includeFiles': {'_text': '/', > 'includeFile': {'path': '../aFolder/ > file_man.xml'}}, > 'packages': {'package': [{'deviceModel': 'Nokia6630', > 'installRoot': '/mart/private/ > 20008421/mo', > 'name': 'package001', > 'os': 'symbian', > 'osver': 's60'}, > {'deviceModel': 'Nokia6630', > 'installRoot': '/mart/private/ > 20008421/mo', > 'name': 'package002', > 'os': 'symbian', > 'osver': 's60 > > On Oct 4, 9:29 am, mart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > >
