On Jan 2, 2011, at 8:19 AM, villas wrote: > > Hi Jonathan > If the framework had such a variable I would use it. But it's a tiny > issue so please don't let me further distract you from the other > enhancements you are planning :-)
It'll be (almost) trivial to add it. I'll put it on my todo list. > Thanks. > D > > On Jan 2, 3:58 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 2, 2011, at 5:54 AM, villas wrote: >> >> >> >>> Well, say I make a plugin which I want to link back to a function in >>> my default_controller. I would not wish to to make my link like this >>> URL('default','func'), but like this URL(default_controller,'func'). >>> See what I mean? >> >> Sort of. The problem is that you're not guaranteed of having a >> default_controller, unless someone has appropriately configured and >> installed an app-specific router for that application (or made it the >> default application in the base router). >> >> I can provide an API (something like gluon.rewrite.get_router(appname)) that >> would return the effective router (dict, or actually Storage) for a given >> application, but I can't guarantee that any particular item will be defined >> in it (or even that a router exists). >> >> You could then do something like this: >> >> from gluon.rewrite import get_router as router >> ... >> URL(router(request.application).default_controller or 'default', >> 'func') >> >> or define your own global in a model file: >> >> from gluon.rewrite import get_router as router >> ... >> my_default_controller = >> router(request.application).default_controller or 'default' >> >> Would that work? >> >> >> >>> On Jan 2, 2:09 am, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Jan 1, 2011, at 5:46 PM, villas wrote: >> >>>>> The 'default_controller' variable in routes.py doesn't seem to be >>>>> available in the rest of the app. >>>>> From where may I access that information? >>>>> Or, do I have to set that variable again in as an app setting >>>>> somewhere (not very DRY!). >> >>>> I'm not sure what you're asking. Why would you want to access it? >> >>
