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February 27th, 2006

The .pythonrc.py is the script that executes when interactive interpreter starts up. You need to unsure that an environment variable PYTHONSTARTUP contains the path to that file.

export PYTHONSTARTUP=/home/partecs/.pythonrc.py

Here is a handy code snippet that one could add into your .pythonrc.py file.

import pydoc
import inspect
import rlcompleter, readline

readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')

def source(obj):
"""source of the obj."""
try:
pydoc.pipepager(inspect.getsource(obj), 'less')
except IOError:
pass

Now for the fun part, run the Python interpreter and hit the tab button twice. You have the tab complete feature. Also try out the following statements.

>>> import os

>>> source(os)

You should be able to view the source of the os module.

You can also use your pythonrc.py file in Zope’s debug mode. To start up Zope’s debug mode run the following statement.

./zope/instancehome/bin/zopectl debug

On the interpreter run the following statement.

>>> execfile('/path/to/.pythonrc.py')

If you don’t like running execfile everytime you run Zope in the debug mode you could simply edit and modify

lib/python/Zope2/Startup/zopectl.py and replace the line

"import Zope2; app=Zope2.app())" with

"import Zope2; app=Zope2.app(); execfile('/home/partecs/.pythonrc.py')".

Posted by giovani | Comments (2)

AHAH (Asynchronous HTML and HTTP) and Plone

February 22nd, 2006

Recently I have tried working with AHAH along with Plone and found myself reaping the benefits of AJAX and the Zope framework. And what impressed me the most is that I wrote very little JavaScript.

I am going to run through an example of using AHAH with Controller Page Templates.

eg: form.cpt
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
xsrc="MochiKit.js" mce_src="MochiKit.js"  ></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function LoadManager() {
bindMethods(this);
}

LoadManager.prototype.postFormData = function(theform) {
var data = {}
for (var i in theform.elements) {
var formelement = theform.elements[i];
data[formelement.name] = formelement.value;
}
var d  = doSimpleXMLHttpRequest(theform.action, data);
d.addCallback(this.updateDOM);
d.addErrback(this.fetchError);
}

LoadManager.prototype.updateDOM = function(dom) {
var text = dom.responseText;
this.div.innerHTML=text;
}

LoadManager.prototype.fetchError = function(err) {
alert(err);
}

function postForm(theform, replacediv) {
loadManager = new LoadManager();
loadManager.div = $(replacediv);
loadManager.postFormData(theform);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
This text will not reload on form submission.
<div id="reloadme">
<div metal:use-macro="here/comment_form/macros/view">
</div>
</body>
</html>

eg: form.cpt.metadata

[default]
title=Reply to Comment

[validators]
validators..Save = validate_comment

[actions]
action.success = traverse_to:string:comment_reply
action.success..Save = traverse_to:string:comment_reply
action.failure = traverse_to:string:comment_form

eg: comment_form.cpt

<metal:block use-macro="here/global_defines/macros/defines" />

<div metal:define-macro="view">

<form  action=""   method="post"
tal:define="errors options/state/getErrors">
<input type="hidden" name="form.submitted" value="1" />

<div class="field"
tal:define="error python:errors.get('comment', None)"
tal:attributes="class python:test(error, 'field error', 'field')">

<label for="title" i18n:translate="label_subject">Comment</label>

<div tal:content="error">Validation error output</div>
<input name="comment"
id="comment"
value=""
tabindex=""
tal:attributes="value request/comment|nothing;tabindex tabindex/next" />

</div>
</div>
<input onClick="postForm(this.form, 'comments')"
tabindex=""
type="button"
value="Save"
name="form.button.Save" />
</form>

</div>
</metal:block>

You must ensure that the response after the form submission is only the contents that you replaced in you macro and not an entire HTML file.

Posted by giovani | Comments (1)

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