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On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 06:17, Gilbert Fine wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><I>Hello,
I am new to zope. I wish I can use the power functions in zope, such as ZPT,
outside zope, because I am not used to writing program in a browser. I want
to use vi and other tools right in the server.
My idea is: I write a special module in python, simulating the zope server.
Then I write web programs as CGI, but the code is almost the same as if I
were using zope directly. These CGI use ZPT and DB Connection object in
zope. I feel very comfortable using the vi, cvs, subversion, make and all
other nice and familiar tools. When those CGI program are somewhat stable, I
can copy the code in to zope, and then maintain the code in zope from then
on.
Is there a simple way to do that? Or it is just a stupid idea?
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The answer is that is not a stupid Idea. Writting code in the browser is very convinient for quick patches and extreemely anoying when you are at it for more than 30 mins.<BR>
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But since it's an obvious problem some one beat you to the solution!<BR>
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Install ExternalEditor Zope Package.<BR>
Once setup, you can click on a Zope Object, and your vi Editor will pop-up for you to edit it.<BR>
When you quit vi, the new code is copied back to Zope.<BR>
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It's not perfect, but it's way above the web-editor, and that what you proposed!<BR>
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Jerry
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><I>Gilbert Fine
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