[Zope-CMF] More Refactoring done :-)

Tres Seaver tseaver@palladion.com
Tue, 05 Jun 2001 08:47:01 -0400


Chris Withers wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've now done the generic folder (wow, what a mission :-S) with only the
> undo_form and viewThreadsAtBottom not yet seen to.
> If anyone is interested, drop me a mail. I'd love to see this in a CMF
> release, but I guess that's up to DC now... Tres or Shane, let me know if
> you want the .zip, it's about 43kB so I wasn't gonna fire it to the whole
> list ;-)


Why not upload it to the dogbowl and post a link here?


> The highlights are:
> 
> - A much nicer folder view
> - Errors caught on folder operations
> - the filter form on folders now works ;-)
> - the rename form lets you rename more than one object at a time
> - the search form has been sorted out a lot
> ...and loads of other stuff I've forgotten since it hit midnight...
> 
> There's a _lot_ more python scripts in this version because I really hate
> seeing logic in DTML.
> It's now nicely seperated as to what's doing what and if speed becomes an
> issue, there's nothing stopping you customizing them back out again.
> However, for new users, while they might be scared by the number of objects
> initially, they'll find it easier to work out what's going on in the long
> run.
> 
> Well, hopefully I'll polish of the above two items tomorrow, then there's
> just the content layer to go :-)
> 
> If people would be interested in a .zip once I've got all the layers done,
> let me know now...
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 
> PS: Doing this, I've also got rid of methods that weren't actually being
> used anywhere, so it's as important to note what's not there as what's been
> added.

If you can enumerate those, that would be a big help.

Looking forward to seeing it,

Tres.
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