[Zope3-dev] Re: Python Tab for Page Templates

[Chris Withers]

Jeffrey P Shell wrote:
> That doesn't sound ideal to me.  Well, it might sound ideal to me, but 
> it wouldn't sound nearly as ideal to our designer.  He just wants to 
> upload 'specials.html', I want to add in the necessary TAL statements, 
> and then he wants to be able to tweak and modify the layout.  He'd 
> probably settle for dealing with 'specials.html/zpt.html', but I think 
> it's a step back from the happy place we're in now where he can modify 
> the site with little impact on the dynamic parts of pages in a manner 
> that's comfortable to him.

This is true...

> This is why I don't want to see this built in as a default.

Hmmm... it should all be adpaters in Zope 3 anyway, right?

> Source, and extra source, as all separate tabs.  But again - this puts 
> the onus on having a good tool already written that can intelligently 
> deal with this type of situation.

This isn't going to happen for Zope...

> this), the 'python tab' seems to fly in the face of that design decision 
> somewhat.  That's why I'd like to see a proposal.  This is the first 
> I've heard of this up until now.

Hmmm, I'm inclined to agree...

cheers,

Chris