Sorry, this question is turning out to be much more difficult to articulate
than I originally expected. Thanks for bearing with me. ;)
You definitely have the right idea of what I'm trying to do -- the only
problem with this method is that Django looks for templates in multiple
places, so I don't actually know the absolute path to the directory the
templates are in. You quoted the critical bit from the docs in your earlier
message: if 'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader' is included in
your TEMPLATE_LOADERS setting, Django will search for a directory called
'templates' in each installed app, *in addition to all the directories
specified in TEMPLATE_DIRS*, when trying to load a template.
So if I have an app called 'myapp' and my settings.py contains this:
TEMPLATE_DIRS = ('/home/django/templates',)
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
)
... then both "/home/django/templates/myapp/" and
"/path/to/myapp/templates/myapp/" are legitimate places to stick the
templates for the app. I'm trying to find a solution that would list the
contents of my specified directory in either of these locations.
I need something like:
template_files = []
for dir in EVERY_DIRECTORY_DJANGO_LOOKS_FOR_TEMPLATES_IN:
template_files.extend(os.listdir(dir))
I have to agree about the spoken word, though... Happy to discuss this by
phone if you'd like, and thanks again for your help.
- Patrick
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Python_Junkie <
software.buy.des...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The internet is a wonderful invention, but sometimes the interchange
> of the spoken word is more efficient.
>
> Let's see if I have this straight.
>
> You know which directory the templates are in.
>
> 'templates/flatpages/page_templates/ for example.
> Is that correct?
>
> Then when you pass from the url.py to the specific view that you are
> directed to by the url you simply call the function
> *********************************************************
> files=os.listdir('templates/flatpages/page_templates/ ')
>
> template_qty=len(files)
>
> for xxx in range(template_qty):
> #####perform the logic to add values to the dictionary
> template_dictionary=( a:'a',b:'b') ### I forget the
> exact syntax
>
> render(form_template_listing.html,template_dictionary) - ## I
> forget the exact syntax
>
> ******************************************************
>
> Then in the form_template_listing.html , template unpack the template
> dictionary in the drop down list.
>
>
> I believe this is what you are asking.
>
> If not I can send you my cell phone number and we can discuss it.
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