I think you have it with the syntax you just wrote down.
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On Feb 10, 4:19 pm, Patrick Wellever <pwelle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <
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> 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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