also, it's simple... and "it's done!".
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> try the "Its All Text" plugin for Firefox - just toggle the editor when it
> comes up in the browser, and you'll have the little chicklet "edit" button
> on the bottom right of the form.
> That's fast, and already solved.
>
> It works sort of like this:
>
> Session-form encoded filename created. You edit that. "IAT" watches it -
> if it changes, it fills in the form for you.
>
> If you loose power, leave the screen, come back to the same page - you can
> still "write" that file from your editor (when the form is present) and it
> will get transfered to the browser for you.
>
> Of course, you can save the file as many times as you want, as any
> alternate name as you want (locally).
>
> Try it - it's fun!
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM, mr.freeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hitting back in Firefox didn't work for me. Maybe because the file is
>> re-read on each page load. The method I am working on saves the 3
>> most recent versions as backups and adds a Restore button (next to
>> Save) and select that lets you choose which file to restore. Not very
>> elegant but functional.
>>
>> On Nov 20, 1:39 pm, "Yarko Tymciurak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Yes - VCS calling interface is what I remember, and I think it is a good
>> > idea (if integrated well).
>> > For client-end editing "from the web" with some sort of reasonable undo
>> that
>> > is more reliable than the browser, I suggest (ahem - hard to do, since
>> I've
>> > been using Chrome the past few months) using Firefox, with the "its all
>> > text" plugin - that lets you edit any form "offline" in an editor of
>> your
>> > choosing (e.g. vi).
>> >
>> > Only problem w/ that - when editing w/ web2py, you have to constantly
>> > change to "text" mode for "its all text" to come up / work. Would be
>> nice
>> > for those people if this default (what comes up when you edit) was
>> > configurable.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:32 PM, achipa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Yarko, maybe including is the wrong word if Massimo is referring to my
>> > > VCS web2py patch. I'm providing a mechanism to call whatever
>> > > underlying VCS you are using in the project. It's just making web2py
>> > > smart enough to detect different VCS files, and putting a button or
>> > > two on some of the admin pages to do update/commit/revert (by calling
>> > > the adequate VCS modules or simply executing a shell command). I've
>> > > already done it for subversion and bazaar, and it's just a couple of
>> > > minutes of work to add anybody's favourite. It's very unwieldy (like
>> > > any VCS) to use for edit/save/run type of development.
>> >
>> > > I personally think the back button is something that you should not
>> > > rely on (for whatever purpose). With any fairly recent web2.0 site it
>> > > will only wreak havoc as 'back' is not really the 'back' the user
>> > > might think it is. I'm generally not a great fan of using web-based
>> > > editors for serious work, but that's probably just my VI addiction
>> > > speaking.
>> >
>> > > On Nov 20, 7:13 pm, "Yarko Tymciurak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:52 AM, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > > > Let me think about. I thought we were going to include a real
>> version
>> > > > > control system eventually.
>> >
>> > > > We've had this discussion in the past: it makes no sense to
>> "include" a
>> > > VCS
>> > > > in web2py (too many people have favorites).
>> >
>> > > > It _can_ make sense to write a unified interface, so that you can
>> "plug
>> > > in"
>> > > > your favorite VCS (and location of repository).
>> >
>> > > > Once that is in place, it would be nice to version projects - but
>> even
>> > > so, I
>> > > > would do this on-demand ("checkin").
>> >
>> > > > This kind of editing "undo" is probably another layer of behavior,
>> > > distinct
>> > > > and different from what a VCS is for. If you look (for example) at
>> > > > docs.google.com, when editing a file, auto-save is in effect for
>> some
>> > > time
>> > > > period. If you look at your document's history, you can see a
>> "session"
>> > > > might have 4 or 5 (or more) saves, and inspecting each, you can see
>> that
>> > > > they grabbed something you were in the middle of.
>> >
>> > > > I'm not sure we want / need to get that elaborate (or do we?).
>> >
>> > > > Think about implementing a simple 'undo' mechanism first - something
>> > > beyond
>> > > > browser back, short of an auto-saved versioning system (which I
>> think
>> > > would
>> > > > be too big a distraction for web2py).- Hide quoted text -
>> >
>> > - Show quoted text -
>> >>
>>
>
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