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Zope Weekly News
by Mike Pelletier March 22, 2000

March 22, 2000

G'day, Zope Weekly News is a digest of some of the useful and interesting events which have occurred on the various Zope mailing lists and the Zope.org site. It is published each Wednesday before Noon. Any opinions contained in the Zope Weekly News are those of the chronicler exclusively. Announcements * Two new Zope revisions were released this week. 2.1.5 filled in security holes which affected sites which allow untrusted users to create DTML documents. Ironically, a bug-fix which was included in 2.1.5 broke code which depended on the bug. This was fixed in the second release, 2.1.6. http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.1.5/Zope_215_release http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.1.6/Zope_216_release * Thanks to Eduardo Fernandez Corrales, the Zope Weekly News is now available in Spanish! He is publishing translations at Zope Hispano, a portal for Spanish-speaking Zope developers and users. http://zope.sistelnet.es * Healtheon | WebMD is hiring in Atlanta, GA Healtheon | WebMD is looking for Software Engineers with experience in Python and/or Zope to work in our Global News Center located in Midtown Atlanta, GA. You must be willing to relocate. http://www.zope.org/Members/kbirch-webmd/hiring-notice New Products * The Portal Toolkit has been packaged into a snapshot release for use by those who do not have access to CVS. The PTK is targeted at community-oriented portals, but is also appropriate for any site which wants to give members a personalised view of content. The snapshot release is 0.7.1. http://www.zope.org/Products/PTK Updates * Software Product: load_site.py with additional features, by Itamar Shtull-Trauring Itamar has updated his powered-up 'load_site.py' again. The present release is 1.3.1. This update adds a GUI, built with wxPython. 'load_site' is a utility for dumping content from a file system into the ZODB. http://www.zope.org/Members/itamar/load_site * Software Product: ZopeEDIT, by "jimbag" The latest release of this product, 0.0.5, adds limited RPC support which is used to create and delete folders. ZopeEDIT is a tool which enables any text editor to edit content on a live Zope server. It does not need to run on the same machine as the Zope server. http://www.zope.org/Members/jimbag/ZopeEDIT/ * Software Product: LocalFS, by Jonothan Farr Version 0.1.6, the Ides of March release, fixes several bugs, is more robust about determining file types, and creates XMLDocuments and StructuredDocuments automatically, where appropriate. LocalFS is a product which allows Zope to serve files out of a local filesystem. http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2000-March/000130.html * Software Product: SiteAccess, by Evan Simpson Evan has release version 1.0.1 of SiteAccess. This version fixes a bug which interfered with FTP access to Zope. The SiteAccess product allows Zope to serve different content depending on the hostname the site was accessed by. http://www.zope.org/Members/4am/SiteAccess Zope.org items * How-To: VersionFTPServer, by "htrd" This How-To describes modifications to Zope which allow you to work within a Version through FTP. Versions allow you to stage changes to a Zope site by effectively forking the database. Changes that you make in a Version are not publicly visible until you ask them to be. http://www.zope.org/Members/htrd/howto/VersionFTPServer * How-To: How To: Use GenericUserFolder with an SQL database Version 1.1, by "hippy" This How-To shows how to customise GenericUserFolder(GUF) to use an SQL database as its repository for usernames, passwords, roles and anything else you want to store about a user. The update adds information from Dennis Baker to help get things going with MySQL. http://www.zope.org/Members/hippy/GUF_SQL_crypt_1_1 -- Mike Pelletier.

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ANN: 4XPath 0.8.3 and 4XSLT 0.8.3
by Uche Ogbuji March 17, 2000

March 17, 2000

Fourthought, Inc. (http://Fourthought.com) announces the release of 4XSLT and 4XPath 0.8.3 ---------------------- A python implementation of the W3C's XSLT language 4XSLT is an XML transformation processor based on the W3C's specification for the XSLT transform language. 4XPath implements the W3C XPath language for indicating and selecting XML document components. http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt 4XPath implements the full 4XPath recommendation except for the 'lang' core function. Currently, 4XSLT supports a sub-set of the XSLT recommendation including the following: Full expression support and attribute-value template expansion xsl:include xsl:import xsl:template xsl:apply-imports xsl:apply-templates xsl:copy xsl:call-template xsl:if xsl:for-each xsl:choose xsl:element xsl:when xsl:attribute xsl:otherwise xsl:text xsl:message xsl:value-of xsl:variable xsl:processing-instruction xsl:param xsl:comment xsl:with-param xsl:strip-space xsl:key xsl:preserve-space xsl:copy-of xsl:sort xsl:namespace-alias xsl:output xsl:number and, of course, xsl:stylesheet, xsl:transform, literal elements and text Using the xml output method, 4XSLT produces the result tree by throwing events from the emerging SAX 2 standard to a handler, so it can be easily modified to supply results to any SAX 2 consumer. For the 'html' and 'text' output methods special SAX consumers produce HTML DOM nodes and plain text respectively. Note: 4XSLT and 4XPath cannot work with JPython. News ---- Changes in 0.8.3 ---------------- - _Major_ performance improvement (by indexing for document order) - Add XPath API for document-indexing optimization - Implemented xsl:number - Properly wrap exceptions and fix pseudo-i18n - Plug memory leak with RTF variables and params - Fixed document() function - Fixed bugs in apply-templates - A profusion of bug-fixes More info and Obtaining 4XPath and 4XSLT ---------------------------------------- Please see http://Fourthought.com/4Suite/4XPath http://Fourthought.com/4Suite/4XSLT Or you can download 4XSLT from ftp://Fourthought.com/pub/4Suite/4XPath ftp://Fourthought.com/pub/4Suite/4XSLT There are Linux RPMs available at ftp://Fourthought.com/pub/mirrors/python4linux/redhat/ 4XPath and 4XSLT are distributed under a license similar to that of Python. -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc., IT Consultants uche.ogbuji(a)fourthought.com (970)481-0805 Software-engineering, project-management, knowledge-management http://Fourthought.com http://OpenTechnology.org

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ANN: 4DOM 0.9.3
by Uche Ogbuji March 17, 2000

March 17, 2000

Fourthought, Inc. (http://Fourthought.com) announces the release of 4DOM 0.9.3 ----------------------- An XML/HTML Python library using the Document Object Model interface 4DOM is a Python library for XML and HTML processing and manipulation using the W3C's Document Object Model for interface. 4DOM implements DOM Core level 2, HTML level 2 and Level 2 Document Traversal. 4DOM should work on all platforms supported by Python. If you have any problems with a particular platform, please e-mail the authors. 4DOM is designed to allow developers rapidly design applications that read, write or manipulate HTML and XML. News ---- - Better UTF-8 handling in printing - Clean up printer whitespace - Fix nasty bug in Sax2 attribute namespace defaulting - Other bug-fixes More info and Obtaining 4DOM ---------------------------- Please see http://Fourthought.com/4Suite/4DOM Or you can download 4DOM from ftp://Fourthought.com/pub/4Suite/4DOM There are Linux RPMs available at ftp://Fourthought.com/pub/mirrors/python4linux/redhat/ 4DOM is distributed under a license similar to that of Python. -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc., IT Consultants uche.ogbuji(a)fourthought.com (970)481-0805 Software-engineering, project-management, knowledge-management http://Fourthought.com http://OpenTechnology.org

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ANNOUNCE: omniORB for Python pre-release 2
by Duncan Grisby March 16, 2000

March 16, 2000

AT&T Laboratories Cambridge is pleased to announce that the second pre-release of omniORBpy is now available for download. omniORBpy is a robust and efficient implementation of the CORBA Python mapping. The most significant update from pre-release 1 is that omniORBpy now has full POA support, when used in conjunction with omniORB 3 (which is also in pre-release). omniORBpy can also be used with omniORB 2.8, in which case most POA functions are disabled. We run omniORBpy on Linux, Solaris and Windows NT, and it has already been ported to a number of other platforms. It should be easy to port to any other platform for which omniORB and Python are available. Although this is a pre-release, the ORB has no known bugs, and is in daily use in our lab. omniORBpy is only available in source form at the moment. Binaries will follow in the near future. For further details, and download instructions, visit http://www.uk.research.att.com/omniORB/omniORBpy/ Enjoy! -- -- Duncan Grisby \ Research Engineer -- -- AT&T Laboratories Cambridge -- -- http://www.uk.research.att.com/~dpg1 --

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Zope Weekly News
by Mike Pelletier March 15, 2000

March 15, 2000

G'day, Zope Weekly News is a digest of some of the useful and interesting events which have occurred on the various Zope mailing lists and the Zope.org site. It is published each Wednesday evening. Any opinions contained in the Zope Weekly News are those of the chronicler exclusively (but I'm willing to share). Announcements * The latest versions of the Zope Content Managers Guide, Z SQL Method User's Guide and DTML Reference Guides is available in postscript(ps) format. With luck, the technical problems of the previous versions have been fixed. http://www.zope.org/Members/Pam/PSversion * Check out the new Zope Documentation Projects page that lists current Zope documentation projects and their status. http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Projects/Projects * Martijn Faassen <faassen(a)vet.uu.nl> has established a Zope-XML mailing list. The intent is to discuss Zope's XML infrastructure. http://www.egroups.com/group/zope-xml/info.html New Products * Software Product: iTrack Issue Tracker Product, by "shalabh" iTrack allows a team of people to keep track of various issues about a project. Currently this is in development stage (Version 0.2.0) but usable, as long as you follow the instructions. http://www.zope.org/Members/shalabh/iTrack/ * Software Product: ZGDChart Product, by "teyc" ZGDChart uses gdchart to draw charts. This product comes with Windows binaries and source for non-Windows platforms. This initial development release is 0.3. http://www.zope.org/Members/teyc/ZGDChart * Software Product: DTMLTemplate, by "halazar" DTML Templates are documents that allow blocks of text to be named and made available to other documents. The basic building block of templates is the DTML block tag, which can also be used with other DTML document types. Templates export their blocks. Another new tag, the suppress tag, allows block definition without rendering. http://www.zope.org/Members/halazar/Products/DTMLTemplate Updates * Software Product: jcNTUserFolder, by Jephte CLAIN This product authenticates Zope users against an NT domain controller. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this version, 0.0.3. Unfortunately, the upgrade is incompatible. You will lose any role settings. http://www.zope.org/Members/jephte/jcNTUserFolder Zope.org items * How-To: The Debugger Is Your Friend, by Michel Pelletier This HowTo is an invaluable resource for those days where if I get one more mysterious traceback, just one more and I swear I'll crack. It explains how to step through Zope code line-by-line with the python debugger. http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/TheDebuggerIsYourFriend * How-To: How to test your products without (re)starting Zope, by "teyc" This HowTo describes testing Zope products within a python interpreter without starting the Zope server. This rather speeds up the code-test-curse-code cycle, because it allows you to quickly reload your Product with each change. http://www.zope.org/Members/teyc/howtoProductTesting -- Mike Pelletier.

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telnetnvt.py
by Mike Howard March 13, 2000

March 13, 2000

I've completed a `first cut' at a telnet class. This is not a replacement for telnetlib.py, but could serve as a base class for it. See: http://www.clove.com/downloads telnetnvt.py is a python module which implements:Download telnetnvt.py RFC 854 - basic Telnet Protocol RFC 856 - Telnet Binary Transmission RFC 857 - Telnet Echo RFC 858 - Suppress Go Ahead RFC1372 - Flow Control It is not (yet) a replacement for telnetlib.py which is included in the Python 1.5 distribution. The differences are: telnetlib.py does not implement options - telnetnvt.py does and provides a method to add additional options - either directly or by subclassing telnetlib.py does not require threads, whereas telnetnvt.py currently does. This will be fixed RSN -- Mike Howard <mike(a)clove.com>

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[Module] SQLDict 1.0.0
by Andy Dustman March 10, 2000

March 10, 2000

SQLDict 1.0.0 ------------- Wraps your favorite SQL database with a dictionary interface This module will wrap a dictionary interface around your favorite SQL database and read/write your own object classes directly. This code has been used in production for more than a year and should be considered quite stable. URL: http://starship.python.net/crew/adustman Download: ftp://starship.python.net/pub/crew/adustman/SQLDict-1.0.0.tar.gz Licesce: Python Style Categories: Database Andy Dustman (adustman(a)comstar.net) http://starship.python.net/crew/adustman -- <a href="http://starship.python.net/crew/adustman">SQLDict 1.0.0</a> -- Wraps your favorite SQL database with a dictionary interface

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[Module] HyperText 1.0.0
by Andy Dustman March 10, 2000

March 10, 2000

HyperText 1.0.0 --------------- light-weight HTML document generator The HyperText package is a light-weight (small and fast) HTML document generator. It is much smaller than HTMLGen, though it lacks some features. It implements a full HTML 4.0 element set and several base Document classes for different environments. This code has been used in regular production for more than a year without any changes whatsoever, and should be considered a stable release. Documentation is in the source. If you don't agree that the source itself is a work of art, return it for a full refund; note that this is free software, so send all returns to /dev/null. URL: http://starship.python.net/crew/adustman Download: ftp://starship.python.net/pub/crew/adustman/HyperText-1.0.0.tar.gz Licesce: Python Style Categories: Web Andy Dustman (adustman(a)comstar.net) http://starship.python.net/crew/adustman -- <a href="http://starship.python.net/crew/adustman">HyperText 1.0.0</a> -- light-weight HTML document generator

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[Module] PyNcurses v0.1
by Harry Henry Gebel March 9, 2000

March 9, 2000

PyNcurses v0.1 -------------- New Ncurses binding for Python PyNcurses is a new Python binding for ncurses, generated with the help of SWIG. It includes the curses, panel, menu, and form libraries. PyNcurses has now reached the point where I am able to use it, but if it is to truly improve I need input from other users, so I would appreciate it if anyone interested in using ncurses with Python would download the package and give me any suggestions that you think would help to make it better. URL: http://pyncurses.sourceforge.net Download: http://download.sourceforge.net/pyncurses/pyncurses-0.1.tar.bz2 Licesce: BSD Style Requires: ncurses Categories: Text Based UI Harry Henry Gebel (hgebel(a)inet.net) -- <a href="http://pyncurses.sourceforge.net">PyNcurses v0.1</a> -- New Ncurses binding for Python

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Zope Weekly News
by Mike Pelletier March 8, 2000

March 8, 2000

G'day, Zope Weekly News is a digest of some of the useful and interesting events which have occurred on the various Zope mailing lists and the Zope.org site. It is published each Wednesday evening. Any opinions contained in the Zope Weekly News are those of the chronicler exclusively. Announcements * A Documentation Survey has been posted. This survey will help Digital Creations decide where to focus our efforts by allowing you to tell us what you think about Zope documentation. http://www.zope.org/Members/Amos/Documentation/DocSurvey * "efm" has made a set of RPM distributions of Zope 2.1.4. ftp://www.tummy.com/pub/tummy/RPMS/ * Maik R�der has posted an announcement regarding the Zope Documentation Project (ZDP). Among other things, the ZDP has a new site. It's a fantastic resource, and definitely worth checking out. http://www.zope.org/Members/roeder/zdp New Products * Software Product: NFG Navigation Product, submitted by "gyst" Another product which provides navigation widgets such as trees and maps. http://www.zope.org/Members/gyst/NFGnav * Software Product: ZopeEDIT, submitted by "jimbag" This product allows you to edit DTML object from your Zope database in your favorite text editor. Maybe. Written in Python, so it just might work on your machine. This is _not_ a Zope add-on, it runs on it's own. http://www.zope.org/Members/jimbag/ZopeEDIT Updates * Software Product: mod_pcgi2, submitted by "phd" The update to 1.0.2 adds new documentation. This is module allows Apache to communicate with long-running PCGI servers, such as Zope. http://www.zope.org/Members/phd/mod_pcgi2 * Software Product: load_site.py with additional features, submitted by "Itamar" This is an enhancement to the load_site.py utility that comes with Zope. It can be used to fill a Zope database with content from a filesystem. This release, version 1.2, fixes all known bugs, has new features from the newest version of the original load_site.py, and runs in 'standalone' mode, loading into a remote Zope server. http://www.zope.org/Members/itamar/load_site/load_site1.2 * Software Product: FSSession, submitted by "gaaros" FSSession allows you to store persistent, per-visitor information on your filesystem. This update, to 0.3.0, fixes a number of bugs and properly supports Zope transactions. http://www.zope.org/Members/gaaros/FSSession * Software Product: KM|Net News, submitted by Kevin Dangoor KM|New News is a weblog (news site) product, not unlike (but not identical to) Squishdot. This update is version 1.1. http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2000-March/000122.html http://www.zope.org/Members/tazzzzz/kmnn Zope.org items * How-To: Managing http/https URL Links, submitted by "rbickers" This How-To describes a clever method to generate links to objects which require different protocols (http or https). This allows you to use encryption only where needed, without using exclusively absolute links. http://www.zope.org/Members/rbickers/http_https_ulinks * How-To: How to view all inherited and acquired attributes and methods of an object, submitted by "dmost" This How-To is essentially an educational (or debugging) tool. Often it's difficult to figure out what methods an object has, or where those methods are coming from. This How-To provides an external method which lays it all out for you. http://www.zope.org/Members/dmost/ViewSelf * How-To: User Defined Roles and Proxies, submitted by "lvogel" "This HOWTO is to give a brief explanation of what a user defined role is, why you would want to set one up, and how to go about creating one. I also briefly touch setting up a proxy on Zope objects." http://www.zope.org/Members/lvogel/proxy * How-To: Change TinyTable values using DTML, submitted by "cguardia" "The TinyTable product is a good tool if you need simple table lookup functionality in your Zope apps. However, it's usefulness is limited by the fact that it doesn't support writing single values to the tables you create." * How-To: RESPONSE.write with ZServer 2.1.4, submitted by "htrd" "Streaming output does not work in Zope 2.1.4, when using ZServer to serve HTTP. This is fixed with the following two files..." http://www.zope.org/Members/htrd/RESPONSE.write/howto -- Mike Pelletier.

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