iw.recipe.template ZC buildout recipe to build template based file ========================== iw.recipe.template package ========================== .. contents:: What is iw.recipe.template ? ============================ iw.recipe.template is a zc.buildout recipe to build template based file/scripts It also provide some recipe to build Zope2, Zope3 and Squid vhosts config file for apache. How to use iw.recipe.template ? =============================== We need a buildout config file:: >>> server = start_server(test_dir) >>> write(sample_buildout, 'buildout.cfg', ... """ ... [buildout] ... parts = template.txt ... ... [template.txt] ... recipe = iw.recipe.template ... source = %s/template.txt_impl ... destination = %s/ ... """ % (sample_buildout, sample_buildout)) And a template:: >>> template = join(sample_buildout, 'template.txt_impl') >>> open(template, 'w').write('''My template is named "$name"''') Then, the recipe should work:: >>> print system(buildout) Installing template.txt. template.txt: Generated file 'template.txt'. Here is the result:: >>> print open(join(sample_buildout, 'template.txt')).read() My template is named "template.txt" Now we can generate an executable:: >>> write(sample_buildout, 'buildout.cfg', ... """ ... [buildout] ... parts = script ... ... [script] ... recipe = iw.recipe.template:script ... source = %s/template.py_impl ... destination = %s/ ... """ % (sample_buildout, sample_buildout)) We need a small template with a python script:: >>> template = join(sample_buildout, 'template.py_impl') >>> open(template, 'w').write(''' ... import sys ... print 'this is the script named "$name"' ... ''') Run buildout again:: >>> print system(buildout) Uninstalling template.txt. Installing script. script: Generated script 'script'. Here is the result:: >>> print open(join(sample_buildout, 'script')).read() #!/.../bin/python <BLANKLINE> import sys print 'this is the script named "script"' <BLANKLINE> >>> print system(join(sample_buildout, 'script')) this is the script named "script" Ingeniweb ce647768fc2915c7851be5591bf96a90966761ef 0.2