Good point. You could override display(...) like this:
import tw2.forms as twf
import tw2.core.util
class MyWidget(twf.LabelField):
@tw2.core.util.class_or_instance
def display(cls, *args, **kwargs):
return "#occupywallst"
-Ralph
Excerpts from Daniel Lepage's message of Tue Oct 18 12:26:36 -0400 2011:
> Even that still requires that you use a templating language - why not
> allow the widget author to produce the output in pure python if they
> want to?
>
> class tw2.forms.Label(Widget):
> def render_me(self):
> return "<span " + self.attrs + ">" + self.text + "</span>"
>
> --
> Dan
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Ralph Bean <ralph.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think you've correctly described the current state of tw2.
> >
> > In tw1, there was the option to specify the content of the template in the
> > python module that defines your widget, like:
> >
> > class tw2.forms.Label(Widget):
> > template = """
> > <%namespace name="tw" module="tw2.core.mako_util"/>\
> > <span ${tw.attrs(attrs=w.attrs)}>${w.text}</span>
> > """
> >
> > I think this would be called "inline templates", and it looks like there's
> > already a ticket for it:
> > https://bitbucket.org/paj/tw2core/issue/69/inline-templates
> >
> > I'm for it, we just have to implement it. :)
> >
> > -Ralph
> >
> >
> > Excerpts from Daniel Lepage's message of Tue Oct 11 20:00:18 -0400 2011:
> >> Is there a way to make widgets that don't have template files, but
> >> just call python functions to render themselves? I ask because
> >> templating sometimes seems like overkill.
> >>
> >> For example, suppose for some reason I needed to reimplement
> >> tw2.forms.Label, which has the following mako template:
> >>
> >> <%namespace name="tw" module="tw2.core.mako_util"/>\
> >> <span ${tw.attrs(attrs=w.attrs)}>${w.text}</span>
> >>
> >> and the following genshi template:
> >>
> >> <span xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/"; py:attrs="w.attrs"
> >> py:content="w.text" />
> >>
> >> I'd like instead to write a function:
> >>
> >> def render(self):
> >> return "<span
> >> {attrs}>{text}</span>".format(attrs=tw.attrs(self.attrs),
> >> text=self.text)
> >>
> >> or, with something like Nagare's HTML renderer,
> >>
> >> def render(self):
> >> return h.span(self.text, attrs=tw.attrs(self.attrs))
> >>
> >> and suddenly I don't need two extra files for the mako and genshi
> >> templates, plus the widget would now work without either engine
> >> installed.
> >>
> >> AFAICT, though, the only way to do this is to overload the display
> >> function entirely (and so copying the logic for resources, etc.); am I
> >> missing something?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dan Lepage
> >>
> >
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