Hello Jim,
At 11:29 on 11-7-04, Jim Tittsler wrote:
bin/withlist is the tool for making arbitrary changes to mailing list objects. You can write functions for things you expect to do frequently, or use it interactively with the full power of Python to do one off changes.
I had a feeling that this was what I needed to use. My problem is that I've never used Python before, so wasn't quite sure where to start.
At 11:29 on 11-7-04, Jim Tittsler wrote:
Mailman/MemberAdapter.py is the best source for documentation on manipulating members and their preferences.
Thanks for the pointer, I will use that in the future when trying to work out how to use 'withlist' -- I can see that I need to learn how to use it because it looks quite flexible. In the meantime, I really appreciate your sending me the code I need to change the language of all members of a list. That is exactly what I needed!
Something that is interesting, though is that the code you sent allows me to set the members' language to anything -- i.e. I can set them to any valid language code, but also to a meaningless one like 'japa'. If, for instance, I switch the members to 'ja' without Japanese being enabled on the list, there is no error given. When I do a 'dumpdb' on the list, the users are listed as:
'language': { '[EMAIL PROTECTED]': 'ja',
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]': 'ja'},However, in the web admin interface, they still show up with their language set to 'English' (as that is the only one supported on the list). If I then go and enable 'Japanese' for the list, when I go back to the members page, they show up with their language set to Japanese. If I use 'withlist' to set the members' language to something invalid like, 'japa', on the members admin page, their language just shows up as the list's default language (even though a 'dumpdb' reveals that internally they are set to 'japa'). So it looks like you can set members to use any 'language' and they will just fall back to the default. But then if the language code (if it exists) is subsequently enabled, they automatically switch over. Could be useful, but I don't know if this is a bug or a feature. :-)
Thanks so much for your help.
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