Phil Schumm wrote: > I'm working on my first plugin, and want to be able to use a > dedicated section in trac.ini to specify certain options. I know > that I can simply add a new section and items to trac.ini and then > retrieve the values with something like: > > objectname.config.get() > > however it looks like I should also be declaring my options using the > classes Option, BoolOption, etc. defined in config.py. I've read > through some of the source and the online developer documentation, > but I don't yet have a good understanding of when and how these > classes should be used. Can anyone shed any light on this or point > me toward a document or thread which discusses this issue? > The main difference is that the descriptor classes (Option, etc) have a registry system behind the scenes. This is what enabled the TracIni macro, and the IniAdmin plugin. If possible use the descriptor classes, but in some cases you need to access the options dynamically. In this case use a similar approach to the SMTP settings in trac.notification, make a dummy plugin that has descriptors for each option (to make them show up in things using the Option registry), and then use self.config['section']['option'] in your code.
--Noah
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