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| author | Steve Piercy <web@stevepiercy.com> | 2015-10-18 02:48:55 -0700 |
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| committer | Steve Piercy <web@stevepiercy.com> | 2015-10-18 02:48:55 -0700 |
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diff --git a/docs/narr/paste.rst b/docs/narr/paste.rst index f1fb70869..0a217e6e3 100644 --- a/docs/narr/paste.rst +++ b/docs/narr/paste.rst @@ -7,54 +7,54 @@ Packages generated via a :term:`scaffold` make use of a system created by Ian Bicking named :term:`PasteDeploy`. PasteDeploy defines a way to declare :term:`WSGI` application configuration in an ``.ini`` file. -Pyramid uses this configuration file format in input to its :term:`WSGI` -server runner ``pserve``, as well as other commands such as ``pviews``, -``pshell``, ``proutes``, and ``ptweens``. +Pyramid uses this configuration file format as input to its :term:`WSGI` server +runner ``pserve``, as well as other commands such as ``pviews``, ``pshell``, +``proutes``, and ``ptweens``. PasteDeploy is not a particularly integral part of Pyramid. It's possible to -create a Pyramid application which does not use PasteDeploy at all. We show -a Pyramid application that doesn't use PasteDeploy in -:ref:`firstapp_chapter`. However, all Pyramid scaffolds render PasteDeploy -configuration files, to provide new developers with a standardized way of -setting deployment values, and to provide new users with a standardized way -of starting, stopping, and debugging an application. - -This chapter is not a replacement for documentation about PasteDeploy; it -only contextualizes the use of PasteDeploy within Pyramid. For detailed +create a Pyramid application which does not use PasteDeploy at all. We show a +Pyramid application that doesn't use PasteDeploy in :ref:`firstapp_chapter`. +However, all Pyramid scaffolds render PasteDeploy configuration files, to +provide new developers with a standardized way of setting deployment values, +and to provide new users with a standardized way of starting, stopping, and +debugging an application. + +This chapter is not a replacement for documentation about PasteDeploy; it only +contextualizes the use of PasteDeploy within Pyramid. For detailed documentation, see http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/. PasteDeploy ----------- -:term:`PasteDeploy` is the system that Pyramid uses to allow -:term:`deployment settings` to be spelled using an ``.ini`` configuration -file format. It also allows the ``pserve`` command to work. Its -configuration format provides a convenient place to define application -:term:`deployment settings` and WSGI server settings, and its server runner -allows you to stop and start a Pyramid application easily. +:term:`PasteDeploy` is the system that Pyramid uses to allow :term:`deployment +settings` to be specified using an ``.ini`` configuration file format. It also +allows the ``pserve`` command to work. Its configuration format provides a +convenient place to define application :term:`deployment settings` and WSGI +server settings, and its server runner allows you to stop and start a Pyramid +application easily. .. _pastedeploy_entry_points: Entry Points and PasteDeploy ``.ini`` Files -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the :ref:`project_narr` chapter, we breezed over the meaning of a configuration line in the ``deployment.ini`` file. This was the ``use = -egg:MyProject`` line in the ``[app:main]`` section. We breezed over it -because it's pretty confusing and "too much information" for an introduction -to the system. We'll try to give it a bit of attention here. Let's see the -config file again: +egg:MyProject`` line in the ``[app:main]`` section. We breezed over it because +it's pretty confusing and "too much information" for an introduction to the +system. We'll try to give it a bit of attention here. Let's see the config +file again: .. literalinclude:: MyProject/development.ini :language: ini :linenos: -The line in ``[app:main]`` above that says ``use = egg:MyProject`` is -actually shorthand for a longer spelling: ``use = egg:MyProject#main``. The -``#main`` part is omitted for brevity, as ``#main`` is a default defined by -PasteDeploy. ``egg:MyProject#main`` is a string which has meaning to -PasteDeploy. It points at a :term:`setuptools` :term:`entry point` named -``main`` defined in the ``MyProject`` project. +The line in ``[app:main]`` above that says ``use = egg:MyProject`` is actually +shorthand for a longer spelling: ``use = egg:MyProject#main``. The ``#main`` +part is omitted for brevity, as ``#main`` is a default defined by PasteDeploy. +``egg:MyProject#main`` is a string which has meaning to PasteDeploy. It points +at a :term:`setuptools` :term:`entry point` named ``main`` defined in the +``MyProject`` project. Take a look at the generated ``setup.py`` file for this project. @@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ Take a look at the generated ``setup.py`` file for this project. :language: python :linenos: -Note that ``entry_points`` is assigned a string which -looks a lot like an ``.ini`` file. This string representation of an ``.ini`` -file has a section named ``[paste.app_factory]``. Within this section, there -is a key named ``main`` (the entry point name) which has a value -``myproject:main``. The *key* ``main`` is what our ``egg:MyProject#main`` -value of the ``use`` section in our config file is pointing at, although it -is actually shortened to ``egg:MyProject`` there. The value represents a -:term:`dotted Python name` path, which refers to a callable in our -``myproject`` package's ``__init__.py`` module. +Note that ``entry_points`` is assigned a string which looks a lot like an +``.ini`` file. This string representation of an ``.ini`` file has a section +named ``[paste.app_factory]``. Within this section, there is a key named +``main`` (the entry point name) which has a value ``myproject:main``. The +*key* ``main`` is what our ``egg:MyProject#main`` value of the ``use`` section +in our config file is pointing at, although it is actually shortened to +``egg:MyProject`` there. The value represents a :term:`dotted Python name` +path, which refers to a callable in our ``myproject`` package's ``__init__.py`` +module. -The ``egg:`` prefix in ``egg:MyProject`` indicates that this is an entry -point *URI* specifier, where the "scheme" is "egg". An "egg" is created when -you run ``setup.py install`` or ``setup.py develop`` within your project. +The ``egg:`` prefix in ``egg:MyProject`` indicates that this is an entry point +*URI* specifier, where the "scheme" is "egg". An "egg" is created when you run +``setup.py install`` or ``setup.py develop`` within your project. In English, this entry point can thus be referred to as a "PasteDeploy application factory in the ``MyProject`` project which has the entry point @@ -88,13 +88,11 @@ configuration object and *returns* an instance of our application. .. _defaults_section_of_pastedeploy_file: ``[DEFAULT]`` Section of a PasteDeploy ``.ini`` File -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -You can add a ``[DEFAULT]`` section to your PasteDeploy ``.ini`` file. Such -a section should consists of global parameters that are shared by all the -applications, servers and :term:`middleware` defined within the configuration +You can add a ``[DEFAULT]`` section to your PasteDeploy ``.ini`` file. Such a +section should consist of global parameters that are shared by all the +applications, servers, and :term:`middleware` defined within the configuration file. The values in a ``[DEFAULT]`` section will be passed to your -application's ``main`` function as ``global_config`` (see the reference to -the ``main`` function in :ref:`init_py`). - - +application's ``main`` function as ``global_config`` (see the reference to the +``main`` function in :ref:`init_py`). |
