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diff --git a/docs/narr/paste.rst b/docs/narr/paste.rst index a3f1b866e..2d4e76e24 100644 --- a/docs/narr/paste.rst +++ b/docs/narr/paste.rst @@ -40,25 +40,25 @@ 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 +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 +.. 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`` +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 +``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. +``myproject`` project. Take a look at the generated ``setup.py`` file for this project. -.. literalinclude:: MyProject/setup.py +.. literalinclude:: myproject/setup.py :language: python :linenos: @@ -66,18 +66,18 @@ 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 +*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` +``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 +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 +application factory in the ``myproject`` project which has the entry point named ``main`` where the entry point refers to a ``main`` function in the ``mypackage`` module". Indeed, if you open up the ``__init__.py`` module generated within any cookiecutter-generated package, you'll see a ``main`` |