Re: [viewvc-users] numbers clickable for .py extension

On 11/21/2011 11:06 AM, James Lee wrote:
> Dear viewvc-users,
> 
> There is a file /etc/viewvc/mimetypes.conf which contains the following
> line:
> 
> text/x-python py pyw sc
> 
> This file can be enabled by uncommenting the following line in
> /etc/viewvc/viewvc.conf:
> 
> #mime_types_files = mimetypes.conf
> 
> However, enabling the mime_types_files option does not make the version
> numbers clickable on the Index of /ai-affiliates/trunk/affiliates that
> was in the screen shot I sent.
> 
> The only way to get to the python seem to be to click on the name (View
> File Revision Log), then click on the version number, that takes you to a
> screen where you can click on .py files and see the contents (View File
> contents).

There are multiple views which ViewVC might use as "the way to view the
file".  One of those is the checkout view, which is a straight download of
the file.  The other is the markup view, which displays the file's contents
in the browser, optionally with syntax highlighting and coloration.

ViewVC will attempt to use the markup view only when the file is deemed
human-readable.  If the file is not believed to be human-readable, ViewVC
will try to fall back to using the checkout view instead.  The checkout
view, however, is disabled by default.  (To enable it, you must add "co" to
the list of "allowed_views" in viewvc.conf.)

So, if ViewVC thinks your file is not human readable, and has been told not
to allow the checkout view for files, it will not display a "clickable"
revision number in the directory listing.

Now, your change to the mimetypes.conf file *should* have had the effect of
fixing this for you.  That it didn't confuses me.  But there are some
possible explanations:

  - browser caching might have caused the directory listing to appear not to
have changed:  try clearing the browser's cache and revisiting your
directory listing.

  - there could be a bug in the path handling of the configuration logic:
try specifying the full path (/etc/viewvc/mimetypes.conf) of the
mimetypes.conf file in the "mime_types_files" configuration item.

-- 
C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net   <>   Distributed Development On Demand

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