ticket	summary	type	release	owner	status	created	modified	_description	_reporter
7657	[PATCH] Add EDIT_FILES permission, new options (ini-admin enabled), preserve list order	enhancement	0.12	matthew von rocketstein	new	2010-09-08T14:42:56+02:00	2010-09-16T11:36:13+02:00	"New and improved features after applying this patch:

 * Added: EDIT_FILES permission
 * Added: trac.ini new options (list vew: replace rules; show/hide paths)
 * Modified: {{{EditFile:}}} info header
 * Fixed: file list order preserved as it is in {{{[edit_file]}}} section in trac.ini
 * Fixed: Leading/trailing white space now is preserved at file save (with an exception - see below)

Known issues in [8676] of the plugin not fixed by this patch:

 * Bug: A wrong file can be overwritten if {{{files}}} list in the {{{[edit_files]}}} section of trac.ini is modified while a file is being edited. Workaround: ensure trac.ini is not modified at the same time.
 * ToDo: Files can't be marked as read-only. Workaround: set to read-only at file-system level.
 * ToDo: Creating a backup of the file before saving. It should be an option though.
 * Bug: (However that's bug maybe is not in the plugin itself) If the edited file starts with a new-line, its stripped (apparently when file is read, not when written). Workaround: do not start the file with an empty line - if a space is inserted in the top of the file, the subsequent new-line is not stripped (and the line still looks like if its empty).

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I intended to use this plugin to edit the trac.ini files of all projects from a single place.
When I configured the plugin in my main trac environment I got an randomly ordered list with a lot of {{{.. trac.ini}}} items. That proved to be quite useless for me so I decided to try fixing it...[[BR]]
So I did.[[BR]]

The final result exceeded my expectation. I was vastly amazed how easy it was for an absolute python newbie like me (say ""Hello World +"" level) to implement it!
"	dnedelchev