Name
Bigtop::Docs::Keywords - a bigtop keyword quick reference in monospace font
The Keywords in Bigtop
For those who like compact quick references with too much information crammed on them (designed to print on a few of pages, if you cut everthing above):
config {}
base_dir - in create mode, the directory under which all things live
app_dir - in create mode, the subdirectory of base_dir where
Build.PL and company reside
engine - mod_perl or cgi choose from MP13, MP20, or CGI
template_engine - the templating system to use choose from TT or TT.
Init Std {}
Makes: Build.PL, Changes, README, lib/, t/, docs/file.bigtop
Conf General
Makes: docs/AppName.conf a Config::General formatted conf file
for use with Gantry::Conf
gen_root - makes a root config param for you with value `html`
Control Gantry {}
Makes: modules in lib (including GEN modules, but not models)
full_use - defaults to false, make it true to to get use with engines
dbix - defaults to false, make it true if you want to use
DBIx::Class
CGI Gantry {}
Makes: ./app.cgi and possibly ./app.server
confile - replacement for /etc/gantry.conf (used with instance)
gen_root - makes a root config hash key for you with value `html`
instance - set this to your Gantry::Conf instance name
the CGI script's config will have only GantryConfInstance
in its config hash (see Conf General)
with_server - makes app.server a stand alone server for the app
server_port - if with_server is set, this controls its binding port
HttpdConf Gantry {}
Makes: docs/httpd.conf
confile - replacement for /etc/gantry.conf (used with instance)
full_use - defaults to true, make it false to get a simple use
Gantry... with TemplateEngine, Engine, and Conf.
gen_root - makes a root PerlSetVar you with value `html`
instance - set this to your Gantry::Conf instance name the CGI
script's config will have only GantryConfInstance
in its config hash (see Conf General)
skip_config - make this true to omit PerlSetVar statments
Model GantryDBIxClass {}
Model Gantry {}
Model GantryCDBI {}
Make: lib/Model modules (including GEN modules)
model_base_class - changes the default base class for models can still
be overridden by model_base_class on a table
SQL Postgres {}
Makes: docs/schema.postgres
SiteLook GantryDefault {}
Makes: html/wrapper.html
gantry_wrapper - file name of gantry's sample_wrapper.tt
[Note: All config backend blocks can have a no_gen statement, which if true
will cause the parser to skip the whole backend. Init Std has statements
for each file Build.PL, Changes, README, MANIFEST, use a value of no_gen
to skip that file ex: Changes no_gen; ]
[Note: Most config backend blocks can have a template statement to
change their generation TT template to one of your choice.]
app name {}
authors - comma separated list of authors or author => email pairs
contact_us - blurb about how to contact project members
copyright_holder - defaults to first author
license_text - defaults to text from h2xs for Perl 5.8.0
location - root Apache Location for the app
uses - comma separated list of modules the base modules uses
config {}
any_keyword its_value; - creates:
(1) a PerlSetVar at the base location in httpd.conf,
or its moral equivalent
(2) a statement to retrieve the set var in the base init method,
(3) an accessor in the base module
OR
key value => no_accessor; - same as above, but makes no accessor
literal Location `...`; - a literal string to include in the base
Location directive for the app
literal SQL `...`; - a literal string to include in schema.*
literal PerlTop `...`; - a literal string to include immediately
after the shebang line in the <Perl> block
of httpd.conf (for backends of type HttpdConf)
or in the CGI dispatching script (for backends
type CGI)
literal PerlBlock `...`;- a literal string to include in the <Perl> block
of httpd.conf (appears in the order it appears
in the bigtop file relative to controllers)
literal HttpdConf `...`;- a literal string to include between location
directives in httpd.conf.
literal Conf `...`; - a literal string to include at the top
level of Config::General conf file
literal GantryLocation `...`; - a literal string to include at a controller
level of Config::General conf file
sequence name {}
(none of these work yet:)
starting_value
maximum_value
increment
table name {}
field name {}
is - valid sql modifiers like int4, primary_key, etc.
label - what the user will see when this field appears on
screen or in reports
refers_to - table to which this field points as a foreign key
html_form...
_type - text, textarea, select
_optional - unvalidated during form submission, if true
_rows - how long a textarea appears
_cols - how wide a textarea appears
_display_size - how wide a text field appears
_options - comma separated list of option hashes for
select lists (don't use this if field is
a foreign key)
_constraint - backquoted perl code which returns a regex
which must match this field's value
_default_value- becomes the default if nothing else will do
non_essential - excludes field from greedy retrieval, if true
data - a comma separated list of key value pairs which become
a literal INSERT INTO for this table
sequence - what sequence the table will use (must refer to a
sequence defined by an earlier sequence block)
not_for - tells a back end to skip this table valid choices:
SQL or Model or both (separate with commas)
model_base_class - allows you to change the base class for this
table's model, for instance if you need to
use Gantry::Utils::AuthCDBI instead of plain CDBI.
foreign_display - how other table see rows from this one. Example:
foreign_display `%last, $first`;
join_table name {}
joins - a pair of tables this table joins in many-to-many bliss.
You must have exactly one joins statement in the block.
Ex: joins a => b;
names - pair of names of the many-to-many relationship in each table
controller name is type {}
[ is type is optional an defaults to is stub,
see below for valid types ]
controls_table - name of one table which this controller works on
location - absolute Apache Location
rel_location - location relative to the site's base location
text_description- used only by AutoCRUD to fill in Delete this ___?
uses - places use statement(s) at the top of the stub
and gen modules
page_link_label - Indicates that this controller should be in the
site's nav menu. The value is the text to use
for the nav link.
config {}
name value - works like app level config, but at the controller's
location
literal Location `...` - copied directly into Apache Location
for this controller
There are two types with meaning (saying 'is stub' does nothing):
AutoCRUD - adds Gantry::Plugins::AutoCRUD to your uses list (even
if you don't have one)
CRUD - adds Gantry::Plugins::CRUD to your uses list (even if
you don't have one) and generates various helper code
for using CRUD.
method name is type {}
All types use:
extra_args - a comma separated list of literal perl variables
(complete with sigils) to add at the end of this
methods arg list. Example: extra_args `$id`, `@junk`;
Types:
stub - empty except for arg capture
main_listing - call this do_main
cols - list of columns for the main listing table
col_labels - list of columns labels (optional). By
default the label is taken from the field in
its table or from its name there if no label was
given (the later results in a warning).
Items in this list can be label => href pairs.
Then, the href must be valid Perl
code which will be executed to obtain the href
of the link.
header_options - These appear in the order given as links
at the right side of the label bar over the
table. Use either strings or text => link
pairs.
html_template - a template to use for output display
row_options - Like header_options, but appear at the end
of each row. If you specify text => link
pairs, remember to include $id.
title - browser window title for page made by do_main
AutoCRUD_form - call this _form, for use with Gantry AutoCRUD
fields - which fields to include on the form
all_fields_but - which fields to exclude, all others appear in
the order they appear in their table's
definition
form_name - (not xhtml compliant) the name of the form
element (needed for calendar popups)
extra_keys - Things to include in generated method's
returned hash. These are taken literally.
CRUD_form - Just like AutoCRUD_form, but result works with
Gantry::Plugins::CRUD instead.Author
Phil Crow, <philcrow2000@yahoo.com>
Copyright and License
Copyright (C) 2005-6, Phil Crow
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.