evennia/docs/versions/1.0-dev/api/evennia.help.html

745 lines
44 KiB
HTML
Raw Normal View History

2020-06-13 00:15:39 +02:00
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>evennia.help package &#8212; Evennia 1.0-dev documentation</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/alabaster.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" />
<script id="documentation_options" data-url_root="../" src="../_static/documentation_options.js"></script>
<script src="../_static/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="../_static/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="../_static/doctools.js"></script>
<script src="../_static/language_data.js"></script>
<link rel="index" title="Index" href="../genindex.html" />
<link rel="search" title="Search" href="../search.html" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/custom.css" type="text/css" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.9, maximum-scale=0.9" />
</head><body>
<div class="document">
<div class="documentwrapper">
<div class="bodywrapper">
<div class="body" role="main">
<div class="section" id="module-evennia.help">
<span id="evennia-help-package"></span><h1>evennia.help package<a class="headerlink" href="#module-evennia.help" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>This sub-package defines the help system of Evennia. It is pretty
simple, mainly consisting of a database model to hold help entries.
The auto-cmd-help is rather handled by the default help command
itself.</p>
<div class="section" id="subpackages">
<h2>Subpackages<a class="headerlink" href="#subpackages" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="toctree-wrapper compound">
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="submodules">
<h2>Submodules<a class="headerlink" href="#submodules" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
</div>
<div class="section" id="module-evennia.help.admin">
<span id="evennia-help-admin-module"></span><h2>evennia.help.admin module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-evennia.help.admin" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>This defines how to edit help entries in Admin.</p>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.help.admin.</code><code class="sig-name descname">HelpEntryAdmin</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">model</em>, <em class="sig-param">admin_site</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/admin.html#HelpEntryAdmin"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.contrib.admin.options.ModelAdmin</span></code></p>
<p>Sets up the admin manaager for help entries</p>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.fieldsets">
<code class="sig-name descname">fieldsets</code><em class="property"> = ((None, {'fields': (('db_key', 'db_help_category'), 'db_entrytext', 'db_lock_storage'), 'description': 'Sets a Help entry. Set lock to &lt;i&gt;view:all()&lt;/I&gt; unless you want to restrict it.'}),)</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.fieldsets" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.form">
<code class="sig-name descname">form</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.form" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>alias of <a class="reference internal" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm" title="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HelpEntryForm</span></code></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.inlines">
<code class="sig-name descname">inlines</code><em class="property"> = [&lt;class 'evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline'&gt;]</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.inlines" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.list_display">
<code class="sig-name descname">list_display</code><em class="property"> = ('id', 'db_key', 'db_help_category', 'db_lock_storage')</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.list_display" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.list_display_links">
<code class="sig-name descname">list_display_links</code><em class="property"> = ('id', 'db_key')</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.list_display_links" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.list_select_related">
<code class="sig-name descname">list_select_related</code><em class="property"> = True</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.list_select_related" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.media">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">media</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.media" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.ordering">
<code class="sig-name descname">ordering</code><em class="property"> = ['db_help_category', 'db_key']</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.ordering" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.save_as">
<code class="sig-name descname">save_as</code><em class="property"> = True</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.save_as" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.save_on_top">
<code class="sig-name descname">save_on_top</code><em class="property"> = True</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.save_on_top" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.search_fields">
<code class="sig-name descname">search_fields</code><em class="property"> = ['^db_key', 'db_entrytext']</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryAdmin.search_fields" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.help.admin.</code><code class="sig-name descname">HelpEntryForm</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">data=None</em>, <em class="sig-param">files=None</em>, <em class="sig-param">auto_id='id_%s'</em>, <em class="sig-param">prefix=None</em>, <em class="sig-param">initial=None</em>, <em class="sig-param">error_class=&lt;class 'django.forms.utils.ErrorList'&gt;</em>, <em class="sig-param">label_suffix=None</em>, <em class="sig-param">empty_permitted=False</em>, <em class="sig-param">instance=None</em>, <em class="sig-param">use_required_attribute=None</em>, <em class="sig-param">renderer=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/admin.html#HelpEntryForm"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.forms.models.ModelForm</span></code></p>
<p>Defines how to display the help entry</p>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.Meta">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-name descname">Meta</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/admin.html#HelpEntryForm.Meta"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.Meta" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.Meta.fields">
<code class="sig-name descname">fields</code><em class="property"> = '__all__'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.Meta.fields" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.Meta.model">
<code class="sig-name descname">model</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.Meta.model" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>alias of <a class="reference internal" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry" title="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">evennia.help.models.HelpEntry</span></code></a></p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm._meta">
<code class="sig-name descname">_meta</code><em class="property"> = &lt;django.forms.models.ModelFormOptions object&gt;</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm._meta" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.base_fields">
<code class="sig-name descname">base_fields</code><em class="property"> = {'db_entrytext': &lt;django.forms.fields.CharField object&gt;, 'db_help_category': &lt;django.forms.fields.CharField object&gt;, 'db_key': &lt;django.forms.fields.CharField object&gt;, 'db_lock_storage': &lt;django.forms.fields.CharField object&gt;, 'db_staff_only': &lt;django.forms.fields.BooleanField object&gt;, 'db_tags': &lt;django.forms.models.ModelMultipleChoiceField object&gt;}</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.base_fields" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.declared_fields">
<code class="sig-name descname">declared_fields</code><em class="property"> = {'db_help_category': &lt;django.forms.fields.CharField object&gt;, 'db_lock_storage': &lt;django.forms.fields.CharField object&gt;}</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.declared_fields" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.media">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">media</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpEntryForm.media" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.help.admin.</code><code class="sig-name descname">HelpTagInline</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">parent_model</em>, <em class="sig-param">admin_site</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/admin.html#HelpTagInline"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="evennia.typeclasses.html#evennia.typeclasses.admin.TagInline" title="evennia.typeclasses.admin.TagInline"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">evennia.typeclasses.admin.TagInline</span></code></a></p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline.media">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">media</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline.media" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline.model">
<code class="sig-name descname">model</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline.model" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>alias of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">evennia.help.models.HelpEntry_db_tags</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline.related_field">
<code class="sig-name descname">related_field</code><em class="property"> = 'helpentry'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.admin.HelpTagInline.related_field" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="module-evennia.help.manager">
<span id="evennia-help-manager-module"></span><h2>evennia.help.manager module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-evennia.help.manager" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Custom manager for HelpEntry objects.</p>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.help.manager.</code><code class="sig-name descname">HelpEntryManager</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="evennia.typeclasses.html#evennia.typeclasses.managers.TypedObjectManager" title="evennia.typeclasses.managers.TypedObjectManager"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">evennia.typeclasses.managers.TypedObjectManager</span></code></a></p>
<p>This HelpEntryManager implements methods for searching
and manipulating HelpEntries directly from the database.</p>
<p>These methods will all return database objects
(or QuerySets) directly.</p>
<p>Evennia-specific:
find_topicmatch
find_apropos
find_topicsuggestions
find_topics_with_category
all_to_category
search_help (equivalent to evennia.search_helpentry)</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.all_to_category">
<code class="sig-name descname">all_to_category</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">default_category</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.all_to_category"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.all_to_category" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Shifts all help entries in database to default_category. This
action cannot be reverted. It is used primarily by the engine
when importing a default help database, making sure this ends
up in one easily separated category.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>default_category</strong> (<em>str</em>) Category to move entries to.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_apropos">
<code class="sig-name descname">find_apropos</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">topicstr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.find_apropos"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_apropos" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Do a very loose search, returning all help entries containing
the search criterion in their titles.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>topicstr</strong> (<em>str</em>) Search criterion.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>Query results.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>matches (HelpEntries)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_topicmatch">
<code class="sig-name descname">find_topicmatch</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">topicstr</em>, <em class="sig-param">exact=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.find_topicmatch"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_topicmatch" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Searches for matching topics or aliases based on players
input.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>topcistr</strong> (<em>str</em>) Help topic to search for.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>exact</strong> (<em>bool</em><em>, </em><em>optional</em>) Require exact match
(non-case-sensitive). If <cite>False</cite> (default), match
sub-parts of the string.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>Query results.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>matches (HelpEntries)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_topics_with_category">
<code class="sig-name descname">find_topics_with_category</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">help_category</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.find_topics_with_category"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_topics_with_category" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Search topics having a particular category.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>help_category</strong> (<em>str</em>) Category query criterion.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>Query results.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>matches (HelpEntries)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_topicsuggestions">
<code class="sig-name descname">find_topicsuggestions</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">topicstr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.find_topicsuggestions"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.find_topicsuggestions" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Do a fuzzy match, preferably within the category of the
current topic.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>topicstr</strong> (<em>str</em>) Search criterion.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>Query results.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>matches (Helpentries)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.get_all_categories">
<code class="sig-name descname">get_all_categories</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.get_all_categories"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.get_all_categories" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return all defined category names with at least one topic in
them.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><dl class="simple">
<dt>Unique list of category names across all</dt><dd><p>topics.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>matches (list)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.get_all_topics">
<code class="sig-name descname">get_all_topics</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.get_all_topics"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.get_all_topics" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Get all topics.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>All topics.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>all (HelpEntries)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.search_help">
<code class="sig-name descname">search_help</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">ostring</em>, <em class="sig-param">help_category=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/manager.html#HelpEntryManager.search_help"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager.search_help" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Retrieve a search entry object.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>ostring</strong> (<em>str</em>) The help topic to look for.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>category</strong> (<em>str</em>) Limit the search to a particular help topic</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="module-evennia.help.models">
<span id="evennia-help-models-module"></span><h2>evennia.help.models module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-evennia.help.models" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Models for the help system.</p>
<p>The database-tied help system is only half of Evennias help
functionality, the other one being the auto-generated command help
that is created on the fly from each commands <cite>__doc__</cite> string. The
persistent database system defined here is intended for all other
forms of help that do not concern commands, like information about the
game world, policy info, rules and similar.</p>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.help.models.</code><code class="sig-name descname">HelpEntry</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">*args</em>, <em class="sig-param">**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="evennia.utils.idmapper.html#evennia.utils.idmapper.models.SharedMemoryModel" title="evennia.utils.idmapper.models.SharedMemoryModel"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">evennia.utils.idmapper.models.SharedMemoryModel</span></code></a></p>
<p>A generic help entry.</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt>An HelpEntry object has the following properties defined:</dt><dd><p>key - main name of entry
help_category - which category entry belongs to (defaults to General)
entrytext - the actual help text
permissions - perm strings</p>
</dd>
<dt>Method:</dt><dd><p>access</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="exception">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.DoesNotExist">
<em class="property">exception </em><code class="sig-name descname">DoesNotExist</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.DoesNotExist" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.core.exceptions.ObjectDoesNotExist</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="exception">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.MultipleObjectsReturned">
<em class="property">exception </em><code class="sig-name descname">MultipleObjectsReturned</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.MultipleObjectsReturned" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.core.exceptions.MultipleObjectsReturned</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry._is_deleted">
<code class="sig-name descname">_is_deleted</code><em class="property"> = False</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry._is_deleted" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry._meta">
<code class="sig-name descname">_meta</code><em class="property"> = &lt;Options for HelpEntry&gt;</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry._meta" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.access">
<code class="sig-name descname">access</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">accessing_obj</em>, <em class="sig-param">access_type='read'</em>, <em class="sig-param">default=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.access"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.access" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Determines if another object has permission to access.
accessing_obj - object trying to access this one
access_type - type of access sought
default - what to return if no lock of access_type was found</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.aliases">
<code class="sig-name descname">aliases</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.aliases"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.aliases" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_entrytext">
<code class="sig-name descname">db_entrytext</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_entrytext" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for a deferred-loading field. When the value is read from this
object the first time, the query is executed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_help_category">
<code class="sig-name descname">db_help_category</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_help_category" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for a deferred-loading field. When the value is read from this
object the first time, the query is executed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_key">
<code class="sig-name descname">db_key</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_key" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for a deferred-loading field. When the value is read from this
object the first time, the query is executed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_lock_storage">
<code class="sig-name descname">db_lock_storage</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_lock_storage" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for a deferred-loading field. When the value is read from this
object the first time, the query is executed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_staff_only">
<code class="sig-name descname">db_staff_only</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_staff_only" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for a deferred-loading field. When the value is read from this
object the first time, the query is executed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_tags">
<code class="sig-name descname">db_tags</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.db_tags" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accessor to the related objects manager on the forward and reverse sides of
a many-to-many relation.</p>
<p>In the example:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Pizza</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">toppings</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ManyToManyField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Topping</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">related_name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;pizzas&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Pizza.toppings</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Topping.pizzas</span></code> are <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ManyToManyDescriptor</span></code>
instances.</p>
<p>Most of the implementation is delegated to a dynamically defined manager
class built by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_forward_many_to_many_manager()</span></code> defined below.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.entrytext">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">entrytext</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.entrytext" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for getting database field <cite>db_entrytext</cite>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.get_absolute_url">
<code class="sig-name descname">get_absolute_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.get_absolute_url" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to view details for
this object.</p>
<p>ex. Oscar (Character) = /characters/oscar/1/</p>
<p>For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
in urls.py that follows the format modelname-action, so in this case
a named view of character-detail would be referenced by this method.</p>
<p>ex.
url(rcharacters/(?P&lt;slug&gt;[wd-]+)/(?P&lt;pk&gt;[0-9]+)/$,</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>CharDetailView.as_view(), name=character-detail)</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p>If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
HTML anchor.</p>
<p>This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
the actual view and limiting who can view this object is the developers
responsibility.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>URI path to object detail page, if defined.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>path (str)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.help_category">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">help_category</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.help_category" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for getting database field <cite>db_help_category</cite>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.id">
<code class="sig-name descname">id</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.id" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for a deferred-loading field. When the value is read from this
object the first time, the query is executed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.key">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">key</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.key" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for getting database field <cite>db_key</cite>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.lock_storage">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">lock_storage</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.lock_storage" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for getting database field <cite>db_lock_storage</cite>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.locks">
<code class="sig-name descname">locks</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.locks"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.locks" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.objects">
<code class="sig-name descname">objects</code><em class="property"> = &lt;evennia.help.manager.HelpEntryManager object&gt;</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.objects" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.path">
<code class="sig-name descname">path</code><em class="property"> = 'evennia.help.models.HelpEntry'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.path" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.search_index_entry">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">search_index_entry</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.search_index_entry" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Property for easily retaining a search index entry for this object.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.staff_only">
<em class="property">property </em><code class="sig-name descname">staff_only</code><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.staff_only" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A wrapper for getting database field <cite>db_staff_only</cite>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.tags">
<code class="sig-name descname">tags</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.tags"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.tags" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.typename">
<code class="sig-name descname">typename</code><em class="property"> = 'SharedMemoryModelBase'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.typename" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_admin_url">
<code class="sig-name descname">web_get_admin_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.web_get_admin_url"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_admin_url" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the URI path for the Django Admin page for this object.</p>
<p>ex. Account#1 = /admin/accounts/accountdb/1/change/</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>URI path to Django Admin page for object.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>path (str)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_create_url">
<em class="property">classmethod </em><code class="sig-name descname">web_get_create_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.web_get_create_url"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_create_url" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to create new
instances of this object.</p>
<p>ex. Chargen = /characters/create/</p>
<p>For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
in urls.py that follows the format modelname-action, so in this case
a named view of character-create would be referenced by this method.</p>
<p>ex.
url(rcharacters/create/, ChargenView.as_view(), name=character-create)</p>
<p>If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
HTML anchor.</p>
<p>This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
the actual view and limiting who can create new objects is the
developers responsibility.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>URI path to object creation page, if defined.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>path (str)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_delete_url">
<code class="sig-name descname">web_get_delete_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.web_get_delete_url"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_delete_url" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to delete this object.</p>
<p>ex. Oscar (Character) = /characters/oscar/1/delete/</p>
<p>For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
in urls.py that follows the format modelname-action, so in this case
a named view of character-detail would be referenced by this method.</p>
<p>ex.
url(rcharacters/(?P&lt;slug&gt;[wd-]+)/(?P&lt;pk&gt;[0-9]+)/delete/$,</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>CharDeleteView.as_view(), name=character-delete)</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p>If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
HTML anchor.</p>
<p>This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
the actual view and limiting who can delete this object is the developers
responsibility.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>URI path to object deletion page, if defined.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>path (str)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_detail_url">
<code class="sig-name descname">web_get_detail_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.web_get_detail_url"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_detail_url" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to view details for
this object.</p>
<p>ex. Oscar (Character) = /characters/oscar/1/</p>
<p>For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
in urls.py that follows the format modelname-action, so in this case
a named view of character-detail would be referenced by this method.</p>
<p>ex.
url(rcharacters/(?P&lt;slug&gt;[wd-]+)/(?P&lt;pk&gt;[0-9]+)/$,</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>CharDetailView.as_view(), name=character-detail)</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p>If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
HTML anchor.</p>
<p>This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
the actual view and limiting who can view this object is the developers
responsibility.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>URI path to object detail page, if defined.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>path (str)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_update_url">
<code class="sig-name descname">web_get_update_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/evennia/help/models.html#HelpEntry.web_get_update_url"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#evennia.help.models.HelpEntry.web_get_update_url" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the URI path for a View that allows users to update this
object.</p>
<p>ex. Oscar (Character) = /characters/oscar/1/change/</p>
<p>For this to work, the developer must have defined a named view somewhere
in urls.py that follows the format modelname-action, so in this case
a named view of character-update would be referenced by this method.</p>
<p>ex.
url(rcharacters/(?P&lt;slug&gt;[wd-]+)/(?P&lt;pk&gt;[0-9]+)/change/$,</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>CharUpdateView.as_view(), name=character-update)</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p>If no View has been created and defined in urls.py, returns an
HTML anchor.</p>
<p>This method is naive and simply returns a path. Securing access to
the actual view and limiting who can modify objects is the developers
responsibility.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>URI path to object update page, if defined.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>path (str)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
<div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper">
<div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search">
<h3 id="searchlabel">Quick search</h3>
<div class="searchformwrapper">
<form class="search" action="../search.html" method="get">
<input type="text" name="q" aria-labelledby="searchlabel" />
<input type="submit" value="Go" />
</form>
</div>
</div>
<script>$('#searchbox').show(0);</script>
<p><h3><a href="../index.html">Table of Contents</a></h3>
<ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">evennia.help package</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#subpackages">Subpackages</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#submodules">Submodules</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#module-evennia.help.admin">evennia.help.admin module</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#module-evennia.help.manager">evennia.help.manager module</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#module-evennia.help.models">evennia.help.models module</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="relations">
<h3>Related Topics</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="../index.html">Documentation overview</a><ul>
</ul></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div role="note" aria-label="source link">
<!--h3>This Page</h3-->
<ul class="this-page-menu">
<li><a href="../_sources/api/evennia.help.rst.txt"
rel="nofollow">Show Page Source</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h3>Versions</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="evennia.help.html">1.0-dev (develop branch)</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../versions/0.9.1/api/evennia.help.html">0.9.1 (master branch)</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearer"></div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
&copy;2020, The Evennia developer community.
|
Powered by <a href="http://sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx 2.4.4</a>
&amp; <a href="https://github.com/bitprophet/alabaster">Alabaster 0.7.12</a>
|
<a href="../_sources/api/evennia.help.rst.txt"
rel="nofollow">Page source</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>