Enhancement: Allow initialization code to be added to control-script

[anshumanb]

I'm using Pydev with its Django support for my Django project. Running Django with auto-reload in Pydev requires adding a small snippet of code

import pydevd
pydevd.patch_django_autoreload(patch_remote_debugger=False, patch_show_console=True)

just before the if _name_ == "_main_": in the manage.py module (or in this case the control-script that is generated).

If Djangorecipe provides an initialization option, which would get passed as a parameter directly to zc.buildout.easy_install.scripts, creating a control-script for Pydev would be dead-simple. Something like the following could then be used to generate two control-scripts, one for command-line usage and one for Pydev:

...
[django]
recipe = djangorecipe
project = dummyshop
eggs = ${buildout:eggs}

[pydev]
<= django
initialization =
    import pydevd
    pydevd.patch_django_autoreload(patch_remote_debugger=False, patch_show_console=True)

I can submit a pull request if this enhancement gets accepted.

[reinout]

I don't use pydev myself, but I've just asked two pydev-using colleagues about this.

[ejnens]

Nice! I think two control-scripts are indeed the way to go. Passing initialization is a very clean solution.

[rvanlaar]

I think this is a nice addition to django recipe.

Please submit the pull request. If you include passing unittest it will be accepted and released quicker.

[rvanlaar]

Thank you for your pull request that includes a test. This is very helpful. There is one thing I want to make sure before merging the pull request.

I'm not getting this buildout part: [pydev] =<django initialization = ...

I'm unfamilliar with the =< syntax and when I include this in my buildout the initialization code didn't end up in the bin/django script.

[anshumanb]

Try <= (instead of =<). This Buildout quick reference card has a section on cloning parts using <=.

[rvanlaar]

Ah, thanks for learning me something new.

I've merged the pull request. Before a release is done of a new djangorecipe version I want to include the initialization to the wsgi, fcgi and test scripts too.

[anshumanb]

You're welcome.

[rvanlaar]

JJmurre fixed this in #60