Better control of created directory structure

[iofik]

I want Greed to generate files in directory {Workspace}/499/ instead of {Workspace}/SRM 499/

I looked through documentation and code and could not find a way to do it. I think some special named renderer might help here. Like 'substring' or 'word'.

[vexorian]

Adding something to string() renderer or making a whole new renderer would be needed.

There are contests who are not SRMs, what do you expect it to do in that case?

@shivawu: What if we allow people to create their own named renderers and add them to greed through config?

[vexorian]

Maybe I can add a special parameter to ContestCategory to customize the "SRM " prefix.

[iofik]

Another option is to add two more fields to Contest: ${Contest.Type} and ${Contest.Number} -- or something like this. This will allow me to create directory structure I want. Also such structure can be used: ./SRM/499

[wookayin]

Yeah, I think we can add some useful fields that can be used in our template system, as you've mentioned above. But anyway, what do you expect for non-SRM rounds (e.g. Topcoder Open 2013 Round 1)?

[iofik]

Just rename them manually after contest is finished. =) TCO do not occur too often. I know, my naming scheme is flawed, but I kind of got used to it.

[vexorian]

In PR #100 I added a way to do this: codeRoot = "${Contest;category(srm=1,no-space,srm-text=) }"

It will make SRM 456 render as 456. The remaining contest names will render as TCO, TCHS or Other. But you can change them too.

[wookayin]

New customization #100 is good itself, but seems too hacky for this purpose :-)

[vexorian]

Still thinking allowing custom renderers is a good idea because people will always have very specific needs.

[zen0wu]

100 is indeed something. But I agree that this should be merged into the Contest class so that

the Contest object can provide more information. I'll just merge it for now.

@iofik Does this solve your problem?

[iofik]

Guys, thanks for all your quick responses and help!

@shivawu Yes.