From bb0a9a070b9570c85bcb17346dae6513e4ba6e76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Brochhaus Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 13:23:45 +0800 Subject: Fixed #20477: Allowed list of modules for FORMAT_MODULE_PATH Previously the FORMAT_MODULE_PATH setting only accepted one string (dotted module path). A feature has been added to also allow a list of strings. This is useful when using several reusable third party apps that define new formats. We can now use them all and we can even override some of the formats by providing a project-wide format module. --- docs/ref/settings.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ docs/releases/1.8.txt | 5 ++++- docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt | 17 +++++++++++++---- 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index f82ced255b..acf42af7ad 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -1378,6 +1378,20 @@ like:: __init__.py formats.py +.. versionchanged:: 1.8 + + You can also set this setting to a list of Python paths, for example:: + + FORMAT_MODULE_PATH = [ + 'mysite.formats', + 'some_app.formats', + ] + + When Django searches for a certain format, it will go through all given + Python paths until it finds a module that actually defines the given + format. This means that formats defined in packages farther up in the list + will take precendence over the same formats in packages farther down. + Available formats are :setting:`DATE_FORMAT`, :setting:`TIME_FORMAT`, :setting:`DATETIME_FORMAT`, :setting:`YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT`, :setting:`MONTH_DAY_FORMAT`, :setting:`SHORT_DATE_FORMAT`, diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt index 21864aa3c2..b0e3b035c0 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt @@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ Forms Internationalization ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -* ... +* :setting:`FORMAT_MODULE_PATH` can now be a list of strings representing + module paths. This allows importing several format modules from different + reusable apps. It also allows overriding those custom formats in your main + Django project. Management Commands ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt index 04b36e2767..e726ddc808 100644 --- a/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt +++ b/docs/topics/i18n/formatting.txt @@ -154,11 +154,20 @@ Django provides format definitions for many locales, but sometimes you might want to create your own, because a format files doesn't exist for your locale, or because you want to overwrite some of the values. -To use custom formats, specify the path where you'll place format files first. -To do that, just set your :setting:`FORMAT_MODULE_PATH` setting to the package -where format files will exist, for instance:: - FORMAT_MODULE_PATH = 'mysite.formats' +.. versionchanged:: 1.8 + + The ability to specify :setting:`FORMAT_MODULE_PATH` as a list was added. + Previously, only a single string value was supported. + +To use custom formats, specify the path where you'll place format files +first. To do that, just set your :setting:`FORMAT_MODULE_PATH` setting to +the package where format files will exist, for instance:: + + FORMAT_MODULE_PATH = [ + 'mysite.formats', + 'some_app.formats', + ] Files are not placed directly in this directory, but in a directory named as the locale, and must be named ``formats.py``. -- cgit v1.3