Generating of a Gramps template file for the Addons catalog

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@Nick-Hall ,

At some point, you mentioned having written something to generate the MediaWiki table listing template for Addon plugins. (The template was first created for 5.1 )

Could you point to where that tool/utility for generating a MediaWiki addon table is shared?

Thanks

2

Maybe

{{github_url}}
or
{{Stable_branch}}

?

3

No, this was code that took the addon registration data and reformatted it into a Media wiki table:

so Registered data like:

PostgreSQL


PostgreSQL Database

ID: postgresql
Version: 1.0.16
Type: Database
Target Gramps Version: 5.2
Status: 3
Authors: Doug Blank
Author Email: doug.blank@gmail.com
File Name: postgresql.py
Directory Path: /home/districtsupport/.gramps/gramps52/plugins/PostgreSQL
Help: <a hef="https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Addon:PostgreSQL">Addon:PostgreSQL</a>

or an addson-en.json entry like:

{
"n": "PostgreSQL",
"i": "postgresql",
"t": 12,
"d": "PostgreSQL Database",
"v": "1.0.16",
"g": "5.2",
"s": 3,
"z": "PostgreSQL.addon.tgz",
"rm": [
"psycopg2"
],
"a": 1
},

becomes:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Plugin / Documentation
! Type
! Image
! Description
! Use
! Rating (out of 4)
! Contact
! Download
|-
|<!-- Plugin / Documentation -->[[Addon:PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL]]
|<!-- Type -->Database
|<!-- Image -->N/A<!--[[File:libaccess.jpg|center|150px]]-->
|<!-- Description -->PostgreSQL database backend support.
|<!-- Use -->Expert User
|<!-- Rating (out of 4) -->2 
|<!-- Contact -->[http://gramps-project.org/bugs/my_view_page.php Gramps Bugtracker]
|<!-- Download -->[https://github.com/gramps-project/addons/blob/master/gramps52/download/PostgreSQL.addon.tgz?raw=true PostgreSQL.addon.tgz]
|-
|}

which is rendered by MediaWiki as:

image
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4

Oh, yes, an addon one. So, maybe should rather look at:

{{subst:Template:Third-party_addon}}

?

5

Yes, but that is merely the MediaWiki formatting side of the equation.

What I am asking about is SOFTWARE that creates MediaWiki table data from Python modules (specifically, the Gramps Plugin Registration files, json files or Registered data inside Gramps.

So while the target is displaying the generated data on the wiki. The wiki itself is irrelevant at this stage.

6

So, I just do not understand why it should use the mediawiki table (or to format data). Even hardcoded on code, I suppose that we only need to match the current stable branch, an url and locale variable. So, maybe something under const.py module?

7

This is something Nick used to rebuild the Addon List from actual in-use addon data. It ensured that available addons are listed and listed accurately.

Nick was helping us fix lists that were growing increasingly inaccurate and had lots of omissions. The wiki listings did not have the same data as what was seen in the Gramps interface… some names were different, descriptions were different.

And, even today, there are still no listings in the translation languages. The Addons wiki page is translated into: English • français • עברית • Türkçe
But the list of addon names, descriptions and table headers remain only in English.