for some reason shell forgets settings, this works around temporarily fixes the problem, thanks Vladyslav Kozlovskyy

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-29 20:55:40) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-30 11:54:31) dev

gluon/compileapp.py

@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def build_environment(request, response, session, store_current=True):
     """
     Build the environment dictionary into which web2py files are executed.
     """
-
+    
     environment = {}
     for key in html.__all__:
         environment[key] = getattr(html, key)

gluon/settings.py

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ settings = global_settings  # legacy compatibility
 
 
 
+

gluon/shell.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def exec_environment(
             appname = mo.group('appname')
             request.folder = os.path.join('applications', appname)
         else:
-            request.folder = ''
+            request.folder = ''    
     env = build_environment(request, response, session, store_current=False)
     if pyfile:
         pycfile = pyfile + 'c'
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def env(
         return True
 
     fileutils.check_credentials = check_credentials
-
+    
     environment = build_environment(request, response, session)
 
     if import_models:
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ def run(
         exec ('print %s()' % f, _env)
         return
 
+    # "woodoo magic" workaround: reinitialize main.py
+    g={}; exec "import main" in g; del g
+
     _env.update(exec_pythonrc())
     if startfile:
         try:

gluon/widget.py

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import signal
 import math
 import logging
 import newcron
-import main
 import getpass
+import main
 
 from fileutils import w2p_pack, read_file, write_file
-from shell import run, test
 from settings import global_settings
+from shell import run, test
 
 try:
     import Tkinter, tkMessageBox