2.9.5

Update default.py

.travis.yml

@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@ before_script:
   - if [[ $DB == mysql* ]]; then mysql -e 'create database test_w2p;'; fi
   - if [[ $DB == postgres* ]]; then psql -c 'create database test_w2p;' -U postgres; fi
 
-  # Install last sdk for app engine
-  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then wget http://googleappengine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/python/VERSION -O ./GAEVERSION; fi
-  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then GAERELEASE=$(cat ./GAEVERSION | grep -i release); fi
-  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then GAERELEASE=${GAERELEASE#*\"}; fi
-  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then GAERELEASE=${GAERELEASE%\"}; fi
-  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then wget http://googleappengine.googlecode.com/files/google_appengine_$GAERELEASE.zip -nv; fi
-  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then unzip -q google_appengine_$GAERELEASE.zip; fi
+  # Install last sdk for app engine (update only whenever a new release is available)
+  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then wget http://googleappengine.googlecode.com/files/google_appengine_1.8.9.zip -nv; fi
+  - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then unzip -q google_appengine_1.8.9.zip; fi
   - if [[ $DB == google* ]]; then mv -f ./google_appengine/google ./google; fi
 
   - if [[ $DB == mongodb* ]]; then pip install pymongo; fi

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## 2.9.1 - 2.9.3
+## 2.9.1 - 2.9.5
 
+- many small but important bug fixes
 - jquery 1.11
 - codemirror 3.21, thanks Paolo Valleri
 - fixed security issue with sessions in database, thanks Nathan Humphreys
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@
 - invalidate function in web2py.js, thanks Paolo
 - DAL(...,adapter_args=dict(engine='MyISAM'))
 - todolist panel in admin editor, thanks Paolo Valleri
-- enable killing processed in windows, thanks Yair
 
 ## 2.8.1
 

Makefile

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ update:
 	echo "remember that pymysql was tweaked"
 src:
 	### Use semantic versioning
-	echo 'Version 2.9.4-stable+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
+	echo 'Version 2.9.5-stable+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
 	### rm -f all junk files
 	make clean
 	### clean up baisc apps

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.4-stable+timestamp.2014.03.04.22.40.54
+Version 2.9.5-stable+timestamp.2014.03.15.21.24.06

applications/admin/controllers/default.py

@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ def install_plugin():
             session.flash = T('New plugin installed: %s', filename)
         else:
             session.flash = \
-                T('unable to create application "%s"', filename)
+                T('unable to install plugin "%s"', filename)
         redirect(URL(f="plugins", args=[app,]))
     return dict(form=form, app=app, plugin=plugin, source=source)
 

applications/examples/views/default/support.html

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
     <ul>
       <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.metacryption.com">MetaCryption, LLC</a> (USA)</li>
+      <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.planethost.com">PlanetHost</a> (USA)</li>
       <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.secution.com">Secution, Inc</a> (USA)</li>
       <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wadecybertech.com">Wade Cybertech</a> (Canada)</li>
       <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.formatics.nl">Formatics</a> (Netherlands)</li>

applications/welcome/models/menu.py

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ response.subtitle = ''
 
 ## read more at http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/meta.name.html
 response.meta.author = 'Your Name <you@example.com>'
-response.meta.description = 'a cool new app'
 response.meta.keywords = 'web2py, python, framework'
 response.meta.generator = 'Web2py Web Framework'
 

gluon/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Web2Py framework modules
 """
 
 __all__ = ['A', 'B', 'BEAUTIFY', 'BODY', 'BR', 'CAT', 'CENTER', 'CLEANUP', 'CODE', 'CRYPT', 'DAL', 'DIV', 'EM', 'EMBED', 'FIELDSET', 'FORM', 'Field', 'H1', 'H2', 'H3', 'H4', 'H5', 'H6', 'HEAD', 'HR', 'HTML', 'HTTP', 'I', 'IFRAME', 'IMG', 'INPUT', 'IS_ALPHANUMERIC', 'IS_DATE', 'IS_DATETIME', 'IS_DATETIME_IN_RANGE', 'IS_DATE_IN_RANGE', 'IS_DECIMAL_IN_RANGE', 'IS_EMAIL', 'IS_LIST_OF_EMAILS', 'IS_EMPTY_OR', 'IS_EQUAL_TO', 'IS_EXPR', 'IS_FLOAT_IN_RANGE', 'IS_IMAGE', 'IS_JSON', 'IS_INT_IN_RANGE', 'IS_IN_DB', 'IS_IN_SET', 'IS_IPV4', 'IS_LENGTH', 'IS_LIST_OF', 'IS_LOWER', 'IS_MATCH', 'IS_NOT_EMPTY', 'IS_NOT_IN_DB', 'IS_NULL_OR', 'IS_SLUG', 'IS_STRONG', 'IS_TIME', 'IS_UPLOAD_FILENAME', 'IS_UPPER', 'IS_URL', 'LABEL', 'LEGEND', 'LI', 'LINK', 'LOAD', 'MARKMIN', 'MENU', 'META', 'OBJECT', 'OL', 'ON', 'OPTGROUP', 'OPTION', 'P', 'PRE', 'SCRIPT', 'SELECT', 'SPAN', 'SQLFORM', 'SQLTABLE', 'STRONG', 'STYLE', 'TABLE', 'TAG', 'TBODY', 'TD', 'TEXTAREA', 'TFOOT', 'TH', 'THEAD', 'TITLE', 'TR', 'TT', 'UL', 'URL', 'XHTML', 'XML', 'redirect', 'current', 'embed64']
-
+ 
 from globals import current
 from html import *
 from validators import *

gluon/contrib/login_methods/oauth20_account.py

@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ server for requests.  It can be used for the optional"scope" parameters for Face
             if open_url:
                 try:
                     data = open_url.read()
-                    resp_type = open_url.info().get('Content-Type')
+                    resp_type = open_url.info().gettype()
                     # try json style first
-                    if not resp_type or resp_type == 'application/json':
+                    if not resp_type or resp_type[:16] == 'application/json':
                         try:
                             tokendata = json.loads(data)
                             current.session.token = tokendata

gluon/contrib/redis_session.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class MockTable(object):
         self.session_expiry = session_expiry
         self.with_lock = with_lock
 
-    def __call__(self, record_id):
+    def __call__(self, record_id, unique_key=None):
         # Support DAL shortcut query: table(record_id)
 
         q = self.id  # This will call the __getattr__ below
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class MockTable(object):
         # Instructs MockQuery, to behave as db(table.id == record_id)
         q.op = 'eq'
         q.value = record_id
+        q.unique_key = unique_key
 
         row = q.select()
         return row[0] if row else Storage()
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class MockTable(object):
             #return a fake query. We need to query it just by id for normal operations
             self.query = MockQuery(field='id', db=self.r_server,
                     prefix=self.keyprefix, session_expiry=self.session_expiry,
-                    with_lock=self.with_lock)
+                    with_lock=self.with_lock, unique_key=self.unique_key)
             return self.query
         elif key == '_db':
             #needed because of the calls in sessions2trash.py and globals.py
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ class MockQuery(object):
        and listing all keys. No other operation is supported
     """
     def __init__(self, field=None, db=None, prefix=None, session_expiry=False,
-            with_lock=False):
+            with_lock=False, unique_key=None):
         self.field = field
         self.value = None
         self.db = db
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ class MockQuery(object):
         self.op = None
         self.session_expiry = session_expiry
         self.with_lock = with_lock
+        self.unique_key = unique_key
 
     def __eq__(self, value, op='eq'):
         self.value = value
@@ -187,7 +189,12 @@ class MockQuery(object):
                 acquire_lock(self.db, key + ':lock', self.value)
             rtn = self.db.hgetall(key)
             if rtn:
-                rtn['update_record'] = self.update  # update record support
+                if self.unique_key:
+                    #make sure the id and unique_key are correct
+                    if rtn['unique_key'] == self.unique_key:
+                        rtn['update_record'] = self.update  # update record support
+                    else:
+                        rtn = None
             return [Storage(rtn)] if rtn else []
         elif self.op == 'ge' and self.field == 'id' and self.value == 0:
             #means that someone wants the complete list

gluon/contrib/simplejsonrpc.py

@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ class JSONSafeTransport(JSONTransportMixin, SafeTransport):
 class ServerProxy(object):
     "JSON RPC Simple Client Service Proxy"
 
-    def __init__(self, uri, transport=None, encoding=None, verbose=0):
+    def __init__(self, uri, transport=None, encoding=None, verbose=0,version=None):
         self.location = uri             # server location (url)
         self.trace = verbose            # show debug messages
         self.exceptions = True          # raise errors? (JSONRPCError)
         self.timeout = None
         self.json_request = self.json_response = ''
+        self.version = version          # '2.0' for jsonrpc2
 
         type, uri = urllib.splittype(uri)
         if type not in ("http", "https"):
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ class ServerProxy(object):
         # build data sent to the service
         request_id = random.randint(0, sys.maxint)
         data = {'id': request_id, 'method': method, 'params': args, }
+        if self.version:
+            data['jsonrpc'] = self.version #mandatory key/value for jsonrpc2 validation else err -32600
         request = json.dumps(data)
 
         # make HTTP request (retry if connection is lost)
@@ -130,14 +133,13 @@ class ServerProxy(object):
         # {'version': '1.1', 'id': id, 'result': result, 'error': None}
         response = json.loads(response)
 
-        if response['id'] != request_id:
-            raise JSONRPCError(0, "JSON Request ID != Response ID")
-
         self.error = response.get('error', {})
         if self.error and self.exceptions:
             raise JSONRPCError(self.error.get('code', 0),
                                self.error.get('message', ''),
                                self.error.get('data', None))
+        if response['id'] != request_id:
+            raise JSONRPCError(0, "JSON Request ID != Response ID")
 
         return response.get('result')
 

gluon/contrib/translitcodec/AUTHORS

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-translitcodec was originally written by Jason Kirtland in 2008.
-
-Contributors are:
-
-- Jason Kirtland <jek@discorporate.us>
-- Craig Dennis <craig@idealist.org>
-
-The translitcodec source distribution includes the 'transtab' package
-by Markus Kuhn <mkuhn@acm.org>.

gluon/contrib/translitcodec/CHANGES

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-=====================
-translitcodec Changes
-=====================
-
-0.3
----
-
-Released on February 14, 2011
-
-- Fixes to the transtab table rebuilding tool.
-
-- Added translitcodec.__version__
-
-0.2
----
-
-Released on January 27, 2011
-
-- Resolves issue of "TypeError: character mapping must return integer,
-  None or unicode" when a blank value (eg: \N{ZERO WIDTH SPACE} \u200B)
-  was encoded.  Unicode blanks are now returned.
-
-- Characters in the ASCII range are no longer included in the translation
-  tables.
-
-0.1
----
-
-Released on December 28, 2008
-
-- Initial packaged release.

gluon/contrib/translitcodec/LICENSE

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2008 Jason Kirtland <jek at discorporate us>
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
-NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
-LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
-WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

gluon/contrib/translitcodec/README

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
--*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-Unicode to 8-bit charset transliteration codec.
-
-This package contains codecs for transliterating ISO 10646 texts into
-best-effort representations using smaller coded character sets (ASCII,
-ISO 8859, etc.).  The translation tables used by the codecs are from
-the ``transtab`` collection by Markus Kuhn.
-
-Three types of transliterating codecs are provided:
-
-  "long", using as many characters as needed to make a natural
-   replacement.  For example, \u00e4 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH
-   DIAERESIS ``ä`` will be replaced with ``ae``.
-
-  "short", using the minimum number of characters to make a
-  replacement.  For example, \u00e4 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH
-  DIAERESIS ``ä`` will be replaced with ``a``.
-
-  "one", only performing single character replacements.  Characters
-  that can not be transliterated with a single character are passed
-  through unchanged. For example, \u2639 WHITE FROWNING FACE ``☹``
-  will be passed through unchanged.
-
-Using the codecs is simple::
-
-  >>> import translitcodec
-  >>> u'fácil € ☺'.encode('translit/long')
-  u'facil EUR :-)'
-  >>> u'fácil € ☺'.encode('translit/short')
-  u'facil E :-)'
-
-The codecs return Unicode by default.  To receive a bytestring back,
-either chain the output of encode() to another codec, or append the
-name of the desired byte encoding to the codec name::
-
-  >>> u'fácil € ☺'.encode('translit/one').encode('ascii', 'replace')
-  'facil E ?'
-  >>> u'fácil € ☺'.encode('translit/one/ascii', 'replace')
-  'facil E ?'
-
-The package also supplies a 'transliterate' codec, an alias for
-'translit/long'.
-

gluon/dal.py

@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
         return '(%s)' % ' || '.join(self.expand(x,'string') for x in items)
 
     def ADD(self, first, second):
-        if self.is_numerical_type(first.type) or isinstance(first.type, gluon.dal.Field):
+        if self.is_numerical_type(first.type) or isinstance(first.type, Field):
             return '(%s + %s)' % (self.expand(first),
                                   self.expand(second, first.type))
         else:
@@ -9153,8 +9153,17 @@ class Table(object):
             record = self(_key)
 
         if not response.errors and record:
-            row = self._db(self._id ==_key)
-            response.id = row.update(**fields)
+            if '_id' in self:
+                myset = self._db(self._id == record[self._id.name])
+            else:
+                query = None
+                for key, value in _key.iteritems():
+                    if query is None:
+                        query = getattr(self, key) == value
+                    else:
+                        query = query & (getattr(self, key) == value)
+                myset = self._db(query)
+            response.id = myset.update(**fields)
         else:
             response.id = None
         return response
@@ -9173,6 +9182,37 @@ class Table(object):
             newid = self.insert(**values)
         return newid
 
+    def validate_and_update_or_insert(self, _key=DEFAULT, **fields):
+        if _key is DEFAULT or _key == '':
+            primary_keys = {}
+            for key, value in fields.iteritems():
+                if key in self._primarykey:
+                    primary_keys[key] = value
+            if primary_keys != {}:
+                record = self(**primary_keys)
+                _key = primary_keys
+            else:
+                required_keys = {}
+                for key, value in fields.iteritems():
+                    if getattr(self, key).required:
+                        required_keys[key] = value
+                record = self(**required_keys)
+                _key = required_keys
+        elif isinstance(_key, dict):
+            record = self(**_key)
+        else:
+            record = self(_key)
+
+        if record:
+            response = self.validate_and_update(_key, **fields)
+            primary_keys = {}
+            for key in self._primarykey:
+                primary_keys[key] = getattr(record, key)
+            response.id = primary_keys
+        else:
+            response = self.validate_and_insert(**fields)
+        return response
+
     def bulk_insert(self, items):
         """
         here items is a list of dictionaries
@@ -11074,7 +11114,7 @@ class Rows(object):
                     if field.type=='blob' and not value is None:
                         value = base64.b64encode(value)
                     elif represent and field.represent:
-                        value = field.represent(value)
+                        value = field.represent(value,record)
                     row.append(none_exception(value))
             writer.writerow(row)
 

gluon/html.py

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
-Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
-License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+
+Template helpers
+--------------------------------------------
 """
 
 import cgi
@@ -109,10 +112,11 @@ __all__ = [
 
 def xmlescape(data, quote=True):
     """
-    returns an escaped string of the provided data
+    Returns an escaped string of the provided data
 
-    :param data: the data to be escaped
-    :param quote: optional (default False)
+    Args:
+        data: the data to be escaped
+        quote: optional (default False)
     """
 
     # first try the xml function
@@ -164,80 +168,92 @@ def URL(
     language=None,
 ):
     """
-    generate a URL
-
-    example::
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
-        ...     vars={'p':1, 'q':2}, anchor='1'))
-        '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=1&q=2#1'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
-        ...     vars={'p':(1,3), 'q':2}, anchor='1'))
-        '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=1&p=3&q=2#1'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
-        ...     vars={'p':(3,1), 'q':2}, anchor='1'))
-        '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=3&p=1&q=2#1'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', anchor='1+2'))
-        '/a/c/f#1%2B2'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
-        ...     vars={'p':(1,3), 'q':2}, anchor='1', hmac_key='key'))
-        '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=1&p=3&q=2&_signature=a32530f0d0caa80964bb92aad2bedf8a4486a31f#1'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['w/x', 'y/z']))
-        '/a/c/f/w/x/y/z'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['w/x', 'y/z'], encode_embedded_slash=True))
-        '/a/c/f/w%2Fx/y%2Fz'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['%(id)d'], url_encode=False))
-        '/a/c/f/%(id)d'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['%(id)d'], url_encode=True))
-        '/a/c/f/%25%28id%29d'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', vars={'id' : '%(id)d' }, url_encode=False))
-        '/a/c/f?id=%(id)d'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', vars={'id' : '%(id)d' }, url_encode=True))
-        '/a/c/f?id=%25%28id%29d'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', anchor='%(id)d', url_encode=False))
-        '/a/c/f#%(id)d'
-
-        >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', anchor='%(id)d', url_encode=True))
-        '/a/c/f#%25%28id%29d'
-
     generates a url '/a/c/f' corresponding to application a, controller c
     and function f. If r=request is passed, a, c, f are set, respectively,
     to r.application, r.controller, r.function.
 
     The more typical usage is:
 
-    URL(r=request, f='index') that generates a url for the index function
+        URL('index')
+
+    that generates a url for the index function
     within the present application and controller.
 
-    :param a: application (default to current if r is given)
-    :param c: controller (default to current if r is given)
-    :param f: function (default to current if r is given)
-    :param r: request (optional)
-    :param args: any arguments (optional)
-    :param vars: any variables (optional)
-    :param anchor: anchorname, without # (optional)
-    :param hmac_key: key to use when generating hmac signature (optional)
-    :param hash_vars: which of the vars to include in our hmac signature
-        True (default) - hash all vars, False - hash none of the vars,
-        iterable - hash only the included vars ['key1','key2']
-    :param scheme: URI scheme (True, 'http' or 'https', etc); forces absolute URL (optional)
-    :param host: string to force absolute URL with host (True means http_host)
-    :param port: optional port number (forces absolute URL)
+    Args:
+        a: application (default to current if r is given)
+        c: controller (default to current if r is given)
+        f: function (default to current if r is given)
+        r: request (optional)
+        args: any arguments (optional). Additional "path" elements
+        vars: any variables (optional). Querystring elements
+        anchor: anchorname, without # (optional)
+        extension: force an extension
+        hmac_key: key to use when generating hmac signature (optional)
+        hash_vars: which of the vars to include in our hmac signature
+            True (default) - hash all vars, False - hash none of the vars,
+            iterable - hash only the included vars ['key1','key2']
+        salt: salt hashing with this string
+        user_signature: signs automatically the URL in such way that only the
+            user can access the URL (use with `URL.verify` or
+            `auth.requires_signature()`)
+        scheme: URI scheme (True, 'http' or 'https', etc); forces absolute URL (optional)
+        host: string to force absolute URL with host (True means http_host)
+        port: optional port number (forces absolute URL)
+        encode_embedded_slash: encode slash characters included in args
+        url_encode: encode characters included in vars
+
+    Raises:
+        SyntaxError: when no application, controller or function is available
+            or when a CRLF is found in the generated url
+
+    Examples:
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
+    ...     vars={'p':1, 'q':2}, anchor='1'))
+    '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=1&q=2#1'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
+    ...     vars={'p':(1,3), 'q':2}, anchor='1'))
+    '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=1&p=3&q=2#1'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
+    ...     vars={'p':(3,1), 'q':2}, anchor='1'))
+    '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=3&p=1&q=2#1'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', anchor='1+2'))
+    '/a/c/f#1%2B2'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['x', 'y', 'z'],
+    ...     vars={'p':(1,3), 'q':2}, anchor='1', hmac_key='key'))
+    '/a/c/f/x/y/z?p=1&p=3&q=2&_signature=a32530f0d0caa80964bb92aad2bedf8a4486a31f#1'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['w/x', 'y/z']))
+    '/a/c/f/w/x/y/z'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['w/x', 'y/z'], encode_embedded_slash=True))
+    '/a/c/f/w%2Fx/y%2Fz'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['%(id)d'], url_encode=False))
+    '/a/c/f/%(id)d'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', args=['%(id)d'], url_encode=True))
+    '/a/c/f/%25%28id%29d'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', vars={'id' : '%(id)d' }, url_encode=False))
+    '/a/c/f?id=%(id)d'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', vars={'id' : '%(id)d' }, url_encode=True))
+    '/a/c/f?id=%25%28id%29d'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', anchor='%(id)d', url_encode=False))
+    '/a/c/f#%(id)d'
+
+    >>> str(URL(a='a', c='c', f='f', anchor='%(id)d', url_encode=True))
+    '/a/c/f#%25%28id%29d'
+
+
+
 
-    :raises SyntaxError: when no application, controller or function is
-        available
-    :raises SyntaxError: when a CRLF is found in the generated url
     """
 
     from rewrite import url_out  # done here in case used not-in web2py
@@ -528,7 +544,7 @@ class XML(XmlComponent):
     use it to wrap a string that contains XML/HTML so that it will not be
     escaped by the template
 
-    example:
+    Examples:
 
     >>> XML('<h1>Hello</h1>').xml()
     '<h1>Hello</h1>'
@@ -564,19 +580,19 @@ class XML(XmlComponent):
         },
     ):
         """
-        :param text: the XML text
-        :param sanitize: sanitize text using the permitted tags and allowed
-            attributes (default False)
-        :param permitted_tags: list of permitted tags (default: simple list of
-            tags)
-        :param allowed_attributes: dictionary of allowed attributed (default
-            for A, IMG and BlockQuote).
-            The key is the tag; the value is a list of allowed attributes.
+        Args:
+            text: the XML text
+            sanitize: sanitize text using the permitted tags and allowed
+                attributes (default False)
+            permitted_tags: list of permitted tags (default: simple list of
+                tags)
+            allowed_attributes: dictionary of allowed attributed (default
+                for A, IMG and BlockQuote).
+                The key is the tag; the value is a list of allowed attributes.
         """
 
         if sanitize:
-            text = sanitizer.sanitize(text, permitted_tags,
-                                      allowed_attributes)
+            text = sanitizer.sanitize(text, permitted_tags, allowed_attributes)
         if isinstance(text, unicode):
             text = text.encode('utf8', 'xmlcharrefreplace')
         elif not isinstance(text, str):
@@ -620,7 +636,8 @@ class XML(XmlComponent):
 
     def flatten(self, render=None):
         """
-        return the text stored by the XML object rendered by the render function
+        returns the text stored by the XML object rendered
+        by the `render` function
         """
         if render:
             return render(self.text, None, {})
@@ -628,8 +645,9 @@ class XML(XmlComponent):
 
     def elements(self, *args, **kargs):
         """
-        to be considered experimental since the behavior of this method is questionable
-        another options could be TAG(self.text).elements(*args,**kargs)
+        to be considered experimental since the behavior of this method
+        is questionable
+        another option could be `TAG(self.text).elements(*args,**kwargs)`
         """
         return []
 
@@ -653,15 +671,15 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
     Behaves like a dictionary regarding updating of attributes.
     Behaves like a list regarding inserting/appending components.
 
-    example::
+    Examples:
 
-        >>> DIV('hello', 'world', _style='color:red;').xml()
-        '<div style=\"color:red;\">helloworld</div>'
+    >>> DIV('hello', 'world', _style='color:red;').xml()
+    '<div style=\"color:red;\">helloworld</div>'
 
-    all other HTML helpers are derived from DIV.
+    All other HTML helpers are derived from `DIV`.
 
-    _something=\"value\" attributes are transparently translated into
-    something=\"value\" HTML attributes
+    `_something="value"` attributes are transparently translated into
+    `something="value"` HTML attributes
     """
 
     # name of the tag, subclasses should update this
@@ -671,10 +689,12 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def __init__(self, *components, **attributes):
         """
-        :param *components: any components that should be nested in this element
-        :param **attributes: any attributes you want to give to this element
+        Args:
+            components: any components that should be nested in this element
+            attributes: any attributes you want to give to this element
 
-        :raises SyntaxError: when a stand alone tag receives components
+        Raises:
+            SyntaxError: when a stand alone tag receives components
         """
 
         if self.tag[-1:] == '/' and components:
@@ -705,6 +725,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         """
         list style appending of components
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a=DIV()
         >>> a.append(SPAN('x'))
         >>> print a
@@ -717,7 +739,9 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def insert(self, i, value):
         """
-        list style inserting of components
+        List-style inserting of components
+
+        Examples:
 
         >>> a=DIV()
         >>> a.insert(0,SPAN('x'))
@@ -731,12 +755,12 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def __getitem__(self, i):
         """
-        gets attribute with name 'i' or component #i.
+        Gets attribute with name 'i' or component #i.
         If attribute 'i' is not found returns None
 
-        :param i: index
-           if i is a string: the name of the attribute
-           otherwise references to number of the component
+        Args:
+            i: index. If i is a string: the name of the attribute
+                otherwise references to number of the component
         """
 
         if isinstance(i, str):
@@ -749,12 +773,12 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def __setitem__(self, i, value):
         """
-        sets attribute with name 'i' or component #i.
+        Sets attribute with name 'i' or component #i.
 
-        :param i: index
-           if i is a string: the name of the attribute
-           otherwise references to number of the component
-        :param value: the new value
+        Args:
+            i: index. If i is a string: the name of the attribute
+                otherwise references to number of the component
+            value: the new value
         """
         self._setnode(value)
         if isinstance(i, (str, unicode)):
@@ -764,11 +788,11 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def __delitem__(self, i):
         """
-        deletes attribute with name 'i' or component #i.
+        Deletes attribute with name 'i' or component #i.
 
-        :param i: index
-           if i is a string: the name of the attribute
-           otherwise references to number of the component
+        Args:
+            i: index. If i is a string: the name of the attribute
+                otherwise references to number of the component
         """
 
         if isinstance(i, str):
@@ -778,13 +802,13 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def __len__(self):
         """
-        returns the number of included components
+        Returns the number of included components
         """
         return len(self.components)
 
     def __nonzero__(self):
         """
-        always return True
+        Always returns True
         """
         return True
 
@@ -804,10 +828,11 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         helper for _fixup. Checks if a component is in allowed_parents,
         otherwise wraps it in wrap_parent
 
-        :param allowed_parents: (tuple) classes that the component should be an
-            instance of
-        :param wrap_parent: the class to wrap the component in, if needed
-        :param wrap_lambda: lambda to use for wrapping, if needed
+        Args:
+            allowed_parents: (tuple) classes that the component should be an
+                instance of
+            wrap_parent: the class to wrap the component in, if needed
+            wrap_lambda: lambda to use for wrapping, if needed
 
         """
         components = []
@@ -875,7 +900,7 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def _xml(self):
         """
-        helper for xml generation. Returns separately:
+        Helper for xml generation. Returns separately:
         - the component attributes
         - the generated xml of the inner components
 
@@ -883,7 +908,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         do not have a False or None value. The underscore is removed.
         A value of True is replaced with the attribute name.
 
-        :returns: tuple: (attributes, components)
+        Returns:
+            tuple: (attributes, components)
         """
 
         # get the attributes for this component
@@ -932,16 +958,18 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def __str__(self):
         """
-        str(COMPONENT) returns equals COMPONENT.xml()
+        str(COMPONENT) returns COMPONENT.xml()
         """
 
         return self.xml()
 
     def flatten(self, render=None):
         """
-        return the text stored by the DIV object rendered by the render function
+        Returns the text stored by the DIV object rendered by the render function
         the render function must take text, tagname, and attributes
-        render=None is equivalent to render=lambda text, tag, attr: text
+        `render=None` is equivalent to `render=lambda text, tag, attr: text`
+
+        Examples:
 
         >>> markdown = lambda text,tag=None,attributes={}: \
                         {None: re.sub('\s+',' ',text), \
@@ -972,11 +1000,13 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def elements(self, *args, **kargs):
         """
-        find all component that match the supplied attribute dictionary,
+        Find all components that match the supplied attribute dictionary,
         or None if nothing could be found
 
         All components of the components are searched.
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a = DIV(DIV(SPAN('x'),3,DIV(SPAN('y'))))
         >>> for c in a.elements('span',first_only=True): c[0]='z'
         >>> print a
@@ -987,6 +1017,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
         It also supports a syntax compatible with jQuery
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a=TAG('<div><span><a id="1-1" u:v=$>hello</a></span><p class="this is a test">world</p></div>')
         >>> for e in a.elements('div a#1-1, p.is'): print e.flatten()
         hello
@@ -995,7 +1027,6 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         hello
         >>> a.elements('a[u:v=$]')[0].xml()
         '<a id="1-1" u:v="$">hello</a>'
-
         >>> a=FORM( INPUT(_type='text'), SELECT(range(1)), TEXTAREA() )
         >>> for c in a.elements('input, select, textarea'): c['_disabled'] = 'disabled'
         >>> a.xml()
@@ -1005,6 +1036,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         a "replace" argument (note, a list of the original matching elements
         is still returned as usual).
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a = DIV(DIV(SPAN('x', _class='abc'), DIV(SPAN('y', _class='abc'), SPAN('z', _class='abc'))))
         >>> b = a.elements('span.abc', replace=P('x', _class='xyz'))
         >>> print a
@@ -1013,6 +1046,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         "replace" can be a callable, which will be passed the original element and
         should return a new element to replace it.
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a = DIV(DIV(SPAN('x', _class='abc'), DIV(SPAN('y', _class='abc'), SPAN('z', _class='abc'))))
         >>> b = a.elements('span.abc', replace=lambda el: P(el[0], _class='xyz'))
         >>> print a
@@ -1020,6 +1055,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
         If replace=None, matching elements will be removed completely.
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a = DIV(DIV(SPAN('x', _class='abc'), DIV(SPAN('y', _class='abc'), SPAN('z', _class='abc'))))
         >>> b = a.elements('span', find='y', replace=None)
         >>> print a
@@ -1030,6 +1067,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         replaced (find_text is ignored if "replace" is not also specified).
         Like the "find" argument, "find_text" can be a string or a compiled regex.
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a = DIV(DIV(SPAN('x', _class='abc'), DIV(SPAN('y', _class='abc'), SPAN('z', _class='abc'))))
         >>> b = a.elements(find_text=re.compile('x|y|z'), replace='hello')
         >>> print a
@@ -1038,6 +1077,8 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
         If other attributes are specified along with find_text, then only components
         that match the specified attributes will be searched for find_text.
 
+        Examples:
+
         >>> a = DIV(DIV(SPAN('x', _class='abc'), DIV(SPAN('y', _class='efg'), SPAN('z', _class='abc'))))
         >>> b = a.elements('span.efg', find_text=re.compile('x|y|z'), replace='hello')
         >>> print a
@@ -1134,7 +1175,7 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def element(self, *args, **kargs):
         """
-        find the first component that matches the supplied attribute dictionary,
+        Finds the first component that matches the supplied attribute dictionary,
         or None if nothing could be found
 
         Also the components of the components are searched.
@@ -1148,7 +1189,7 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def siblings(self, *args, **kargs):
         """
-        find all sibling components that match the supplied argument list
+        Finds all sibling components that match the supplied argument list
         and attribute dictionary, or None if nothing could be found
         """
         sibs = [s for s in self.parent.components if not s == self]
@@ -1175,7 +1216,7 @@ class DIV(XmlComponent):
 
     def sibling(self, *args, **kargs):
         """
-        find the first sibling component that match the supplied argument list
+        Finds the first sibling component that match the supplied argument list
         and attribute dictionary, or None if nothing could be found
         """
         kargs['first_only'] = True
@@ -1211,10 +1252,12 @@ copy_reg.pickle(__tag_div__, TAG_pickler, TAG_unpickler)
 class __TAG__(XmlComponent):
 
     """
-    TAG factory example::
+    TAG factory
 
-        >>> print TAG.first(TAG.second('test'), _key = 3)
-        <first key=\"3\"><second>test</second></first>
+    Examples:
+
+    >>> print TAG.first(TAG.second('test'), _key = 3)
+    <first key=\"3\"><second>test</second></first>
 
     """
 
@@ -1239,16 +1282,16 @@ class HTML(DIV):
     There are four predefined document type definitions.
     They can be specified in the 'doctype' parameter:
 
-    -'strict' enables strict doctype
-    -'transitional' enables transitional doctype (default)
-    -'frameset' enables frameset doctype
-    -'html5' enables HTML 5 doctype
-    -any other string will be treated as user's own doctype
+    - 'strict' enables strict doctype
+    - 'transitional' enables transitional doctype (default)
+    - 'frameset' enables frameset doctype
+    - 'html5' enables HTML 5 doctype
+    - any other string will be treated as user's own doctype
 
     'lang' parameter specifies the language of the document.
     Defaults to 'en'.
 
-    See also :class:`DIV`
+    See also `DIV`
     """
 
     tag = 'html'
@@ -1289,10 +1332,10 @@ class XHTML(DIV):
     There are three predefined document type definitions.
     They can be specified in the 'doctype' parameter:
 
-    -'strict' enables strict doctype
-    -'transitional' enables transitional doctype (default)
-    -'frameset' enables frameset doctype
-    -any other string will be treated as user's own doctype
+    - 'strict' enables strict doctype
+    - 'transitional' enables transitional doctype (default)
+    - 'frameset' enables frameset doctype
+    - any other string will be treated as user's own doctype
 
     'lang' parameter specifies the language of the document and the xml document.
     Defaults to 'en'.
@@ -1300,7 +1343,7 @@ class XHTML(DIV):
     'xmlns' parameter specifies the xml namespace.
     Defaults to 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'.
 
-    See also :class:`DIV`
+    See also `DIV`
     """
 
     tag = 'html'
@@ -1443,7 +1486,7 @@ class P(DIV):
     """
     Will replace ``\\n`` by ``<br />`` if the `cr2br` attribute is provided.
 
-    see also :class:`DIV`
+    see also `DIV`
     """
 
     tag = 'p'
@@ -1476,6 +1519,23 @@ class HR(DIV):
 
 
 class A(DIV):
+    """
+    Generates an A() link.
+    A() in web2py is really important and with the included web2py.js
+    allows lots of Ajax interactions in the page
+
+    On top of "usual" `_attributes`, it takes
+
+    Args:
+        callback: an url to call but not redirect to
+        cid: if you want to load the _href into an element of the page (component)
+            pass its id (without the #) here
+        delete: element to delete after calling callback
+        target: same thing as cid
+        confirm: text to display upon a callback with a delete
+        noconfirm: don't display alert upon a callback with delete
+
+    """
 
     tag = 'a'
 
@@ -1546,24 +1606,25 @@ class CENTER(DIV):
 class CODE(DIV):
 
     """
-    displays code in HTML with syntax highlighting.
+    Displays code in HTML with syntax highlighting.
 
-    :param attributes: optional attributes:
+    Args:
+        language: indicates the language, otherwise PYTHON is assumed
+        link: can provide a link
+        styles: for styles
 
-        - language: indicates the language, otherwise PYTHON is assumed
-        - link: can provide a link
-        - styles: for styles
+    Examples:
 
-    Example::
-
-        {{=CODE(\"print 'hello world'\", language='python', link=None,
-            counter=1, styles={}, highlight_line=None)}}
+    {{=CODE(\"print 'hello world'\", language='python', link=None,
+        counter=1, styles={}, highlight_line=None)}}
 
 
-    supported languages are \"python\", \"html_plain\", \"c\", \"cpp\",
-    \"web2py\", \"html\".
-    The \"html\" language interprets {{ and }} tags as \"web2py\" code,
-    \"html_plain\" doesn't.
+    supported languages are
+
+        "python", "html_plain", "c", "cpp", "web2py", "html"
+
+    The "html" language interprets {{ and }} tags as "web2py" code,
+    "html_plain" doesn't.
 
     if a link='/examples/global/vars/' is provided web2py keywords are linked to
     the online docs.
@@ -1607,7 +1668,6 @@ class UL(DIV):
 
     If subcomponents are not LI-components they will be wrapped in a LI
 
-    see also :class:`DIV`
     """
 
     tag = 'ul'
@@ -1637,7 +1697,6 @@ class TR(DIV):
 
     If subcomponents are not TD/TH-components they will be wrapped in a TD
 
-    see also :class:`DIV`
     """
 
     tag = 'tr'
@@ -1652,7 +1711,6 @@ class __TRHEAD__(DIV):
 
     If subcomponents are not TD/TH-components they will be wrapped in a TH
 
-    see also :class:`DIV`
     """
 
     tag = 'tr'
@@ -1702,7 +1760,6 @@ class TABLE(DIV):
     If subcomponents are not TR/TBODY/THEAD/TFOOT-components
     they will be wrapped in a TR
 
-    see also :class:`DIV`
     """
 
     tag = 'table'
@@ -1724,34 +1781,36 @@ class IFRAME(DIV):
 class INPUT(DIV):
 
     """
-        INPUT Component
+    INPUT Component
 
-        examples::
+    Takes two special attributes value= and requires=.
 
-            >>> INPUT(_type='text', _name='name', value='Max').xml()
-            '<input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" value=\"Max\" />'
-
-            >>> INPUT(_type='checkbox', _name='checkbox', value='on').xml()
-            '<input checked=\"checked\" name=\"checkbox\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"on\" />'
-
-            >>> INPUT(_type='radio', _name='radio', _value='yes', value='yes').xml()
-            '<input checked=\"checked\" name=\"radio\" type=\"radio\" value=\"yes\" />'
-
-            >>> INPUT(_type='radio', _name='radio', _value='no', value='yes').xml()
-            '<input name=\"radio\" type=\"radio\" value=\"no\" />'
-
-        the input helper takes two special attributes value= and requires=.
-
-        :param value: used to pass the initial value for the input field.
+    Args:
+        value: used to pass the initial value for the input field.
             value differs from _value because it works for checkboxes, radio,
             textarea and select/option too.
+            For a checkbox value should be '' or 'on'.
+            For a radio or select/option value should be the _value
+            of the checked/selected item.
 
-            - for a checkbox value should be '' or 'on'.
-            - for a radio or select/option value should be the _value
-                of the checked/selected item.
-
-        :param requires: should be None, or a validator or a list of validators
+        requires: should be None, or a validator or a list of validators
             for the value of the field.
+
+    Examples:
+
+    >>> INPUT(_type='text', _name='name', value='Max').xml()
+    '<input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" value=\"Max\" />'
+
+    >>> INPUT(_type='checkbox', _name='checkbox', value='on').xml()
+    '<input checked=\"checked\" name=\"checkbox\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"on\" />'
+
+    >>> INPUT(_type='radio', _name='radio', _value='yes', value='yes').xml()
+    '<input checked=\"checked\" name=\"radio\" type=\"radio\" value=\"yes\" />'
+
+    >>> INPUT(_type='radio', _name='radio', _value='no', value='yes').xml()
+    '<input name=\"radio\" type=\"radio\" value=\"no\" />'
+
+
         """
 
     tag = 'input/'
@@ -1847,11 +1906,12 @@ class INPUT(DIV):
 class TEXTAREA(INPUT):
 
     """
-    example::
+    Examples::
 
-        TEXTAREA(_name='sometext', value='blah '*100, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY())
+        TEXTAREA(_name='sometext', value='blah ' * 100, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY())
 
     'blah blah blah ...' will be the content of the textarea field.
+
     """
 
     tag = 'textarea'
@@ -1898,12 +1958,12 @@ class OPTGROUP(DIV):
 class SELECT(INPUT):
 
     """
-    example::
+    Examples:
 
-        >>> from validators import IS_IN_SET
-        >>> SELECT('yes', 'no', _name='selector', value='yes',
-        ...    requires=IS_IN_SET(['yes', 'no'])).xml()
-        '<select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\" value=\"yes\">yes</option><option value=\"no\">no</option></select>'
+    >>> from validators import IS_IN_SET
+    >>> SELECT('yes', 'no', _name='selector', value='yes',
+    ...    requires=IS_IN_SET(['yes', 'no'])).xml()
+    '<select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\" value=\"yes\">yes</option><option value=\"no\">no</option></select>'
 
     """
 
@@ -1962,12 +2022,13 @@ class LEGEND(DIV):
 class FORM(DIV):
 
     """
-    example::
+    Examples:
+
+    >>> from validators import IS_NOT_EMPTY
+    >>> form=FORM(INPUT(_name="test", requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()))
+    >>> form.xml()
+    '<form action=\"#\" enctype=\"multipart/form-data\" method=\"post\"><input name=\"test\" type=\"text\" /></form>'
 
-        >>> from validators import IS_NOT_EMPTY
-        >>> form=FORM(INPUT(_name="test", requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()))
-        >>> form.xml()
-        '<form action=\"#\" enctype=\"multipart/form-data\" method=\"post\"><input name=\"test\" type=\"text\" /></form>'
 
     a FORM is container for INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT and other helpers
 
@@ -2107,12 +2168,12 @@ class FORM(DIV):
         you can use it instead of directly form.accepts.
 
         Usage:
-        In controller
+        In controller::
 
-        def action():
-            form=FORM(INPUT(_name=\"test\", requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()))
-            form.validate() #you can pass some args here - see below
-            return dict(form=form)
+            def action():
+                form=FORM(INPUT(_name=\"test\", requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()))
+                form.validate() #you can pass some args here - see below
+                return dict(form=form)
 
         This can receive a bunch of arguments
 
@@ -2190,29 +2251,31 @@ class FORM(DIV):
         """
         Perform the .validate() method but returns the form
 
-        Usage in controllers:
-        # directly on return
-        def action():
-            #some code here
-            return dict(form=FORM(...).process(...))
+        Usage in controllers::
 
-        You can use it with FORM, SQLFORM or FORM based plugins
+            # directly on return
+            def action():
+                #some code here
+                return dict(form=FORM(...).process(...))
 
-        Examples:
-        #response.flash messages
-        def action():
-            form = SQLFORM(db.table).process(message_onsuccess='Sucess!')
-            retutn dict(form=form)
+        You can use it with FORM, SQLFORM or FORM based plugins::
+
+            # response.flash messages
+            def action():
+                form = SQLFORM(db.table).process(message_onsuccess='Sucess!')
+                return dict(form=form)
+
+            # callback function
+            # callback receives True or False as first arg, and a list of args.
+            def my_callback(status, msg):
+                response.flash = "Success! "+msg if status else "Errors occured"
+
+            # after argument can be 'flash' to response.flash messages
+            # or a function name to use as callback or None to do nothing.
+            def action():
+                return dict(form=SQLFORM(db.table).process(onsuccess=my_callback)
 
-        # callback function
-        # callback receives True or False as first arg, and a list of args.
-        def my_callback(status, msg):
-           response.flash = "Success! "+msg if status else "Errors occured"
 
-        # after argument can be 'flash' to response.flash messages
-        # or a function name to use as callback or None to do nothing.
-        def action():
-            return dict(form=SQLFORM(db.table).process(onsuccess=my_callback)
         """
         kwargs['dbio'] = kwargs.get('dbio', True)
                                     # necessary for SQLHTML forms
@@ -2223,7 +2286,7 @@ class FORM(DIV):
 
     def add_button(self, value, url, _class=None):
         submit = self.element(_type='submit')
-        _class = "%s w2p-form-button" % _class if _class else "w2p-form-button" 
+        _class = "%s w2p-form-button" % _class if _class else "w2p-form-button"
         submit.parent.append(
             TAG['button'](value, _class=_class,
                           _onclick=url if url.startswith('javascript:') else
@@ -2313,16 +2376,20 @@ class FORM(DIV):
 class BEAUTIFY(DIV):
 
     """
-    example::
+    Turns any list, dictionary, etc into decent looking html.
 
-        >>> BEAUTIFY(['a', 'b', {'hello': 'world'}]).xml()
-        '<div><table><tr><td><div>a</div></td></tr><tr><td><div>b</div></td></tr><tr><td><div><table><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;">hello</td><td style="vertical-align:top;">:</td><td><div>world</div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div>'
-
-    turns any list, dictionary, etc into decent looking html.
     Two special attributes are
-    :sorted: a function that takes the dict and returned sorted keys
-    :keyfilter: a funciton that takes a key and returns its representation
-                or None if the key is to be skipped. By default key[:1]=='_' is skipped.
+
+    - sorted: a function that takes the dict and returned sorted keys
+    - keyfilter: a function that takes a key and returns its representation or
+      None if the key is to be skipped.
+      By default key[:1]=='_' is skipped.
+
+    Examples:
+
+    >>> BEAUTIFY(['a', 'b', {'hello': 'world'}]).xml()
+    '<div><table><tr><td><div>a</div></td></tr><tr><td><div>b</div></td></tr><tr><td><div><table><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;">hello</td><td style="vertical-align:top;">:</td><td><div>world</div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div>'
+
     """
 
     tag = 'div'
@@ -2394,16 +2461,18 @@ class MENU(DIV):
     """
     Used to build menus
 
-    Optional arguments
-      _class: defaults to 'web2py-menu web2py-menu-vertical'
-      ul_class: defaults to 'web2py-menu-vertical'
-      li_class: defaults to 'web2py-menu-expand'
-      li_first: defaults to 'web2py-menu-first'
-      li_last: defaults to 'web2py-menu-last'
+    Args:
+        _class: defaults to 'web2py-menu web2py-menu-vertical'
+        ul_class: defaults to 'web2py-menu-vertical'
+        li_class: defaults to 'web2py-menu-expand'
+        li_first: defaults to 'web2py-menu-first'
+        li_last: defaults to 'web2py-menu-last'
+
+    Use like::
 
-    Example:
         menu = MENU([['name', False, URL(...), [submenu]], ...])
         {{=menu}}
+
     """
 
     tag = 'ul'
@@ -2503,9 +2572,10 @@ def embed64(
     """
     helper to encode the provided (binary) data into base64.
 
-    :param filename: if provided, opens and reads this file in 'rb' mode
-    :param file: if provided, reads this file
-    :param data: if provided, uses the provided data
+    Args:
+        filename: if provided, opens and reads this file in 'rb' mode
+        file: if provided, reads this file
+        data: if provided, uses the provided data
     """
 
     if filename and os.path.exists(file):

gluon/http.py

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
-Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
-License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+
+HTTP statuses helpers
+--------------------------------------------
 """
 
 import re
@@ -58,6 +61,18 @@ defined_status = {
 regex_status = re.compile('^\d{3} [0-9A-Z ]+$')
 
 class HTTP(Exception):
+    """Raises an HTTP response
+
+    Args:
+        status: usually an integer. If it's a well known status code, the ERROR
+          message will be automatically added. A string can also be passed
+          as `510 Foo Bar` and in that case the status code and the error
+          message will be parsed accordingly
+        body: what to return as body. If left as is, will return the error code
+          and the status message in the body itself
+        cookies: pass cookies along (usually not needed)
+        headers: pass headers as usual dict mapping
+    """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -136,6 +151,14 @@ class HTTP(Exception):
 
 
 def redirect(location='', how=303, client_side=False):
+    """Raises a redirect (303)
+
+    Args:
+        location: the url where to redirect
+        how: what HTTP status code to use when redirecting
+        client_side: if set to True, it triggers a reload of the entire page
+          when the fragment has been loaded as a component
+    """
     if location:
         from gluon import current
         loc = location.replace('\r', '%0D').replace('\n', '%0A')

gluon/languages.py

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
-Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
-License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+| Plural subsystem is created by Vladyslav Kozlovskyy (Ukraine) <dbdevelop@gmail.com>
 
-Plural subsystem is created by Vladyslav Kozlovskyy (Ukraine)
-                               <dbdevelop@gmail.com>
+Translation system
+--------------------------------------------
 """
 
 import os
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ from gluon.portalocker import read_locked, LockedFile
 from utf8 import Utf8
 
 from gluon.fileutils import listdir
-import gluon.settings as settings
 from gluon.cfs import getcfs
 from gluon.html import XML, xmlescape
 from gluon.contrib.markmin.markmin2html import render, markmin_escape
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ pjoin = os.path.join
 pexists = os.path.exists
 pdirname = os.path.dirname
 isdir = os.path.isdir
-is_gae = False # settings.global_settings.web2py_runtime_gae
 
 DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = 'en'
 DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_NAME = 'English'
@@ -76,6 +75,10 @@ regex_plural_tuple = re.compile(
     '^{(?P<w>[^[\]()]+)(?:\[(?P<i>\d+)\])?}$')  # %%{word[index]} or %%{word}
 regex_plural_file = re.compile('^plural-[a-zA-Z]{2}(-[a-zA-Z]{2})?\.py$')
 
+def is_writable():
+    """ returns True if and only if the filesystem is writable """
+    from gluon.settings import global_settings
+    return not global_settings.web2py_runtime_gae
 
 def safe_eval(text):
     if text.strip():
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ def read_dict_aux(filename):
 
 
 def read_dict(filename):
-    """ return dictionary with translation messages
+    """ Returns dictionary with translation messages
     """
     return getcfs('lang:' + filename, filename,
                   lambda: read_dict_aux(filename))
@@ -173,8 +176,8 @@ def read_dict(filename):
 
 def read_possible_plural_rules():
     """
-    create list of all possible plural rules files
-    result is cached in PLURAL_RULES dictionary to increase speed
+    Creates list of all possible plural rules files
+    The result is cached in PLURAL_RULES dictionary to increase speed
     """
     plurals = {}
     try:
@@ -294,41 +297,49 @@ def read_plural_dict(filename):
 def write_plural_dict(filename, contents):
     if '__corrupted__' in contents:
         return
+    fp = None
     try:
         fp = LockedFile(filename, 'w')
         fp.write('#!/usr/bin/env python\n# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n{\n# "singular form (0)": ["first plural form (1)", "second plural form (2)", ...],\n')
-        for key in sorted(contents, lambda x, y: cmp(unicode(x, 'utf-8').lower(), unicode(y, 'utf-8').lower())):
+        for key in sorted(contents, sort_function):
             forms = '[' + ','.join([repr(Utf8(form))
-                                   for form in contents[key]]) + ']'
+                                    for form in contents[key]]) + ']'
             fp.write('%s: %s,\n' % (repr(Utf8(key)), forms))
         fp.write('}\n')
     except (IOError, OSError):
-        if not is_gae:
+        if is_writable():
             logging.warning('Unable to write to file %s' % filename)
         return
     finally:
-        fp.close()
+        if fp:
+            fp.close()
 
+def sort_function(x,y):
+    return cmp(unicode(x, 'utf-8').lower(), unicode(y, 'utf-8').lower())
 
 def write_dict(filename, contents):
     if '__corrupted__' in contents:
         return
+    fp = None
     try:
         fp = LockedFile(filename, 'w')
+        fp.write('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n{\n')
+        for key in sorted(contents, sort_function):                          
+            fp.write('%s: %s,\n' % (repr(Utf8(key)), 
+                                    repr(Utf8(contents[key]))))
+        fp.write('}\n')
     except (IOError, OSError):
-        if not settings.global_settings.web2py_runtime_gae:
+        if is_writable():
             logging.warning('Unable to write to file %s' % filename)
         return
-    fp.write('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n{\n')
-    for key in sorted(contents, lambda x, y: cmp(unicode(x, 'utf-8').lower(), unicode(y, 'utf-8').lower())):
-        fp.write('%s: %s,\n' % (repr(Utf8(key)), repr(Utf8(contents[key]))))
-    fp.write('}\n')
-    fp.close()
+    finally:
+        if fp:
+            fp.close()
 
 
 class lazyT(object):
     """
-    never to be called explicitly, returned by
+    Never to be called explicitly, returned by
     translator.__call__() or translator.M()
     """
     m = s = T = f = t = None
@@ -428,28 +439,27 @@ copy_reg.pickle(lazyT, pickle_lazyT)
 
 class translator(object):
     """
-    this class is instantiated by gluon.compileapp.build_environment
+    This class is instantiated by gluon.compileapp.build_environment
     as the T object
-    ::
+
+    Example:
+
         T.force(None) # turns off translation
         T.force('fr, it') # forces web2py to translate using fr.py or it.py
 
-        T(\"Hello World\") # translates \"Hello World\" using the selected file
+        T("Hello World") # translates "Hello World" using the selected file
 
-    notice 1: there is no need to force since, by default, T uses
-       http_accept_language to determine a translation file.
-    notice 2:
-       en and en-en are considered different languages!
-    notice 3:
-       if language xx-yy is not found force() probes other similar
-       languages using such algorithm:
-        xx-yy.py -> xx.py -> xx-yy*.py -> xx*.py
+    Note:
+        - there is no need to force since, by default, T uses
+          http_accept_language to determine a translation file.
+        - en and en-en are considered different languages!
+        - if language xx-yy is not found force() probes other similar languages
+          using such algorithm: `xx-yy.py -> xx.py -> xx-yy*.py -> xx*.py`
     """
 
     def __init__(self, langpath, http_accept_language):
         self.langpath = langpath
         self.http_accept_language = http_accept_language
-        self.is_writable = not is_gae
         # filled in self.force():
         #------------------------
         # self.cache
@@ -473,25 +483,26 @@ class translator(object):
         self.otherTs = {}
         self.filter = markmin
         self.ftag = 'markmin'
-        
         self.ns = None
 
     def get_possible_languages_info(self, lang=None):
         """
-        return info for selected language or dictionary with all
-            possible languages info from APP/languages/*.py
-        args:
-            *lang* (str): language
-        returns:
-            if *lang* is defined:
-               return tuple(langcode, langname, langfile_mtime,
-                            pluraldict_fname, pluraldict_mtime,
-                            prules_langcode, nplurals,
-                            get_plural_id, construct_plural_form)
-                            or None
+        Returns info for selected language or dictionary with all
+        possible languages info from `APP/languages/*.py`
+        It Returns:
+
+        - a tuple containing::
+
+                langcode, langname, langfile_mtime,
+                pluraldict_fname, pluraldict_mtime,
+                prules_langcode, nplurals,
+                get_plural_id, construct_plural_form
+
+                or None
+
+        - if *lang* is NOT defined a dictionary with all possible
+          languages::
 
-            if *lang* is NOT defined:
-               returns dictionary with all possible languages:
             { langcode(from filename):
                 ( langcode,        # language code from !langcode!
                   langname,
@@ -504,6 +515,10 @@ class translator(object):
                   get_plural_id,   # get_plural_id() for current language
                   construct_plural_form) # construct_plural_form() for current language
             }
+
+        Args:
+            lang (str): language
+
         """
         info = read_possible_languages(self.langpath)
         if lang:
@@ -511,19 +526,18 @@ class translator(object):
         return info
 
     def get_possible_languages(self):
-        """ get list of all possible languages for current applications """
+        """ Gets list of all possible languages for current application """
         return list(set(self.current_languages +
                         [lang for lang in read_possible_languages(self.langpath).iterkeys()
                          if lang != 'default']))
 
     def set_current_languages(self, *languages):
         """
-        set current AKA "default" languages
-        setting one of this languages makes force() function
-        turn translation off to use default language
+        Sets current AKA "default" languages
+        Setting one of this languages makes the force() function to turn
+        translation off
         """
-        if len(languages) == 1 and isinstance(
-                languages[0], (tuple, list)):
+        if len(languages) == 1 and isinstance(languages[0], (tuple, list)):
             languages = languages[0]
         if not languages or languages[0] is None:
             # set default language from default.py/DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
@@ -543,17 +557,19 @@ class translator(object):
         self.force(self.http_accept_language)
 
     def plural(self, word, n):
-        """ get plural form of word for number *n*
-            NOTE: *word" MUST be defined in current language
-                  (T.accepted_language)
+        """ Gets plural form of word for number *n*
+            invoked from T()/T.M() in `%%{}` tag
 
-            invoked from T()/T.M() in %%{} tag
-        args:
-            word (str): word in singular
-            n (numeric): number plural form created for
+            Args:
+                word (str): word in singular
+                n (numeric): number plural form created for
+
+            Returns:
+                word (str): word in appropriate singular/plural form
+
+            Note:
+                "word" MUST be defined in current language (T.accepted_language)
 
-        returns:
-            (str): word in appropriate singular/plural form
         """
         if int(n) == 1:
             return word
@@ -574,7 +590,7 @@ class translator(object):
                     form = self.construct_plural_form(word, id)
                     forms[id - 1] = form
                     self.plural_dict[word] = forms
-                    if self.is_writable and self.plural_file:
+                    if is_writable() and self.plural_file:
                         write_plural_dict(self.plural_file,
                                           self.plural_dict)
                     return form
@@ -582,11 +598,10 @@ class translator(object):
 
     def force(self, *languages):
         """
-
-        select language(s) for translation
+        Selects language(s) for translation
 
         if a list of languages is passed as a parameter,
-        first language from this list that matches the ones
+        the first language from this list that matches the ones
         from the possible_languages dictionary will be
         selected
 
@@ -691,11 +706,11 @@ class translator(object):
                     self.ns = ns
             otherT = self.__get_otherT__(language, ns)
             return otherT(message, symbols, lazy=lazy)
-        
+
     def __get_otherT__(self, language=None, namespace=None):
         if not language and not namespace:
             raise Exception('Incorrect parameters')
-        
+
         if namespace:
             if language:
                 index = '%s/%s' % (namespace, language)
@@ -742,7 +757,7 @@ class translator(object):
     def M(self, message, symbols={}, language=None,
           lazy=None, filter=None, ftag=None, ns=None):
         """
-        get cached translated markmin-message with inserted parametes
+        Gets cached translated markmin-message with inserted parametes
         if lazy==True lazyT object is returned
         """
         if lazy is None:
@@ -760,16 +775,16 @@ class translator(object):
 
     def get_t(self, message, prefix=''):
         """
-        user ## to add a comment into a translation string
+        Use ## to add a comment into a translation string
         the comment can be useful do discriminate different possible
-        translations for the same string (for example different locations)
+        translations for the same string (for example different locations)::
 
-        T(' hello world ') -> ' hello world '
-        T(' hello world ## token') -> ' hello world '
-        T('hello ## world## token') -> 'hello ## world'
+            T(' hello world ') -> ' hello world '
+            T(' hello world ## token') -> ' hello world '
+            T('hello ## world## token') -> 'hello ## world'
 
         the ## notation is ignored in multiline strings and strings that
-        start with ##. this is to allow markmin syntax to be translated
+        start with ##. This is needed to allow markmin syntax to be translated
         """
         if isinstance(message, unicode):
             message = message.encode('utf8')
@@ -786,32 +801,38 @@ class translator(object):
         # guess translation same as original
         self.t[key] = mt = self.default_t.get(key, message)
         # update language file for latter translation
-        if self.is_writable and self.language_file != self.default_language_file:
+        if is_writable() and \
+                self.language_file != self.default_language_file:
             write_dict(self.language_file, self.t)
         return regex_backslash.sub(
             lambda m: m.group(1).translate(ttab_in), mt)
 
     def params_substitution(self, message, symbols):
         """
-        substitute parameters from symbols into message using %.
-        also parse %%{} placeholders for plural-forms processing.
-        returns: string with parameters
-        NOTE: *symbols* MUST BE OR tuple OR dict of parameters!
+        Substitutes parameters from symbols into message using %.
+        also parse `%%{}` placeholders for plural-forms processing.
+
+        Returns:
+            string with parameters
+
+        Note:
+            *symbols* MUST BE OR tuple OR dict of parameters!
         """
         def sub_plural(m):
-            """string in %{} is transformed by this rules:
-               If string starts with  \\, ! or ? such transformations
-               take place:
+            """String in `%{}` is transformed by this rules:
+               If string starts with  `\\`, `!` or `?` such transformations
+               take place::
+
+                   "!string of words" -> "String of word" (Capitalize)
+                   "!!string of words" -> "String Of Word" (Title)
+                   "!!!string of words" -> "STRING OF WORD" (Upper)
+                   "\\!string of words" -> "!string of word"
+                                 (remove \\ and disable transformations)
+                   "?word?number" -> "word" (return word, if number == 1)
+                   "?number" or "??number" -> "" (remove number,
+                                                  if number == 1)
+                   "?word?number" -> "number" (if number != 1)
 
-               "!string of words" -> "String of word" (Capitalize)
-               "!!string of words" -> "String Of Word" (Title)
-               "!!!string of words" -> "STRING OF WORD" (Upper)
-               "\\!string of words" -> "!string of word"
-                             (remove \\ and disable transformations)
-               "?word?number" -> "word" (return word, if number == 1)
-               "?number" or "??number" -> "" (remove number,
-                                              if number == 1)
-               "?word?number" -> "number" (if number != 1)
             """
             def sub_tuple(m):
                 """ word[number], !word[number], !!word[number], !!!word[number]
@@ -894,7 +915,7 @@ class translator(object):
 
     def translate(self, message, symbols):
         """
-        get cached translated message with inserted parameters(symbols)
+        Gets cached translated message with inserted parameters(symbols)
         """
         message = get_from_cache(self.cache, message,
                                  lambda: self.get_t(message))
@@ -917,7 +938,8 @@ class translator(object):
 
 def findT(path, language=DEFAULT_LANGUAGE):
     """
-    must be run by the admin app
+    Note:
+        Must be run by the admin app
     """
     lang_file = pjoin(path, 'languages', language + '.py')
     sentences = read_dict(lang_file)
@@ -954,6 +976,10 @@ def findT(path, language=DEFAULT_LANGUAGE):
     write_dict(lang_file, sentences)
 
 def update_all_languages(application_path):
+    """
+    Note:
+        Must be run by the admin app
+    """
     path = pjoin(application_path, 'languages/')
     for language in oslistdir(path):
         if regex_langfile.match(language):

gluon/main.py

@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
-Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
-License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
-
-Contains:
-
-- wsgibase: the gluon wsgi application
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
 
+The gluon wsgi application
+---------------------------
 """
 
 if False: import import_all # DO NOT REMOVE PART OF FREEZE PROCESS
@@ -135,9 +133,9 @@ HTTPS_SCHEMES = set(('https', 'HTTPS'))
 
 def get_client(env):
     """
-    guess the client address from the environment variables
+    Guesses the client address from the environment variables
 
-    first tries 'http_x_forwarded_for', secondly 'remote_addr'
+    First tries 'http_x_forwarded_for', secondly 'remote_addr'
     if all fails, assume '127.0.0.1' or '::1' (running locally)
     """
     eget = env.get
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ def get_client(env):
 
 def serve_controller(request, response, session):
     """
-    this function is used to generate a dynamic page.
+    This function is used to generate a dynamic page.
     It first runs all models, then runs the function in the controller,
     and then tries to render the output using a view/template.
     this function must run from the [application] folder.
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ class LazyWSGI(object):
         return self._environ
     def start_response(self,status='200', headers=[], exec_info=None):
         """
-        in controller you can use::
+        in controller you can use:
 
         - request.wsgi.environ
         - request.wsgi.start_response
@@ -249,7 +247,7 @@ class LazyWSGI(object):
         """
         In you controller use::
 
-        @request.wsgi.middleware(middleware1, middleware2, ...)
+            @request.wsgi.middleware(middleware1, middleware2, ...)
 
         to decorate actions with WSGI middleware. actions must return strings.
         uses a simulated environment so it may have weird behavior in some cases
@@ -271,9 +269,9 @@ class LazyWSGI(object):
 
 def wsgibase(environ, responder):
     """
-    this is the gluon wsgi application. the first function called when a page
-    is requested (static or dynamic). it can be called by paste.httpserver
-    or by apache mod_wsgi.
+    The gluon wsgi application. The first function called when a page
+    is requested (static or dynamic). It can be called by paste.httpserver
+    or by apache mod_wsgi (or any WSGI-compatible server).
 
       - fills request with info
       - the environment variables, replacing '.' with '_'
@@ -290,13 +288,11 @@ def wsgibase(environ, responder):
     2. for dynamic pages:
 
       - /<application>[/<controller>[/<function>[/<sub>]]][.<extension>]
-      - (sub may go several levels deep, currently 3 levels are supported:
-         sub1/sub2/sub3)
 
     The naming conventions are:
 
       - application, controller, function and extension may only contain
-        [a-zA-Z0-9_]
+        `[a-zA-Z0-9_]`
       - file and sub may also contain '-', '=', '.' and '/'
     """
     eget = environ.get
@@ -567,7 +563,7 @@ def wsgibase(environ, responder):
 
 def save_password(password, port):
     """
-    used by main() to save the password in the parameters_port.py file.
+    Used by main() to save the password in the parameters_port.py file.
     """
 
     password_file = abspath('parameters_%i.py' % port)
@@ -607,10 +603,10 @@ def appfactory(wsgiapp=wsgibase,
     generates a wsgi application that does logging and profiling and calls
     wsgibase
 
-    .. function:: gluon.main.appfactory(
-            [wsgiapp=wsgibase
-            [, logfilename='httpserver.log'
-            [, profilerfilename='profiler.log']]])
+    Args:
+        wsgiapp: the base application
+        logfilename: where to store apache-compatible requests log
+        profiler_dir: where to store profile files
 
     """
     if profilerfilename is not None:

gluon/myregex.py

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
-Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
-License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+
+Useful regexes
+---------------
 """
 
 import re

gluon/newcron.py

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-Created by Attila Csipa <web2py@csipa.in.rs>
-Modified by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Created by Attila Csipa <web2py@csipa.in.rs>
+| Modified by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+
+Cron-style interface
 """
 
 import sys
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ _cron_subprocs = []
 
 def absolute_path_link(path):
     """
-    Return an absolute path for the destination of a symlink
+    Returns an absolute path for the destination of a symlink
 
     """
     if os.path.islink(path):
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ def absolute_path_link(path):
 
 
 def stopcron():
-    "graceful shutdown of cron"
+    "Graceful shutdown of cron"
     global _cron_stopping
     _cron_stopping = True
     while _cron_subprocs:
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ class Token(object):
 
     def acquire(self, startup=False):
         """
-        returns the time when the lock is acquired or
+        Returns the time when the lock is acquired or
         None if cron already running
 
         lock is implemented by writing a pickle (start, stop) in cron.master
@@ -150,8 +154,7 @@ class Token(object):
 
     def release(self):
         """
-        this function writes into cron.master the time when cron job
-        was completed
+        Writes into cron.master the time when cron job was completed
         """
         if not self.master.closed:
             portalocker.lock(self.master, portalocker.LOCK_EX)

gluon/portalocker.py

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# portalocker.py
-# Cross-platform (posix/nt) API for flock-style file locking.
-#                  Requires python 1.5.2 or better.
 
 """
 Cross-platform (posix/nt) API for flock-style file locking.
 
-Synopsis:
+Synopsis::
 
    import portalocker
    file = open(\"somefile\", \"r+\")
@@ -16,18 +13,18 @@ Synopsis:
    file.write(\"foo\")
    file.close()
 
-If you know what you're doing, you may choose to
+If you know what you're doing, you may choose to::
 
    portalocker.unlock(file)
 
 before closing the file, but why?
 
-Methods:
+Methods::
 
    lock( file, flags )
    unlock( file )
 
-Constants:
+Constants::
 
    LOCK_EX
    LOCK_SH
@@ -163,6 +160,7 @@ def write_locked(filename, data):
     fp.close()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
     f = LockedFile('test.txt', mode='wb')
     f.write('test ok')
     f.close()

gluon/reserved_sql_keywords.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ __author__ = "Thadeus Burgess <thadeusb@thadeusb.com>"
 # These are keywords that are common to all SQL dialects, and should
 # never be used as a table or column. Even if you use one of these
 # the cursor will throw an OperationalError for the SQL syntax.
+
 COMMON = set((
     'SELECT',
     'INSERT',

gluon/restricted.py

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
-Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
-License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+
+Restricted environment to execute application's code
+-----------------------------------------------------
 """
 
 import sys
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ __all__ = ['RestrictedError', 'restricted', 'TicketStorage', 'compile2']
 class TicketStorage(Storage):
 
     """
-    defines the ticket object and the default values of its members (None)
+    Defines the ticket object and the default values of its members (None)
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ class TicketStorage(Storage):
 
     def store(self, request, ticket_id, ticket_data):
         """
-        stores the ticket. It will figure out if this must be on disk or in db
+        Stores the ticket. It will figure out if this must be on disk or in db
         """
         if self.db:
             self._store_in_db(request, ticket_id, ticket_data)
@@ -51,12 +54,12 @@ class TicketStorage(Storage):
         self.db._adapter.reconnect()
         try:
             table = self._get_table(self.db, self.tablename, request.application)
-            id = table.insert(ticket_id=ticket_id,
+            table.insert(ticket_id=ticket_id,
                          ticket_data=cPickle.dumps(ticket_data),
                          created_datetime=request.now)
             self.db.commit()
             message = 'In FILE: %(layer)s\n\n%(traceback)s\n'
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception:
             self.db.rollback()
             message =' Unable to store in FILE: %(layer)s\n\n%(traceback)s\n'
         self.db.close()
@@ -111,8 +114,8 @@ class TicketStorage(Storage):
 
 class RestrictedError(Exception):
     """
-    class used to wrap an exception that occurs in the restricted environment
-    below. the traceback is used to log the exception and generate a ticket.
+    Class used to wrap an exception that occurs in the restricted environment
+    below. The traceback is used to log the exception and generate a ticket.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ class RestrictedError(Exception):
         environment=None,
     ):
         """
-        layer here is some description of where in the system the exception
+        Layer here is some description of where in the system the exception
         occurred.
         """
         if environment is None:
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ class RestrictedError(Exception):
 
     def log(self, request):
         """
-        logs the exception.
+        Logs the exception.
         """
 
         try:
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ class RestrictedError(Exception):
 
     def load(self, request, app, ticket_id):
         """
-        loads a logged exception.
+        Loads a logged exception.
         """
         ticket_storage = TicketStorage(db=request.tickets_db)
         d = ticket_storage.load(request, app, ticket_id)
@@ -201,8 +204,8 @@ def compile2(code, layer):
 
 def restricted(code, environment=None, layer='Unknown'):
     """
-    runs code in environment and returns the output. if an exception occurs
-    in code it raises a RestrictedError containing the traceback. layer is
+    Runs code in environment and returns the output. If an exception occurs
+    in code it raises a RestrictedError containing the traceback. Layer is
     passed to RestrictedError to identify where the error occurred.
     """
     if environment is None:

gluon/rewrite.py

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
-Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
-License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
+| This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
+| Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>
+| License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
 
 gluon.rewrite parses incoming URLs and formats outgoing URLs for gluon.html.URL.
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ regex_args = re.compile('[^\w/.@=-]')
 
 
 def _router_default():
-    "return new copy of default base router"
+    "Returns new copy of default base router"
     router = Storage(
         default_application='init',
         applications='ALL',
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def _router_default():
 
 
 def _params_default(app=None):
-    "return new copy of default parameters"
+    "Returns a new copy of default parameters"
     p = Storage()
     p.name = app or "BASE"
     p.default_application = app or "init"
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def fixup_missing_path_info(environ):
 
 
 def url_in(request, environ):
-    "parse and rewrite incoming URL"
+    "Parses and rewrites incoming URL"
     if routers:
         return map_url_in(request, environ)
     return regex_url_in(request, environ)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def url_in(request, environ):
 
 def url_out(request, environ, application, controller, function,
             args, other, scheme, host, port, language=None):
-    "assemble and rewrite outgoing URL"
+    "Assembles and rewrites outgoing URL"
     if routers:
         acf = map_url_out(request, environ, application, controller,
                           function, args, other, scheme, host, port, language)
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def url_out(request, environ, application, controller, function,
 
 def try_rewrite_on_error(http_response, request, environ, ticket=None):
     """
-    called from main.wsgibase to rewrite the http response.
+    Called from main.wsgibase to rewrite the http response.
     """
     status = int(str(http_response.status).split()[0])
     if status >= 399 and THREAD_LOCAL.routes.routes_onerror:
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def try_rewrite_on_error(http_response, request, environ, ticket=None):
 
 
 def try_redirect_on_error(http_object, request, ticket=None):
-    "called from main.wsgibase to rewrite the http response"
+    "Called from main.wsgibase to rewrite the http response"
     status = int(str(http_object.status).split()[0])
     if status > 399 and THREAD_LOCAL.routes.routes_onerror:
         keys = set(('%s/%s' % (request.application, status),
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def load(routes='routes.py', app=None, data=None, rdict=None):
 def compile_regex(k, v, env=None):
     """
     Preprocess and compile the regular expressions in routes_app/in/out
-    The resulting regex will match a pattern of the form:
+    The resulting regex will match a pattern of the form::
 
         [remote address]:[protocol]://[host]:[method] [path]
 
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ def compile_regex(k, v, env=None):
 
 
 def load_routers(all_apps):
-    "load-time post-processing of routers"
+    "Load-time post-processing of routers"
 
     for app in routers:
         # initialize apps with routers that aren't present,
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ def load_routers(all_apps):
 
 
 def regex_uri(e, regexes, tag, default=None):
-    "filter incoming URI against a list of regexes"
+    "Filters incoming URI against a list of regexes"
     path = e['PATH_INFO']
     host = e.get('HTTP_HOST', e.get('SERVER_NAME', 'localhost')).lower()
     i = host.find(':')
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ def regex_uri(e, regexes, tag, default=None):
 
 def regex_select(env=None, app=None, request=None):
     """
-    select a set of regex rewrite params for the current request
+    Selects a set of regex rewrite params for the current request
     """
     if app:
         THREAD_LOCAL.routes = params_apps.get(app, params)
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ def regex_select(env=None, app=None, request=None):
 
 
 def regex_filter_in(e):
-    "regex rewrite incoming URL"
+    "Regex rewrite incoming URL"
     routes = THREAD_LOCAL.routes
     query = e.get('QUERY_STRING', None)
     e['WEB2PY_ORIGINAL_URI'] = e['PATH_INFO'] + (query and ('?' + query) or '')
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ def invalid_url(routes):
                web2py_error='invalid path')
 
 def regex_url_in(request, environ):
-    "rewrite and parse incoming URL"
+    "Rewrites and parses incoming URL"
 
     # ##################################################
     # select application
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ def regex_url_in(request, environ):
 
 
 def regex_filter_out(url, e=None):
-    "regex rewrite outgoing URL"
+    "Regex rewrite outgoing URL"
     if not hasattr(THREAD_LOCAL, 'routes'):
         regex_select()    # ensure routes is set (for application threads)
     routes = THREAD_LOCAL.routes
@@ -810,10 +810,10 @@ def filter_err(status, application='app', ticket='tkt'):
 
 
 class MapUrlIn(object):
-    "logic for mapping incoming URLs"
+    "Logic for mapping incoming URLs"
 
     def __init__(self, request=None, env=None):
-        "initialize a map-in object"
+        "Initializes a map-in object"
         self.request = request
         self.env = env
 
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
             self.port = '443' if self.scheme == 'https' else '80'
 
     def map_prefix(self):
-        "strip path prefix, if present in its entirety"
+        "Strips path prefix, if present in its entirety"
         prefix = routers.BASE.path_prefix
         if prefix:
             prefixlen = len(prefix)
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
             self.args = List(self.args[prefixlen:])  # strip the prefix
 
     def map_app(self):
-        "determine application name"
+        "Determines application name"
         base = routers.BASE  # base router
         self.domain_application = None
         self.domain_controller = None
@@ -935,12 +935,12 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
         self._args_match = self.router._args_match
 
     def map_root_static(self):
-        '''
-        handle root-static files (no hyphen mapping)
+        """
+        Handles root-static files (no hyphen mapping)
 
         a root-static file is one whose incoming URL expects it to be at the root,
         typically robots.txt & favicon.ico
-        '''
+        """
 
         if len(self.args) == 1 and self.arg0 in self.router.root_static:
             self.controller = self.request.controller = 'static'
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
         return None, None
 
     def map_language(self):
-        "handle language (no hyphen mapping)"
+        "Handles language (no hyphen mapping)"
         arg0 = self.arg0  # no hyphen mapping
         if arg0 and self.languages and arg0 in self.languages:
             self.language = arg0
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
             arg0 = self.arg0
 
     def map_controller(self):
-        "identify controller"
+        "Identifies controller"
         #  handle controller
         #
         arg0 = self.harg0    # map hyphens
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
 
     def map_static(self):
         '''
-        handle static files
+        Handles static files
         file_match but no hyphen mapping
         '''
         if self.controller != 'static':
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
         return static_file, version
 
     def map_function(self):
-        "handle function.extension"
+        "Handles function.extension"
         arg0 = self.harg0    # map hyphens
         functions = self.functions.get(self.controller, set())
         if isinstance(self.router.default_function, dict):
@@ -1058,9 +1058,9 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
                 web2py_error='invalid extension')
 
     def validate_args(self):
-        '''
-        check args against validation pattern
-        '''
+        """
+        Checks args against validation pattern
+        """
         for arg in self.args:
             if not self.router._args_match.match(arg):
                 raise HTTP(
@@ -1068,16 +1068,15 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
                     web2py_error='invalid arg <%s>' % arg)
 
     def sluggify(self):
-        ""
         self.request.env.update(
             (k.lower().replace('.', '_'), v) for k, v in self.env.iteritems())
 
     def update_request(self):
-        '''
-        update request from self
-        build env.request_uri
-        make lower-case versions of http headers in env
-        '''
+        """
+        Updates request from self
+        Builds env.request_uri
+        Makes lower-case versions of http headers in env
+        """
         self.request.application = self.application
         self.request.controller = self.controller
         self.request.function = self.function
@@ -1105,24 +1104,24 @@ class MapUrlIn(object):
 
     @property
     def arg0(self):
-        "return first arg"
+        "Returns first arg"
         return self.args(0)
 
     @property
     def harg0(self):
-        "return first arg with optional hyphen mapping"
+        "Returns first arg with optional hyphen mapping"
         if self.map_hyphen and self.args(0):
             return self.args(0).replace('-', '_')
         return self.args(0)
 
     def pop_arg_if(self, dopop):
-        "conditionally remove first arg and return new first arg"
+        "Conditionally removes first arg and returns new first arg"
         if dopop:
             self.args.pop(0)
 
 
 class MapUrlOut(object):
-    "logic for mapping outgoing URLs"
+    "Logic for mapping outgoing URLs"
 
     def __init__(self, request, env, application, controller,
                  function, args, other, scheme, host, port, language):
@@ -1179,13 +1178,13 @@ class MapUrlOut(object):
         self.omit_function = False
 
     def omit_lang(self):
-        "omit language if possible"
+        "Omits language if possible"
 
         if not self.language or self.language == self.default_language:
             self.omit_language = True
 
     def omit_acf(self):
-        "omit what we can of a/c/f"
+        "Omits what we can of a/c/f"
 
         router = self.router
 
@@ -1254,7 +1253,7 @@ class MapUrlOut(object):
             self.omit_function = False
 
     def build_acf(self):
-        "build acf from components"
+        "Builds a/c/f from components"
         acf = ''
         if self.map_hyphen:
             self.application = self.application.replace('_', '-')
@@ -1280,7 +1279,7 @@ class MapUrlOut(object):
         return acf or '/'
 
     def acf(self):
-        "convert components to /app/lang/controller/function"
+        "Converts components to /app/lang/controller/function"
 
         if not routers:
             return None         # use regex filter
@@ -1290,7 +1289,7 @@ class MapUrlOut(object):
 
 
 def map_url_in(request, env, app=False):
-    "route incoming URL"
+    "Routes incoming URL"
 
     #  initialize router-url object
     #
@@ -1333,8 +1332,8 @@ def map_url_in(request, env, app=False):
 
 def map_url_out(request, env, application, controller,
                 function, args, other, scheme, host, port, language=None):
-    '''
-    supply /a/c/f (or /a/lang/c/f) portion of outgoing url
+    """
+    Supply /a/c/f (or /a/lang/c/f) portion of outgoing url
 
     The basic rule is that we can only make transformations
     that map_url_in can reverse.
@@ -1342,14 +1341,14 @@ def map_url_out(request, env, application, controller,
     Suppose that the incoming arguments are a,c,f,args,lang
     and that the router defaults are da, dc, df, dl.
 
-    We can perform these transformations trivially if args=[] and lang=None or dl:
+    We can perform these transformations trivially if args=[] and lang=None or dl::
 
-    /da/dc/df => /
-    /a/dc/df => /a
-    /a/c/df => /a/c
+        /da/dc/df => /
+        /a/dc/df => /a
+        /a/c/df => /a/c
 
     We would also like to be able to strip the default application or application/controller
-    from URLs with function/args present, thus:
+    from URLs with function/args present, thus::
 
         /da/c/f/args  => /c/f/args
         /da/dc/f/args => /f/args
@@ -1357,14 +1356,14 @@ def map_url_out(request, env, application, controller,
     We use [applications] and [controllers] and {functions} to suppress ambiguous omissions.
 
     We assume that language names do not collide with a/c/f names.
-    '''
+    """
     map = MapUrlOut(request, env, application, controller,
                     function, args, other, scheme, host, port, language)
     return map.acf()
 
 
 def get_effective_router(appname):
-    "return a private copy of the effective router for the specified application"
+    "Returns a private copy of the effective router for the specified application"
     if not routers or appname not in routers:
         return None
     return Storage(routers[appname])  # return a copy

gluon/sqlhtml.py

@@ -2599,8 +2599,11 @@ class SQLFORM(FORM):
             for k, v in sorted(exportManager.items()):
                 if not v:
                     continue
-                label = v[1] if hasattr(v, "__getitem__") else k
-                title = v[2] if hasattr(v, "__getitem__") else label
+                if hasattr(v, "__getitem__"):
+                    label = v[1]
+                    title = v[2] if len(v)>2 else label
+                else:
+                    label = title = k
                 link = url2(vars=dict(
                     order=request.vars.order or '',
                     _export_type=k,
@@ -2926,7 +2929,8 @@ class SQLTABLE(TABLE):
         if not sqlrows:
             return
         if not columns:
-            columns = ['.'.join(sqlrows.db._adapter.REGEX_TABLE_DOT_FIELD.match(c).groups()) for c in sqlrows.colnames]
+            REGEX_TABLE_DOT_FIELD = sqlrows.db._adapter.REGEX_TABLE_DOT_FIELD
+            columns = [c for c in sqlrows.colnames if REGEX_TABLE_DOT_FIELD.match(c)]
         if headers == 'fieldname:capitalize':
             headers = {}
             for c in columns:

gluon/tools.py

@@ -757,7 +757,8 @@ class Recaptcha(DIV):
         error_message='invalid',
         label='Verify:',
         options='',
-        comment = ''
+        comment = '',
+        ajax=False
     ):
         self.request_vars = request and request.vars or current.request.vars
         self.remote_addr = request.env.remote_addr
@@ -772,6 +773,7 @@ class Recaptcha(DIV):
         self.label = label
         self.options = options
         self.comment = comment
+        self.ajax = ajax
 
     def _validate(self):
 
@@ -825,18 +827,43 @@ class Recaptcha(DIV):
             server = self.API_SSL_SERVER
         else:
             server = self.API_SERVER
-        captcha = DIV(
-            SCRIPT("var RecaptchaOptions = {%s};" % self.options),
-            SCRIPT(_type="text/javascript",
-                   _src="%s/challenge?k=%s%s" % (server, public_key, error_param)),
-            TAG.noscript(
-                IFRAME(
-                    _src="%s/noscript?k=%s%s" % (
-                        server, public_key, error_param),
-                    _height="300", _width="500", _frameborder="0"), BR(),
-                INPUT(
-                    _type='hidden', _name='recaptcha_response_field',
-                    _value='manual_challenge')), _id='recaptcha')
+        if not self.ajax:
+            captcha = DIV(
+                SCRIPT("var RecaptchaOptions = {%s};" % self.options),
+                SCRIPT(_type="text/javascript",
+                       _src="%s/challenge?k=%s%s" % (server, public_key, error_param)),
+                TAG.noscript(
+                    IFRAME(
+                        _src="%s/noscript?k=%s%s" % (
+                            server, public_key, error_param),
+                        _height="300", _width="500", _frameborder="0"), BR(),
+                    INPUT(
+                        _type='hidden', _name='recaptcha_response_field',
+                        _value='manual_challenge')), _id='recaptcha')
+
+        else: #use Google's ajax interface, needed for LOADed components
+
+            url_recaptcha_js = "%s/js/recaptcha_ajax.js" % server
+            RecaptchaOptions = "var RecaptchaOptions = {%s}" % self.options
+            script = """%(options)s;
+            jQuery.getScript('%(url)s',function() {
+                Recaptcha.create('%(public_key)s',
+                    'recaptcha',jQuery.extend(RecaptchaOptions,{'callback':Recaptcha.focus_response_field}))
+                }) """ % ({'options':RecaptchaOptions,'url':url_recaptcha_js,'public_key':public_key})
+            captcha = DIV(
+                SCRIPT(
+                    script,
+                    _type="text/javascript",
+                ),
+                TAG.noscript(
+                    IFRAME(
+                        _src="%s/noscript?k=%s%s" % (
+                            server, public_key, error_param),
+                        _height="300", _width="500", _frameborder="0"), BR(),
+                    INPUT(
+                        _type='hidden', _name='recaptcha_response_field',
+                        _value='manual_challenge')), _id='recaptcha')
+
         if not self.errors.captcha:
             return XML(captcha).xml()
         else:
@@ -2035,8 +2062,9 @@ class Auth(object):
         if user and user.get(settings.passfield, False):
             password = settings.table_user[
                 settings.passfield].validate(password)[0]
-            if not user.registration_key.strip() and password == \
-                user[settings.passfield]:
+            if ((user.registration_key is None or 
+                 not user.registration_key.strip()) and 
+                password == user[settings.passfield]):
                 self.login_user(user)
                 return user
         else:
@@ -2322,8 +2350,8 @@ class Auth(object):
                     elif temp_user.registration_key in ('disabled', 'blocked'):
                         response.flash = self.messages.login_disabled
                         return form
-                    elif not temp_user.registration_key is None and \
-                            temp_user.registration_key.strip():
+                    elif (not temp_user.registration_key is None 
+                          and temp_user.registration_key.strip()):
                         response.flash = \
                             self.messages.registration_verifying
                         return form

gluon/validators.py

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import cgi
 import urllib
 import struct
 import decimal
+import unicodedata
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 from gluon.utils import simple_hash, web2py_uuid, DIGEST_ALG_BY_SIZE
 from gluon.dal import FieldVirtual, FieldMethod
-from gluon.contrib import translitcodec
     
 regex_isint = re.compile('^[+-]?\d+$')
 
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ def urlify(s, maxlen=80, keep_underscores=False):
     if isinstance(s, str):
         s = s.decode('utf-8')             # to unicode
     s = s.lower()                         # to lowercase
-    s = s.encode('translit/long')         # replace special characters
+    s = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', s)  # replace special characters
     s = s.encode('ascii', 'ignore')       # encode as ASCII
     s = re.sub('&\w+?;', '', s)           # strip html entities
     if keep_underscores:

gluon/widget.py

@@ -1222,12 +1222,12 @@ end tell
     url = get_url(ip, proto=proto, port=port)
 
     if not options.nobanner:
-        print 'please visit:'
-        print '\t', url
+        message = '\nplease visit:\n\t%s\n' % url
         if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
-            print 'use "taskkill /f /pid %i" to shutdown the web2py server' % os.getpid()
+            message += 'use "taskkill /f /pid %i" to shutdown the web2py server\n\n' % os.getpid()
         else:
-            print 'use "kill -SIGTERM %i" to shutdown the web2py server' % os.getpid()
+            message += 'use "kill -SIGTERM %i" to shutdown the web2py server\n\n' % os.getpid()
+        print message
 
     # enhance linecache.getline (used by debugger) to look at the source file
     # if the line was not found (under py2exe & when file was modified)