updated changelog

[maypole.git] / lib / Maypole / Manual / View.pod

diff --git a/lib/Maypole/Manual/View.pod b/lib/Maypole/Manual/View.pod
index 5477d050719635b33847af694f08f3f62a6a9445..fe46edd60c9db6e9ed9161f57d502593bc8d1f7f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Maypole/Manual/View.pod
+++ b/lib/Maypole/Manual/View.pod
@@ -385,10 +385,6 @@ that class. That is, for the C<beer> table, C<classmetadata.cgi.style>
 should be a C<HTML::Element> object containing a drop-down list of
 beer styles.
 
 should be a C<HTML::Element> object containing a drop-down list of
 beer styles.
 

-TODO =item C<description>
-TODO
-TODO This is the human-readable description provided by a class.
-

 =item C<related_accessors>
 
 This is a list of accessors which can be called on an object to get
 =item C<related_accessors>
 
 This is a list of accessors which can be called on an object to get


@@ -412,6 +408,23 @@ C<template_args> hash in the request object, and supply its value:
 You can also override the value of any of the standard variables by
 giving their name as the key.
 
 You can also override the value of any of the standard variables by
 giving their name as the key.
 

+=head2 Accessing other classes
+
+When building a frontpage, login or other template that isn't directly
+linked to a particular table, (and therefore it's class,) that you wish to
+use, you can access the classes directly.
+
+When using C<Maypole::View::TT> you are reccomended to use Richard Clamp's
+incredibly useful Template::Plugin::Class -- see the and Template::Plugin::Class
+and C<Maypole::View::TT> documentation for details.
+
+Mason and MasonX views also allow you to pull in arbitary classes, see
+the relevent Mason and Plugin/View documentation for details.
+
+If you are using HTML::Template you are out of luck on this front due
+to philosophy and architecture this templating system cannot call code,
+and only reads the data provided when the template is processed.
+

 =head2 Other view classes
 
 Please note that these template variables, C<config>, C<classmetadata>,
 =head2 Other view classes
 
 Please note that these template variables, C<config>, C<classmetadata>,


@@ -555,3 +568,5 @@ Patches are always welcome!
 L<Contents|Maypole::Manual>,
 Next L<Standard Templates and Actions|Maypole::Manual::StandardTemplates>,
 Previous L<Maypole Model Classes|Maypole::Manual::Model>,
 L<Contents|Maypole::Manual>,
 Next L<Standard Templates and Actions|Maypole::Manual::StandardTemplates>,
 Previous L<Maypole Model Classes|Maypole::Manual::Model>,

+
+=cut