Zim

How to get zim.cgi running?

Asked by Dan Connolly

I installed zim-0.44 a la: python setup.py install --home=~

and then got a simple hello.cgi working on my server and
then copied zim.cgi right next to it. It failed numerous ways.

First, it couldn't find the template. I figured that out:

os.environ['XDG_DATA_DIRS']='/u/2/connolly/share'

oh... and the template name is 'Default', not 'Default.html'

then it wanted write access to ~/.cache .
I reluctantly set that directory to world-writeable for testing.

Then it wanted an X connection:

[Mon Feb 22 20:56:41 2010] [error] [client 70.94.4.81] File "/u/2/connolly/lib
/python/zim/gui/pageview.py", line 1862, in <module>
[Mon Feb 22 20:56:41 2010] [error] [client 70.94.4.81] CURSOR_TEXT = gtk.gdk
.Cursor(gtk.gdk.XTERM)
[Mon Feb 22 20:56:41 2010] [error] [client 70.94.4.81] RuntimeError: could not c
reate GdkCursor object
[Mon Feb 22 20:56:41 2010] [error] [client 70.94.4.81] /u/2/connolly/lib/python/
zim/gui/pageview.py:1862: GtkWarning: gdk_cursor_new_for_display: assertion `GDK
_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed

I think there were other problems I worked around, but I never did get the thing
running.

I searched for documentation on how to use zim.cgi without luck.

Has anybody else gotten it running?

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Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg) said : 		#1

I'm afraid the CGI script included in the source package is just a prove of concept, it hasn't been tested extensively. Please open a bug report with the details of what issues you see and I'll look into it.

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