Re: Links between bob files in different support modules

["Kasemir, Kay via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

I like the idea of using symlinks:

/some/path/main.bob

/some/path/motor/motor_overview.bob

/some/path/motor/motor_detail.bob

/some/path/lakeshore/ls_overview.bob

/some/path/lakeshore/ls_detail.bob

.. where motor is a symlink to ......../support_modules/..../motor/opi,

lakeshore is a symlink to ......../support_modules/..../lakeshore/opi

That way the display files are inside the support modules together with *.db, *.dbd and can be kept in git/cvs/... that way, while at the same time you have a display file tree where main.bob can open motor/motor_overview.bob with short relative links, and motor_overview.bob can trivially reach motor_detail.bob in the same folder.

It gets more complicated when you feel you need to keep several versions, so you end up with

/some/path/motor_v1/motor_overview.bob

/some/path/motor_v2/motor_overview.bob
...

/some/path/motor_v99/motor_overview.bob

Still, same ideas remain, just a larger display file tree with more symlinks to versioned copies of the support modules.

-Kay

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From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of Cobb, Tom (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI) via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 6:02 AM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Links between bob files in different support modules

 

Hi all,

We are looking at how to structure bob files within our support modules, especially how to link between support modules. For example, imagine we have a bob file ASupport/ASupportApp/op/bob/A_details.bob​ and we want to link to BSupport/BSupportApp/op/bob/B_details.bob​. As phoebus doesn't support a search path (for good reasons) we would need to supply an absolute or relative path to B_details.bob​ in A_details.bob​. My instinct is to use relative paths, so the directory tree can be served over http at runtime, but this means a link to ../../../BSupport/BSupportApp/op/bob/B_details.bob​ in A_details.bob​ which mandates that the two support modules be checked out next to each other.

Has anyone else had to link between bob files in two different support modules? If so, how have you done it?

Thanks,

Tom

 

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