[Zope-CMF] ZMI edits and reindexing

[Tres Seaver]

On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 08:59, Florent Guillaume wrote:
> Chris Withers  <chrisw@nipltd.com> wrote:
> > > Should edits from the ZMI reindex the document afterwards? I would say
> > > yes, they should, but it's not always straightforward...
> > 
> > I don't really see this as a problem.
> > 
> > To be honest, if you're usign CMF, you should never be editing content
> > through the ZMI, that's what the CMF interface is for ;-)
> > The ZMI should only be used for configuring and customizing a CMF
> > instance, not for creating and editing content.
> 
> Yeah, but tell that to clients :-)
> Anyway I agree with you, but this separation is unfortunate.

FYI, I would rather rip out the ZMI editing interface than try to keep
it in sync with all the application logic embedded in the skins;  the
ZMI can only know about the content object's "nature/DNA", and not about
its "nurture/environment", and hence can never keep up.

> Whereas in Zope 3...    :-)

In Zope3 there is no ZIM, only skins. :)

Tres.
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