Fixes for webgui and more native gui development

ymsgui.py

@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ from yms import database
 from yms import gtkutils, combobox, treeview
 from yms.model import user
 from yms.model import vessel
+from yms.lookup import Lookup
 
 from yms.view.base import BaseView
 from yms.view.storage import StorageView
+from yms.view.boxes import BoxesView
 from yms.view.equipment import EquipmentView
 from yms.view.inventory import InventoryView
 from yms.view.provisions import ProvisionsView
@@ -57,17 +59,20 @@ class AppContext:
         'host': 'localhost',
         'db': 'yms',
         'user': 'yms',
-        'docpath': '/var/local/yms',
+        'docpath': '/var/local/lib/yms',
         'shapedir': '/usr/local/share/yms/shapes'
     }
     
     # mapping between PHP and Python
     datefmt_map = {
-       'Y-m-d': '%Y.%m.%d',
-       'Y/m/d': '%Y/%m/%d',
-       'd.m.Y': '%d.%m.%Y',
-       'd/m/Y': '%d/%m/%Y',
-       'm-d-Y': '%m.%d.%Y'
+       'Y-m-d': '%Y-%m-%d', # ISO / international / technical
+       'd.m.Y': '%d.%m.%Y', # Germany / Central & Northern Europe
+       'd/m/Y': '%d/%m/%Y', # UK / France / Spain / Italy / Australia / NZ
+       'd-m-Y': '%d-%m-%Y', # Netherlands / Denmark / Belgium
+       'd M Y': '%d %b %Y', # nautical documents / logbooks / unambiguous
+       'm.d.Y': '%m.%d.%Y', # USA
+       'm/d/Y': '%m/%d/%Y', # USA
+       'Y/m/d': '%Y/%m/%d'  # Japan / China
     }
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ class AppContext:
 
     def set_db(self, db):
         self.db = db
+        self.lookup = Lookup(db)
 
     def load(self):
         self.user = user.User(db, 0)
@@ -97,6 +103,7 @@ class AppContext:
         else:
             # perhaps create missing record here?
             pass
+        self.lookup.load()
 
     def get_sharepath(self):
         path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
@@ -113,6 +120,7 @@ class Frontend:
         self.modules = {
             "base": BaseView(context),
             "storage": StorageView(context),
+            "box": BoxesView(context),
             "equipment": EquipmentView(context),
             "inventory": InventoryView(context),
             "provisions": ProvisionsView(context),
@@ -195,6 +203,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         context.cfg['host'] = config.get('DB', 'host')
         context.cfg['db'] = config.get('DB', 'db')
         db = database.Database(context.cfg['host'], context.cfg['db'])
+        context.set_db(db)
         connected = False
         if context.cfg['host'] == 'socket':
             connected = db.connect_local()
@@ -203,7 +212,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             context.cfg['pass'] = config.get('DB', 'pass')
             connected = db.connect(context.cfg['user'], context.cfg['pass'])
         if connected:
-            context.set_db(db)
             context.load()
             # check if shapedir exists
             context.cfg['shapedir'] = config.get('Data', 'shapedir')