[rt-users] share/html/Elements vs. var/mason_data/obj/standard/Elements

[Michael S. Liebman]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:53:37PM -0800, Dimitry Faynerman wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I need to change some RT templates. I wonder which of the two
> directories is the best place to do that.

None of the above, use /path/to/rt3/local/html.

> Also, can anybody clarify why we have these two similar directories. In
> my understanding, files in the 
> var/mason_data/obj/standard/Elements are created by scripts from
> share/html/Elements, is that correct?

Sort of. They are created by HTML::Mason by combining the share/html
and local/html overrides. See
http://www.masonhq.com/docs/manual/Admin.html#object_files

> If so, what stage they are being created on?

When HTML::Mason detects a change in source files.

Michael
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