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+## snippet for displaying permissions overview for users
+
+<%def name="perms_summary(permissions)">
+<div id="perms" class="table">
+     %for section in sorted(permissions.keys()):
+        <div class="perms_section_head">${section.replace("_"," ").capitalize()}</div>
+        %if not permissions[section]:
+            <span class="empty_data">${_('No permissions defined yet')}</span>
+        %else:
+        <div id='tbl_list_wrap_${section}' class="yui-skin-sam">
+         <table id="tbl_list_${section}">
+          <thead>
+              <tr>
+              <th class="left">${_('Name')}</th>
+              <th class="left">${_('Permission')}</th>
+              <th class="left">${_('Edit Permission')}</th>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+          %if section == 'global':
+              %for k in sorted(permissions[section], key=lambda s: s.lower()):
+                  <tr>
+                      <td>
+                          ${h.get_permission_name(k)}
+                      </td>
+                      <td>
+                           ${h.boolicon(k.split('.')[-1] != 'none')}
+                      </td>
+                      <td>
+                           <a href="${h.url('edit_permission', id='default')}">${_('edit')}</a>
+                      </td>
+                  </tr>
+              %endfor
+          %else:
+              %for k, section_perm in sorted(permissions[section].items(), key=lambda s: s[1]+s[0].lower()):
+                  <tr>
+                      <td>
+                          %if section == 'repositories':
+                              <a href="${h.url('summary_home',repo_name=k)}">${k}</a>
+                          %elif section == 'repositories_groups':
+                              <a href="${h.url('repos_group_home',group_name=k)}">${k}</a>
+                          %endif
+                      </td>
+                      <td>
+                           <span class="perm_tag ${section_perm.split('.')[-1]}">${section_perm}</span>
+                      </td>
+                      <td>
+                          %if section == 'repositories':
+                              <a href="${h.url('edit_repo',repo_name=k,anchor='permissions_manage')}">${_('edit')}</a>
+                          %elif section == 'repositories_groups':
+                              <a href="${h.url('edit_repos_group',group_name=k,anchor='permissions_manage')}">${_('edit')}</a>
+                          %endif
+                      </td>
+                  </tr>
+              %endfor
+          %endif
+
+          </tbody>
+         </table>
+        </div>
+        %endif
+     %endfor
+</div>
+</%def>