I used it and found it can not support the attachment and image?
could it be modified to support it? Thanks.

I really like this functionality- it makes life much better for my project managers. I got a request to change the interface a bit- keep the description collapsed by default mostly. I think this could probably be configurable- not sure what you think but here's the hack that I did in _list.rhtml:

 <% order = cycle('odd', 'even') %>
    <tr id="issue-<%= issue.id %>" class="hascontextmenu <%= order %> <%= issue.css_classes %> <%= level > 0 ? "idnt idnt-#{level}" : nil %>">
      <td class="checkbox hide-when-print"><%= check_box_tag("ids[]", issue.id, false, :id => nil) %></td>
        <td class="id"><%= link_to issue.id, :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue %></td>
        <% query.columns.each do |column| %><%= content_tag 'td', column_content(column, issue), :class => column.name %><% end %>
    </tr>
  <% if @query.show_desc %>
    <tr class="description <%= order%> <%= issue.css_classes %> <%= level > 0 ? "idnt idnt-#{level}" : nil %>">
      <td colspan="<%= query.columns.size + 2 %>">
          <fieldset class="collapsible collapsed">
            <legend onclick="toggleFieldset(this);"><%= l(:field_description) %></legend>
            <div style="display: none;">
              <%=  textilizable issue, :description %>
            </div>
          </fieldset>
      </td>
    </tr>
  <% end -%>

When I have both plugins installed in 1.4.4, first an stack level too deep-error is shown and then the redmine_ical plugin is disabled. WIthout redmine_show_description, it works fine.

The original Plugin (0.0.4 Repack) breaks Rest-API. If installed its mo more usable. See issue http://www.redmine.org/issues/8883
It seems that the cause is code in redmine_show_descriptions/app/views/issues/index.rhtml.
The plugin is using hooks and partial rendering of templates, which templates are searched at the wrong place. Means that its searches them in path of other plugins first (or only) instead of core views, which results that there is no view representation renderable for REST/XML Mimetype (view.erb but only view.html.erb is found)

There are two lines in code which cause the problems that cause errors in rest api, e.g calling http://myredminesrv.org/issues.xml woN't return xml but Internal error 500 (ActionView::TemplateError (Missing template ...)

• view_issues_index_bottom
  line 69:

   <%= call_hook(:view_issues_index_bottom, { :issues => @issues, :project => @project, :query => @query }) %>
  )
  

causes following error ..

F, [2011-12-13T14:39:04.542091 #23568] FATAL -- : 
ActionView::TemplateError (Missing template hooks/redmine_spent_time_column/_view_issues_index_bottom.erb in view path vendor/plugins/projects_tree_view/app/views:vendor/plugins/question_plugin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmics/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine-system-notification-plugin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_assets_plugin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_blocks_layout/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_boards_watchers/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_cc_addresses/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_charts/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_checkout/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_code_review/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_digest/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_favourite_projects/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_goyello_stuff_to_do/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_graphs/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_hudson/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_importer/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_issue_history/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_last_messages/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_ldap_sync/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_lightbox/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_loader/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_local_avatars/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_logs/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_my_widgets/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_mylyn_connector/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_opensearch/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_pastebin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_polls/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_screenshot_paste/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_scrumdashboard/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_show_descriptions/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_tags/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_thumbnails/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_time_tracker/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_user_status/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_vote/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_webdav/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_wiki_extensions/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_workflow_viz/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_xapian/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_xls_export/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_spent_time_column/app/views:app/views) on line #68 of vendor/plugins/redmine_show_descriptions/app/views/issues/index.rhtml:
65: <% end %>
66: 
67: <% end %>
68: <%= call_hook(:view_issues_index_bottom, { :issues => @issues, :project => @project, :query => @query }) %>
69: 
70: <% content_for :sidebar do %>
71:     <%= render :partial => 'issues/sidebar' %>

    lib/redmine/hook.rb:113:in `send'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:113:in `view_issues_index_bottom'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `send'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `call_hook'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `each'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `call_hook'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:60:in `tap'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:60:in `call_hook'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:144:in `call_hook'
    vendor/plugins/redmine_show_descriptions/app/views/issues/index.rhtml:68:in `_run_rhtml_vendor47plugins47redmine_show_descriptions47app47views47issues47index46rhtml'
    app/controllers/issues_controller.rb:91:in `index_without_xls_export'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/rack/request_handler.rb:96:in `process_request'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_request_handler.rb:513:in `accept_and_process_next_request'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_request_handler.rb:274:in `main_loop'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:321:in `start_request_handler'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:275:in `send'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:275:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb:479:in `safe_fork'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:270:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `__send__'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `server_main_loop'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:206:in `start_synchronously'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:180:in `start'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:149:in `start'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:219:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:132:in `lookup_or_add'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:214:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:82:in `synchronize'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:79:in `synchronize'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:213:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:132:in `spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:275:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `__send__'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `server_main_loop'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:206:in `start_synchronously'
    passenger (3.0.8) helper-scripts/passenger-spawn-server:99

I, [2011-12-13T14:39:04.542547 #23568]  INFO -- : Rendering /opt/redmine-1.2.1d3/public/500.html (500 Internal Server Error)

I copied redmine /vendor/plugins/redmine_spent_time_column/app/views/hooks/redmine_spent_time_column/_view_issues_index_bottom.html.erb to _view_issues_index_bottom.erb and the error was gone.

Then the next line made a problem..

• render :partial => 'issues/sidebar'

line 70

<% content_for :sidebar do %>
    <%= render :partial => 'issues/sidebar' %>
<% end %>

ActionView::TemplateError (Missing template issues/_tags_sidebar.erb in view path vendor/plugins/projects_tree_view/app/views:vendor/plugins/question_plugin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmics/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine-system-notification-plugin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_assets_plugin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_blocks_layout/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_boards_watchers/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_cc_addresses/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_charts/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_checkout/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_code_review/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_digest/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_favourite_projects/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_goyello_stuff_to_do/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_graphs/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_hudson/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_importer/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_issue_history/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_last_messages/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_ldap_sync/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_lightbox/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_loader/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_local_avatars/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_logs/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_my_widgets/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_mylyn_connector/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_opensearch/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_pastebin/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_polls/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_screenshot_paste/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_scrumdashboard/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_tags/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_thumbnails/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_time_tracker/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_user_status/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_vote/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_webdav/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_wiki_extensions/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_workflow_viz/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_xapian/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_xls_export/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_spent_time_column/app/views:vendor/plugins/redmine_show_descriptions/app/views:app/views) on line #14 of app/views/issues/_sidebar.rhtml:
11: <% if User.current.allowed_to?(:view_gantt, @project, :global => true) %>
12:     <%= link_to(l(:label_gantt), :controller => 'gantts', :action => 'show', :project_id => @project) %>

13: <% end %>
14: <%= call_hook(:view_issues_sidebar_planning_bottom) %>
15: 
16: <%= render_sidebar_queries %>
17: <%= call_hook(:view_issues_sidebar_queries_bottom) %>

    lib/redmine/hook.rb:113:in `send'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:113:in `view_issues_sidebar_planning_bottom'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `send'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `call_hook'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `each'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:63:in `call_hook'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:60:in `tap'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:60:in `call_hook'
    lib/redmine/hook.rb:144:in `call_hook'
    app/views/issues/_sidebar.rhtml:14:in `_run_rhtml_app47views47issues47_sidebar46rhtml_locals_object_sidebar'
    vendor/plugins/redmine_show_descriptions/app/views/issues/index.rhtml:71:in `_run_rhtml_vendor47plugins47redmine_show_descriptions47app47views47issues47index46rhtml'
    app/helpers/application_helper.rb:868:in `content_for'
    vendor/plugins/redmine_show_descriptions/app/views/issues/index.rhtml:70:in `_run_rhtml_vendor47plugins47redmine_show_descriptions47app47views47issues47index46rhtml'
    app/controllers/issues_controller.rb:91:in `index_without_xls_export'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/rack/request_handler.rb:96:in `process_request'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_request_handler.rb:513:in `accept_and_process_next_request'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_request_handler.rb:274:in `main_loop'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:321:in `start_request_handler'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:275:in `send'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:275:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb:479:in `safe_fork'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:270:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `__send__'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `server_main_loop'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:206:in `start_synchronously'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:180:in `start'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/classic_rails/application_spawner.rb:149:in `start'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:219:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:132:in `lookup_or_add'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:214:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:82:in `synchronize'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:79:in `synchronize'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:213:in `spawn_rails_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:132:in `spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:275:in `handle_spawn_application'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `__send__'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `server_main_loop'
    passenger (3.0.8) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:206:in `start_synchronously'
    passenger (3.0.8) helper-scripts/passenger-spawn-server:99

Seems as the redmine_tags plugin redner its own sidebar and this has no representation for xml/rest.
How can a plugin in general only overide/extend rendering for html but fall back to core view rendering when xml/json is reqquested.

Workaround:

There is a problem when with redmine_xls_export which can be worked around if order in redmine/config/environment.rb is set to:
config.plugins = [ :all, :redmine_xls_export, :redmine_spent_time_column]