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changing the default to plain text rather than elcode

2.5.9+r167

Hi

I just shifted our elogs to a new server and in the process upgraded to the latest debian version which is 2.5.9+r1674-1. I am just wondering how to change the default for the text body area from "elcode" to plain text? I can't see anything in the admin configuration syntax guide and the HTML default = 2 option no longer seems to work.

Also is there anything in particular that you have to do to get the elcode editor to work. Although the elcode buttons appear highlighting text and clicking on them doesn't actually do anything although it works fine in my browser when using these elog forums. I don't get any errors in mozilla but trying it in IE under cxoffice gives an "error on page" message in the bottom of the browser.

Thanks
John

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Mon Jun 27 15:37:25 2005

Bug fix

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Fixed in current CVS.

uhm... now the drop down menu is composed of only blancs ..

the following patch should solve the problem Wink

--- src/elogd.c 24 Jun 2005 20:22:33 -0000      1.685
+++ src/elogd.c 27 Jun 2005 13:34:05 -0000
@@ -15853,7 +15853,7 @@
                      if (comment[0] == 0)
                         strcpy(comment, attr_options[i][j]);

-                     for (i1=i2=0 ; i1<=(int)comment ; i1++) {
+                     for (i1=i2=0 ; i1<=(int)strlen(comment) ; i1++) {
                         if (comment[i1] == '(') {
                            option[i2++] = '\\';
                            option[i2++] = '(';

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Mon Jun 27 15:19:05 2005

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

it seems that the select box of quick filters are showing also the "{n}" appended to the Attributes in order to obtain conditional Attributes ...

see the snapshot attached

Fixed in current CVS.

BTW, I would display the date selection calender in a new floating window, not to take away all the precious screen space at the top. Then I would use the same calendar as for the date attributes, not to confuse users with two different styles.

uhm... now the drop down menu is composed of only blancs ..

Reguarding the calendar... the picture is just one of my tests .. I started using a popup window, but it makes complicated to do all the job I want.. so my current idea is to implemnet it a a dropdown layer, it will save both the precious space and the functionality..
I don't use the existing style becouse of, in the first popup try, it was to simple .. now I can't use it directly becouse I don't need any popup anymore.. but ok, we can keep the same style of course Smile

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Mon Jun 27 15:16:37 2005

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

it seems that the select box of quick filters are showing also the "{n}" appended to the Attributes in order to obtain conditional Attributes ...

see the snapshot attached

Are you sure you really committed it ? Smile

Reguarding the calendar... the picture is just one of my tests .. I started using a popup window, but it makes complicated to do all the job I want.. so my current idea is to implemnet it a a dropdown layer, it will save both the precious space and the functionality..
I don't use the existing style becouse of, in the first popup try, it was to simple .. now I can't use it directly becouse I don't need any popup anymore.. but ok, we can keep the same style of course Smile

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Mon Jun 27 15:09:12 2005

Bug report

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Re: [BUG] show only new entries

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

the new link "show only new entries" is very useful but seems to still have some problems:

I can't find any simple way to return to the "every entries" display .. may be the link has to be switched to a checkbox to be actived or not
I found a way (at least)... following the "config" link, doing nothing and coming back restores the view .. this is a feature now, but when a less tricky mechanism will be implemented will become a bug

I added a "Show all entries" link to go back.

I think you only committed the changes to elcode.js but not the ones relative to elogd.c ... the Attribute quick filter is now empty, and no "show all entries" is ever displayed

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Fri Jun 24 22:44:03 2005

Re: [BUG] show only new entries

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

the new link "show only new entries" is very useful but seems to still have some problems:

I can't find any simple way to return to the "every entries" display .. may be the link has to be switched to a checkbox to be actived or not
I found a way (at least)... following the "config" link, doing nothing and coming back restores the view .. this is a feature now, but when a less tricky mechanism will be implemented will become a bug

I added a "Show all entries" link to go back.

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

another entry for my wishlist:
writeing the above code I noticed that the elcode buttons are lacking of a "[ *]" shortcut .. it will be very usefull Smile

I added that to elcode.js . So if you click on the list button, the (LIST) tag and the the first (*) are inserted.

Emiliano Gabrielli wrote:

Writeing the wish above I noticed that the [ *] is interpreted as an item also otside the LIST tag .. so .. or the LIST tag is optional, or the [ *] should not be interpreted outside of it ... it's another bug ? Tongue

Well, the ELCode stuff if a poor man's version of HTML. So each [ LIST] gets converted into a <UL> tag, and each [ *] gets converted into a <LI> tag. This makes the interpretation very simple, but the code does have no clue if your are inside a [ LIST] or not. Common bulletin boards have exactly the same problem. To fix it, you would really have to interprete all the ELCode, and I don't want to write my own parser.

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Fri Jun 24 22:23:50 2005