> I know I can simply copy the settings for logbook B and repeat the settings 
> for all logbooks C-S. But is there a better way to accomplish this?

Yes. Put all common settings into the [global] section, only differences into
the individual logbook sections. Like

[global]
Attributes = ....
Options ....

[A]
; Logbook A is different
Attributes = ....
Options = ...

[B]
Option X = ...

[C]
Option X = ...

[D]
Option X = ...

This way all logbooks "inherit" the settings from the [global] section, only the
differents are superseeded in the individual sections. Still you need two lines
for each logbook, but all recurring configuration can be omitted.

> Options Student name  = "Doe, John", "Foo, Bar".

I fixed this bug. Please obtain the newest snapshot (see download page).

Hi,

I want to create a series of logbooks, say logbook A, and logbooks B up to 
including S. I want the logbooks B,C,D,E,...S to have the same options and 
layout, the only difference is: the name of the logbook, and an options or 
extendable options list. All other settings of logbooks B-S are the same, 
while logbook A is a completely different logbook. 

I know I can simply copy the settings for logbook B and repeat the settings 
for all logbooks C-S. But is there a better way to accomplish this?

Thanks, 
Bartjan Wattel

An options list that starts with a double-quotes character (") is handled 
incorrectly. 

Try the line: 
Options Student name  = "Doe, John", "Foo, Bar".

The ELOG list will have four entries, namely:
 - Doe
 - John
 - "
 - Foo, Bar

> > > Is there a way to disable editing of the textarea, but still allow editing 
> > > of other fields in the entry? (e.g. Fixed Attributes Edit = Text)
> 
> I added a flag
> 
> Fix text = 0|1
> 
> A division in "fix text edit/fix text reply" does not make sense here, since I only
> can lock the whole textfield, therefor just the switch.
> 
> New version under CVS (see download page).

Thanks Stefan. Again, my hat is off to you for a great app.

Todd

Thank you Stefan!

1. Will help in the real hard cases!

2. Great! Specially editing adresses or some stutus overviews will be easier with a compleate
overview!

> > 1. Is there a possiblity to fix the position of the attribut fields if they are in
> > the same line? As. ex. if one attribute is empty or contain a very short value it may
> > be possible that the position of the following atrributes in the line are moving to
> > the left, if the value is very long, they move to the right side. This make it
> > sometime not easy to read the informations, specially if the user browses trough some
> > entries, the picture the eyes are scanning is changing.
> 
> Yes there is a possibility. In the format option, you can specify two CSS names, one for the
> attribute and one for it's value. The default ones are "attribname" and "attribvalue". Just
> make new ones by copying these two, renaming it to something like xxxname and xxxvalue where
> "xxxx" is the name of the attribute. You find that in the file themes/default/default.css.
> They contain a field called "width:" which can be changed:
> 
> .typename {
>   width:150px;             <-- must be changed
>   background-color:#CCCCFF;
>   border:1px solid #0000FF;
>   border-top:1px solid white;
>   border-left:1px solid white;
>   padding:3px;
> }
> 
> By having separate classes for all attributed, you can change their width separately,
> accomplishing hopefully what you need.
> 
> > 2. Did I understand you right, that tis will not work while editing? I would like to
> > put this to the wish list for a uppcoming version (not very importand, but VERY nice
> > to have), that it may be possible to use Format in the new and edit mode too, because
> > it is somtimes more comfortable to have some attributes grouped locically in one line
> > or to have a overview over all attributes on one screen without scrolling while editing.
> 
> I will put this on the wishlist.
> 
> Stefan

> 1. Is there a possiblity to fix the position of the attribut fields if they are in
> the same line? As. ex. if one attribute is empty or contain a very short value it may
> be possible that the position of the following atrributes in the line are moving to
> the left, if the value is very long, they move to the right side. This make it
> sometime not easy to read the informations, specially if the user browses trough some
> entries, the picture the eyes are scanning is changing.

Yes there is a possibility. In the format option, you can specify two CSS names, one for the
attribute and one for it's value. The default ones are "attribname" and "attribvalue". Just
make new ones by copying these two, renaming it to something like xxxname and xxxvalue where
"xxxx" is the name of the attribute. You find that in the file themes/default/default.css.
They contain a field called "width:" which can be changed:

.typename {
  width:150px;             <-- must be changed
  background-color:#CCCCFF;
  border:1px solid #0000FF;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  padding:3px;
}

By having separate classes for all attributed, you can change their width separately,
accomplishing hopefully what you need.

> 2. Did I understand you right, that tis will not work while editing? I would like to
> put this to the wish list for a uppcoming version (not very importand, but VERY nice
> to have), that it may be possible to use Format in the new and edit mode too, because
> it is somtimes more comfortable to have some attributes grouped locically in one line
> or to have a overview over all attributes on one screen without scrolling while editing.

I will put this on the wishlist.

Stefan

> Is it possible to add one more "text entry" field ?

I guess you mean the main body text, which is multi-line. No, this is not
possible right, now, but I added your vote to the wishlist istem "Multi-line
attributes".