> The width of the textarea after pressing reply is too large. 
> The problem is that the algorithm that searches for the longes line
> looks for the next '\r' which it does not find and therefore takes the
> number of characters in the text to be the width of the longest line.
> To search for '\n' instead should solve the problem.  Please find the 
> diff output below.

Ok, implemented, thanks.

> Boolean attributes were not displayed correctly in version 2.3.9.
> Patch is attached.

Yes, implemented, thank you.

> I am trying to create an issues logbook where I have defined an attribute 
> so I can track who this issue is assigned to. In order to get a drop-down 
> list of users of the system to show up for that attribute (when creating a 
> new issue), I have to type in the whole list of users in the config file. 
> The problem is that whenever a user self-registers, I have to go into the 
> config file and add that user to the list. Is there a way to write 
> something like this:
> 
> Options Assigned To = $user_list

This is not possible right now, but I will consider implementing it some time.

> There are some errors in the generated HTML.  Most of the time
> the browser renders everything correctly but sometimes not.  Please
> check especially (http://validator.w3.org/):

I did so and fixed several errors. Now the W3 validator doesn't complain any 
more. New version under CVS.

> Forgive me if I've missed it, but I've looked in the forum, on-line cfg docs 
> and downloaded docs.  I cannot find details on how to the used 
> the "Execute ..." command.  What is passed on command line, etc.

Sorry, I forgot to put it into the documentation. It's now available from 
http://midas.psi.ch/elog/config.html You basically use "Execute new = 
<command>", where <command> can have substitutions like $<attribute>, 
$remote_host, etc. You also have to start elogd with the "-x" flag to enable 
shell executions, since they can impose a security problem (see documentation).

Unfortunately I don't have access to a FreeBSD box so I cannot try. But I 
thought the GNU make is the same on Linux and FreeBSD??? 

Has anybody successful compiled under FreeBSD?

- Stefan

I got elog 2.3.9 running on FreeBSD 5.1 successfully,
I compiled elog on a redhat box and then just copied over all the files to 
the FreeBSD box and ELOG just ran with no issues.
It's been running under heavy use for at least a month now.

PS: you might need the linux compatibility package installed on BSD though...


> I am getting the following errors when trying to install elog-2.3.9 on
> my FreeBSD box. I am running FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE.
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> "Makefile", line 21: Missing dependency operator
> "Makefile", line 27: Need an operator
> "Makefile", line 29: Missing dependency operator
> "Makefile", line 31: Need an operator
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> 
> 
> You4eea

> I would very much like to list groups instead of the individual logs on the
> firs page you see after login.
> 
> Is there a way to do this? 

What would you like to see exactly?

a) Only groups. When you click on a group, you are taken to the first logbook 
in that group

b) Only groups. When you click on a group, a secondary page shows up showing 
a logbook selection page from that group

c) Two colums: First column group, second colum logbook, a bit like a 
directory structure like:

  Demo
    Linux
    Database
  Discussion
    Forum
    Archive
    Config Examples
    Contributions

Other uses might also vote...

- Stefan