BUG#1
Given:

Attributes = Category, Status, Started, Finished, Activity, Headline
Type Started = date
Type Finished = date
Options Status = 1-To Do{1}, 2-Opened{2}, 3-Closed{3}, 4-Suspended{4}
{2} Preset Started = $date
{3} Preset Finished = $date
{4} Preset Finished = $date

There seems to be no setting of Date format (or Time format?) that gives a
meaningful value to attributes Started or Finished.  Even "Date format = %s"
- which gives number of seconds since 1970 - gives bad results.

BUG#2
In single entry view, elog returns an unformatted date value for "Type =
date" attributes - even when it has been manually entered with the date picker.

> BUG#1

Has been fixed. New version under CVS.

> BUG#2
> In single entry view, elog returns an unformatted date value for "Type =
> date" attributes - even when it has been manually entered with the date picker.

Can't reproduce that. Used your config, got the display attached.

> > BUG#1
> 
> Has been fixed. New version under CVS.

Thanks for that, Stefan.

> > BUG#2
> > In single entry view, elog returns an unformatted date value for "Type =
> > date" attributes - even when it has been manually entered with the date picker.
> 
> Can't reproduce that. Used your config, got the display attached.

Nor can I in the new version.  Forgive me if I don't investigate further. ;-)

How I can dynamically create a link when a new submission is entered that 
will have a value of <ELOG_URL$message id?=Edit>
I want the users to be able to go straight from the main page to an edit 
page. This would skip 1 step to get to the edit page.
Is this possible. 
If that link could use one of the icons for the src image that would be 
great. 
Thanks.
:-)

I have added that functionality according to your request. In elogd.cfg, you 
can specify

List Display = ID, Edit, Delete, Date, Author, ... <other attributes>

which gives you two colums, one to edit and entry and one to delete one. See 
the attached picture. I presume that's what you want. This works on the 
newest version 

http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/src/elogd.c?rev=1.272

and you need the two icons

http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/themes/default/edit.gif?rev=1.1
http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/themes/default/delete.gif?rev=1.1

to be put under your elog/themes/default/ directory. Or you wait for the 
next official release (;-)

I have done all that you suggested and all I get is the Message ID # that takes 
me to the message.
I even upgraded to the 2.5.1 version. Then I placed the elogd.c in the SRC 
folder. Also placed the images in the themes folder.
When I edit the List Display line it throws all my columns off by 1.
No luck so far. 
Any suggestions?

PS
Thanks for such a quick reply!


> I have added that functionality according to your request. In elogd.cfg, you 
> can specify
> 
> List Display = ID, Edit, Delete, Date, Author, ... <other attributes>
> 
> which gives you two colums, one to edit and entry and one to delete one. See 
> the attached picture. I presume that's what you want. This works on the 
> newest version 
> 
> http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/src/elogd.c?rev=1.272
> 
> and you need the two icons
> 
> http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/themes/default/edit.gif?rev=1.1
> http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/themes/default/delete.gif?rev=1.1
> 
> to be put under your elog/themes/default/ directory. Or you wait for the 
> next official release (;-)

> I even upgraded to the 2.5.1 version. Then I placed the elogd.c in the SRC 
> folder. Also placed the images in the themes folder.

As I wrote, you have to get the latest elogd.c, revision 1.272 and *COMPILE* it 
(or wait for the next official release). If you cannot compile elogd.c, let me 
know and I can send you the executable.

I must have misunderstood what you meant. That aside, I don't know how to compile 
the elogd.c so any help would be appreciated. I would like to learn how to also.
Thanks.

> > I even upgraded to the 2.5.1 version. Then I placed the elogd.c in the SRC 
> > folder. Also placed the images in the themes folder.
> 
> As I wrote, you have to get the latest elogd.c, revision 1.272 and *COMPILE* it 
> (or wait for the next official release). If you cannot compile elogd.c, let me 
> know and I can send you the executable.

Hello,

I have a quick question regarding how to display text using the "Top text" 
feature in the elogd.cfg file.  I've made an entry that looks like the 
following:

Top text = <h1>TEXT TO DISPLAY</h1>

But instead of getting just "TEXT TO DISPLAY" I get something like this:

----begin page ---
/usr/local/elog         "TEXT TO DISPLAY"

...rest of page 

----end page ---

...that is, on the far left at the top of the page in unformatted text 
is "/usr/local/elog/" prepended to the text I want do display. 

I don't know if this is a bug, or (more likely) something misconfigured in 
my setup. But any help that could be provided would be most greatful.

Thanks,

Val   

This was a bug which only occurs under certain conditions, that's why nobody 
has seen it yet. I fixed it, the new version is available under CVS:

http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/src/elogd.c?rev=1.275

> This was a bug which only occurs under certain conditions, that's why nobody 
> has seen it yet. I fixed it, the new version is available under CVS:
> 
> http://midas.psi.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb/elog/src/elogd.c?rev=1.275

Great! 

I'm inclined to wait until you release a new rpm with the changes, as I'm 
likely to mucky things up by trying to upgrade from the cvs archive rather than 
using the rpm mechanics. 

But glad to hear it's fixed.  

By the way, ELOG is a fantastic tool. I'm very thankful for all the effort gone 
into it. I do wish there were standard sql hooks, as I'm a bit fearful of how 
it will scale. But the front-end, which is often most neglected, is well 
thought out.  Thanks so much, Val

I really don't know if anybody already had this problem or i just didn't 
find the solution in the documenttaion: 
 
There is a possibility to sort the log by the value of a attribute as 
well as a flag for reverse sort. anf it's quite easy to build up a 
command line with the sort attribute and value. But this only works from 
a self written command line. 
 
Is there any possibilty to make ELOG soring by default (without a 
command line option) by a other attribute than date? I would use a date 
set by the user manually to sort the log file, even the user clicks on 
the log-name.  
 
or may it be a possibility for a additional feature, like a logbook 
option "Default sort = my own date" and the logbok get sorted by this 
attribute and option by default. 
 
Would be happy about every tip! ThankX! 

This can be easily achieved with the configuration option

Start page = ?sort=<attribute>

or

Start page = ?rsort=<attribute>

where <attribute> is your date.

In your case, you need the URL

http://www.familienhund.ch:8080/Aktuelles+Programm/?sort=Datum+wann

which can be obtained via

Start page = ?sort=Datum+wann

Thank's!!!  :-)) 
 
Great solution. Exactly what I need! 
 
Ueli 
 
> This can be easily achieved with the configuration option 
>  
> Start page = ?sort=<attribute> 
>  
> or 
>  
> Start page = ?rsort=<attribute> 
>  
> where <attribute> is your date. 
>  
> In your case, you need the URL 
>  
> http://www.familienhund.ch:8080/Aktuelles+Programm/?sort=Datum+wann 
>  
> which can be obtained via 
>  
> Start page = ?sort=Datum+wann 
 
 

Maybe consider using the options -W -Wall when compiling elogd.
There are several warning messages.

Thanks, I did so.

So I fixed all compiler generated warnigns except these:

[midas@pc2075 ~/elog]$ gcc -g -O -W -Wall -o elogd src/elogd.c
src/elogd.c: In function `set_cookie':
src/elogd.c:4675: warning: `%y' yields only last 2 digits of year
src/elogd.c: In function `send_file_direct':
src/elogd.c:5483: warning: `%y' yields only last 2 digits of year
src/elogd.c: In function `show_elog_list':
src/elogd.c:11938: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
locales
src/elogd.c:11957: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
locales
src/elogd.c:11979: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
locales
src/elogd.c:11987: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
locales
src/elogd.c: In function `ctrlc_handler':
src/elogd.c:15864: warning: empty body in an if-statement
src/elogd.c: In function `hup_handler':
src/elogd.c:15870: warning: empty body in an if-statement

Do you know how to disable these warnings or any other workaround? I would 
like to compile without any remaining warnings.

> So I fixed all compiler generated warnigns except these:
> 
> [midas@pc2075 ~/elog]$ gcc -g -O -W -Wall -o elogd src/elogd.c
> src/elogd.c: In function `set_cookie':
> src/elogd.c:4675: warning: `%y' yields only last 2 digits of year
> src/elogd.c: In function `send_file_direct':
> src/elogd.c:5483: warning: `%y' yields only last 2 digits of year
> src/elogd.c: In function `show_elog_list':
> src/elogd.c:11938: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
> locales
> src/elogd.c:11957: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
> locales
> src/elogd.c:11979: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
> locales
> src/elogd.c:11987: warning: `%x' yields only last 2 digits of year in some 
> locales
> src/elogd.c: In function `ctrlc_handler':
> src/elogd.c:15864: warning: empty body in an if-statement
> src/elogd.c: In function `hup_handler':
> src/elogd.c:15870: warning: empty body in an if-statement
> 
> Do you know how to disable these warnings or any other workaround? I would 
> like to compile without any remaining warnings.


Have a look at the gcc info pages:

$ info gcc "invoking gcc" "warning options"

> Have a look at the gcc info pages:
> 
> $ info gcc "invoking gcc" "warning options"

Sure, I'm not stupid! I looked for ~10 minutes how to turn off the remaining 
warnings, but I could not find it. The code is now correct, like I do want the 
"%y" format specifier in the strftime() function, but the warning is wrong. The 
closest I came to was 

-W -Wall -Wno-format

which removes ther warning in strftime(), but I do want this warning, since it 
helps in many other printf() statements.

> > Have a look at the gcc info pages:
> > 
> > $ info gcc "invoking gcc" "warning options"
> 
> Sure, I'm not stupid! 

  Sorry, didn't mean to offend you.

> I looked for ~10 minutes how to turn off the remaining 
> warnings, but I could not find it. The code is now correct, like I do want the 
> "%y" format specifier in the strftime() function, but the warning is wrong.

  One way to remove the warnings would be to use "%Y" in a separate strftime() call
  and then taking only the last two digits (characters) of that string.

  Something like:
old:
   strftime(str, sizeof(str), "%A, %d-%b-%y %H:%M:%S GMT", gmt);

new:
   strftime(str, sizeof(str), "%A, %d-%b-XX %H:%M:%S GMT", gmt);
   strftime(year, sizeof(year), "%Y", gmt);
   i=strstr(str,"XX"); /* find position of XX */
   if ( i+1 < sizeof(str) ) {
     str[i]  =year[3];
     str[i+1]=year[4];
   } else ...

  Somewhat cumbersome, but should work.  Maybe consider using the four 
  digit year directly, where possible.

  Gruss, Heiko

Somehow elog does not use the -s option (subdir) anymore,
resulting in a 'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found' error.

For now I am using elog from version 2.3.9 together with elogd v2.5.0,
which seems to work OK.

Oops! I 're-used' the '-s' flag for email suppression, so it was actually 
double used. I changed the email supprssion flag to '-p', so '-s' should 
work again for specifying subdirectories.

Hi,

First off let me say what an excellent program, simple yet powerful...

I've noticed some erratic behaviour when using "quote marks" in header 
fields.  Basically all text to the right of a " disappears.  Try adding an 
entry with quote marks or replying to this post.

Presume this is a bug.

Keep up the good work

Fergus

Like this one ^^^ ???

I'm joking! I fixed the bug and updated the elogd server. Please find the new 
version under CVS.

- Stefan

> Like this one ^^^ ???
> 
> I'm joking! I fixed the bug and updated the elogd server. Please find the new 
> version under CVS.
> 
> - Stefan

Blimey! That was quick!

Many thanks for amending this.  You'll be pleased to hear that my IT Operations  
Team think this is the best thing since sliced bread...its going to replace a 
blizzard of spreadsheets.

Cheers
Fergus

Around line 2240 (in loc()) in elogd.c the following is written, 
which results in an infinite loop, since loc() recursively with
the same argument "Change %s".

   /* special case: "Change %s" */
   if (strstr(orig, "Change ")) {
      sprintf(result, loc("Change %s"), orig + 7);
      return result;
   }

For now I just commented these lines.

This problem has been fixed recently. The new code is

   /* special case: "Change %s" */
   if (strstr(orig, "Change ") && strcmp(orig, "Change %s") != 0) {
      sprintf(result, loc("Change %s"), orig + 7);
      return result;
   }

Alternatively you can get the updated version from CVS.

- Stefan