--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm 2003/08/13 20:40:31 1.111 +++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm 2003/08/20 18:18:45 1.112 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA # a pile of common routines # -# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.111 2003/08/13 20:40:31 www Exp $ +# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.112 2003/08/20 18:18:45 bowersj2 Exp $ # # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees # @@ -47,29 +47,15 @@ Apache::loncommon - pile of common routi =head1 SYNOPSIS -Referenced by other mod_perl Apache modules. +Common routines for manipulating connections, student answers, + domains, common Javascript fragments, etc. -Invocation: - &Apache::loncommon::SUBROUTINENAME(ARGUMENTS); +=head1 OVERVIEW -=head1 INTRODUCTION - -Common collection of used subroutines. This collection helps remove +A collection of commonly used subroutines that don't have a natural +home anywhere else. This collection helps remove redundancy from other modules and increase efficiency of memory usage. -Current things done: - - Makes a table out of the previous homework attempts - Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, course_id - Reads in non-network-related .tab files - -This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project -described at http://www.lon-capa.org. - -=head2 General Subroutines - -=over 4 - =cut # End of POD header @@ -86,11 +72,10 @@ my $readit; =pod -=item Global Variables - -=over 4 +=head1 Global Variables =cut + # ----------------------------------------------- Filetypes/Languages/Copyright my %language; my %cprtag; @@ -103,37 +88,45 @@ my %designhash; # ---------------------------------------------- Thesaurus variables +# FIXME: I don't think it's necessary to document these things; +# they're privately used - Jeremy + =pod -=item %Keywords +=over 4 + +=item * %Keywords A hash used by &keyword to determine if a word is considered a keyword. -=item $thesaurus_db_file +=item * $thesaurus_db_file Scalar containing the full path to the thesaurus database. +=back + =cut my %Keywords; my $thesaurus_db_file; +# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN +# FIXME: I don't think this needs to be documented, it prepares +# private data structures - Jeremy =pod -=back - -=cut - -# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN +=head1 General Subroutines -=pod +=over 4 -=item BEGIN() +=item * BEGIN() Initialize values from language.tab, copyright.tab, filetypes.tab, thesaurus.tab, and filecategories.tab. +=back + =cut # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN @@ -228,21 +221,27 @@ BEGIN { } # end of unless($readit) } -# ============================================================= END BEGIN BLOCK + ############################################################### ## HTML and Javascript Helper Functions ## ############################################################### =pod -=item browser_and_searcher_javascript +=head1 HTML and Javascript Functions -Returns scalar containing javascript to open a browser window -or a searcher window. Also creates +=over 4 + +=item * browser_and_searcher_javascript () + +XXReturns a string +containing javascript with two functions, C and +C. Returned string does not contain EscriptE +tags. =over 4 -=item openbrowser(formname,elementname,only,omit) [javascript] +=item * openbrowser(formname,elementname,only,omit) [javascript] inputs: formname, elementname, only, omit @@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ with the given extension. Can be a comm Specifying 'omit' will restrict the browser to NOT displaying files with the given extension. Can be a comma seperated list. -=item opensearcher(formname, elementname) [javascript] +=item * opensearcher(formname, elementname) [javascript] Inputs: formname, elementname @@ -266,7 +265,6 @@ of the element the selection from the se =cut -############################################################### sub browser_and_searcher_javascript { return <Select Course"; } -############################################################### - =pod -=item linked_select_forms(...) +=item * linked_select_forms(...) linked_select_forms returns a string containing a block and html for two tags +=item * $middletext, the text which appears between the tag +=item * $firstselectname, the name of the first tag +=item * $secondselectname, the name of the second form to allow a user to select options from a hash option_name => displayed text. @@ -686,7 +693,7 @@ sub select_form { =pod -=item select_dom_form($defdom,$name,$includeempty) +=item * select_dom_form($defdom,$name,$includeempty) Returns a string containing a form input. See loncreateuser.pm for an example. @@ -758,16 +765,24 @@ sub home_server_option_list { } return $result; } -############################################################### -## End of home server