--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2004/08/26 22:41:33	1.209
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2004/09/24 22:07:34	1.214
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.209 2004/08/26 22:41:33 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.214 2004/09/24 22:07:34 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ sub help_open_menu {
     my $template;
     if ($text ne "") {
 	$template .= 
-  "<table bgcolor='#337733' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1' border='0'><tr>".
-  "<td bgcolor='#448844'><a href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
+  "<table bgcolor='#773311' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1' border='0'><tr>".
+  "<td bgcolor='#886622'><a href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
     }
     $template .= <<"ENDTEMPLATE";
  <script>
@@ -1765,8 +1765,19 @@ if the user does not
 
 sub nickname {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
-    my %names=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
-  ['nickname','firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],$udom,$uname);
+    my %names;
+    if ($uname eq $ENV{'user.name'} &&
+	$udom eq $ENV{'user.domain'}) {
+	%names=('nickname'   => $ENV{'environment.nickname'}  ,
+		'firstname'  => $ENV{'environment.firstname'} ,
+		'middlename' => $ENV{'environment.middlename'},
+		'lastname'   => $ENV{'environment.lastname'}  ,
+		'generation' => $ENV{'environment.generation'});
+    } else {
+	%names=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
+				    ['nickname','firstname','middlename',
+				     'lastname','generation'],$udom,$uname);
+    }
     my $name=$names{'nickname'};
     if ($name) {
        $name='&quot;'.$name.'&quot;'; 
@@ -1792,11 +1803,13 @@ Gets a users screenname and returns it a
 
 sub screenname {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
-    my %names=
- &Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['screenname'],$udom,$uname);
+    if ($uname eq $ENV{'user.name'} &&
+	$udom eq $ENV{'user.domain'}) {return $ENV{'environment.screenname'};}
+    my %names=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['screenname'],$udom,$uname);
     return $names{'screenname'};
 }
 
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Message Wrapper
 
 sub messagewrapper {
@@ -2331,7 +2344,7 @@ sub maketime {
     my %th=@_;
     return POSIX::mktime(
         ($th{'seconds'},$th{'minutes'},$th{'hours'},
-         $th{'day'},$th{'month'}-1,$th{'year'}-1900,0,0,$th{'dlsav'}));
+         $th{'day'},$th{'month'}-1,$th{'year'}-1900,0,0,-1));
 }
 
 #########################################
@@ -3686,6 +3699,13 @@ sub icon {
     return $iconname;
 } 
 
+sub connection_aborted {
+    my ($r)=@_;
+    $r->print(" ");$r->rflush();
+    my $c = $r->connection;
+    return $c->aborted();
+}
+
 =pod
 
 =back