--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2002/04/22 15:26:46	1.32
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2002/08/12 18:21:42	1.53
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.32 2002/04/22 15:26:46 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.53 2002/08/12 18:21:42 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -33,40 +33,112 @@
 # 12/25,12/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # YEAR=2002
 # 1/4 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 6/24,7/2 H. K. Ng
 
 # Makes a table out of the previous attempts
 # Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, course_id
 # Reads in non-network-related .tab files
 
+# POD header:
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Apache::loncommon - pile of common routines
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+Referenced by other mod_perl Apache modules.
+
+Invocation:
+ &Apache::loncommon::SUBROUTINENAME(ARGUMENTS);
+
+=head1 INTRODUCTION
+
+Common collection of used subroutines.  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
 package Apache::loncommon;
 
 use strict;
 use Apache::lonnet();
-use POSIX qw(strftime);
+use GDBM_File;
+use POSIX qw(strftime mktime);
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
 use Apache::lonmsg();
-
 my $readit;
 
+=pod 
+
+=item Global Variables
+
+=over 4
+
+=cut
 # ----------------------------------------------- Filetypes/Languages/Copyright
 my %language;
 my %cprtag;
 my %fe; my %fd;
-my %fc;
+my %category_extensions;
+
+# ---------------------------------------------- Thesaurus variables
+
+=pod
+
+=item %Keywords  
+
+A hash used by &keyword to determine if a word is considered a keyword.
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------------- Thesaurus data
-my @therelated;
-my @theword;
-my @thecount;
-my %theindex;
-my $thetotalcount;
-my $thefuzzy=2;
-my $thethreshold=0.1/$thefuzzy;
-my $theavecount;
+=item $thesaurus_db_file
+
+Scalar containing the full path to the thesaurus database.                 
+
+=cut
+
+my %Keywords;
+my $thesaurus_db_file;
+
+
+=pod
+
+=back
+
+=cut
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN
-BEGIN {
 
+=pod
+
+=item BEGIN() 
+
+Initialize values from language.tab, copyright.tab, filetypes.tab,
+thesaurus.tab, and filecategories.tab.
+
+=cut
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN
+
+BEGIN {
+    # Variable initialization
+    $thesaurus_db_file = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}."/thesaurus.db";
+    #
     unless ($readit) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- languages
     {
@@ -102,8 +174,8 @@ BEGIN {
 	    while (<$fh>) {
 		next if /^\#/;
 		chomp;
-		my ($key,$val)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
-		push @{$fc{$key}},$val;
+		my ($extension,$category)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
+		push @{$category_extensions{lc($category)}},$extension;
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -123,29 +195,414 @@ BEGIN {
 	    }
 	}
     }
-# -------------------------------------------------------------- Thesaurus data
-    {
-	my $fh=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
-	       '/thesaurus.dat');
-	if ($fh) {
-            while (<$fh>) {
-               my ($tword,$tindex,$tcount,$trelated)=split(/\@/,$_);
-               $theindex{$tword}=$tindex;
-               $theword[$tindex]=$tword;
-               $thecount[$tindex]=$tcount;
-               $thetotalcount+=$tcount;
-               $therelated[$tindex]=$trelated;
-	   }
-        }
-        $theavecount=$thetotalcount/$#thecount;
-    }
     &Apache::lonnet::logthis(
-              "<font color=yellow>INFO: Read file types and thesaurus</font>");
+              "<font color=yellow>INFO: Read file types</font>");
     $readit=1;
-}
+    }  # end of unless($readit) 
     
 }
 # ============================================================= END BEGIN BLOCK
+###############################################################
+##           HTML and Javascript Helper Functions            ##
+###############################################################
+
+=pod 
+
+=item browser_and_searcher_javascript 
+
+Returns scalar containing javascript to open a browser window
+or a searcher window.  Also creates 
+
+=over 4
+
+=item openbrowser(formname,elementname,only,omit) [javascript]
+
+inputs: formname, elementname, only, omit
+
+formname and elementname indicate the name of the html form and name of
+the element that the results of the browsing selection are to be placed in. 
+
+Specifying 'only' will restrict the browser to displaying only files
+with the given extension.  Can be a comma seperated list.
+
+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]
+
+Inputs: formname, elementname
+
+formname and elementname specify the name of the html form and the name
+of the element the selection from the search results will be placed in.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################################
+sub browser_and_searcher_javascript {
+    return <<END;
+    var editbrowser = null;
+    function openbrowser(formname,elementname,only,omit) {
+        var url = '/res/?';
+        if (editbrowser == null) {
+            url += 'launch=1&';
+        }
+        url += 'catalogmode=interactive&';
+        url += 'mode=edit&';
+        url += 'form=' + formname + '&';
+        if (only != null) {
+            url += 'only=' + only + '&';
+        } 
+        if (omit != null) {
+            url += 'omit=' + omit + '&';
+        }
+        url += 'element=' + elementname + '';
+        var title = 'Browser';
+        var options = 'scrollbars=1,resizable=1,menubar=0';
+        options += ',width=700,height=600';
+        editbrowser = open(url,title,options,'1');
+        editbrowser.focus();
+    }
+    var editsearcher;
+    function opensearcher(formname,elementname) {
+        var url = '/adm/searchcat?';
+        if (editsearcher == null) {
+            url += 'launch=1&';
+        }
+        url += 'catalogmode=interactive&';
+        url += 'mode=edit&';
+        url += 'form=' + formname + '&';
+        url += 'element=' + elementname + '';
+        var title = 'Search';
+        var options = 'scrollbars=1,resizable=1,menubar=0';
+        options += ',width=700,height=600';
+        editsearcher = open(url,title,options,'1');
+        editsearcher.focus();
+    }
+END
+}
+
+
+
+###############################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item linked_select_forms(...)
+
+linked_select_forms returns a string containing a <script></script> block
+and html for two <select> menus.  The select menus will be linked in that
+changing the value of the first menu will result in new values being placed
+in the second menu.  The values in the select menu will appear in alphabetical
+order.
+
+linked_select_forms takes the following ordered inputs:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $formname, the name of the <form> tag
+
+=item $middletext, the text which appears between the <select> tags
+
+=item $firstdefault, the default value for the first menu
+
+=item $firstselectname, the name of the first <select> tag
+
+=item $secondselectname, the name of the second <select> tag
+
+=item $hashref, a reference to a hash containing the data for the menus.
+
+=back 
+
+Below is an example of such a hash.  Only the 'text', 'default', and 
+'select2' keys must appear as stated.  keys(%menu) are the possible 
+values for the first select menu.  The text that coincides with the 
+first menu value is given in $menu{$choice1}->{'text'}.  The values 
+and text for the second menu are given in the hash pointed to by 
+$menu{$choice1}->{'select2'}.  
+
+my %menu = ( A1 => { text =>"Choice A1" ,
+                      default => "B3",
+                      select2 => { 
+                          B1 => "Choice B1",
+                          B2 => "Choice B2",
+                          B3 => "Choice B3",
+                          B4 => "Choice B4"
+                          }
+                  },
+              A2 => { text =>"Choice A2" ,
+                      default => "C2",
+                      select2 => { 
+                          C1 => "Choice C1",
+                          C2 => "Choice C2",
+                          C3 => "Choice C3"
+                          }
+                  },
+              A3 => { text =>"Choice A3" ,
+                      default => "D6",
+                      select2 => { 
+                          D1 => "Choice D1",
+                          D2 => "Choice D2",
+                          D3 => "Choice D3",
+                          D4 => "Choice D4",
+                          D5 => "Choice D5",
+                          D6 => "Choice D6",
+                          D7 => "Choice D7"
+                          }
+                  }
+              );
+
+=cut
+
+# ------------------------------------------------
+
+sub linked_select_forms {
+    my ($formname,
+        $middletext,
+        $firstdefault,
+        $firstselectname,
+        $secondselectname, 
+        $hashref
+        ) = @_;
+    my $second = "document.$formname.$secondselectname";
+    my $first = "document.$formname.$firstselectname";
+    # output the javascript to do the changing
+    my $result = '';
+    $result.="<script>\n";
+    $result.="var select2data = new Object();\n";
+    $" = '","';
+    my $debug = '';
+    foreach my $s1 (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1 = new Object();\n";        
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1.def = new String('".
+            $hashref->{$s1}->{'default'}."');\n";
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1.values = new Array(";        
+        my @s2values = sort(keys( %{ $hashref->{$s1}->{'select2'} } ));
+        $result.="\"@s2values\");\n";
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1.texts = new Array(";        
+        my @s2texts;
+        foreach my $value (@s2values) {
+            push @s2texts, $hashref->{$s1}->{'select2'}->{$value};
+        }
+        $result.="\"@s2texts\");\n";
+    }
+    $"=' ';
+    $result.= <<"END";
+
+function select1_changed() {
+    // Determine new choice
+    var newvalue = "d_" + $first.value;
+    // update select2
+    var values     = select2data[newvalue].values;
+    var texts      = select2data[newvalue].texts;
+    var select2def = select2data[newvalue].def;
+    var i;
+    // out with the old
+    for (i = 0; i < $second.options.length; i++) {
+        $second.options[i] = null;
+    }
+    // in with the nuclear
+    for (i=0;i<values.length; i++) {
+        $second.options[i] = new Option(values[i]);
+        $second.options[i].text = texts[i];
+        if (values[i] == select2def) {
+            $second.options[i].selected = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
+</script>
+END
+    # output the initial values for the selection lists
+    $result .= "<select size=\"1\" name=\"$firstselectname\" onchange=\"select1_changed()\">\n";
+    foreach my $value (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
+        $result.="    <option value=\"$value\" ";
+        $result.=" selected=\"true\" " if ($value eq $firstdefault);
+        $result.=">$hashref->{$value}->{'text'}</option>\n";
+    }
+    $result .= "</select>\n";
+    my %select2 = %{$hashref->{$firstdefault}->{'select2'}};
+    $result .= $middletext;
+    $result .= "<select size=\"1\" name=\"$secondselectname\">\n";
+    my $seconddefault = $hashref->{$firstdefault}->{'default'};
+    foreach my $value (sort(keys(%select2))) {
+        $result.="    <option value=\"$value\" ";        
+        $result.=" selected=\"true\" " if ($value eq $seconddefault);
+        $result.=">$select2{$value}</option>\n";
+    }
+    $result .= "</select>\n";
+    #    return $debug;
+    return $result;
+}   #  end of sub linked_select_forms {
+
+###############################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item help_open_topic($topic, $text, $stayOnPage, $width, $height)
+
+Returns a string corresponding to an HTML link to the given help $topic, where $topic corresponds to the name of a .tex file in /home/httpd/html/adm/help/tex, with underscores replaced by spaces.
+
+$text will optionally be linked to the same topic, allowing you to link text in addition to the graphic. If you do not want to link text, but wish to specify one of the later parameters, pass an empty string.
+
+$stayOnPage is a value that will be interpreted as a boolean. If true, the link will not open a new window. If false, the link will open a new window using Javascript. (Default is false.)
+
+$width and $height are optional numerical parameters that will override the width and height of the popped up window, which may be useful for certain help topics with big pictures included.
+
+=cut
+
+sub help_open_topic {
+    my ($topic, $text, $stayOnPage, $width, $height) = @_;
+    $text = "" if (not defined $text);
+    $stayOnPage = 0 if (not defined $stayOnPage);
+    $width = 350 if (not defined $width);
+    $height = 400 if (not defined $height);
+    my $filename = $topic;
+    $filename =~ s/ /_/g;
+
+    my $template = "";
+    my $link;
+
+    if (!$stayOnPage)
+    {
+	$link = "javascript:void(open('/adm/help/${filename}.hlp', 'Help_for_$topic', 'menubar=0,toolbar=1,scrollbars=1,width=$width,height=$height'))";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	$link = "/adm/help/${filename}.hlp";
+    }
+
+    # Add the text
+    if ($text ne "")
+    {
+	$template .= "<a href=\"$link\">$text</a> ";
+    }
+
+    # Add the graphic
+    $template .= <<"ENDTEMPLATE";
+<a href="$link"><image src="/adm/help/gif/smallHelp.gif" border="0" alt="(Help: $topic)"></a>
+ENDTEMPLATE
+
+    return $template;
+
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item csv_translate($text) 
+
+Translate $text to allow it to be output as a 'comma seperated values' 
+format.
+
+=cut
+
+sub csv_translate {
+    my $text = shift;
+    $text =~ s/\"/\"\"/g;
+    $text =~ s/\n//g;
+    return $text;
+}
+
+###############################################################
+##        Home server <option> list generating code          ##
+###############################################################
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item get_domains()
+
+Returns an array containing each of the domains listed in the hosts.tab
+file.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub get_domains {
+    # The code below was stolen from "The Perl Cookbook", p 102, 1st ed.
+    my @domains;
+    my %seen;
+    foreach (sort values(%Apache::lonnet::hostdom)) {
+        push (@domains,$_) unless $seen{$_}++;
+    }
+    return @domains;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item select_dom_form($defdom,$name)
+
+Returns a string containing a <select name='$name' size='1'> form to 
+allow a user to select the domain to preform an operation in.  
+See loncreateuser.pm for an example invocation and use.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub select_dom_form {
+    my ($defdom,$name) = @_;
+    my @domains = get_domains();
+    my $selectdomain = "<select name=\"$name\" size=\"1\">\n";
+    foreach (@domains) {
+        $selectdomain.="<option value=\"$_\" ".
+            ($_ eq $defdom ? 'selected' : '').
+                ">$_</option>\n";
+    }
+    $selectdomain.="</select>";
+    return $selectdomain;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item get_library_servers($domain)
+
+Returns a hash which contains keys like '103l3' and values like 
+'kirk.lite.msu.edu'.  All of the keys will be for machines in the
+given $domain.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub get_library_servers {
+    my $domain = shift;
+    my %library_servers;
+    foreach (keys(%Apache::lonnet::libserv)) {
+        if ($Apache::lonnet::hostdom{$_} eq $domain) {
+            $library_servers{$_} = $Apache::lonnet::hostname{$_};
+        }
+    }
+    return %library_servers;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item home_server_option_list($domain)
+
+returns a string which contains an <option> list to be used in a 
+<select> form input.  See loncreateuser.pm for an example.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub home_server_option_list {
+    my $domain = shift;
+    my %servers = &get_library_servers($domain);
+    my $result = '';
+    foreach (sort keys(%servers)) {
+        $result.=
+            '<option value="'.$_.'">'.$_.' '.$servers{$_}."</option>\n";
+    }
+    return $result;
+}
+###############################################################
+##    End of home server <option> list generating code       ##
+###############################################################
 
 ###############################################################
 ##    Authentication changing form generation subroutines    ##
@@ -155,6 +612,37 @@ BEGIN {
 ## hash, and have reasonable default values.
 ##
 ##    formname = the name given in the <form> tag.
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item authform_xxxxxx
+
+The authform_xxxxxx subroutines provide javascript and html forms which 
+handle some of the conveniences required for authentication forms.  
+This is not an optimal method, but it works.  
+
+See loncreateuser.pm for invocation and use examples.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item authform_header
+
+=item authform_authorwarning
+
+=item authform_nochange
+
+=item authform_kerberos
+
+=item authform_internal
+
+=item authform_filesystem
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
 sub authform_header{  
     my %in = (
         formname => 'cu',
@@ -329,66 +817,166 @@ END
 ##   End Authentication changing form generation functions   ##
 ###############################################################
 
+###############################################################
+##                Thesaurus Functions                        ##
+###############################################################
 
+=pod
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------- Is this a keyword?
+=item initialize_keywords
 
-sub keyword {
-    my $newword=shift;
-    $newword=~s/\W//g;
-    $newword=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
-    my $tindex=$theindex{$newword};
-    if ($tindex) {
-        if ($thecount[$tindex]>$theavecount) {
-           return 1;
-        }
+Initializes the package variable %Keywords if it is empty.  Uses the
+package variable $thesaurus_db_file.
+
+=cut
+
+###################################################
+
+sub initialize_keywords {
+    return 1 if (scalar keys(%Keywords));
+    # If we are here, %Keywords is empty, so fill it up
+    #   Make sure the file we need exists...
+    if (! -e $thesaurus_db_file) {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Attempt to access $thesaurus_db_file".
+                                 " failed because it does not exist");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    #   Set up the hash as a database
+    my %thesaurus_db;
+    if (! tie(%thesaurus_db,'GDBM_File',
+              $thesaurus_db_file,&GDBM_READER(),0640)){
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Could not tie \%thesaurus_db to ".
+                                 $thesaurus_db_file);
+        return 0;
+    } 
+    #  Get the average number of appearances of a word.
+    my $avecount = $thesaurus_db{'average.count'};
+    #  Put keywords (those that appear > average) into %Keywords
+    while (my ($word,$data)=each (%thesaurus_db)) {
+        my ($count,undef) = split /:/,$data;
+        $Keywords{$word}++ if ($count > $avecount);
     }
-    return 0;
+    untie %thesaurus_db;
+    # Remove special values from %Keywords.
+    foreach ('total.count','average.count') {
+        delete($Keywords{$_}) if (exists($Keywords{$_}));
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+###################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item keyword($word)
+
+Returns true if $word is a keyword.  A keyword is a word that appears more 
+than the average number of times in the thesaurus database.  Calls 
+&initialize_keywords
+
+=cut
+
+###################################################
+
+sub keyword {
+    return if (!&initialize_keywords());
+    my $word=lc(shift());
+    $word=~s/\W//g;
+    return exists($Keywords{$word});
 }
+
+###################################################
+#         Old code, to be removed soon            #
+###################################################
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Return related words
+#sub related {
+#    my $newword=shift;
+#    $newword=~s/\W//g;
+#    $newword=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
+#    my $tindex=$theindex{$newword};
+#    if ($tindex) {
+#        my %found=();
+#        foreach (split(/\,/,$therelated[$tindex])) {
+## - Related word found
+#            my ($ridx,$rcount)=split(/\:/,$_);
+## - Direct relation index
+#            my $directrel=$rcount/$thecount[$tindex];
+#            if ($directrel>$thethreshold) {
+#               foreach (split(/\,/,$therelated[$ridx])) {
+#                  my ($rridx,$rrcount)=split(/\:/,$_);
+#                  if ($rridx==$tindex) {
+## - Determine reverse relation index
+#                     my $revrel=$rrcount/$thecount[$ridx];
+## - Calculate full index
+#                     $found{$ridx}=$directrel*$revrel;
+#                     if ($found{$ridx}>$thethreshold) {
+#                        foreach (split(/\,/,$therelated[$ridx])) {
+#                            my ($rrridx,$rrrcount)=split(/\:/,$_);
+#                            unless ($found{$rrridx}) {
+#                               my $revrevrel=$rrrcount/$thecount[$ridx];
+#                               if (
+#                          $directrel*$revrel*$revrevrel>$thethreshold
+#                               ) {
+#                                  $found{$rrridx}=
+#                                       $directrel*$revrel*$revrevrel;
+#                               }
+#                            }
+#                        }
+#                     }
+#                  }
+#               }
+#            }
+#        }
+#    }
+#    return ();
+#}
 
-sub related {
-    my $newword=shift;
-    $newword=~s/\W//g;
-    $newword=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
-    my $tindex=$theindex{$newword};
-    if ($tindex) {
-        my %found=();
-        foreach (split(/\,/,$therelated[$tindex])) {
-# - Related word found
-            my ($ridx,$rcount)=split(/\:/,$_);
-# - Direct relation index
-            my $directrel=$rcount/$thecount[$tindex];
-            if ($directrel>$thethreshold) {
-               foreach (split(/\,/,$therelated[$ridx])) {
-                  my ($rridx,$rrcount)=split(/\:/,$_);
-                  if ($rridx==$tindex) {
-# - Determine reverse relation index
-                     my $revrel=$rrcount/$thecount[$ridx];
-# - Calculate full index
-                     $found{$ridx}=$directrel*$revrel;
-                     if ($found{$ridx}>$thethreshold) {
-                        foreach (split(/\,/,$therelated[$ridx])) {
-                            my ($rrridx,$rrrcount)=split(/\:/,$_);
-                            unless ($found{$rrridx}) {
-                               my $revrevrel=$rrrcount/$thecount[$ridx];
-                               if (
-                          $directrel*$revrel*$revrevrel>$thethreshold
-                               ) {
-                                  $found{$rrridx}=
-                                       $directrel*$revrel*$revrevrel;
-                               }
-                            }
-                        }
-                     }
-                  }
-               }
-            }
+###############################################################
+
+=pod 
+
+=item get_related_words
+
+Look up a word in the thesaurus.  Takes a scalar arguement and returns
+an array of words.  If the keyword is not in the thesaurus, an empty array
+will be returned.  The order of the words returned is determined by the
+database which holds them.
+
+Uses global $thesaurus_db_file.
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################################
+
+sub get_related_words {
+    my $keyword = shift;
+    my %thesaurus_db;
+    if (! -e $thesaurus_db_file) {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Attempt to access $thesaurus_db_file ".
+                                 "failed because the file does not exist");
+        return ();
+    }
+    if (! tie(%thesaurus_db,'GDBM_File',
+              $thesaurus_db_file,&GDBM_READER(),0640)){
+        return ();
+    } 
+    my @Words=();
+    if (exists($thesaurus_db{$keyword})) {
+        $_ = $thesaurus_db{$keyword};
+        (undef,@Words) = split/:/;  # The first element is the number of times
+                                    # the word appears.  We do not need it now.
+        for (my $i=0;$i<=$#Words;$i++) {
+            ($Words[$i],undef)= split/\,/,$Words[$i];
         }
     }
-    return ();
+    untie %thesaurus_db;
+    return @Words;
 }
 
+###############################################################
+##              End Thesaurus Functions                      ##
+###############################################################
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- Language IDs
 sub languageids {
     return sort(keys(%language));
@@ -411,12 +999,12 @@ sub copyrightdescription {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- File Categories
 sub filecategories {
-    return sort(keys(%fc));
+    return sort(keys(%category_extensions));
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------- File Types within a specified category
 sub filecategorytypes {
-    return @{$fc{lc(shift(@_))}};
+    return @{$category_extensions{lc($_[0])}};
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ File Types
@@ -440,9 +1028,22 @@ sub filedescriptionex {
     return '.'.$ex.' '.$fd{lc($ex)};
 }
 
+# ---- Retrieve attempts by students
+# input
+# $symb             - problem including path
+# $username,$domain - that of the student
+# $course           - course name
+# $getattempt       - leave blank if want all attempts, else put something.
+# $regexp           - regular expression. If string matches regexp send to
+# $gradesub         - routine that process the string if it matches regexp
+# 
+# output
+# formatted as a table all the attempts, if any.
+#
 sub get_previous_attempt {
-  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$course)=@_;
+  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$course,$getattempt,$regexp,$gradesub)=@_;
   my $prevattempts='';
+  no strict 'refs';
   if ($symb) {
     my (%returnhash)=
       &Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$course,$domain,$username);
@@ -454,30 +1055,37 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
 	  $lasthash{$_}=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
         }
       }
-      $prevattempts='<table border=2></tr><th>History</th>';
+      $prevattempts='<table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#777777">';
+      $prevattempts.='<table border="0" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#e6ffff"><td>History</td>';
       foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
 	my ($ign,@parts) = split(/\./,$_);
-	if (@parts) {
+	if ($#parts > 0) {
 	  my $data=$parts[-1];
 	  pop(@parts);
-	  $prevattempts.='<th>Part '.join('.',@parts).'<br />'.$data.'</th>';
+	  $prevattempts.='<td>Part '.join('.',@parts).'<br />'.$data.'&nbsp;</td>';
 	} else {
-	  $prevattempts.='<th>'.$ign.'</th>';
-	}
-      }
-      for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
-        $prevattempts.='</tr><tr><th>Attempt '.$version.'</th>';
-        foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
-	  my $value;
-	  if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
-	    $value=scalar(localtime($returnhash{$version.':'.$_}));
+	  if ($#parts == 0) {
+	    $prevattempts.='<th>'.$parts[0].'</th>';
 	  } else {
-	    $value=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+	    $prevattempts.='<th>'.$ign.'</th>';
 	  }
-	  $prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'</td>';   
-        }
+	}
       }
-      $prevattempts.='</tr><tr><th>Current</th>';
+      if ($getattempt eq '') {
+	for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
+	  $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Transaction '.$version.'</td>';
+	    foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
+	       my $value;
+	       if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
+		  $value=scalar(localtime($returnhash{$version.':'.$_}));
+	       } else {
+		  $value=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+	       }
+	       $prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'&nbsp;</td>';   
+	    }
+	 }
+      }
+      $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Current</td>';
       foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
 	my $value;
 	if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
@@ -485,9 +1093,10 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
 	} else {
 	  $value=$lasthash{$_};
 	}
-	$prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'</td>';
+	if ($_ =~/$regexp$/ && (defined &$gradesub)) {$value = &$gradesub($value)}
+	$prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'&nbsp;</td>';
       }
-      $prevattempts.='</tr></table>';
+      $prevattempts.='</tr></table></td></tr></table>';
     } else {
       $prevattempts='Nothing submitted - no attempts.';
     }
@@ -537,16 +1146,54 @@ sub get_student_answers {
   foreach my $element (@elements) {
     $ENV{'form.grade_'.$element}=$old{$element};
   }
-  $userview=~s/\<body[^\>]*\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<\/body\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<html\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<\/html\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<head\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<\/head\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/action\s*\=/would_be_action\=/gi;
   return $userview;
 }
 
+###############################################
+
+
+sub timehash {
+    my @ltime=localtime(shift);
+    return ( 'seconds' => $ltime[0],
+             'minutes' => $ltime[1],
+             'hours'   => $ltime[2],
+             'day'     => $ltime[3],
+             'month'   => $ltime[4]+1,
+             'year'    => $ltime[5]+1900,
+             'weekday' => $ltime[6],
+             'dayyear' => $ltime[7]+1,
+             'dlsav'   => $ltime[8] );
+}
+
+sub maketime {
+    my %th=@_;
+    return POSIX::mktime(
+        ($th{'seconds'},$th{'minutes'},$th{'hours'},
+         $th{'day'},$th{'month'}-1,$th{'year'}-1900,0,0,$th{'dlsav'}));
+}
+
+
+sub findallcourses {
+    my %courses=();
+    my $now=time;
+    foreach (keys %ENV) {
+	if ($_=~/^user\.role\.\w+\.\/(\w+)\/(\w+)/) {
+	    my ($starttime,$endtime)=$ENV{$_};
+            my $active=1;
+            if ($starttime) {
+		if ($now<$starttime) { $active=0; }
+            }
+            if ($endtime) {
+                if ($now>$endtime) { $active=0; }
+            }
+            if ($active) { $courses{$1.'_'.$2}=1; }
+        }
+    }
+    return keys %courses;
+}
+
+###############################################
+
 sub get_unprocessed_cgi {
   my ($query,$possible_names)= @_;
   # $Apache::lonxml::debug=1;
@@ -597,11 +1244,21 @@ sub add_to_env {
   }
 }
 
-#---CSV Upload/Handling functions
+=pod
+
+=back 
+
+=head2 CSV Upload/Handling functions
 
-# ========================================================= Store uploaded file
-# needs $ENV{'form.upfile'}
-# return $datatoken to be put into hidden field
+=over 4
+
+=item  upfile_store($r)
+
+Store uploaded file, $r should be the HTTP Request object,
+needs $ENV{'form.upfile'}
+returns $datatoken to be put into hidden field
+
+=cut
 
 sub upfile_store {
     my $r=shift;
@@ -620,9 +1277,13 @@ sub upfile_store {
     return $datatoken;
 }
 
-# ================================================= Load uploaded file from tmp
-# needs $ENV{'form.datatoken'}
-# sets $ENV{'form.upfile'} to the contents of the file
+=item load_tmp_file($r)
+
+Load uploaded file from tmp, $r should be the HTTP Request object,
+needs $ENV{'form.datatoken'},
+sets $ENV{'form.upfile'} to the contents of the file
+
+=cut
 
 sub load_tmp_file {
     my $r=shift;
@@ -637,10 +1298,13 @@ sub load_tmp_file {
     $ENV{'form.upfile'}=join('',@studentdata);
 }
 
-# ========================================= Separate uploaded file into records
-# returns array of records
-# needs $ENV{'form.upfile'}
-# needs $ENV{'form.upfiletype'}
+=item upfile_record_sep()
+
+Separate uploaded file into records
+returns array of records,
+needs $ENV{'form.upfile'} and $ENV{'form.upfiletype'}
+
+=cut
 
 sub upfile_record_sep {
     if ($ENV{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'xml') {
@@ -649,9 +1313,12 @@ sub upfile_record_sep {
     }
 }
 
-# =============================================== Separate a record into fields
-# needs $ENV{'form.upfiletype'}
-# takes $record as arg
+=item record_sep($record)
+
+Separate a record into fields $record should be an item from the upfile_record_sep(), needs $ENV{'form.upfiletype'}
+
+=cut
+
 sub record_sep {
     my $record=shift;
     my %components=();
@@ -696,7 +1363,12 @@ sub record_sep {
     return %components;
 }
 
-# =============================== HTML code to select file and specify its type
+=item upfile_select_html()
+
+return HTML code to select file and specify its type
+
+=cut
+
 sub upfile_select_html {
     return (<<'ENDUPFORM');
 <input type="file" name="upfile" size="50">
@@ -709,9 +1381,14 @@ sub upfile_select_html {
 ENDUPFORM
 }
 
-# ===================Prints a table of sample values from each column uploaded
-# $r is an Apache Request ref
-# $records is an arrayref from &Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep
+=item csv_print_samples($r,$records)
+
+Prints a table of sample values from each column uploaded $r is an
+Apache Request ref, $records is an arrayref from
+&Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep
+
+=cut
+
 sub csv_print_samples {
     my ($r,$records) = @_;
     my (%sone,%stwo,%sthree);
@@ -734,10 +1411,15 @@ sub csv_print_samples {
     $r->print('</tr></table><br />'."\n");
 }
 
-# ======Prints a table to create associations between values and table columns
-# $r is an Apache Request ref
-# $records is an arrayref from &Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep
-# $d is an array of 2 element arrays (internal name, displayed name)
+=item csv_print_select_table($r,$records,$d)
+
+Prints a table to create associations between values and table columns.
+$r is an Apache Request ref,
+$records is an arrayref from &Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep,
+$d is an array of 2 element arrays (internal name, displayed name)
+
+=cut
+
 sub csv_print_select_table {
     my ($r,$records,$d) = @_;
     my $i=0;my %sone;
@@ -761,11 +1443,16 @@ sub csv_print_select_table {
     return $i;
 }
 
-# ===================Prints a table of sample values from the upload and
-#                      can make associate samples to internal names
-# $r is an Apache Request ref
-# $records is an arrayref from &Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep
-# $d is an array of 2 element arrays (internal name, displayed name)
+=item csv_samples_select_table($r,$records,$d)
+
+Prints a table of sample values from the upload and can make associate samples to internal names.
+
+$r is an Apache Request ref,
+$records is an arrayref from &Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep,
+$d is an array of 2 element arrays (internal name, displayed name)
+
+=cut
+
 sub csv_samples_select_table {
     my ($r,$records,$d) = @_;
     my %sone; my %stwo; my %sthree;
@@ -796,110 +1483,98 @@ sub csv_samples_select_table {
 1;
 __END__;
 
+=pod
 
-=head1 NAME
-
-Apache::loncommon - pile of common routines
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
+=back
 
-Referenced by other mod_perl Apache modules.
+=head2 Access .tab File Data
 
-Invocation:
- &Apache::loncommon::SUBROUTINENAME(ARGUMENTS);
-
-=head1 INTRODUCTION
+=over 4
 
-Common collection of used subroutines.  This collection helps remove
-redundancy from other modules and increase efficiency of memory usage.
+=item languageids() 
 
-Current things done:
+returns list of all language ids
 
- Makes a table out of the previous homework attempts
- Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, course_id
- Reads in non-network-related .tab files
+=item languagedescription() 
 
-This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
-described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+returns description of a specified language id
 
-=head1 HANDLER SUBROUTINE
+=item copyrightids() 
 
-There is no handler subroutine.
+returns list of all copyrights
 
-=head1 OTHER SUBROUTINES
+=item copyrightdescription() 
 
-=over 4
+returns description of a specified copyright id
 
-=item *
+=item filecategories() 
 
-BEGIN() : initialize values from language.tab, copyright.tab, filetypes.tab,
-and filecategories.tab.
+returns list of all file categories
 
-=item *
+=item filecategorytypes() 
 
-languageids() : returns list of all language ids
-
-=item *
-
-languagedescription() : returns description of a specified language id
+returns list of file types belonging to a given file
+category
 
-=item *
+=item fileembstyle() 
 
-copyrightids() : returns list of all copyrights
+returns embedding style for a specified file type
 
-=item *
+=item filedescription() 
 
-copyrightdescription() : returns description of a specified copyright id
+returns description for a specified file type
 
-=item *
+=item filedescriptionex() 
 
-filecategories() : returns list of all file categories
+returns description for a specified file type with
+extra formatting
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-filecategorytypes() : returns list of file types belonging to a given file
-category
+=head2 Alternate Problem Views
 
-=item *
-
-fileembstyle() : returns embedding style for a specified file type
+=over 4
 
-=item *
+=item get_previous_attempt() 
 
-filedescription() : returns description for a specified file type
+return string with previous attempt on problem
 
-=item *
+=item get_student_view() 
 
-filedescriptionex() : returns description for a specified file type with
-extra formatting
+show a snapshot of what student was looking at
 
-=item *
+=item get_student_answers() 
 
-get_previous_attempt() : return string with previous attempt on problem
+show a snapshot of how student was answering problem
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-get_student_view() : show a snapshot of what student was looking at
+=head2 HTTP Helper
 
-=item *
+=over 4
 
-get_student_answers() : show a snapshot of how student was answering problem
+=item get_unprocessed_cgi($query,$possible_names)
 
-=item *
+Modify the %ENV hash to contain unprocessed CGI form parameters held in
+$query.  The parameters listed in $possible_names (an array reference),
+will be set in $ENV{'form.name'} if they do not already exist.
 
-get_unprocessed_cgi() : get unparsed CGI parameters
+Typically called with $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'} as the first parameter.  
+$possible_names is an ref to an array of form element names.  As an example:
+get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},['uname','udom']);
+will result in $ENV{'form.uname'} and $ENV{'form.udom'} being set.
 
-=item *
+=item cacheheader() 
 
-cacheheader() : returns cache-controlling header code
+returns cache-controlling header code
 
-=item *
+=item nocache() 
 
-nocache() : specifies header code to not have cache
+specifies header code to not have cache
 
-=item *
+=item add_to_env($name,$value) 
 
-add_to_env($name,$value) : adds $name to the %ENV hash with value
+adds $name to the %ENV hash with value
 $value, if $name already exists, the entry is converted to an array
 reference and $value is added to the array.