--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/10/02 15:38:56	1.690
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/11 18:37:02	1.692.2.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.690 2008/10/02 15:38:56 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.692.2.1 2008/12/11 18:37:02 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ sub select_datelocale {
             if ($id ne '') {
                 my $en_terr = $locale->{'en_territory'};
                 my $native_terr = $locale->{'native_territory'};
-                my @languages = &preferred_languages();
+                my @languages = &Apache::lonlocal::preferred_languages();
                 if (grep(/^en$/,@languages) || !@languages) {
                     if ($en_terr ne '') {
                         $locale_names{$id} = '('.$en_terr.')';
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ sub help_open_topic {
     if ($text ne "") {
 	$template .= 
             "<table bgcolor='#3333AA' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1' border='0'><tr>".
-            "<td bgcolor='#5555FF'><a target=\"_top\" href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
+            "<td bgcolor='#5555FF'><span class=\"LC_nobreak\"><a target=\"_top\" href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
     }
 
     # Add the graphic
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ sub help_open_topic {
     $template .= <<"ENDTEMPLATE";
  <a target="_top" href="$link" title="$title"><img src="$helpicon" border="0" alt="(Help: $topic)" /></a>
 ENDTEMPLATE
-    if ($text ne '') { $template.='</td></tr></table>' };
+    if ($text ne '') { $template.='</span></td></tr></table>' };
     return $template;
 
 }
@@ -2998,7 +2998,7 @@ sub fileextensions {
 
 sub display_languages {
     my %languages=();
-    foreach my $lang (&preferred_languages()) {
+    foreach my $lang (&Apache::lonlocal::preferred_languages()) {
 	$languages{$lang}=1;
     }
     &get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},['displaylanguage']);
@@ -3010,59 +3010,9 @@ sub display_languages {
     return %languages;
 }
 
-sub preferred_languages {
-    my @languages=();
-    if (($env{'request.role.adv'}) && ($env{'form.languages'})) {
-        @languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'form.languages'}));
-    }
-    if ($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'}) {
-	@languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,
-	         $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'}));
-    }
-
-    if ($env{'environment.languages'}) {
-	@languages=(@languages,
-		    split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'environment.languages'}));
-    }
-    my $browser=$ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'};
-    if ($browser) {
-	my @browser = 
-	    map { (split(/\s*;\s*/,$_))[0] } (split(/\s*,\s*/,$browser));
-	push(@languages,@browser);
-    }
-
-    foreach my $domtype ($env{'user.domain'},$env{'request.role.domain'},
-                         $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}) {
-        if ($domtype ne '') {
-            my %domdefs = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($domtype);
-            if ($domdefs{'lang_def'} ne '') {
-                push(@languages,$domdefs{'lang_def'});
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return &get_genlanguages(@languages);
-}
-
-sub get_genlanguages {
-    my (@languages) = @_;
-# turn "en-ca" into "en-ca,en"
-    my @genlanguages;
-    foreach my $lang (@languages) {
-        unless ($lang=~/\w/) { next; }
-        push(@genlanguages,$lang);
-        if ($lang=~/(\-|\_)/) {
-            push(@genlanguages,(split(/(\-|\_)/,$lang))[0]);
-        }
-    }
-    #uniqueify the languages list
-    my %count;
-    @genlanguages = map { $count{$_}++ == 0 ? $_ : () } @genlanguages;
-    return @genlanguages;
-}
-
 sub languages {
     my ($possible_langs) = @_;
-    my @preferred_langs = &preferred_languages();
+    my @preferred_langs = &Apache::lonlocal::preferred_languages();
     if (!ref($possible_langs)) {
 	if( wantarray ) {
 	    return @preferred_langs;
@@ -9328,28 +9278,14 @@ sub icon {
     return &lonhttpdurl($iconname);
 } 
 
-sub lonhttpd_port {
-    my $lonhttpd_port=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonhttpdPort'};
-    if (!defined($lonhttpd_port)) { $lonhttpd_port='8080'; }
-    # IE doesn't like a secure page getting images from a non-secure
-    # port (when logging we haven't parsed the browser type so default
-    # back to secure
-    if ((!exists($env{'browser.type'}) || $env{'browser.type'} eq 'explorer')
-	&& $ENV{'SERVER_PORT'} == 443) {
-	return 443;
-    }
-    return $lonhttpd_port;
-
-}
-
 sub lonhttpdurl {
+#
+# Had been used for "small fry" static images on separate port 8080.
+# Modify here if lightweight http functionality desired again.
+# Currently eliminated due to increasing firewall issues.
+#
     my ($url)=@_;
-
-    my $lonhttpd_port = &lonhttpd_port();
-    if ($lonhttpd_port == 443) {
-	return 'https://'.$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}.$url;
-    }
-    return 'http://'.$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}.':'.$lonhttpd_port.$url;
+    return $url;
 }
 
 sub connection_aborted {