Xinha Discussion Forum

Yes, I think we'll need to add a config variable to HTMLArea.Config to specify the character set that should be used, probably defaulting to utf8,  I can't find any way to find the character encoding of the page from javascript or we could default it to the correct setting automagically.

Tricky bit is I'm not totally sure how the character set in the iframe is set currently.  Well, I do know, it's simply not set, what I don't know is if that means the iframe inherits the page's character set or if it uses the browsers default (which is probably ISO-8859-1 for most).  it may be that we will also need to add a meta tag into the iframe to try and persuade it into using the correct encoding.

Yes, I use it as utf8.  The one problem with that though is that the translations are not (all) utf8 which kinda messes things up a bit.

When I finish the new translation system I would hope to see translations converted to utf8, possibly they could also made available also in other "common" character sets for the given language.

It's probably a timing issue.  Although I thought I'd got that sorted out.  Also the editor would have to be focused (clicked in, with blinking caret) before any of the buttons will work (not sure if it would throw an exception if you tried though.

I should probably make it so the buttons are disabled while the editor is not focused to sidestep that.

My Python isn't up to scratch to start modifying Trac

His workaround isn't practical, I don't think we'd ever get all the references before they are lost to us (this is the problem, they become inaccessable to us, but IE still thinks they are alive) so that we could nullify them.  It would be a mammoth undertaking.

Yep that's the idea.

You just need to set _editor_url to the base URL where you put xinha before you load the javascript files

<script language="Javascript">
_editor_url = '/xinha/';
</script>
<script language="Javascript" src="/xinha/htmlarea.js"></script>

Yes that sounds plausable.  Closures are, well, hard to describe, basically when you create a function in javascript it has access (when called) to all the variables that were defined in the same (or ancestor) scope that you defined the function in.  Whoosh, that probably went over most peoples heads  

They are a very useful feature of Javascript, and you're right, Xinha uses them extensivly, actually, lost of Javascript uses them extensivly because it's kind of a wether you need it or not thing (creating a function creates a closure).

I'd put money on it that it's a recursive reference problem with the IE garbage collector.  Essentially a garbage collector runs periodically and frees up memory no longer in use (nothing references it), my thought is that IE's collector is not freeing (indirectly) recursivly referenced memory.

Short answer - can't be fixed.

Long answer - can't be fixed by me.

Hmm.  All I can say is that I've never seen this problem, that said I use FFox more than IE so perhaps I've been lucky.  I can't really think why it wouldn't work.

Are any javascript errors thrown on the page when it doesn't load up?  Perhaps one of those who are seeing it could install the MS Script debugger?

Hmm, yes I've been busy the last week (whats new), I didn't spot those defacements.

I guess I'll lock it down.

Anybody with a trac account will be able to edit it, anyone without won't.

I didn't want to do that but I guess there is no option.

Anybody who wants a trac account post here.

Ahhh, I see.  Can you submit a ticket as an enhancement request for that.

Thanx.

There is no documentation at the moment, infact I've removed all the old documentation because I think it would create more confusion than anything.

The best way at the moment is to grab the nightly (use that it's more or less OK, there are some slight problems) and have a look at examples/full_example-body.html you can use that file as a boilerplate (just read through the source it explains how to use it to set up your own editors).

Any questions, post here.  When you've got it worked out perhaps you would like to create a page in the Wiki to help others in the same situation - perhaps http://xinha.gogo.co.nz/NewbieGuide

I hope that IT doesn't go and delete the forums totally, I should have archived them off for reference.