October 2003 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

hard coded stuff?
by Benedykt 07 Dec '03

07 Dec '03

Hi all, I am wondering whether this is good or not but in the directory of the includes there appeared a css file with hard coded path of .koha { text-align:center; background-image:url("/intranet-tmpl/default/en/images/background-mem.gif"); } Now if the whole idea by introducing templates was to separate the code from the design then this behavior does not stick to the rules. A person who tries to maintain a given translation needs to visually inspect every aspect of code in order not to overlook those kind of changes. An example: a file in .default/en directory changes. The modification includes a language string and a path to a perl file ON THE SAME LINE OF CODE. Not all diff software packages will show both but rather the whole line will be highlighted as having been modified. For a translator that means visual inspection of the code. Translators are NOT programmers. They may overlook a lot of such little modifications. I have voiced this over and over again that there is something wrong about the way koha chose to internationalize. Before koha-1.2.3 all the language strings where in the perl scripts. Now they are found in the template files. I wonder whether there exists a method of still going back to a flavor of GETTEXT to take care of translations? Benedict

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character encodings in koha 2.0.0
by Benedykt 07 Dec '03

07 Dec '03

Hi, Is there a general, worked-out policy about character encodings so they stay consistent throughout a translation? By this I mean character encodings of the data in mysql, in template files. I know that the perl scripts generate "an obligatory" content-type headers to the template files before output is generated. . But the headers provide to browsers only the first part of the header, without encodings information in it, hence incomplete. Has any work been done on putting it in order? By the way, what does this mean: output_html_with_http_headers $query, $cookie, $template->output; Is the first part of the line a variable? thanks Benedict

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includes directory help, please
by MJ Ray 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

I am not sure whether the installer puts the includes directory in the right place. See http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=600 Should the includes dir really be under the currently selected template, or is the one from intranet-tmpl/defaults/en always used? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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Re: [Koha-devel] biblio deletion
by Owen Leonard 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

> > * deleted biblios are no more stored in > deletedbiblio tables : because > > there is no MARC deletedbiblio, no way to > restore a biblio, I think it's > > a feature we could introduce in a future > version of Koha. > > Can we leave them storing them there anyway. I > have had to move biblios back > from deleted before for HLT. The whole MARC/non-MARC split is so confusing. That should really be on the table for 2.5 or 3.0--better integration of the two options. That said, I don't see any reason why we should continue storing records in deletedbiblio. I also think that we should develop a way to store deleted MARC data as well--Chris is right: you may want to use that data again some day. -- Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 2.0.0-pre2-R2

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FW: [Koha-devel] Ranking requests
by Owen Leonard 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I don't think anyone ever responded to this query back in June. Second time's a charm? > I'm looking at the table of requests displayed by > request.pl and wondering how > the 'rank' modification works. It seems happy > enough for me to specify '1' for > all the requests on a single book. Is it up to > me to alter the rank of all the > requests at once? If so, shouldn't there be a > mechanism for doing this > automatically? For example, our waiting list for > the upcoming Harry Potter > book is 60 names long. It would be infeasible to > renumber all 60 by hand. > > -- Owen > > ---- > Nelsonville Public Library > Koha 1.9.3 > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha- > devel >

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RE: [Koha] from ISIS to Koha
by Lucia Phillip 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hi, I know a number of libraries that would like to use Koha. Many of them are at present working with WINISIS. With the version 1.92 i was able to take MARC records exported as an ISO 2709 and import them into the breeding farm. i was then able to search for records and then import them into KOHA. To do this I reversed the changes that had been made to fit Winisis such as the subfield delimiters, the end of field and the end of record symbols. With this latest version however although I am able to import records into the breeding farm, when I go to Add biblio and do a search of a record that I know was among those imported, I get the message that <Nothing found>. I am wondering why this is happening with this version. Lucia Phillip National Library and Information System Authority Trinidad nad Tobago -----Original Message----- From: paul POULAIN [mailto:paul.poulain@free.fr] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 8:35 AM To: koha; Koha-devel Subject: [Koha] from ISIS to Koha Hi, I've a (future ?) customer that want to switch from winISIS to Koha. He sends me lot of exports, but none of them work with classic dumpmarc.pl script of Koha (refused by MARC::Record) Does anyone here know how to setup winISIS export options to get a valid iso2709 file ? Thanks -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Re: Koha documents?
by Pat Eyler 31 Oct '03

31 Oct '03

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Auvo Finne wrote: > Dear Pat, Hello Auvo, > > I act as a consult and codeveloper for the Tumaini University (Tanzania) library system. > One of our alternatives is Koha. To seriously assess the suitability of Koha for Tumaini > I would like to see some architectural documents. > Sadly, architectural documents are one of the things that we don't have in abundance. If you were willing to spend a bit of time asking questions (even just passing a list of questions you need answers to), we could probably use them to build a set of answers/documents that might help. I'm answering this on the koha-devl mailing list as well, hopefully this will help generate a bit more help for you as well. thanks, -pate > We are applying the universal software development process. This process is very much > architecture centric and uses several general or detailed diagrams. > > Does it exists any descriptions of Koha main components and their purposes, roles, > interaction? Descriptionsof the use of programming languages in implementing these > components? Etc. > > I'll be grateful if you could help me in getting some of these documents. > > Very best wishes, > > Auvo Finne > Pitkakatu 44, Jyvaskyla, Finland > +358 400 646 815 > auvo.finne(a)cccc.fi > >

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RE: [Koha-devel] "XX at /usr/local/koha..."
by Anthony W Youngman 29 Oct '03

29 Oct '03

As it looks like nix, there's always grep ... Run that over it to display any lines that DON'T match that pattern ... Or use sed to delete those lines ... There's plenty ways to skin a cat ... Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: Owen Leonard [mailto:oleonard@athenscounty.lib.oh.us] Sent: 29 October 2003 16:48 To: Koha-Devel Subject: [Koha-devel] "XX at /usr/local/koha..." > Why does Koha.pm constantly write the error "XX > at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Koha.pm line > 198," when this is > actually not an error? This has the unfortunate side effect of giving us daily a 30 megabyte error log full of "XX at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Koha.pm line 198." This makes it awfully difficult to find *actual* errors. What can we do to make it stop? -- Owen ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha-devel *********************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. ***********************************************************************************

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circulation broken in pre5
by robweir＠alum.drexel.edu 29 Oct '03

29 Oct '03

Hi all: In preparing a windows release of pre5, I note that circulation appears to be broken in pre5. When trying to bring up circulation, I get an apache internal error 500. The apache error log shows: [Tue Oct 28 22:25:07 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: circulation.pl, referer: http://intranet/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl [Tue Oct 28 22:25:07 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] HTML::Template->new() : Syntax error in <TMPL_*> tag at C:\usr\koha200pre5\intranet\htdocs\intranet-tmpl\default\en\circ\circulation .tmpl : 80. at C:/usr/site/lib/HTML/Template.pm line 2243., referer: http://intranet/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl I get the same error using both default en and default fr templates. I get the same error with either perl 5.6 or 5.8. Have there been any changes in the required perl modules? If I copy circulation.tmpl from the pre4 release the error goes away and the page displays properly. However, I know you've been working on circulation templating, and I suspect the older version of circulation.tmpl will not work properly with the newer release. I did a diff of the two file versions, but differences are drastic enough, I'm not going to be able to figure it out. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this before I build the windows install package? I am testing with the default settings of simple acqusitions, MARC yes, MARC21, and default english themes and templates. Thanks! I appreciate the good job you guys are doing! Rob

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"XX at /usr/local/koha..."
by Owen Leonard 29 Oct '03

29 Oct '03

> Why does Koha.pm constantly write the error "XX > at > /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Koha.pm line > 198," when this is > actually not an error? This has the unfortunate side effect of giving us daily a 30 megabyte error log full of "XX at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Koha.pm line 198." This makes it awfully difficult to find *actual* errors. What can we do to make it stop? -- Owen

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