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Call for Koha Newsletter Articles
by Nicole Engard 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

Hello all, It's that time again, time to gather up all your Koha news (big and small) and send them to me for publication in our next issue of the Koha Newsletter. Articles can be as short as 1 line and as long as 20 (with links to read more content). They should include news about our Koha library, features you're working on, tips & tutorials you want to share. In short the sky's the limit. Please email me your articles by the 12th of June so that I can edit everything and get it organized for the June 15th release. Past newsletters can be found here: http://koha-community.org/category/koha-newsletter/ and you can subscribe to updates via RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/KohaNewsletter Thanks in advance, Nicole C. Engard Koha Documentation Manager/Newsletter Editor

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Make koha dance!
by Marc Chantreux 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

hello koha people, As Paul said in his last message, we try to know if it's possible to introduce a clear layer structure in koha (actually: we think it's possible). On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 09:59:24AM +0200, Paul Poulain wrote: > Koha can be seen as a stack with communication between the closest layers. 4 > layers at all (does it make you remember TCP/IP? ;) ) > > VIEW: interactions with different clients ( browser, REST, XMPP, Z3950, ... ) > ↓↑ > CONTROLLER: Controls the model by transmitting the CRUD tasks requested by the > VIEW > ↓↑ > MODEL: Business objects, as close as possible to the real world > ↓↑ > PERSISTENCE: Make the Business objects persistent the most important layer is the MODEL and we would like to use very modern perl OO paradigms (as MooseX::Declare) to clean it. The problem there is that Moose is a bottleneck at start time so CGI scheme must be removed first. It leads us to the CONTROLLER part which is the part where we can introduce an MVC framework. So we tried to make koha run on top of Dancer ... this is my report on the WIP, we hope you'll enjoy: http://www.tinybox.net/2010/06/03/dance-koha-dance/ Regards -- Marc Chantreux BibLibre, expert en logiciels libres pour l'info-doc http://biblibre.com

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dontmerge system preference
by Nicole Engard 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Hi all, I want to update the template to show the right text, but I don't know for sure which is which and figure one of those of you who have done dev work will know: The dontmerge preference says "Don't automatically update attached biblios when changing an authority record. If this is off, please ask your administrator to enable the merge_authorities.pl cronjob". -- it shouldn't say OFF - what should it say? "if this is set to 'do'" - which is off? do or don't? Thanks Nicole

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generic Koha data export format?
by Reed Wade 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

Maybe this is already solved but-- It seems like it would be fun if there was a nicely generic format defined for Koha data dumps. Is it correct that right now this is a DB specific task? I'm thinking some format that would be good for-- - working across different versions of Koha (within reason) - portable backups - a stable interchange format when migrating between Koha and other ILSs - the case where some library is running v2 and it's really, really finally time for them to move to v12 and they now have the resources to do it -reed

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Re: [Koha-devel] bugs.koha-community.org
by MJ Ray 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

Resend due to .org change.... Chris Cormack <chris(a)bigballofwax.co.nz> wrote: > About a week ago, I asked people to start registering at > bugs.koha-community.org in preparation for shifting there. I'm pleased > to say that a lot of you have. > > I'd like to make a deadline for the switch now, Friday 21 May, 9am > NZST (wolfram alpha is a good tool for converting that to your > timezone). > That is when I plan to shift all the bugs over, so if any of you > aren't registered now, can you please do it before then. And from that > time onwards please use bugs.koha-community.org. I'm a bit(!) behind with list emails, so I didn't see this until someone on IRC mentioned it to me. I feel it would have been a good inclusion in the newsletter, or the bugs database contained email addresses of reporters and assignees that probably could have been used to contact them. Anyway, I've registered on bugs.koha-community.org now. How do I get my bugs reattached, please? Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster and LMS developer at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk | .... co IMO only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | .... op

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Meeting reminder - general meeting, tomorrow, 2 June 2010, 10:00 UTC+0
by Galen Charlton 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

Hi, The next general meeting of the Koha project is scheduled for tomorrow, 2 June 2010, at 10:00 UTC+0. The page for the meeting, including current agenda and links to time converters, can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_Meeting,_June_2_2010 At present, the agenda is: 1. Update on Roadmap to 3.2. 2. Update on Roadmap to 3.0. 3. Follow-up on actions from General Meeting, May 5 2010. 4. Discuss switching licensing for all new code submissions to Affero General Public License (AGPL) 1. AGPL does not prevent unfriendly vendor lock-in (still achievable through access control, particularly to the databases) while introducing onerous burdens on friendly hosters. http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2010-May/023816.html 5. (If time permits) Revisit vendor listing requirements on koha-community.org. 1. Anti-privatisation requirement (private domains or trademarks, legal proceedings) http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2010-May/023785.html 2. Linkback requirement - also http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2010-May/023785.html 6. info(a)koha.org address: various places reference an info(a)koha.org address whose destination is unknown. Should we have an info(a)koha-community.org? If so, where should it go? 1. forward to the main Koha mailing list? 2. replace references to info(a)koha.org with themain Koha mailing list address? 3. establish a new koha-info mailing list that info(a)koha-community.org forwards to? 4. have it be an auto-responder that directs the inquiry to the project website? 7. Agree times of next meetings. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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System pref for MARC field 008 authorities; additional logic for position 14
by Marcel de Rooy 31 May '10

31 May '10

Hi all, I would like to check if any of you feel the following adjustment on the marc21 field 008 plugin, is interesting for the community. >From bug report #4839: Currently, the default for this marc field is hardcoded in the plugin code of marc21_field_008_authorities.pl (two occurrences). I suggest to move this value to a new system preference. If this pref should not exist, the old hardcoded value could still be used. Furthermore, the default for position 14 (heading use: main or added entry) should be dependent on the authority type. For CHRON_TERM, GENRE/FORM and TOPIC_TERM, it should be b (not appropriate) instead of a (appropriate). Finally, a small bug should be resolved on the line: my $f32 = substr($result,32,2); this field is only one character, so should be: my $f32 = substr($result,32,1); Preview of patch: see below. Regards, Marcel --- .../value_builder/marc21_field_008_authorities.pl | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_008_authorities.pl b/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_008_authorities.pl index 1aae045..d05bea0 100755 --- a/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_008_authorities.pl +++ b/cataloguing/value_builder/marc21_field_008_authorities.pl @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time); $year +=1900; $mon +=1; my $dateentered = substr($year,2,2).sprintf ("%0.2d", $mon).sprintf ("%0.2d",$mday); +my $defaultval = C4::Context->preference('AuthorityField008Default') || '|| aca||aabn | a|a d'; + sub plugin_parameters { my ($dbh,$record,$tagslib,$i,$tabloop) = @_; return ""; @@ -51,7 +53,12 @@ sub plugin_javascript { function Focus$function_name(subfield_managed) { if (!document.getElementById(\"$field_number\").value) { - document.getElementById(\"$field_number\").value='$dateentered' + '|| aca||aabn | a|a d'; + var authtype=document.forms['f'].elements['authtypecode'].value; + var fieldval='$dateentered$defaultval'; + if(authtype && (authtype == 'TOPIC_TERM' || authtype == 'GENRE/FORM' || authtype == 'CHRON_TERM')) { + fieldval= fieldval.substr(0,14)+'b'+fieldval.substr(15); + } + document.getElementById(\"$field_number\").value=fieldval; } return 1; } @@ -61,8 +68,9 @@ function Blur$function_name(subfield_managed) { } function Clic$function_name(i) { + var authtype=document.forms['f'].elements['authtypecode'].value; defaultvalue=document.getElementById(\"$field_number\").value; - newin=window.open(\"../cataloguing/plugin_launcher.pl?plugin_name=marc21_field_008_authorities.pl&index=$field_number&result=\"+defaultvalue,\"unimarc field 100\",'width=1000,height=600,toolbar=false,scrollbars=yes'); + newin=window.open(\"../cataloguing/plugin_launcher.pl?plugin_name=marc21_field_008_authorities.pl&index=$field_number&result=\"+defaultvalue+\"&authtypecode=\"+authtype,\"unimarc field 100\",'width=1000,height=600,toolbar=false,scrollbars=yes'); } //]]> @@ -75,7 +83,8 @@ sub plugin { my ($input) = @_; my $index= $input->param('index'); my $result= $input->param('result'); - + my $authtype= $input->param('authtypecode')||''; + substr($defaultval,14-6,1)='b' if $authtype=~ /TOPIC_TERM|GENRE.FORM|CHRON_TERM/; my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh; @@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ sub plugin { flagsrequired => {editcatalogue => '*'}, debug => 1, }); - $result = "$dateentered".'|| aca||aabn | a|a d' unless $result; + $result = "$dateentered$defaultval" unless $result; my $f1 = substr($result,0,6); my $f6 = substr($result,6,1); my $f7 = substr($result,7,1); @@ -104,7 +113,7 @@ sub plugin { my $f28 = substr($result,28,1); my $f29 = substr($result,29,1); my $f31 = substr($result,31,1); - my $f32 = substr($result,32,2); + my $f32 = substr($result,32,1); my $f33 = substr($result,33,1); my $f38 = substr($result,38,1); my $f39 = substr($result,39,1); -- 1.6.0.6

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] changes in code doesnot appear
by Koustubha Kale 31 May '10

31 May '10

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Nitesh Rijal <rijal.it(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Koustubha Kale <kmkale(a)anantcorp.com>wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Nitesh Rijal <rijal.it(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, but I still did not understand what do you mean by "Dev Install". >>> I have installed KOHA 3.0.3 from source in Debian Lenny. >>> >> >> When you run perl Makefile.PL at the start of Koha installation the first >> question asked is Installation mode (dev, single, standard) >> > > Here I used default, its dev i guess > The default is standard which is what you seem to have.. > >> >>> >>> I have changed the files in >>> "/usr/share/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules/" and in intranet as >>> well. The same code is working in LIVE server, but I took days to be >>> working. I don't know why is it taking so long for the codes to be working. >>> >>> Please reply. >>> >>> >>> >> Off the top of the head.. >> 1) restart your apache server and also check for any errors shown in your >> Koha logs. >> 2) check if the code is mistakenly nested in the wrong <TMPL_IF> block. >> 3) If both the above fail, show us the code and your apache config >> >> I restarted the apache server, it showed no error. > I have checked the code, there is no <TMPL_IF> in my added code. > Which files should I send you? I have attached the detail.tmpl and > detail.pl. > > Please tell me what else should I send? > I may be in over my head already but here goes.. You seem to have a  but no corresponding fulltext added to $template->param( in detail.pl Is it added as a syspref perhaps or defined somewhere else? And this is more suited for koha-devel IMHO.. Regards, Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation Contact Details : Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 Mobile : +919820715876 Website : http://www.anantcorp.com Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2

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Devanagari searching / sorting problem
by Koustubha Kale 28 May '10

28 May '10

Hi all, On a test server with latest git clone, I have Devanagari data. I am using zebra with icu. Here is my icu.xml <icu_chain locale="en_IN.UTF-8"> <transliterate rule="\'>\ "/> <transliterate rule="[:Number:] { '-' > '' "/> <transform rule="[:Control:] Any-Remove"/> <tokenize rule="l"/> <transform rule="[[:WhiteSpace:][:Punctuation:]] Remove"/> <transform rule="NFD"/> <transform rule="[:Nonspacing Mark:] Remove"/> <transform rule="NFC"/> <display/> <casemap rule="l"/> </icu_chain> Still when I search for any of the following words it seems to make no differentiation between any of the forms of the word.. They all return similar results with sorting order all mixed up. It makes no difference if I have turned off QueryAutoTruncate, QueryFuzzy & QueryStemming. कांळे काळे काळ काळो काळा काळं काळी काळां काळू काळु You can also see same behavior on www.granthalaya.org site which is running 3.00.00 with zebra + icu with above icu.xml file. I have two queries. 1) With all QueryAutoTruncate, QueryFuzzy, QueryStemming etc turned off shouldn't all the above forms of the word be treated as distinct words and NOT appear in other word searches? 2) The words are not sorted at all; even when I select Title A-z or Title Z-a. The ordering changes but its still a incorrect mixed bag. hdl_laptop had guided me on irc that I need to look into sort-string-utf.chr for the sorting. I read through a lot of stuff on icu and zebra but cant make out how to achieve this. Should I append the correct Devanagari sorting char sequence to the following lines in sort-string-utf.chr? lowercase {0-9}{a-y}üzæäøöå uppercase {0-9}{A-Y}ÜZÆÄØÖÅ Please help.. Regards, Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation Contact Details : Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 Mobile : +919820715876 Website : http://www.anantcorp.com Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2

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Chrome extension for Koha libraries
by Cab Vinton 28 May '10

28 May '10

I've created a Firefox plugin for our library -- available here, http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56847 (suggestions for improvement welcome!) -- and would like to create a similar plugin for Chrome. I found a Library Lookup extension here, https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bghajdgipgikbgaendblaafckeekfamg but have been unsuccessful in trying to modify it to work with our Koha catalog -- I suspect because of the difference between the catalogs' respective result pages. (My "super-hack" was to simply replace all references to the original catalog w/ references to our own.) I'm pretty sure this project would be a trivial exercise for those on this list. If no one feels like creating a Koha-friendly extension & sharing it via Google Code, I'd be grateful for any pointers. Thank you all for your great work! Best, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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