--- loncom/homework/edit.pm 2001/11/07 21:24:15 1.23
+++ loncom/homework/edit.pm 2003/08/14 19:30:34 1.60
@@ -1,19 +1,52 @@
# The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
# edit mode helpers
+#
+# $Id: edit.pm,v 1.60 2003/08/14 19:30:34 www Exp $
+#
+# Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
+#
+# This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
+#
+# LON-CAPA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+# /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
+#
+# http://www.lon-capa.org/
+#
# 3/20 Guy
+# 01/10/02 Matthew
+# 03/06/02 Matthew
package Apache::edit;
use strict;
-use Apache::lonnet;
+use Apache::lonnet();
+use HTML::Entities();
# Global Vars
# default list of colors to use in editing
@Apache::edit::colorlist=('#ffffff','#ff0000','#00ff00','#0000ff','#0ff000','#000ff0','#f0000f');
# depth of nesting of edit
$Apache::edit::colordepth=0;
+@Apache::edit::inserttag=();
+# image-type responses: active background image and curdepth at definition
+$Apache::edit::bgimgsrc='';
+$Apache::edit::bgimgsrccurdepth='';
sub initialize_edit {
$Apache::edit::colordepth=0;
+ @Apache::edit::inserttag=();
}
sub tag_start {
@@ -30,12 +63,17 @@ sub tag_start {
&deletelist($target,$token)
."</td>
<td>".
- &insertlist($target,$token).
- "</td>
-</tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\">\n";
-#<td>".
+ &insertlist($target,$token);
+#<td>".
# &movebuttons($target,$token).
# "</tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\">\n";
+ my @help;# = Apache::lonxml::helpinfo($token);
+ if ($help[0]) {
+ $result .= '<td align="right" valign="top">' .
+ Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic(@help) .
+ '</td>';
+ } else { $result .= "<td> </td>"; }
+ $result .= &end_row().&start_spanning_row();
}
return $result;
}
@@ -44,13 +82,7 @@ sub tag_end {
my ($target,$token,$description) = @_;
my $result='';
if ($target eq 'edit') {
- my $tag=$token->[1];
- if (!defined($description)) {
- $result.="</td></tr><tr><td></$tag></td><td colspan=\"2\"> </td>";
- } else {
- if ($description ne '') { $result.="</td></tr><tr><td>$description</td><td colspan=\"2\"> </td>"; }
- }
- $result.="</tr>".&end_table()."\n";
+ $result.="</td></tr>".&end_table()."\n";
}
return $result;
}
@@ -70,16 +102,34 @@ sub start_table {
$color = $Apache::edit::colorlist[$Apache::edit::colordepth];
}
$Apache::edit::colordepth++;
- my $result="<table bgcolor=\"$color\" width=\"100%\" border=\"5\">";
+ push(@Apache::edit::inserttag,$token->[1]);
+ my $result='<div align="right">';
+ $result.='<table bgcolor="'.$color.'" width="97%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="3">';
return $result;
}
sub end_table {
$Apache::edit::colordepth--;
- my $result="</table>";
+ my $result='</table></div>';
+ $result.="<table><tr><td>";
+
+ my ($tagname,$closingtag);
+ if (defined($Apache::edit::inserttag[-2])) {
+ $tagname=$Apache::edit::inserttag[-2];
+ } else {$tagname='problem';}
+ if (defined($Apache::edit::inserttag[-1])) {
+ $closingtag=$Apache::edit::inserttag[-1];
+ }
+ $result.=&innerinsertlist('edit',$tagname,$closingtag).
+ "</td></tr></table>";
+ pop(@Apache::edit::inserttag);
return $result;
}
+sub start_spanning_row { return '<tr><td colspan="4" bgcolor="#DDDDDD">';}
+sub start_row { return '<tr><td bgcolor="#DDDDDD">'; }
+sub end_row { return '</td></tr>'; }
+
sub movebuttons {
my ($target,$token) = @_;
my $result='<input type="submit" name="moveup.'.
@@ -113,7 +163,7 @@ sub handle_delete {
}
if (!$result) {
my $endtag='/'.$token->[1];
- my $bodytext=&Apache::lonxml::get_all_text($endtag,$$parser[$#$parser]);
+ my $bodytext=&Apache::lonxml::get_all_text($endtag,$parser);
$$parser['-1']->get_token();
&Apache::lonxml::debug("Deleting :$bodytext: for $token->[1]");
&Apache::lonxml::end_tag($tagstack,$parstack,$token);
@@ -122,22 +172,25 @@ sub handle_delete {
}
sub get_insert_list {
- my ($token) = @_;
+ my ($tagname) = @_;
my $result='';
my @tagnums= ();
#&Apache::lonxml::debug("keys ".join("\n",sort(keys(%Apache::lonxml::insertlist))));
- if ($Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$token->[1].which"}) {
- push (@tagnums, @{ $Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$token->[1].which"} });
+ if ($Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tagname.which"}) {
+ push (@tagnums, @{ $Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tagname.which"} });
}
foreach my $namespace (@Apache::lonxml::namespace) {
- if ($Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$namespace".'::'."$token->[1].which"}) {
- push (@tagnums, @{ $Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$namespace".'::'."$token->[1].which"} });
+ if ($Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$namespace".'::'."$tagname.which"}) {
+ push (@tagnums, @{ $Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$namespace".'::'."$tagname.which"} });
}
}
if (@tagnums) {
+ my %options;
foreach my $tagnum (@tagnums) {
- $result.='<option value="'.$tagnum.'">'.$Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tagnum.description"}."</option>\n";
+ my $descrip=$Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tagnum.description"};
+ $options{$descrip} ="<option value=\"$tagnum\">".$descrip."</option>\n";
}
+ foreach my $option (sort(keys(%options))) { $result.=$options{$option}; }
if ($result) { $result='<option selected="on"></option>'.$result; }
}
return $result;
@@ -145,12 +198,21 @@ sub get_insert_list {
sub insertlist {
my ($target,$token) = @_;
+ return &innerinsertlist($target,$token->[1]);
+}
+
+sub innerinsertlist {
+ my ($target,$tagname,$closingtag) = @_;
my $result;
+ my $after='';
+ if ($closingtag) {
+ $after='_after_'.$closingtag;
+ }
if ($target eq 'edit') {
- my $optionlist= &get_insert_list($token);
+ my $optionlist= &get_insert_list($tagname);
if ($optionlist) {
$result = "Insert:
-<select name=\"insert_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth\">
+<select name=\"insert$after\_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth\">
$optionlist
</select>"
} else {
@@ -184,11 +246,46 @@ sub handle_insert {
return $result;
}
+sub handle_insertafter {
+ my $tagname=shift;
+ if ($ENV{"form.insert_after_$tagname\_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth"} eq '')
+ { return ''; }
+ my $result;
+ my $tagnum =$ENV{"form.insert_after_$tagname\_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth"};
+ my $func=$Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tagnum.function"};
+ if ($func eq 'default') {
+ my $newtag=$Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tagnum.tag"};
+ my $namespace;
+ if ($newtag =~ /::/) { ($namespace,$newtag) = split(/::/,$newtag); }
+ $result.="\n<$newtag>\n</$newtag>";
+ } else {
+ if (defined(&$func)) {
+ {
+ no strict 'refs';
+ $result.=&$func();
+ }
+ } else {
+ my $newtag=$Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tagnum.tag"};
+ &Apache::lonxml::error("Unable to insert (after) tag $newtag, $func was not defined. ($tagname $tagnum)");
+ }
+ }
+ return $result;
+}
+
sub insert_responseparam {
return '
<responseparam />';
}
+sub insert_formularesponse {
+ return '
+<formularesponse answer="" samples="">
+ <textline />
+ <hintgroup>
+ </hintgroup>
+</formularesponse>';
+}
+
sub insert_numericalresponse {
return '
<numericalresponse answer="">
@@ -207,6 +304,23 @@ sub insert_stringresponse {
</stringresponse>';
}
+sub insert_essayresponse {
+ return '
+<essayresponse>
+ <textfield></textfield>
+</essayresponse>';
+}
+
+sub insert_imageresponse {
+ return '
+<imageresponse max="1">
+ <foilgroup>
+ </foilgroup>
+ <hintgroup>
+ </hintgroup>
+</imageresponse>';
+}
+
sub insert_optionresponse {
return '
<optionresponse max="10">
@@ -227,6 +341,28 @@ sub insert_radiobuttonresponse {
</radiobuttonresponse>';
}
+sub insert_rankresponse {
+ return '
+<rankresponse max="10">
+ <foilgroup options="">
+ </foilgroup>
+ <hintgroup>
+ </hintgroup>
+</rankresponse>';
+}
+
+sub insert_matchresponse {
+ return '
+<matchresponse max="10">
+ <foilgroup options="">
+ <itemgroup>
+ </itemgroup>
+ </foilgroup>
+ <hintgroup>
+ </hintgroup>
+</matchresponse>';
+}
+
sub insert_displayduedate { return '<displayduedate />'; }
sub insert_displaytitle { return '<displaytitle />'; }
sub insert_hintpart {
@@ -243,6 +379,30 @@ sub insert_numericalhint {
</numericalhint>';
}
+sub insert_stringhint {
+ return '
+<stringhint>
+</stringhint>';
+}
+
+sub insert_formulahint {
+ return '
+<formulahint>
+</formulahint>';
+}
+
+sub insert_radiobuttonhint {
+ return '
+<radiobuttonhint>
+</radiobuttonhint>';
+}
+
+sub insert_optionhint {
+ return '
+<optionhint>
+</optionhint>';
+}
+
sub insert_startouttext {
return "<startouttext />\n<endouttext />";
}
@@ -251,22 +411,43 @@ sub insert_script {
return "\n<script type=\"loncapa/perl\">\n</script>";
}
+sub textarea_sizes {
+ my ($data)=@_;
+ my $count=0;
+ my $maxlength=-1;
+ foreach (split ("\n", $$data)) {
+ $count+=int(length($_)/79);
+ $count++;
+ if (length($_) > $maxlength) { $maxlength = length($_); }
+ }
+ my $rows = $count;
+ my $cols = $maxlength;
+ return ($rows,$cols);
+}
+
+sub editline {
+ my ($tag,$data,$description,$size)=@_;
+ $data=&HTML::Entities::encode($data);
+ if ($description) { $description="<br />".$description."<br />"; }
+ my $result = <<"END";
+$description
+<input type="text" name="homework_edit_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth"
+ value="$data" size="$size" />
+END
+ return $result;
+}
+
sub editfield {
my ($tag,$data,$description,$minwidth,$minheight)=@_;
- my $count=0;
- my $maxlength=-1;
- map { $count++;
- if (length($_) > $maxlength) { $maxlength = length ($_); }
- } split ("\n", $data);
- if ($maxlength > 80) { $maxlength = 80; }
- if ($maxlength < $minwidth) { $maxlength = $minwidth; }
- if ( $count < $minheight) { $count = $minheight; }
- if ($description) {
- $description="<br />".$description."<br />";
- }
- return "$description\n <textarea rows=\"$count\" cols=\"$maxlength\" name=homework_edit_".$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.">$data</textarea>\n";
-# return "<br />\n<$tag><br />\n <textarea rows=\"$count\" cols=\"$maxlength\" name=homework_edit_".$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.">$data</textarea><br />\n</$tag><br />\n";
+ my ($rows,$cols)=&textarea_sizes(\$data);
+ if ($cols > 80) { $cols = 80; }
+ if ($cols < $minwidth ) { $cols = $minwidth; }
+ if ($rows < $minheight) { $rows = $minheight; }
+ if ($description) { $description="<br />".$description."<br />"; }
+ return $description."\n".' <textarea rows="'.$rows.
+ '" cols="'.$cols.'" name="homework_edit_'.$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.'">'.
+ &HTML::Entities::encode($data).'</textarea>'."\n";
}
sub modifiedfield {
@@ -278,13 +459,6 @@ sub modifiedfield {
# &Apache::lonxml::debug("I want homework_edit_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth");
# &Apache::lonxml::debug($ENV{"form.homework_edit_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth"});
$result=$ENV{"form.homework_edit_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth"};
- if (defined $token) {
- if (defined $token->[4]) {
- $result=$token->[4].$result;
- } else {
- $result=$result.$token->[2];
- }
- }
return $result;
}
@@ -296,9 +470,10 @@ sub get_new_args {
foreach my $arg (@args) {
#just want the string that it was set to
my $value=$token->[2]->{$arg};
- my $newvalue=$ENV{"form.$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.$arg"};
+ my $element=&html_element_name($arg);
+ my $newvalue=$ENV{"form.$element"};
&Apache::lonxml::debug(" for:$arg: cur is :$value: new is :$newvalue:");
- if ($value ne $newvalue) {
+ if (defined($newvalue) && $value ne $newvalue) {
$token->[2]->{$arg}=$newvalue;
$rebuild=1;
}
@@ -329,57 +504,320 @@ sub rebuild_tag {
return $result;
}
+sub html_element_name {
+ my ($name) = @_;
+ return $name.'_'.$Apache::lonxml::curdepth;
+}
+
+sub hidden_arg {
+ my ($name,$token) = @_;
+ my $result;
+ my $arg=$token->[2]{$name};
+ $result='<input name="'.&html_element_name($name).
+ '" type="hidden" value="'.$arg.'" />';
+ return $result;
+}
+
sub text_arg {
my ($description,$name,$token,$size) = @_;
my $result;
if (!defined $size) { $size=20; }
my $arg=$token->[2]{$name};
- $result=$description.'<input name="'."$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.$name".
+ $result=$description.' <input name="'.&html_element_name($name).
'" type="text" value="'.$arg.'" size="'.$size.'" />';
- return $result;
+ return '<nobr>'.$result.'</nobr>';
}
sub select_arg {
- my ($description,$name,$list,$token) = @_;
- my $result;
- my $optionlist="";
- my $selected=$token->[2]{$name};
- foreach my $option (@$list) {
- if ( $selected eq $option ) {
- $optionlist.="<option selected=\"on\">$option</option>\n";
- } else {
- $optionlist.="<option>$option</option>\n";
+ my ($description,$name,$list,$token) = @_;
+ my $result;
+ my $optionlist="";
+ my $selected=$token->[2]{$name};
+ foreach my $option (@$list) {
+ my $value;
+ if ( ref($option) eq 'ARRAY') {
+ $value='value="'.$$option[0].'"';
+ $option=$$option[1];
+ } else {
+ $value='value="'.$option.'"';
+ }
+ if ( $selected eq $option ) {
+ $optionlist.="<option $value selected=\"on\">$option</option>\n";
+ } else {
+ $optionlist.="<option $value >$option</option>\n";
+ }
}
- }
- $result.=$description.'<select name="'."$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.$name".'">
+ $result.='<nobr>'.$description.' <select name="'.
+ &html_element_name($name).'">
'.$optionlist.'
- </select></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">';
- return $result;
+ </select></nobr>';
+ return $result;
}
sub select_or_text_arg {
- my ($description,$name,$list,$token,$size) = @_;
- my $result;
- my $optionlist="";
- my $found=0;
- my $selected=$token->[2]{$name};
- foreach my $option (@$list) {
- if ( $selected eq $option ) {
- $optionlist.="<option selected=\"on\">$option</option>\n";
- $found=1;
- } else {
- $optionlist.="<option>$option</option>\n";
- }
- }
- $optionlist.="<option value=\"TYPEDINVALUE\">Type in value</option>\n";
- if ($found) {
- $result.=$description.'<select name="'."$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.$name".'">
- '.$optionlist.'
- </select></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">';
- } else {
- $result.=&text_arg($description,$name,$token,$size);
- }
- return $result;
+ my ($description,$name,$list,$token,$size) = @_;
+ my $result;
+ my $optionlist="";
+ my $found=0;
+ my $selected=$token->[2]{$name};
+ foreach my $option (@$list) {
+ my $value;
+ if ( ref($option) eq 'ARRAY') {
+ $value='value="'.$$option[0].'"';
+ $option=$$option[1];
+ } else {
+ $value='value="'.$option.'"';
+ }
+ if ( $selected eq $option ) {
+ $optionlist.="<option $value selected=\"on\">$option</option>\n";
+ $found=1;
+ } else {
+ $optionlist.="<option $value>$option</option>\n";
+ }
+ }
+ $optionlist.="<option value=\"TYPEDINVALUE\"".
+ ((!$found)?' selected="on"':'').
+ ">Type in value</option>\n";
+#
+ my $element=&html_element_name($name);
+ my $selectelement='select_list_'.$element;
+ my $typeinelement='type_in_'.$element;
+ my $typeinvalue=($found?'':$selected);
+#
+ my $hiddenvalue='this.form.'.$element.'.value';
+ my $selectedindex='this.form.'.$selectelement.'.selectedIndex';
+ my $selectedvalue='this.form.'.$selectelement.
+ '.options['.$selectedindex.'].value';
+ my $typedinvalue='this.form.'.$typeinelement.'.value';
+ my $selecttypeinindex='this.form.'.$selectelement.'.options.length';
+#
+ return (<<ENDSELECTORTYPE);
+<nobr>
+$description
+ <select name="$selectelement"
+onChange="if ($selectedvalue!='TYPEDINVALUE') { $hiddenvalue=$selectedvalue; $typedinvalue=''; }"
+$optionlist
+</select>
+<input type="text" size="$size" name="$typeinelement"
+ value="$typeinvalue"
+onChange="$hiddenvalue=$typedinvalue;"
+onFocus="$selectedindex=$selecttypeinindex-1;" />
+<input type="hidden" name="$element" value="$selected" />
+</nobr>
+ENDSELECTORTYPE
+}
+
+#----------------------------------------------------- image coordinates
+# single image coordinates, x, y
+sub entercoords {
+ my ($idx,,$idy,$mode,$width,$height) = @_;
+ unless ($Apache::edit::bgimgsrc) { return ''; }
+ if ($idx) { $idx.='_'; }
+ if ($idy) { $idy.='_'; }
+ my $bgfile=&Apache::lonnet::escape($Apache::edit::bgimgsrc);
+ my $form = 'lonhomework';
+ my $element;
+ if (! defined($mode) || $mode eq 'attribute') {
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape("$Apache::lonxml::curdepth");
+ } elsif ($mode eq 'textnode') { # for data between <tag> ... </tag>
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape('homework_edit_'.
+ $Apache::lonxml::curdepth);
+ }
+ my $formheight='';
+ if ($height) {
+ $formheight='&formheight='.$height.'_'.$Apache::edit::bgimgsrccurdepth;
+ }
+ my $formwidth='';
+ if ($width) {
+ $formwidth='&formwidth='.$width.'_'.$Apache::edit::bgimgsrccurdepth;
+ }
+ my $result = <<"ENDBUTTON";
+<a href="/cgi-bin/imagechoice.pl?formname=$form&file=$bgfile&formx=$idx$element&formy=$idy$element$formheight$formwidth"
+target="imagechoice">Click Coordinates</a>
+ENDBUTTON
+ return $result;
+}
+
+# coordinate pair (x1,y1)-(x2,y2)
+sub entercoordpair {
+ my ($id,$mode,$width,$height) = @_;
+ unless ($Apache::edit::bgimgsrc) { return ''; }
+ my $bgfile=&Apache::lonnet::escape($Apache::edit::bgimgsrc);
+ my $form = 'lonhomework';
+ my $element;
+ if (! defined($mode) || $mode eq 'attribute') {
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape("$id\_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth");
+ } elsif ($mode eq 'textnode') { # for data between <tag> ... </tag>
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape('homework_edit_'.
+ $Apache::lonxml::curdepth);
+ }
+ my $formheight='';
+ if ($height) {
+ $formheight='&formheight='.$height.'_'.$Apache::edit::bgimgsrccurdepth;
+ }
+ my $formwidth='';
+ if ($width) {
+ $formwidth='&formwidth='.$width.'_'.$Apache::edit::bgimgsrccurdepth;
+ }
+ my $result = <<"ENDBUTTON";
+<a href="/cgi-bin/imagechoice.pl?mode=pair&formname=$form&file=$bgfile$formheight$formwidth&formcoord=$element"
+target="imagechoice">Click Coordinate Pair</a>
+ENDBUTTON
+ return $result;
+}
+#----------------------------------------------------- browse
+sub browse {
+ # insert a link to call up the filesystem browser (lonindexer)
+ my ($id, $mode) = @_;
+ my $form = 'lonhomework';
+ my $element;
+ if (! defined($mode) || $mode eq 'attribute') {
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape("$id\_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth");
+ } elsif ($mode eq 'textnode') { # for data between <tag> ... </tag>
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape('homework_edit_'.
+ $Apache::lonxml::curdepth);
+ }
+ my $result = <<"ENDBUTTON";
+<a href=\"javascript:openbrowser('$form','$element')\"\>Select</a>
+ENDBUTTON
+ return $result;
+}
+
+#----------------------------------------------------- browse
+sub search {
+ # insert a link to call up the filesystem browser (lonindexer)
+ my ($id, $mode) = @_;
+ my $form = 'lonhomework';
+ my $element;
+ if (! defined($mode) || $mode eq 'attribute') {
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape("$id\_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth");
+ } elsif ($mode eq 'textnode') { # for data between <tag> ... </tag>
+ $element = &Apache::lonnet::escape('homework_edit_'.
+ $Apache::lonxml::curdepth);
+ }
+ my $result = <<"ENDBUTTON";
+<a href=\"javascript:opensearcher('$form','$element')\"\>Search</a>
+ENDBUTTON
+ return $result;
}
+
+
1;
__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Apache::edit - edit mode helpers
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+Invoked by many homework and xml related modules.
+
+ &Apache::edit::SUBROUTINENAME(ARGUMENTS);
+
+=head1 INTRODUCTION
+
+This module outputs HTML syntax helpful for the rendering of edit
+mode interfaces.
+
+This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
+described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+
+=head1 HANDLER SUBROUTINE
+
+There is no handler subroutine.
+
+=head1 OTHER SUBROUTINES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+initialize_edit() : initialize edit (set colordepth to zero)
+
+=item *
+
+tag_start($target,$token,$description) : provide deletion and insertion lists
+for the manipulation of a start tag; return a scalar string
+
+=item *
+
+tag_end($target,$token,$description) : ending syntax corresponding to
+&tag_start. return a scalar string.
+
+=item *
+
+start_table($token) : start table; update colordepth; return scalar string.
+
+=item *
+
+end_table() : reduce color depth; end table; return scalar string
+
+=item *
+
+start_spanning_row() : start a new table row spanning the 'edit' environment.
+
+=item *
+
+start_row() : start a new table row and element.
+
+=item *
+
+end_row() : end current table element and row.
+
+=item *
+
+movebuttons($target,$token) : move-up and move-down buttons; return scalar
+string
+
+=item *
+
+deletelist($target,$token) : provide a yes option in an HTML select element;
+return scalar string
+
+=item *
+
+handle_delete($space,$target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,
+$style) : respond to a user delete request by passing relevant stack
+and array information to various rendering functions; return a scalar string
+
+=item *
+
+get_insert_list($token) : provide an insertion list based on possibilities
+from lonxml; return a scalar string
+
+=item *
+
+insertlist($target,$token) : api that uses get_insert_list;
+return a scalar string
+
+=item *
+
+handleinsert($token) : provide an insertion list based on possibilities
+from lonxml; return a scalar string
+
+=item *
+
+get_insert_list($token) : provide an insertion list based on possibilities
+from lonxml; return a scalar string
+
+=item *
+browse($elementname) : provide a link which will open up the filesystem
+browser (lonindexer) and, once a file is selected, place the result in
+the form element $elementname.
+
+=item *
+search($elementname) : provide a link which will open up the filesystem
+searcher (lonsearchcat) and, once a file is selected, place the result in
+the form element $elementname.
+
+=item *
+editline(tag,data,description,size): Provide a <input type="text" ../> for
+single-line text entry. This is to be used for text enclosed by tags, not
+arguements/parameters associated with a tag.
+
+=back
+
+incomplete...
+
+=cut