--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2012/07/21 22:10:23	1.1087
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2012/08/21 01:50:33	1.1093
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1087 2012/07/21 22:10:23 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1093 2012/08/21 01:50:33 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ use Apache::lonclonecourse();
 use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
 use DateTime::TimeZone;
 use DateTime::Locale::Catalog;
+use Text::Aspell;
 
 # ---------------------------------------------- Designs
 use vars qw(%defaultdesign);
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ sub ssi_with_retries {
 # ----------------------------------------------- Filetypes/Languages/Copyright
 my %language;
 my %supported_language;
+my %supported_codes;
 my %latex_language;		# For choosing hyphenation in <transl..>
 my %latex_language_bykey;	# for choosing hyphenation from metadata
 my %cprtag;
@@ -188,14 +190,15 @@ BEGIN {
             while (my $line = <$fh>) {
                 next if ($line=~/^\#/);
                 chomp($line);
-                my ($key,$two,$country,$three,$enc,$val,$sup,$latex)=(split(/\t/,$line));
+                my ($key,$code,$country,$three,$enc,$val,$sup,$latex)=(split(/\t/,$line));
                 $language{$key}=$val.' - '.$enc;
                 if ($sup) {
                     $supported_language{$key}=$sup;
+		    $supported_codes{$key}   = $code;
                 }
 		if ($latex) {
 		    $latex_language_bykey{$key} = $latex;
-		    $latex_language{$two} = $latex;
+		    $latex_language{$code} = $latex;
 		}
             }
             close($fh);
@@ -657,7 +660,7 @@ if (!Array.prototype.indexOf) {
         var n = 0;
         if (arguments.length > 0) {
             n = Number(arguments[1]);
-            if (n !== n) { // shortcut for verifying if it's NaN
+            if (n !== n) { // shortcut for verifying if it is NaN
                 n = 0;
             } else if (n !== 0 && n !== (1 / 0) && n !== -(1 / 0)) {
                 n = (n > 0 || -1) * Math.floor(Math.abs(n));
@@ -885,10 +888,14 @@ sub check_uncheck_jscript {
 function checkAll(field) {
     if (field.length > 0) {
         for (i = 0; i < field.length; i++) {
-            field[i].checked = true ;
+            if (!field[i].disabled) { 
+                field[i].checked = true;
+            }
         }
     } else {
-        field.checked = true
+        if (!field.disabled) { 
+            field.checked = true;
+        }
     }
 }
  
@@ -995,6 +1002,33 @@ sub select_language {
 
 =pod
 
+
+=item * &list_languages()
+
+Returns an array reference that is suitable for use in language prompters.
+Each array element is itself a two element array.  The first element
+is the language code.  The second element a descsriptiuon of the 
+language itself.  This is suitable for use in e.g.
+&Apache::edit::select_arg (once dereferenced that is).
+
+=cut 
+
+sub list_languages {
+    my @lang_choices;
+
+    foreach my $id (&languageids()) {
+	my $code = &supportedlanguagecode($id);
+	if ($code) {
+	    my $selector    = $supported_codes{$id};
+	    my $description = &plainlanguagedescription($id);
+	    push (@lang_choices, [$selector, $description]);
+	}
+    }
+    return \@lang_choices;
+}
+
+=pod
+
 =item * &linked_select_forms(...)
 
 linked_select_forms returns a string containing a <script></script> block
@@ -2986,6 +3020,45 @@ sub get_related_words {
     untie %thesaurus_db;
     return @Words;
 }
+###############################################################
+#
+#  Spell checking
+#
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 Spell checking
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * &check_spelling($wordlist $language)
+
+Takes a string containing words and feeds it to an external
+spellcheck program via a pipeline. Returns a string containing
+them mis-spelled words.
+
+Parameters:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item - $wordlist
+
+String that will be fed into the spellcheck program.
+
+=item - $language
+
+Language string that specifies the language for which the spell
+check will be performed.
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+Note: This sub assumes that aspell is installed.
+
+
+=cut
+
 
 =pod
 
@@ -2993,6 +3066,31 @@ sub get_related_words {
 
 =cut
 
+sub check_spelling {
+    my ($wordlist, $language) = @_;
+    my @misspellings;
+    
+    # Generate the speller and set the langauge.
+    # if explicitly selected:
+
+    my $speller = Text::Aspell->new;
+    if ($language) {
+	$speller->set_option('lang', $language);
+    }
+
+    # Turn the word list into an array of words by splittingon whitespace
+
+    my @words = split(/\s+/, $wordlist);
+
+    foreach my $word (@words) {
+	if(! $speller->check($word)) {
+	    push(@misspellings, $word);
+	}
+    }
+    return join(' ', @misspellings);
+    
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- Plaintext name
 =pod
 
@@ -13778,6 +13876,20 @@ sub init_user_environment {
                                                   \%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
         }
 
+        $userenv{'canrequest.author'} =
+            &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,'requestauthor',
+                                        'reload','requestauthor',
+                                        \%userenv,\%domdef,\%is_adv);
+        my %reqauthor = &Apache::lonnet::get('requestauthor',['author_status','author'],
+                                             $domain,$username);
+        my $reqstatus = $reqauthor{'author_status'};
+        if ($reqstatus eq 'approval' || $reqstatus eq 'approved') { 
+            if (ref($reqauthor{'author'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                $userenv{'requestauthorqueued'} = $reqstatus.':'.
+                                                  $reqauthor{'author'}{'timestamp'};
+            }
+        }
+
 	$env{'user.environment'} = "$lonids/$cookie.id";
 
 	if (tie(my %disk_env,'GDBM_File',"$lonids/$cookie.id",