--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2001/12/21 17:03:17	1.18
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2003/06/24 22:16:32	1.107
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.18 2001/12/21 17:03:17 www Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.107 2003/06/24 22:16:32 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -27,28 +27,122 @@
 #
 # YEAR=2001
 # 2/13-12/7 Guy Albertelli
-# 12/11,12/12,12/17 Scott Harrison
 # 12/21 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 12/25,12/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# YEAR=2002
+# 1/4 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 6/24,7/2 H. K. Ng
 
 # Makes a table out of the previous attempts
 # Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, course_id
 # Reads in non-network-related .tab files
 
+# POD header:
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Apache::loncommon - pile of common routines
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+Referenced by other mod_perl Apache modules.
+
+Invocation:
+ &Apache::loncommon::SUBROUTINENAME(ARGUMENTS);
+
+=head1 INTRODUCTION
+
+Common collection of used subroutines.  This collection helps remove
+redundancy from other modules and increase efficiency of memory usage.
+
+Current things done:
+
+ Makes a table out of the previous homework attempts
+ Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, course_id
+ Reads in non-network-related .tab files
+
+This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
+described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+
+=head2 General Subroutines
+
+=over 4
+
+=cut 
+
+# End of POD header
 package Apache::loncommon;
 
 use strict;
-use POSIX qw(strftime);
-use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
+use Apache::lonnet();
+use GDBM_File;
+use POSIX qw(strftime mktime);
+use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http :methods);
 use Apache::lonmsg();
+use Apache::lonmenu();
+my $readit;
+
+=pod 
 
+=item Global Variables
 
+=over 4
+
+=cut
+# ----------------------------------------------- Filetypes/Languages/Copyright
 my %language;
 my %cprtag;
 my %fe; my %fd;
-my %fc;
+my %category_extensions;
+
+# ---------------------------------------------- Designs
+
+my %designhash;
+
+# ---------------------------------------------- Thesaurus variables
+
+=pod
+
+=item %Keywords  
+
+A hash used by &keyword to determine if a word is considered a keyword.
+
+=item $thesaurus_db_file
+
+Scalar containing the full path to the thesaurus database.                 
+
+=cut
+
+my %Keywords;
+my $thesaurus_db_file;
+
+
+=pod
+
+=back
+
+=cut
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN
+
+=pod
+
+=item BEGIN() 
+
+Initialize values from language.tab, copyright.tab, filetypes.tab,
+thesaurus.tab, and filecategories.tab.
+
+=cut
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN
+
 BEGIN {
+    # Variable initialization
+    $thesaurus_db_file = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}."/thesaurus.db";
+    #
+    unless ($readit) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- languages
     {
 	my $fh=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
@@ -57,8 +151,8 @@ BEGIN {
 	    while (<$fh>) {
 		next if /^\#/;
 		chomp;
-		my ($key,$val)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
-		$language{$key}=$val;
+		my ($key,$two,$country,$three,$enc,$val)=(split(/\t/,$_));
+		$language{$key}=$val.' - '.$enc;
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -75,6 +169,30 @@ BEGIN {
 	    }
 	}
     }
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- domain designs
+
+    my $filename;
+    my $designdir=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.'/lonDomColors';
+    opendir(DIR,$designdir);
+    while ($filename=readdir(DIR)) {
+	my ($domain)=($filename=~/^(\w+)\./);
+    {
+	my $fh=Apache::File->new($designdir.'/'.$filename);
+	if ($fh) {
+	    while (<$fh>) {
+		next if /^\#/;
+		chomp;
+		my ($key,$val)=(split(/\=/,$_));
+		if ($val) { $designhash{$domain.'.'.$key}=$val; }
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    }
+    closedir(DIR);
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- file categories
     {
 	my $fh=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
@@ -83,8 +201,8 @@ BEGIN {
 	    while (<$fh>) {
 		next if /^\#/;
 		chomp;
-		my ($key,$val)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
-		push @{$fc{$key}},$val;
+		my ($extension,$category)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
+		push @{$category_extensions{lc($category)}},$extension;
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -104,6 +222,1139 @@ BEGIN {
 	    }
 	}
     }
+    &Apache::lonnet::logthis(
+              "<font color=yellow>INFO: Read file types</font>");
+    $readit=1;
+    }  # end of unless($readit) 
+    
+}
+# ============================================================= END BEGIN BLOCK
+###############################################################
+##           HTML and Javascript Helper Functions            ##
+###############################################################
+
+=pod 
+
+=item browser_and_searcher_javascript 
+
+Returns scalar containing javascript to open a browser window
+or a searcher window.  Also creates 
+
+=over 4
+
+=item openbrowser(formname,elementname,only,omit) [javascript]
+
+inputs: formname, elementname, only, omit
+
+formname and elementname indicate the name of the html form and name of
+the element that the results of the browsing selection are to be placed in. 
+
+Specifying 'only' will restrict the browser to displaying only files
+with the given extension.  Can be a comma seperated list.
+
+Specifying 'omit' will restrict the browser to NOT displaying files
+with the given extension.  Can be a comma seperated list.
+
+=item opensearcher(formname, elementname) [javascript]
+
+Inputs: formname, elementname
+
+formname and elementname specify the name of the html form and the name
+of the element the selection from the search results will be placed in.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################################
+sub browser_and_searcher_javascript {
+    return <<END;
+    var editbrowser = null;
+    function openbrowser(formname,elementname,only,omit) {
+        var url = '/res/?';
+        if (editbrowser == null) {
+            url += 'launch=1&';
+        }
+        url += 'catalogmode=interactive&';
+        url += 'mode=edit&';
+        url += 'form=' + formname + '&';
+        if (only != null) {
+            url += 'only=' + only + '&';
+        } 
+        if (omit != null) {
+            url += 'omit=' + omit + '&';
+        }
+        url += 'element=' + elementname + '';
+        var title = 'Browser';
+        var options = 'scrollbars=1,resizable=1,menubar=0';
+        options += ',width=700,height=600';
+        editbrowser = open(url,title,options,'1');
+        editbrowser.focus();
+    }
+    var editsearcher;
+    function opensearcher(formname,elementname) {
+        var url = '/adm/searchcat?';
+        if (editsearcher == null) {
+            url += 'launch=1&';
+        }
+        url += 'catalogmode=interactive&';
+        url += 'mode=edit&';
+        url += 'form=' + formname + '&';
+        url += 'element=' + elementname + '';
+        var title = 'Search';
+        var options = 'scrollbars=1,resizable=1,menubar=0';
+        options += ',width=700,height=600';
+        editsearcher = open(url,title,options,'1');
+        editsearcher.focus();
+    }
+END
+}
+
+sub studentbrowser_javascript {
+   unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }  
+   unless (&Apache::lonnet::allowed('srm',$ENV{'request.course.id'})) {
+        return '';
+   }
+   return (<<'ENDSTDBRW');
+<script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" >
+    var stdeditbrowser;
+    function openstdbrowser(formname,uname,udom) {
+        var url = '/adm/pickstudent?';
+        var filter;
+        eval('filter=document.'+formname+'.'+uname+'.value;');
+        if (filter != null) {
+           if (filter != '') {
+               url += 'filter='+filter+'&';
+	   }
+        }
+        url += 'form=' + formname + '&unameelement='+uname+
+                                    '&udomelement='+udom;
+        var title = 'Student_Browser';
+        var options = 'scrollbars=1,resizable=1,menubar=0';
+        options += ',width=700,height=600';
+        stdeditbrowser = open(url,title,options,'1');
+        stdeditbrowser.focus();
+    }
+</script>
+ENDSTDBRW
+}
+
+sub selectstudent_link {
+    my ($form,$unameele,$udomele)=@_;
+   unless ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) { return ''; }  
+   unless (&Apache::lonnet::allowed('srm',$ENV{'request.course.id'})) {
+        return '';
+   }
+    return "<a href='".'javascript:openstdbrowser("'.$form.'","'.$unameele.
+        '","'.$udomele.'");'."'>Select User</a>";
+}
+
+sub coursebrowser_javascript {
+   return (<<'ENDSTDBRW');
+<script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" >
+    var stdeditbrowser;
+    function opencrsbrowser(formname,uname,udom) {
+        var url = '/adm/pickcourse?';
+        var filter;
+        if (filter != null) {
+           if (filter != '') {
+               url += 'filter='+filter+'&';
+	   }
+        }
+        url += 'form=' + formname + '&cnumelement='+uname+
+                                    '&cdomelement='+udom;
+        var title = 'Course_Browser';
+        var options = 'scrollbars=1,resizable=1,menubar=0';
+        options += ',width=700,height=600';
+        stdeditbrowser = open(url,title,options,'1');
+        stdeditbrowser.focus();
+    }
+</script>
+ENDSTDBRW
+}
+
+sub selectcourse_link {
+   my ($form,$unameele,$udomele)=@_;
+    return "<a href='".'javascript:opencrsbrowser("'.$form.'","'.$unameele.
+        '","'.$udomele.'");'."'>Select Course</a>";
+}
+
+###############################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item linked_select_forms(...)
+
+linked_select_forms returns a string containing a <script></script> block
+and html for two <select> menus.  The select menus will be linked in that
+changing the value of the first menu will result in new values being placed
+in the second menu.  The values in the select menu will appear in alphabetical
+order.
+
+linked_select_forms takes the following ordered inputs:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $formname, the name of the <form> tag
+
+=item $middletext, the text which appears between the <select> tags
+
+=item $firstdefault, the default value for the first menu
+
+=item $firstselectname, the name of the first <select> tag
+
+=item $secondselectname, the name of the second <select> tag
+
+=item $hashref, a reference to a hash containing the data for the menus.
+
+=back 
+
+Below is an example of such a hash.  Only the 'text', 'default', and 
+'select2' keys must appear as stated.  keys(%menu) are the possible 
+values for the first select menu.  The text that coincides with the 
+first menu value is given in $menu{$choice1}->{'text'}.  The values 
+and text for the second menu are given in the hash pointed to by 
+$menu{$choice1}->{'select2'}.  
+
+my %menu = ( A1 => { text =>"Choice A1" ,
+                      default => "B3",
+                      select2 => { 
+                          B1 => "Choice B1",
+                          B2 => "Choice B2",
+                          B3 => "Choice B3",
+                          B4 => "Choice B4"
+                          }
+                  },
+              A2 => { text =>"Choice A2" ,
+                      default => "C2",
+                      select2 => { 
+                          C1 => "Choice C1",
+                          C2 => "Choice C2",
+                          C3 => "Choice C3"
+                          }
+                  },
+              A3 => { text =>"Choice A3" ,
+                      default => "D6",
+                      select2 => { 
+                          D1 => "Choice D1",
+                          D2 => "Choice D2",
+                          D3 => "Choice D3",
+                          D4 => "Choice D4",
+                          D5 => "Choice D5",
+                          D6 => "Choice D6",
+                          D7 => "Choice D7"
+                          }
+                  }
+              );
+
+=cut
+
+# ------------------------------------------------
+
+sub linked_select_forms {
+    my ($formname,
+        $middletext,
+        $firstdefault,
+        $firstselectname,
+        $secondselectname, 
+        $hashref
+        ) = @_;
+    my $second = "document.$formname.$secondselectname";
+    my $first = "document.$formname.$firstselectname";
+    # output the javascript to do the changing
+    my $result = '';
+    $result.="<script>\n";
+    $result.="var select2data = new Object();\n";
+    $" = '","';
+    my $debug = '';
+    foreach my $s1 (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1 = new Object();\n";        
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1.def = new String('".
+            $hashref->{$s1}->{'default'}."');\n";
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1.values = new Array(";        
+        my @s2values = sort(keys( %{ $hashref->{$s1}->{'select2'} } ));
+        $result.="\"@s2values\");\n";
+        $result.="select2data.d_$s1.texts = new Array(";        
+        my @s2texts;
+        foreach my $value (@s2values) {
+            push @s2texts, $hashref->{$s1}->{'select2'}->{$value};
+        }
+        $result.="\"@s2texts\");\n";
+    }
+    $"=' ';
+    $result.= <<"END";
+
+function select1_changed() {
+    // Determine new choice
+    var newvalue = "d_" + $first.value;
+    // update select2
+    var values     = select2data[newvalue].values;
+    var texts      = select2data[newvalue].texts;
+    var select2def = select2data[newvalue].def;
+    var i;
+    // out with the old
+    for (i = 0; i < $second.options.length; i++) {
+        $second.options[i] = null;
+    }
+    // in with the nuclear
+    for (i=0;i<values.length; i++) {
+        $second.options[i] = new Option(values[i]);
+        $second.options[i].text = texts[i];
+        if (values[i] == select2def) {
+            $second.options[i].selected = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
+</script>
+END
+    # output the initial values for the selection lists
+    $result .= "<select size=\"1\" name=\"$firstselectname\" onchange=\"select1_changed()\">\n";
+    foreach my $value (sort(keys(%$hashref))) {
+        $result.="    <option value=\"$value\" ";
+        $result.=" selected=\"true\" " if ($value eq $firstdefault);
+        $result.=">$hashref->{$value}->{'text'}</option>\n";
+    }
+    $result .= "</select>\n";
+    my %select2 = %{$hashref->{$firstdefault}->{'select2'}};
+    $result .= $middletext;
+    $result .= "<select size=\"1\" name=\"$secondselectname\">\n";
+    my $seconddefault = $hashref->{$firstdefault}->{'default'};
+    foreach my $value (sort(keys(%select2))) {
+        $result.="    <option value=\"$value\" ";        
+        $result.=" selected=\"true\" " if ($value eq $seconddefault);
+        $result.=">$select2{$value}</option>\n";
+    }
+    $result .= "</select>\n";
+    #    return $debug;
+    return $result;
+}   #  end of sub linked_select_forms {
+
+###############################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item help_open_topic($topic, $text, $stayOnPage, $width, $height)
+
+Returns a string corresponding to an HTML link to the given help $topic, where $topic corresponds to the name of a .tex file in /home/httpd/html/adm/help/tex, with underscores replaced by spaces.
+
+$text will optionally be linked to the same topic, allowing you to link text in addition to the graphic. If you do not want to link text, but wish to specify one of the later parameters, pass an empty string.
+
+$stayOnPage is a value that will be interpreted as a boolean. If true, the link will not open a new window. If false, the link will open a new window using Javascript. (Default is false.)
+
+$width and $height are optional numerical parameters that will override the width and height of the popped up window, which may be useful for certain help topics with big pictures included.
+
+=cut
+
+sub help_open_topic {
+    my ($topic, $text, $stayOnPage, $width, $height) = @_;
+    $text = "" if (not defined $text);
+    $stayOnPage = 0 if (not defined $stayOnPage);
+    if ($ENV{'browser.interface'} eq 'textual') {
+	$stayOnPage=1;
+    }
+    $width = 350 if (not defined $width);
+    $height = 400 if (not defined $height);
+    my $filename = $topic;
+    $filename =~ s/ /_/g;
+
+    my $template = "";
+    my $link;
+
+    if (!$stayOnPage)
+    {
+	$link = "javascript:void(open('/adm/help/${filename}.hlp', 'Help_for_$topic', 'menubar=0,toolbar=1,scrollbars=1,width=$width,height=$height,resizable=yes'))";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	$link = "/adm/help/${filename}.hlp";
+    }
+
+    # Add the text
+    if ($text ne "")
+    {
+	$template .= 
+  "<table bgcolor='#3333AA' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1' border='0'><tr>".
+  "<td bgcolor='#5555FF'><a href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
+    }
+
+    # Add the graphic
+    $template .= <<"ENDTEMPLATE";
+ <a href="$link"><image src="/adm/help/gif/smallHelp.gif" border="0" alt="(Help: $topic)" /></a>
+ENDTEMPLATE
+    if ($text ne '') { $template.='</td></tr></table>' };
+    return $template;
+
+}
+
+# This is a quicky function for Latex cheatsheet editing, since it 
+# appears in at least four places
+sub helpLatexCheatsheet {
+    my $other = shift;
+    my $addOther = '';
+    if ($other) {
+	$addOther = Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic($other, shift,
+						       undef, undef, 600) .
+							   '</td><td>';
+    }
+    return '<table><tr><td>'.
+	$addOther .
+	&Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic("Greek_Symbols",'Greek Symbols',
+					    undef,undef,600)
+	.'</td><td>'.
+	&Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic("Other_Symbols",'Other Symbols',
+					    undef,undef,600)
+	.'</td></tr></table>';
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item csv_translate($text) 
+
+Translate $text to allow it to be output as a 'comma seperated values' 
+format.
+
+=cut
+
+sub csv_translate {
+    my $text = shift;
+    $text =~ s/\"/\"\"/g;
+    $text =~ s/\n//g;
+    return $text;
+}
+
+###############################################################
+##        Home server <option> list generating code          ##
+###############################################################
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item get_domains()
+
+Returns an array containing each of the domains listed in the hosts.tab
+file.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub get_domains {
+    # The code below was stolen from "The Perl Cookbook", p 102, 1st ed.
+    my @domains;
+    my %seen;
+    foreach (sort values(%Apache::lonnet::hostdom)) {
+        push (@domains,$_) unless $seen{$_}++;
+    }
+    return @domains;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item select_form($defdom,$name,%hash)
+
+Returns a string containing a <select name='$name' size='1'> form to 
+allow a user to select options from a hash option_name => displayed text.  
+See lonrights.pm for an example invocation and use.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub select_form {
+    my ($def,$name,%hash) = @_;
+    my $selectform = "<select name=\"$name\" size=\"1\">\n";
+    foreach (sort keys %hash) {
+        $selectform.="<option value=\"$_\" ".
+            ($_ eq $def ? 'selected' : '').
+                ">".$hash{$_}."</option>\n";
+    }
+    $selectform.="</select>";
+    return $selectform;
+}
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item select_dom_form($defdom,$name,$includeempty)
+
+Returns a string containing a <select name='$name' size='1'> form to 
+allow a user to select the domain to preform an operation in.  
+See loncreateuser.pm for an example invocation and use.
+
+If the $includeempty flag is set, it also includes an empty choice ("no domain
+selected");
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub select_dom_form {
+    my ($defdom,$name,$includeempty) = @_;
+    my @domains = get_domains();
+    if ($includeempty) { @domains=('',@domains); }
+    my $selectdomain = "<select name=\"$name\" size=\"1\">\n";
+    foreach (@domains) {
+        $selectdomain.="<option value=\"$_\" ".
+            ($_ eq $defdom ? 'selected' : '').
+                ">$_</option>\n";
+    }
+    $selectdomain.="</select>";
+    return $selectdomain;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item get_library_servers($domain)
+
+Returns a hash which contains keys like '103l3' and values like 
+'kirk.lite.msu.edu'.  All of the keys will be for machines in the
+given $domain.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub get_library_servers {
+    my $domain = shift;
+    my %library_servers;
+    foreach (keys(%Apache::lonnet::libserv)) {
+        if ($Apache::lonnet::hostdom{$_} eq $domain) {
+            $library_servers{$_} = $Apache::lonnet::hostname{$_};
+        }
+    }
+    return %library_servers;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item home_server_option_list($domain)
+
+returns a string which contains an <option> list to be used in a 
+<select> form input.  See loncreateuser.pm for an example.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub home_server_option_list {
+    my $domain = shift;
+    my %servers = &get_library_servers($domain);
+    my $result = '';
+    foreach (sort keys(%servers)) {
+        $result.=
+            '<option value="'.$_.'">'.$_.' '.$servers{$_}."</option>\n";
+    }
+    return $result;
+}
+###############################################################
+##    End of home server <option> list generating code       ##
+###############################################################
+
+###############################################################
+###############################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &decode_user_agent()
+
+Inputs: $r
+
+Outputs:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $httpbrowser
+
+=item $clientbrowser
+
+=item $clientversion
+
+=item $clientmathml
+
+=item $clientunicode
+
+=item $clientos
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################################
+###############################################################
+sub decode_user_agent {
+    my @browsertype=split(/\&/,$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{"lonBrowsDet"});
+    my %mathcap=split(/\&/,$$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{"lonMathML"});
+    my $httpbrowser=$ENV{"HTTP_USER_AGENT"};
+    my $clientbrowser='unknown';
+    my $clientversion='0';
+    my $clientmathml='';
+    my $clientunicode='0';
+    for (my $i=0;$i<=$#browsertype;$i++) {
+        my ($bname,$match,$notmatch,$vreg,$minv,$univ)=split(/\:/,$browsertype[$i]);
+	if (($httpbrowser=~/$match/i)  && ($httpbrowser!~/$notmatch/i)) {
+	    $clientbrowser=$bname;
+            $httpbrowser=~/$vreg/i;
+	    $clientversion=$1;
+            $clientmathml=($clientversion>=$minv);
+            $clientunicode=($clientversion>=$univ);
+	}
+    }
+    my $clientos='unknown';
+    if (($httpbrowser=~/linux/i) ||
+        ($httpbrowser=~/unix/i) ||
+        ($httpbrowser=~/ux/i) ||
+        ($httpbrowser=~/solaris/i)) { $clientos='unix'; }
+    if (($httpbrowser=~/vax/i) ||
+        ($httpbrowser=~/vms/i)) { $clientos='vms'; }
+    if ($httpbrowser=~/next/i) { $clientos='next'; }
+    if (($httpbrowser=~/mac/i) ||
+        ($httpbrowser=~/powerpc/i)) { $clientos='mac'; }
+    if ($httpbrowser=~/win/i) { $clientos='win'; }
+    if ($httpbrowser=~/embed/i) { $clientos='pda'; }
+    return ($httpbrowser,$clientbrowser,$clientversion,$clientmathml,
+            $clientunicode,$clientos,);
+}
+
+###############################################################
+###############################################################
+
+
+###############################################################
+##    Authentication changing form generation subroutines    ##
+###############################################################
+##
+## All of the authform_xxxxxxx subroutines take their inputs in a
+## hash, and have reasonable default values.
+##
+##    formname = the name given in the <form> tag.
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item authform_xxxxxx
+
+The authform_xxxxxx subroutines provide javascript and html forms which 
+handle some of the conveniences required for authentication forms.  
+This is not an optimal method, but it works.  
+
+See loncreateuser.pm for invocation and use examples.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item authform_header
+
+=item authform_authorwarning
+
+=item authform_nochange
+
+=item authform_kerberos
+
+=item authform_internal
+
+=item authform_filesystem
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub authform_header{  
+    my %in = (
+        formname => 'cu',
+        kerb_def_dom => '',
+        @_,
+    );
+    $in{'formname'} = 'document.' . $in{'formname'};
+    my $result='';
+
+#---------------------------------------------- Code for upper case translation
+    my $Javascript_toUpperCase;
+    unless ($in{kerb_def_dom}) {
+        $Javascript_toUpperCase =<<"END";
+        switch (choice) {
+           case 'krb': currentform.elements[choicearg].value =
+               currentform.elements[choicearg].value.toUpperCase();
+               break;
+           default:
+        }
+END
+    } else {
+        $Javascript_toUpperCase = "";
+    }
+
+    $result.=<<"END";
+var current = new Object();
+current.radiovalue = 'nochange';
+current.argfield = null;
+
+function changed_radio(choice,currentform) {
+    var choicearg = choice + 'arg';
+    // If a radio button in changed, we need to change the argfield
+    if (current.radiovalue != choice) {
+        current.radiovalue = choice;
+        if (current.argfield != null) {
+            currentform.elements[current.argfield].value = '';
+        }
+        if (choice == 'nochange') {
+            current.argfield = null;
+        } else {
+            current.argfield = choicearg;
+            switch(choice) {
+                case 'krb': 
+                    currentform.elements[current.argfield].value = 
+                        "$in{'kerb_def_dom'}";
+                break;
+              default:
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return;
+}
+
+function changed_text(choice,currentform) {
+    var choicearg = choice + 'arg';
+    if (currentform.elements[choicearg].value !='') {
+        $Javascript_toUpperCase
+        // clear old field
+        if ((current.argfield != choicearg) && (current.argfield != null)) {
+            currentform.elements[current.argfield].value = '';
+        }
+        current.argfield = choicearg;
+    }
+    set_auth_radio_buttons(choice,currentform);
+    return;
+}
+
+function set_auth_radio_buttons(newvalue,currentform) {
+    var i=0;
+    while (i < currentform.login.length) {
+        if (currentform.login[i].value == newvalue) { break; }
+        i++;
+    }
+    if (i == currentform.login.length) {
+        return;
+    }
+    current.radiovalue = newvalue;
+    currentform.login[i].checked = true;
+    return;
+}
+END
+    return $result;
+}
+
+sub authform_authorwarning{
+    my $result='';
+    $result=<<"END";
+<i>As a general rule, only authors or co-authors should be filesystem
+authenticated (which allows access to the server filesystem).</i>
+END
+    return $result;
+}
+
+sub authform_nochange{  
+    my %in = (
+              formname => 'document.cu',
+              kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
+              @_,
+          );
+    my $result='';
+    $result.=<<"END";
+<input type="radio" name="login" value="nochange" checked="checked"
+       onclick="javascript:changed_radio('nochange',$in{'formname'});" />
+Do not change login data
+END
+    return $result;
+}
+
+sub authform_kerberos{  
+    my %in = (
+              formname => 'document.cu',
+              kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
+              kerb_def_auth => 'krb4',
+              @_,
+              );
+    my $result='';
+    my $check4;
+    my $check5;
+    if ($in{'kerb_def_auth'} eq 'krb5') {
+       $check5 = " checked=\"on\"";
+    } else {
+       $check4 = " checked=\"on\"";
+    }
+    $result.=<<"END";
+<input type="radio" name="login" value="krb" 
+       onclick="javascript:changed_radio('krb',$in{'formname'});"
+       onchange="javascript:changed_radio('krb',$in{'formname'});" />
+Kerberos authenticated with domain
+<input type="text" size="10" name="krbarg" value="$in{'kerb_def_dom'}"
+       onchange="javascript:changed_text('krb',$in{'formname'});" />
+<input type="radio" name="krbver" value="4" $check4 />Version 4
+<input type="radio" name="krbver" value="5" $check5 />Version 5
+END
+    return $result;
+}
+
+sub authform_internal{  
+    my %args = (
+                formname => 'document.cu',
+                kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
+                @_,
+                );
+    my $result='';
+    $result.=<<"END";
+<input type="radio" name="login" value="int"
+       onchange="javascript:changed_radio('int',$args{'formname'});"
+       onclick="javascript:changed_radio('int',$args{'formname'});" />
+Internally authenticated (with initial password 
+<input type="text" size="10" name="intarg" value=""
+       onchange="javascript:changed_text('int',$args{'formname'});" />)
+END
+    return $result;
+}
+
+sub authform_local{  
+    my %in = (
+              formname => 'document.cu',
+              kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
+              @_,
+              );
+    my $result='';
+    $result.=<<"END";
+<input type="radio" name="login" value="loc"
+       onchange="javascript:changed_radio('loc',$in{'formname'});"
+       onclick="javascript:changed_radio('loc',$in{'formname'});" />
+Local Authentication with argument
+<input type="text" size="10" name="locarg" value=""
+       onchange="javascript:changed_text('loc',$in{'formname'});" />
+END
+    return $result;
+}
+
+sub authform_filesystem{  
+    my %in = (
+              formname => 'document.cu',
+              kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
+              @_,
+              );
+    my $result='';
+    $result.=<<"END";
+<input type="radio" name="login" value="fsys" 
+       onchange="javascript:changed_radio('fsys',$in{'formname'});"
+       onclick="javascript:changed_radio('fsys',$in{'formname'});" />
+Filesystem authenticated (with initial password 
+<input type="text" size="10" name="fsysarg" value=""
+       onchange="javascript:changed_text('fsys',$in{'formname'});">)
+END
+    return $result;
+}
+
+###############################################################
+##   End Authentication changing form generation functions   ##
+###############################################################
+
+###############################################################
+##    Get Authentication Defaults for Domain                 ##
+###############################################################
+##
+## Returns default authentication type and an associated argument
+## as listed in file domain.tab
+##
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item get_auth_defaults
+
+get_auth_defaults($target_domain) returns the default authentication
+type and an associated argument (initial password or a kerberos domain).
+These values are stored in lonTabs/domain.tab
+
+($def_auth, $def_arg) = &get_auth_defaults($target_domain);
+
+If target_domain is not found in domain.tab, returns nothing ('').
+
+=over 4
+
+=item get_auth_defaults
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub get_auth_defaults {
+    my $domain=shift;
+    return ($Apache::lonnet::domain_auth_def{$domain},$Apache::lonnet::domain_auth_arg_def{$domain});
+}
+###############################################################
+##   End Get Authentication Defaults for Domain              ##
+###############################################################
+
+###############################################################
+##    Get Kerberos Defaults for Domain                 ##
+###############################################################
+##
+## Returns default kerberos version and an associated argument
+## as listed in file domain.tab. If not listed, provides
+## appropriate default domain and kerberos version.
+##
+#-------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=item get_kerberos_defaults
+
+get_kerberos_defaults($target_domain) returns the default kerberos
+version and domain. If not found in domain.tabs, it defaults to
+version 4 and the domain of the server.
+
+($def_version, $def_krb_domain) = &get_kerberos_defaults($target_domain);
+
+=over 4
+
+=item get_kerberos_defaults
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------
+sub get_kerberos_defaults {
+    my $domain=shift;
+    my ($krbdef,$krbdefdom) =
+        &Apache::loncommon::get_auth_defaults($domain);
+    unless ($krbdef =~/^krb/ && $krbdefdom) {
+        $ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}=~/(\w+\.\w+)$/;
+        my $krbdefdom=$1;
+        $krbdefdom=~tr/a-z/A-Z/;
+        $krbdef = "krb4";
+    }
+    return ($krbdef,$krbdefdom);
+}
+###############################################################
+##   End Get Kerberos Defaults for Domain              ##
+###############################################################
+
+###############################################################
+##                Thesaurus Functions                        ##
+###############################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item initialize_keywords
+
+Initializes the package variable %Keywords if it is empty.  Uses the
+package variable $thesaurus_db_file.
+
+=cut
+
+###################################################
+
+sub initialize_keywords {
+    return 1 if (scalar keys(%Keywords));
+    # If we are here, %Keywords is empty, so fill it up
+    #   Make sure the file we need exists...
+    if (! -e $thesaurus_db_file) {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Attempt to access $thesaurus_db_file".
+                                 " failed because it does not exist");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    #   Set up the hash as a database
+    my %thesaurus_db;
+    if (! tie(%thesaurus_db,'GDBM_File',
+              $thesaurus_db_file,&GDBM_READER(),0640)){
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Could not tie \%thesaurus_db to ".
+                                 $thesaurus_db_file);
+        return 0;
+    } 
+    #  Get the average number of appearances of a word.
+    my $avecount = $thesaurus_db{'average.count'};
+    #  Put keywords (those that appear > average) into %Keywords
+    while (my ($word,$data)=each (%thesaurus_db)) {
+        my ($count,undef) = split /:/,$data;
+        $Keywords{$word}++ if ($count > $avecount);
+    }
+    untie %thesaurus_db;
+    # Remove special values from %Keywords.
+    foreach ('total.count','average.count') {
+        delete($Keywords{$_}) if (exists($Keywords{$_}));
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+###################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item keyword($word)
+
+Returns true if $word is a keyword.  A keyword is a word that appears more 
+than the average number of times in the thesaurus database.  Calls 
+&initialize_keywords
+
+=cut
+
+###################################################
+
+sub keyword {
+    return if (!&initialize_keywords());
+    my $word=lc(shift());
+    $word=~s/\W//g;
+    return exists($Keywords{$word});
+}
+
+###############################################################
+
+=pod 
+
+=item get_related_words
+
+Look up a word in the thesaurus.  Takes a scalar arguement and returns
+an array of words.  If the keyword is not in the thesaurus, an empty array
+will be returned.  The order of the words returned is determined by the
+database which holds them.
+
+Uses global $thesaurus_db_file.
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################################
+sub get_related_words {
+    my $keyword = shift;
+    my %thesaurus_db;
+    if (! -e $thesaurus_db_file) {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Attempt to access $thesaurus_db_file ".
+                                 "failed because the file does not exist");
+        return ();
+    }
+    if (! tie(%thesaurus_db,'GDBM_File',
+              $thesaurus_db_file,&GDBM_READER(),0640)){
+        return ();
+    } 
+    my @Words=();
+    if (exists($thesaurus_db{$keyword})) {
+        $_ = $thesaurus_db{$keyword};
+        (undef,@Words) = split/:/;  # The first element is the number of times
+                                    # the word appears.  We do not need it now.
+        for (my $i=0;$i<=$#Words;$i++) {
+            ($Words[$i],undef)= split/\,/,$Words[$i];
+        }
+    }
+    untie %thesaurus_db;
+    return @Words;
+}
+
+###############################################################
+##              End Thesaurus Functions                      ##
+###############################################################
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- Plaintext name
+=pod
+
+=item plainname($uname,$udom)
+
+Gets a users name and returns it as a string in
+"first middle last generation"
+form
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################################
+sub plainname {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    my %names=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
+                    ['firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],
+					 $udom,$uname);
+    my $name=$names{'firstname'}.' '.$names{'middlename'}.' '.
+	$names{'lastname'}.' '.$names{'generation'};
+    $name=~s/\s+$//;
+    $name=~s/\s+/ /g;
+    return $name;
+}
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nickname
+=pod
+
+=item nickname($uname,$udom)
+
+Gets a users name and returns it as a string as
+
+"&quot;nickname&quot;"
+
+if the user has a nickname or
+
+"first middle last generation"
+
+if the user does not
+
+=cut
+
+sub nickname {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    my %names=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
+  ['nickname','firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],$udom,$uname);
+    my $name=$names{'nickname'};
+    if ($name) {
+       $name='&quot;'.$name.'&quot;'; 
+    } else {
+       $name=$names{'firstname'}.' '.$names{'middlename'}.' '.
+	     $names{'lastname'}.' '.$names{'generation'};
+       $name=~s/\s+$//;
+       $name=~s/\s+/ /g;
+    }
+    return $name;
+}
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ Screenname
+
+=pod
+
+=item screenname($uname,$udom)
+
+Gets a users screenname and returns it as a string
+
+=cut
+
+sub screenname {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    my %names=
+ &Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['screenname'],$udom,$uname);
+    return $names{'screenname'};
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- Message Wrapper
+
+sub messagewrapper {
+    my ($link,$un,$do)=@_;
+    return 
+"<a href='/adm/email?compose=individual&recname=$un&recdom=$do'>$link</a>";
+}
+# --------------------------------------------------------------- Notes Wrapper
+
+sub noteswrapper {
+    my ($link,$un,$do)=@_;
+    return 
+"<a href='/adm/email?recordftf=retrieve&recname=$un&recdom=$do'>$link</a>";
+}
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- Aboutme Wrapper
+
+sub aboutmewrapper {
+    my ($link,$username,$domain)=@_;
+    return "<a href='/adm/$domain/$username/aboutme'>$link</a>";
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ Syllabus Wrapper
+
+
+sub syllabuswrapper {
+    my ($link,$un,$do,$tf)=@_;
+    if ($tf) { $link='<font color="'.$tf.'">'.$link.'</font>'; }
+    return "<a href='/public/$do/$un/syllabus'>$link</a>";
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- Language IDs
@@ -116,6 +1367,32 @@ sub languagedescription {
     return $language{shift(@_)};
 }
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------- Display Languages
+# returns a hash with all desired display languages
+#
+
+sub display_languages {
+    my %languages=();
+    if ($ENV{'environment.languages'}) {
+	foreach (split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$ENV{'environment.languages'})) {
+	    $languages{$_}=1;
+        }
+    }
+    if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'}) {
+	foreach (split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,
+	$ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'})) {
+	    $languages{$_}=1;
+        }
+    }
+    &get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},['displaylanguage']);
+    if ($ENV{'form.displaylanguage'}) {
+	foreach (split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$ENV{'form.displaylanguage'})) {
+	    $languages{$_}=1;
+        }
+    }
+    return %languages;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright IDs
 sub copyrightids {
     return sort(keys(%cprtag));
@@ -128,12 +1405,12 @@ sub copyrightdescription {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- File Categories
 sub filecategories {
-    return sort(keys(%fc));
+    return sort(keys(%category_extensions));
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------- File Types within a specified category
 sub filecategorytypes {
-    return @{$fc{lc(shift(@_))}};
+    return @{$category_extensions{lc($_[0])}};
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ File Types
@@ -157,9 +1434,22 @@ sub filedescriptionex {
     return '.'.$ex.' '.$fd{lc($ex)};
 }
 
+# ---- Retrieve attempts by students
+# input
+# $symb             - problem including path
+# $username,$domain - that of the student
+# $course           - course name
+# $getattempt       - leave blank if want all attempts, else put something.
+# $regexp           - regular expression. If string matches regexp send to
+# $gradesub         - routine that process the string if it matches regexp
+# 
+# output
+# formatted as a table all the attempts, if any.
+#
 sub get_previous_attempt {
-  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$course)=@_;
+  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$course,$getattempt,$regexp,$gradesub)=@_;
   my $prevattempts='';
+  no strict 'refs';
   if ($symb) {
     my (%returnhash)=
       &Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$course,$domain,$username);
@@ -167,27 +1457,41 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
       my %lasthash=();
       my $version;
       for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
-        map {
+        foreach (sort(split(/\:/,$returnhash{$version.':keys'}))) {
 	  $lasthash{$_}=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
-        } sort(split(/\:/,$returnhash{$version.':keys'}));
+        }
       }
-      $prevattempts='<table border=2></tr><th>History</th>';
+      $prevattempts='<table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#777777">';
+      $prevattempts.='<table border="0" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#e6ffff"><td>History</td>';
       foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
-        $prevattempts.='<th>'.$_.'</th>';
-      }
-      for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
-        $prevattempts.='</tr><tr><th>Attempt '.$version.'</th>';
-        foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
-	  my $value;
-	  if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
-	    $value=scalar(localtime($returnhash{$version.':'.$_}));
+	my ($ign,@parts) = split(/\./,$_);
+	if ($#parts > 0) {
+	  my $data=$parts[-1];
+	  pop(@parts);
+	  $prevattempts.='<td>Part '.join('.',@parts).'<br />'.$data.'&nbsp;</td>';
+	} else {
+	  if ($#parts == 0) {
+	    $prevattempts.='<th>'.$parts[0].'</th>';
 	  } else {
-	    $value=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+	    $prevattempts.='<th>'.$ign.'</th>';
 	  }
-	  $prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'</td>';   
-        }
+	}
+      }
+      if ($getattempt eq '') {
+	for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
+	  $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Transaction '.$version.'</td>';
+	    foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
+	       my $value;
+	       if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
+		  $value=scalar(localtime($returnhash{$version.':'.$_}));
+	       } else {
+		  $value=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+	       }
+	       $prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'&nbsp;</td>';   
+	    }
+	 }
       }
-      $prevattempts.='</tr><tr><th>Current</th>';
+      $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Current</td>';
       foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
 	my $value;
 	if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
@@ -195,9 +1499,10 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
 	} else {
 	  $value=$lasthash{$_};
 	}
-	$prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'</td>';
+	if ($_ =~/$regexp$/ && (defined &$gradesub)) {$value = &$gradesub($value)}
+	$prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'&nbsp;</td>';
       }
-      $prevattempts.='</tr></table>';
+      $prevattempts.='</tr></table></td></tr></table>';
     } else {
       $prevattempts='Nothing submitted - no attempts.';
     }
@@ -206,8 +1511,43 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
   }
 }
 
+sub relative_to_absolute {
+    my ($url,$output)=@_;
+    my $parser=HTML::TokeParser->new(\$output);
+    my $token;
+    my $thisdir=$url;
+    my @rlinks=();
+    while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
+	if ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
+	    if ($token->[1] eq 'a') {
+		if ($token->[2]->{'href'}) {
+		    $rlinks[$#rlinks+1]=$token->[2]->{'href'};
+		}
+	    } elsif ($token->[1] eq 'img' || $token->[1] eq 'embed' ) {
+		$rlinks[$#rlinks+1]=$token->[2]->{'src'};
+	    } elsif ($token->[1] eq 'base') {
+		$thisdir=$token->[2]->{'href'};
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    $thisdir=~s-/[^/]*$--;
+    foreach (@rlinks) {
+	unless (($_=~/^http:\/\//i) ||
+		($_=~/^\//) ||
+		($_=~/^javascript:/i) ||
+		($_=~/^mailto:/i) ||
+		($_=~/^\#/)) {
+	    my $newlocation=&Apache::lonnet::hreflocation($thisdir,$_);
+	    $output=~s/(\"|\'|\=\s*)$_(\"|\'|\s|\>)/$1$newlocation$2/;
+	}
+    }
+# -------------------------------------------------- Deal with Applet codebases
+    $output=~s/(\<applet[^\>]+)(codebase\=[^\S\>]+)*([^\>]*)\>/$1.($2?$2:' codebase="'.$thisdir.'"').$3.'>'/gei;
+    return $output;
+}
+
 sub get_student_view {
-  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$courseid) = @_;
+  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$courseid,$target) = @_;
   my ($map,$id,$feedurl) = split(/___/,$symb);
   my (%old,%moreenv);
   my @elements=('symb','courseid','domain','username');
@@ -215,8 +1555,10 @@ sub get_student_view {
     $old{$element}=$ENV{'form.grade_'.$element};
     $moreenv{'form.grade_'.$element}=eval '$'.$element #'
   }
+  if ($target eq 'tex') {$moreenv{'form.grade_target'} = 'tex';}
   &Apache::lonnet::appenv(%moreenv);
-  my $userview=&Apache::lonnet::ssi('/res/'.$feedurl);
+  $feedurl=&Apache::lonnet::clutter($feedurl);
+  my $userview=&Apache::lonnet::ssi_body($feedurl);
   &Apache::lonnet::delenv('form.grade_');
   foreach my $element (@elements) {
     $ENV{'form.grade_'.$element}=$old{$element};
@@ -228,11 +1570,12 @@ sub get_student_view {
   $userview=~s/\<head\>//gi;
   $userview=~s/\<\/head\>//gi;
   $userview=~s/action\s*\=/would_be_action\=/gi;
+  $userview=&relative_to_absolute($feedurl,$userview);
   return $userview;
 }
 
 sub get_student_answers {
-  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$courseid) = @_;
+  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$courseid,%form) = @_;
   my ($map,$id,$feedurl) = split(/___/,$symb);
   my (%old,%moreenv);
   my @elements=('symb','courseid','domain','username');
@@ -242,32 +1585,361 @@ sub get_student_answers {
   }
   $moreenv{'form.grade_target'}='answer';
   &Apache::lonnet::appenv(%moreenv);
-  my $userview=&Apache::lonnet::ssi('/res/'.$feedurl);
+  my $userview=&Apache::lonnet::ssi('/res/'.$feedurl,%form);
   &Apache::lonnet::delenv('form.grade_');
   foreach my $element (@elements) {
     $ENV{'form.grade_'.$element}=$old{$element};
   }
-  $userview=~s/\<body[^\>]*\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<\/body\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<html\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<\/html\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<head\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/\<\/head\>//gi;
-  $userview=~s/action\s*\=/would_be_action\=/gi;
   return $userview;
 }
 
+###############################################
+
+
+sub timehash {
+    my @ltime=localtime(shift);
+    return ( 'seconds' => $ltime[0],
+             'minutes' => $ltime[1],
+             'hours'   => $ltime[2],
+             'day'     => $ltime[3],
+             'month'   => $ltime[4]+1,
+             'year'    => $ltime[5]+1900,
+             'weekday' => $ltime[6],
+             'dayyear' => $ltime[7]+1,
+             'dlsav'   => $ltime[8] );
+}
+
+sub maketime {
+    my %th=@_;
+    return POSIX::mktime(
+        ($th{'seconds'},$th{'minutes'},$th{'hours'},
+         $th{'day'},$th{'month'}-1,$th{'year'}-1900,0,0,$th{'dlsav'}));
+}
+
+
+#########################################
+#
+# Retro-fixing of un-backward-compatible time format
+
+sub unsqltime {
+    my $timestamp=shift;
+    if ($timestamp=~/^(\d+)\-(\d+)\-(\d+)\s+(\d+)\:(\d+)\:(\d+)$/) {
+       $timestamp=&maketime(
+	   'year'=>$1,'month'=>$2,'day'=>$3,
+           'hours'=>$4,'minutes'=>$5,'seconds'=>$6);
+    }
+    return $timestamp;
+}
+
+#########################################
+
+sub findallcourses {
+    my %courses=();
+    my $now=time;
+    foreach (keys %ENV) {
+	if ($_=~/^user\.role\.\w+\.\/(\w+)\/(\w+)/) {
+	    my ($starttime,$endtime)=$ENV{$_};
+            my $active=1;
+            if ($starttime) {
+		if ($now<$starttime) { $active=0; }
+            }
+            if ($endtime) {
+                if ($now>$endtime) { $active=0; }
+            }
+            if ($active) { $courses{$1.'_'.$2}=1; }
+        }
+    }
+    return keys %courses;
+}
+
+###############################################
+###############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &determinedomain()
+
+Inputs: $domain (usually will be undef)
+
+Returns: Determines which domain should be used for designs
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################
+sub determinedomain {
+    my $domain=shift;
+   if (! $domain) {
+        # Determine domain if we have not been given one
+        $domain = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'};
+        if ($ENV{'user.domain'}) { $domain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+        if ($ENV{'request.role.domain'}) { 
+            $domain=$ENV{'request.role.domain'}; 
+        }
+    }
+    return $domain;
+}
+###############################################
+=pod
+
+=item &domainlogo()
+
+Inputs: $domain (usually will be undef)
+
+Returns: A link to a domain logo, if the domain logo exists.
+If the domain logo does not exist, a description of the domain.
+
+=cut
+###############################################
+sub domainlogo {
+    my $domain = &determinedomain(shift);    
+     # See if there is a logo
+    if (-e '/home/httpd/html/adm/lonDomLogos/'.$domain.'.gif') {
+	my $lonhttpdPort=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonhttpdPort'};
+	if (!defined($lonhttpdPort)) { $lonhttpdPort='8080'; }
+        return '<img src="http://'.$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.':'.$lonhttpdPort.
+	    '/adm/lonDomLogos/'.$domain.'.gif" />';
+    } elsif(exists($Apache::lonnet::domaindescription{$domain})) {
+        return $Apache::lonnet::domaindescription{$domain};
+    } else {
+        return '';
+    }
+}
+##############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &designparm()
+
+Inputs: $which parameter; $domain (usually will be undef)
+
+Returns: value of designparamter $which
+
+=cut
+##############################################
+sub designparm {
+    my ($which,$domain)=@_;
+    if ($ENV{'environment.color.'.$which}) {
+	return $ENV{'environment.color.'.$which};
+    }
+    $domain=&determinedomain($domain);
+    if ($designhash{$domain.'.'.$which}) {
+	return $designhash{$domain.'.'.$which};
+    } else {
+        return $designhash{'default.'.$which};
+    }
+}
+
+###############################################
+###############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &bodytag()
+
+Returns a uniform header for LON-CAPA web pages.
+
+Inputs: 
+
+ $title, A title to be displayed on the page.
+ $function, the current role (can be undef).
+ $addentries, extra parameters for the <body> tag.
+ $bodyonly, if defined, only return the <body> tag.
+ $domain, if defined, force a given domain.
+ $forcereg, if page should register as content page (relevant for 
+            text interface only)
+
+Returns: A uniform header for LON-CAPA web pages.  
+If $bodyonly is nonzero, a string containing a <body> tag will be returned.
+If $bodyonly is undef or zero, an html string containing a <body> tag and 
+other decorations will be returned.
+
+=cut
+
+###############################################
+
+
+###############################################
+sub bodytag {
+    my ($title,$function,$addentries,$bodyonly,$domain,$forcereg)=@_;
+    unless ($function) {
+	$function='student';
+        if ($ENV{'request.role'}=~/^(cc|in|ta|ep)/) {
+	    $function='coordinator';
+        }
+	if ($ENV{'request.role'}=~/^(su|dc|ad|li)/) {
+            $function='admin';
+        }
+        if (($ENV{'request.role'}=~/^(au|ca)/) ||
+            ($ENV{'REQUEST_URI'}=~/^(\/priv|\~)/)) {
+            $function='author';
+        }
+    }
+    my $img=&designparm($function.'.img',$domain);
+    my $pgbg=&designparm($function.'.pgbg',$domain);
+    my $tabbg=&designparm($function.'.tabbg',$domain);
+    my $font=&designparm($function.'.font',$domain);
+    my $link=&designparm($function.'.link',$domain);
+    my $alink=&designparm($function.'.alink',$domain);
+    my $vlink=&designparm($function.'.vlink',$domain);
+    my $sidebg=&designparm($function.'.sidebg',$domain);
+
+ # role and realm
+    my ($role,$realm)
+       =&Apache::lonnet::plaintext((split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0]);
+# realm
+    if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	$realm=
+         $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
+    }
+    unless ($realm) { $realm='&nbsp;'; }
+# Set messages
+    my $messages=&domainlogo($domain);
+# Port for miniserver
+    my $lonhttpdPort=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonhttpdPort'};
+    if (!defined($lonhttpdPort)) { $lonhttpdPort='8080'; }
+# construct main body tag
+    my $bodytag = <<END;
+<body bgcolor="$pgbg" text="$font" alink="$alink" vlink="$vlink" link="$link"
+$addentries>
+END
+    my $upperleft='<img src="http://'.$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.':'.
+                   $lonhttpdPort.$img.'" />';
+    if ($bodyonly) {
+        return $bodytag;
+    } elsif ($ENV{'browser.interface'} eq 'textual') {
+# Accessibility
+        return $bodytag.&Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,'web',
+                                                      $forcereg).
+               '<h1>LON-CAPA: '.$title.'</h1>';
+    } elsif ($ENV{'environment.remote'} eq 'off') {
+# No Remote
+        return $bodytag.&Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,'web',
+                                                      $forcereg).
+               '<table bgcolor="'.$pgbg.'" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"><tr><td bgcolor="'.$tabbg.'"><font size="+3" color="'.$font.'"><b>'.$title.
+'</b></font></td></tr></table>';
+    }
+
+#
+# Top frame rendering, Remote is up
+#
+    return(<<ENDBODY);
+$bodytag
+<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0">
+<tr><td bgcolor="$sidebg">
+$upperleft</td>
+<td bgcolor="$sidebg" align="right">$messages&nbsp;</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="3" bgcolor="$tabbg">
+&nbsp;<font size="5"><b>$title</b></font>
+<td bgcolor="$tabbg"  align="right">
+<font size="2">
+    $ENV{'environment.firstname'}
+    $ENV{'environment.middlename'}
+    $ENV{'environment.lastname'}
+    $ENV{'environment.generation'}
+    </font>&nbsp;
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td bgcolor="$tabbg" align="right">
+<font size="2">$role</font>&nbsp;
+</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="$tabbg" align="right"><font size="2">$realm</font>&nbsp;</td></tr>
+</table><br>
+ENDBODY
+}
+
+###############################################
+
+sub get_posted_cgi {
+    my $r=shift;
+
+    my $buffer;
+    
+    $r->read($buffer,$r->header_in('Content-length'),0);
+    unless ($buffer=~/^(\-+\w+)\s+Content\-Disposition\:\s*form\-data/si) {
+	my @pairs=split(/&/,$buffer);
+	my $pair;
+	foreach $pair (@pairs) {
+	    my ($name,$value) = split(/=/,$pair);
+	    $value =~ tr/+/ /;
+	    $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
+	    $name  =~ tr/+/ /;
+	    $name  =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
+	    &add_to_env("form.$name",$value);
+	}
+    } else {
+	my $contentsep=$1;
+	my @lines = split (/\n/,$buffer);
+	my $name='';
+	my $value='';
+	my $fname='';
+	my $fmime='';
+	my $i;
+	for ($i=0;$i<=$#lines;$i++) {
+	    if ($lines[$i]=~/^$contentsep/) {
+		if ($name) {
+		    chomp($value);
+		    if ($fname) {
+			$ENV{"form.$name.filename"}=$fname;
+			$ENV{"form.$name.mimetype"}=$fmime;
+		    } else {
+			$value=~s/\s+$//s;
+		    }
+		    &add_to_env("form.$name",$value);
+		}
+		if ($i<$#lines) {
+		    $i++;
+		    $lines[$i]=~
+		/Content\-Disposition\:\s*form\-data\;\s*name\=\"([^\"]+)\"/i;
+		    $name=$1;
+		    $value='';
+		    if ($lines[$i]=~/filename\=\"([^\"]+)\"/i) {
+			$fname=$1;
+			if 
+                            ($lines[$i+1]=~/Content\-Type\:\s*([\w\-\/]+)/i) {
+				$fmime=$1;
+				$i++;
+			    } else {
+				$fmime='';
+			    }
+		    } else {
+			$fname='';
+			$fmime='';
+		    }
+		    $i++;
+		}
+	    } else {
+		$value.=$lines[$i]."\n";
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    $ENV{'request.method'}=$ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'};
+    $r->method_number(M_GET);
+    $r->method('GET');
+    $r->headers_in->unset('Content-length');
+}
+
+###############################################
+
 sub get_unprocessed_cgi {
-  my ($query)= @_;
+  my ($query,$possible_names)= @_;
+  # $Apache::lonxml::debug=1;
   foreach (split(/&/,$query)) {
     my ($name, $value) = split(/=/,$_);
-    $value =~ tr/+/ /;
-    $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
-    if (!defined($ENV{'form.'.$name})) { $ENV{'form.'.$name}=$value; }
+    $name = &Apache::lonnet::unescape($name);
+    if (!defined($possible_names) || (grep {$_ eq $name} @$possible_names)) {
+      $value =~ tr/+/ /;
+      $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
+      &Apache::lonxml::debug("Seting :$name: to :$value:");
+      unless (defined($ENV{'form.'.$name})) { &add_to_env('form.'.$name,$value) };
+    }
   }
 }
 
 sub cacheheader {
+  unless ($ENV{'request.method'} eq 'GET') { return ''; }
   my $date=strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT",gmtime);
   my $output .='<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="'.$date.'" />
                 <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-control" CONTENT="no-cache" />
@@ -277,114 +1949,408 @@ sub cacheheader {
 
 sub no_cache {
   my ($r) = @_;
-  my $date=strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT",gmtime);
+  unless ($ENV{'request.method'} eq 'GET') { return ''; }
+  #my $date=strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT",gmtime);
   $r->no_cache(1);
   $r->header_out("Pragma" => "no-cache");
-  $r->header_out("Expires" => $date);
+  #$r->header_out("Expires" => $date);
 }
-1;
-__END__;
 
+sub add_to_env {
+  my ($name,$value)=@_;
+  if (defined($ENV{$name})) {
+    if (ref($ENV{$name})) {
+      #already have multiple values
+      push(@{ $ENV{$name} },$value);
+    } else {
+      #first time seeing multiple values, convert hash entry to an arrayref
+      my $first=$ENV{$name};
+      undef($ENV{$name});
+      push(@{ $ENV{$name} },$first,$value);
+    }
+  } else {
+    $ENV{$name}=$value;
+  }
+}
 
-=head1 NAME
+=pod
 
-Apache::loncommon - pile of common routines
+=back 
 
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
+=head2 CSV Upload/Handling functions
 
-Referenced by other mod_perl Apache modules.
+=over 4
 
-Invocation:
- &Apache::loncommon::SUBROUTINENAME(ARGUMENTS);
+=item  upfile_store($r)
 
-=head1 INTRODUCTION
+Store uploaded file, $r should be the HTTP Request object,
+needs $ENV{'form.upfile'}
+returns $datatoken to be put into hidden field
+
+=cut
+
+sub upfile_store {
+    my $r=shift;
+    $ENV{'form.upfile'}=~s/\r/\n/gs;
+    $ENV{'form.upfile'}=~s/\f/\n/gs;
+    $ENV{'form.upfile'}=~s/\n+/\n/gs;
+    $ENV{'form.upfile'}=~s/\n+$//gs;
 
-Common collection of used subroutines.  This collection helps remove
-redundancy from other modules and increase efficiency of memory usage.
+    my $datatoken=$ENV{'user.name'}.'_'.$ENV{'user.domain'}.
+	'_enroll_'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'_'.time.'_'.$$;
+    {
+	my $fh=Apache::File->new('>'.$r->dir_config('lonDaemons').
+				 '/tmp/'.$datatoken.'.tmp');
+	print $fh $ENV{'form.upfile'};
+    }
+    return $datatoken;
+}
 
-Current things done:
+=pod
 
- Makes a table out of the previous homework attempts
- Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, course_id
- Reads in non-network-related .tab files
+=item load_tmp_file($r)
 
-This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project
-described at http://www.lon-capa.org.
+Load uploaded file from tmp, $r should be the HTTP Request object,
+needs $ENV{'form.datatoken'},
+sets $ENV{'form.upfile'} to the contents of the file
 
-=head1 HANDLER SUBROUTINE
+=cut
 
-There is no handler subroutine.
+sub load_tmp_file {
+    my $r=shift;
+    my @studentdata=();
+    {
+	my $fh;
+	if ($fh=Apache::File->new($r->dir_config('lonDaemons').
+				  '/tmp/'.$ENV{'form.datatoken'}.'.tmp')) {
+	    @studentdata=<$fh>;
+	}
+    }
+    $ENV{'form.upfile'}=join('',@studentdata);
+}
 
-=head1 OTHER SUBROUTINES
+=pod
 
-=over 4
+=item upfile_record_sep()
+
+Separate uploaded file into records
+returns array of records,
+needs $ENV{'form.upfile'} and $ENV{'form.upfiletype'}
+
+=cut
+
+sub upfile_record_sep {
+    if ($ENV{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'xml') {
+    } else {
+	return split(/\n/,$ENV{'form.upfile'});
+    }
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item record_sep($record)
+
+Separate a record into fields $record should be an item from the upfile_record_sep(), needs $ENV{'form.upfiletype'}
+
+=cut
+
+sub record_sep {
+    my $record=shift;
+    my %components=();
+    if ($ENV{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'xml') {
+    } elsif ($ENV{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'space') {
+        my $i=0;
+        foreach (split(/\s+/,$record)) {
+            my $field=$_;
+            $field=~s/^(\"|\')//;
+            $field=~s/(\"|\')$//;
+            $components{$i}=$field;
+            $i++;
+        }
+    } elsif ($ENV{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'tab') {
+        my $i=0;
+        foreach (split(/\t+/,$record)) {
+            my $field=$_;
+            $field=~s/^(\"|\')//;
+            $field=~s/(\"|\')$//;
+            $components{$i}=$field;
+            $i++;
+        }
+    } else {
+        my @allfields=split(/\,/,$record);
+        my $i=0;
+        my $j;
+        for ($j=0;$j<=$#allfields;$j++) {
+            my $field=$allfields[$j];
+            if ($field=~/^\s*(\"|\')/) {
+		my $delimiter=$1;
+                while (($field!~/$delimiter$/) && ($j<$#allfields)) {
+		    $j++;
+		    $field.=','.$allfields[$j];
+		}
+                $field=~s/^\s*$delimiter//;
+                $field=~s/$delimiter\s*$//;
+            }
+            $components{$i}=$field;
+	    $i++;
+        }
+    }
+    return %components;
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item upfile_select_html()
+
+return HTML code to select file and specify its type
+
+=cut
+
+sub upfile_select_html {
+    return (<<'ENDUPFORM');
+<input type="file" name="upfile" size="50" />
+<br />Type: <select name="upfiletype">
+<option value="csv">CSV (comma separated values, spreadsheet)</option>
+<option value="space">Space separated</option>
+<option value="tab">Tabulator separated</option>
+<option value="xml">HTML/XML</option>
+</select>
+ENDUPFORM
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item csv_print_samples($r,$records)
+
+Prints a table of sample values from each column uploaded $r is an
+Apache Request ref, $records is an arrayref from
+&Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep
+
+=cut
+
+sub csv_print_samples {
+    my ($r,$records) = @_;
+    my (%sone,%stwo,%sthree);
+    %sone=&record_sep($$records[0]);
+    if (defined($$records[1])) {%stwo=&record_sep($$records[1]);}
+    if (defined($$records[2])) {%sthree=&record_sep($$records[2]);}
+
+    $r->print('Samples<br /><table border="2"><tr>');
+    foreach (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%sone))) { $r->print('<th>Column&nbsp;'.($_+1).'</th>'); }
+    $r->print('</tr>');
+    foreach my $hash (\%sone,\%stwo,\%sthree) {
+	$r->print('<tr>');
+	foreach (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%sone))) {
+	    $r->print('<td>');
+	    if (defined($$hash{$_})) { $r->print($$hash{$_}); }
+	    $r->print('</td>');
+	}
+	$r->print('</tr>');
+    }
+    $r->print('</tr></table><br />'."\n");
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item csv_print_select_table($r,$records,$d)
+
+Prints a table to create associations between values and table columns.
+$r is an Apache Request ref,
+$records is an arrayref from &Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep,
+$d is an array of 2 element arrays (internal name, displayed name)
+
+=cut
+
+sub csv_print_select_table {
+    my ($r,$records,$d) = @_;
+    my $i=0;my %sone;
+    %sone=&record_sep($$records[0]);
+    $r->print('Associate columns with student attributes.'."\n".
+	     '<table border="2"><tr><th>Attribute</th><th>Column</th></tr>'."\n");
+    foreach (@$d) {
+	my ($value,$display)=@{ $_ };
+	$r->print('<tr><td>'.$display.'</td>');
+
+	$r->print('<td><select name=f'.$i.
+		  ' onchange="javascript:flip(this.form,'.$i.');">');
+	$r->print('<option value="none"></option>');
+	foreach (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%sone))) {
+	    $r->print('<option value="'.$_.'">Column '.($_+1).'</option>');
+	}
+	$r->print('</select></td></tr>'."\n");
+	$i++;
+    }
+    $i--;
+    return $i;
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item csv_samples_select_table($r,$records,$d)
+
+Prints a table of sample values from the upload and can make associate samples to internal names.
+
+$r is an Apache Request ref,
+$records is an arrayref from &Apache::loncommon::upfile_record_sep,
+$d is an array of 2 element arrays (internal name, displayed name)
+
+=cut
+
+sub csv_samples_select_table {
+    my ($r,$records,$d) = @_;
+    my %sone; my %stwo; my %sthree;
+    my $i=0;
+
+    $r->print('<table border=2><tr><th>Field</th><th>Samples</th></tr>');
+    %sone=&record_sep($$records[0]);
+    if (defined($$records[1])) {%stwo=&record_sep($$records[1]);}
+    if (defined($$records[2])) {%sthree=&record_sep($$records[2]);}
+
+    foreach (sort keys %sone) {
+	$r->print('<tr><td><select name=f'.$i.
+		  ' onchange="javascript:flip(this.form,'.$i.');">');
+	foreach (@$d) {
+	    my ($value,$display)=@{ $_ };
+	    $r->print('<option value='.$value.'>'.$display.'</option>');
+	}
+	$r->print('</select></td><td>');
+	if (defined($sone{$_})) { $r->print($sone{$_}."</br>\n"); }
+	if (defined($stwo{$_})) { $r->print($stwo{$_}."</br>\n"); }
+	if (defined($sthree{$_})) { $r->print($sthree{$_}."</br>\n"); }
+	$r->print('</td></tr>');
+	$i++;
+    }
+    $i--;
+    return($i);
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item check_if_partid_hidden($id,$symb,$udom,$uname)
+
+Returns either 1 or undef
+
+1 if the part is to be hidden, undef if it is to be shown
+
+Arguments are:
+
+$id the id of the part to be checked
+$symb, optional the symb of the resource to check
+$udom, optional the domain of the user to check for
+$uname, optional the username of the user to check for
 
-=item *
+=cut
+
+sub check_if_partid_hidden {
+    my ($id,$symb,$udom,$uname) = @_;
+    my $hiddenparts=&Apache::lonnet::EXT('resource.0.parameter_hiddenparts',
+					 $symb,$udom,$uname);
+    my @hiddenlist=split(/,/,$hiddenparts);
+    foreach my $checkid (@hiddenlist) {
+	if ($checkid =~ /^\s*\Q$id\E\s*$/) { return 1; }
+    }
+    return undef;
+}
 
-BEGIN() : initialize values from language.tab, copyright.tab, filetypes.tab,
-and filecategories.tab.
 
-=item *
 
-languageids() : returns list of all language ids
+1;
+__END__;
 
-=item *
+=pod
 
-languagedescription() : returns description of a specified language id
+=back
+
+=head2 Access .tab File Data
+
+=over 4
 
-=item *
+=item languageids() 
 
-copyrightids() : returns list of all copyrights
+returns list of all language ids
 
-=item *
+=item languagedescription() 
 
-copyrightdescription() : returns description of a specified copyright id
+returns description of a specified language id
 
-=item *
+=item copyrightids() 
 
-filecategories() : returns list of all file categories
+returns list of all copyrights
 
-=item *
+=item copyrightdescription() 
 
-filecategorytypes() : returns list of file types belonging to a given file
+returns description of a specified copyright id
+
+=item filecategories() 
+
+returns list of all file categories
+
+=item filecategorytypes() 
+
+returns list of file types belonging to a given file
 category
 
-=item *
+=item fileembstyle() 
 
-fileembstyle() : returns embedding style for a specified file type
+returns embedding style for a specified file type
 
-=item *
+=item filedescription() 
 
-filedescription() : returns description for a specified file type
+returns description for a specified file type
 
-=item *
+=item filedescriptionex() 
 
-filedescriptionex() : returns description for a specified file type with
+returns description for a specified file type with
 extra formatting
 
-=item *
+=back
+
+=head2 Alternate Problem Views
+
+=over 4
+
+=item get_previous_attempt() 
 
-get_previous_attempt() : return string with previous attempt on problem
+return string with previous attempt on problem
 
-=item *
+=item get_student_view() 
+
+show a snapshot of what student was looking at
+
+=item get_student_answers() 
+
+show a snapshot of how student was answering problem
+
+=back
+
+=head2 HTTP Helper
+
+=over 4
 
-get_student_view() : show a snapshot of what student was looking at
+=item get_unprocessed_cgi($query,$possible_names)
 
-=item *
+Modify the %ENV hash to contain unprocessed CGI form parameters held in
+$query.  The parameters listed in $possible_names (an array reference),
+will be set in $ENV{'form.name'} if they do not already exist.
 
-get_student_answers() : show a snapshot of how student was answering problem
+Typically called with $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'} as the first parameter.  
+$possible_names is an ref to an array of form element names.  As an example:
+get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},['uname','udom']);
+will result in $ENV{'form.uname'} and $ENV{'form.udom'} being set.
 
-=item *
+=item cacheheader() 
 
-get_unprocessed_cgi() : get unparsed CGI parameters
+returns cache-controlling header code
 
-=item *
+=item no_cache($r) 
 
-cacheheader() : returns cache-controlling header code
+specifies header code to not have cache
 
-=item *
+=item add_to_env($name,$value) 
 
-nocache() : specifies header code to not have cache
+adds $name to the %ENV hash with value
+$value, if $name already exists, the entry is converted to an array
+reference and $value is added to the array.
 
 =back