--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/09/19 22:54:46	1.679.2.3
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/01 15:03:40	1.699
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.679.2.3 2008/09/19 22:54:46 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.699 2008/12/01 15:03:40 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ use POSIX qw(strftime mktime);
 use Apache::lonmenu();
 use Apache::lonenc();
 use Apache::lonlocal;
+use Apache::lonnet();
 use HTML::Entities;
 use Apache::lonhtmlcommon();
 use Apache::loncoursedata();
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ use Apache::lontexconvert();
 use Apache::lonclonecourse();
 use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
 use DateTime::TimeZone;
+use DateTime::Locale::Catalog;
 
 # ---------------------------------------------- Designs
 use vars qw(%defaultdesign);
@@ -657,6 +659,57 @@ sub select_timezone {
    return $output;
 }
 
+sub select_datelocale {
+    my ($name,$selected,$onchange,$includeempty)=@_;
+    my $output='<select name="'.$name.'" '.$onchange.'>'."\n";
+    if ($includeempty) {
+        $output .= '<option value=""';
+        if ($selected eq '') {
+            $output .= ' selected="selected" ';
+        }
+        $output .= '> </option>';
+    }
+    my (@possibles,%locale_names);
+    my @locales = DateTime::Locale::Catalog::Locales;
+    foreach my $locale (@locales) {
+        if (ref($locale) eq 'HASH') {
+            my $id = $locale->{'id'};
+            if ($id ne '') {
+                my $en_terr = $locale->{'en_territory'};
+                my $native_terr = $locale->{'native_territory'};
+                my @languages = &Apache::lonlocal::preferred_languages();
+                if (grep(/^en$/,@languages) || !@languages) {
+                    if ($en_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = '('.$en_terr.')';
+                    } elsif ($native_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = $native_terr;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if ($native_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = $native_terr.' ';
+                    } elsif ($en_terr ne '') {
+                        $locale_names{$id} = '('.$en_terr.')';
+                    }
+                }
+                push (@possibles,$id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    foreach my $item (sort(@possibles)) {
+        $output.= '<option value="'.$item.'"';
+        if ($item eq $selected) {
+            $output.=' selected="selected"';
+        }
+        $output.=">$item";
+        if ($locale_names{$item} ne '') {
+            $output.="  $locale_names{$item}</option>\n";
+        }
+        $output.="</option>\n";
+    }
+    $output.="</select>";
+    return $output;
+}
+
 =pod
 
 =item * &linked_select_forms(...)
@@ -873,7 +926,7 @@ sub help_open_topic {
     if ($text ne "") {
 	$template .= 
             "<table bgcolor='#3333AA' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1' border='0'><tr>".
-            "<td bgcolor='#5555FF'><a target=\"_top\" href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
+            "<td bgcolor='#5555FF'><span class=\"LC_nobreak\"><a target=\"_top\" href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
     }
 
     # Add the graphic
@@ -882,7 +935,7 @@ sub help_open_topic {
     $template .= <<"ENDTEMPLATE";
  <a target="_top" href="$link" title="$title"><img src="$helpicon" border="0" alt="(Help: $topic)" /></a>
 ENDTEMPLATE
-    if ($text ne '') { $template.='</td></tr></table>' };
+    if ($text ne '') { $template.='</span></td></tr></table>' };
     return $template;
 
 }
@@ -2945,7 +2998,7 @@ sub fileextensions {
 
 sub display_languages {
     my %languages=();
-    foreach my $lang (&preferred_languages()) {
+    foreach my $lang (&Apache::lonlocal::preferred_languages()) {
 	$languages{$lang}=1;
     }
     &get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},['displaylanguage']);
@@ -2957,54 +3010,9 @@ sub display_languages {
     return %languages;
 }
 
-sub preferred_languages {
-    my @languages=();
-    if (($env{'request.role.adv'}) && ($env{'form.languages'})) {
-        @languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'form.languages'}));
-    }
-    if ($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'}) {
-	@languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,
-	         $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.languages'}));
-    }
-
-    if ($env{'environment.languages'}) {
-	@languages=(@languages,
-		    split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'environment.languages'}));
-    }
-    my $browser=$ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'};
-    if ($browser) {
-	my @browser = 
-	    map { (split(/\s*;\s*/,$_))[0] } (split(/\s*,\s*/,$browser));
-	push(@languages,@browser);
-    }
-
-    foreach my $domtype ($env{'user.domain'},$env{'request.role.domain'},
-                         $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}) {
-        if ($domtype ne '') {
-            my %domdefs = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($domtype);
-            if ($domdefs{'lang_def'} ne '') {
-                push(@languages,$domdefs{'lang_def'});
-            }
-        }
-    }
-# turn "en-ca" into "en-ca,en"
-    my @genlanguages;
-    foreach my $lang (@languages) {
-	unless ($lang=~/\w/) { next; }
-	push(@genlanguages,$lang);
-	if ($lang=~/(\-|\_)/) {
-	    push(@genlanguages,(split(/(\-|\_)/,$lang))[0]);
-	}
-    }
-    #uniqueify the languages list
-    my %count;
-    @genlanguages = map { $count{$_}++ == 0 ? $_ : () } @genlanguages;
-    return @genlanguages;
-}
-
 sub languages {
     my ($possible_langs) = @_;
-    my @preferred_langs = &preferred_languages();
+    my @preferred_langs = &Apache::lonlocal::preferred_languages();
     if (!ref($possible_langs)) {
 	if( wantarray ) {
 	    return @preferred_langs;
@@ -3348,16 +3356,21 @@ sub pprmlink {
 
 
 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'   => $ltime[8] );
+    my ($thistime) = @_;
+    my $timezone = &Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone();
+    my $dt = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $thistime)
+                     ->set_time_zone($timezone);
+    my $wday = $dt->day_of_week();
+    if ($wday == 7) { $wday = 0; }
+    return ( 'second' => $dt->second(),
+             'minute' => $dt->minute(),
+             'hour'   => $dt->hour(),
+             'day'     => $dt->day_of_month(),
+             'month'   => $dt->month(),
+             'year'    => $dt->year(),
+             'weekday' => $wday,
+             'dayyear' => $dt->day_of_year(),
+             'dlsav'   => $dt->is_dst() );
 }
 
 sub utc_string {
@@ -3367,6 +3380,24 @@ sub utc_string {
 
 sub maketime {
     my %th=@_;
+    my ($epoch_time,$timezone,$dt);
+    $timezone = &Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone();
+    eval {
+        $dt = DateTime->new( year   => $th{'year'},
+                             month  => $th{'month'},
+                             day    => $th{'day'},
+                             hour   => $th{'hour'},
+                             minute => $th{'minute'},
+                             second => $th{'second'},
+                             time_zone => $timezone,
+                         );
+    };
+    if (!$@) {
+        $epoch_time = $dt->epoch;
+        if ($epoch_time) {
+            return $epoch_time;
+        }
+    }
     return POSIX::mktime(
         ($th{'seconds'},$th{'minutes'},$th{'hours'},
          $th{'day'},$th{'month'}-1,$th{'year'}-1900,0,0,-1));
@@ -3849,7 +3880,14 @@ sub get_domainconf {
         if (ref($domconfig{'login'}) eq 'HASH') {
             if (keys(%{$domconfig{'login'}})) {
                 foreach my $key (keys(%{$domconfig{'login'}})) {
-                    $designhash{$udom.'.login.'.$key}=$domconfig{'login'}{$key};
+                    if (ref($domconfig{'login'}{$key}) eq 'HASH') {
+                        foreach my $img (keys(%{$domconfig{'login'}{$key}})) {
+                            $designhash{$udom.'.login.'.$key.'_'.$img} = 
+                                $domconfig{'login'}{$key}{$img};
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        $designhash{$udom.'.login.'.$key}=$domconfig{'login'}{$key};
+                    }
                 }
             } else {
                 $legacy{'login'} = 1;
@@ -4373,6 +4411,7 @@ sub standard_css {
     my $mail_other_hover     = '#669999';
     my $table_header         = '#DDDDDD';
     my $feedback_link_bg     = '#BBBBBB';
+    my $lg_border_color	     = '#D5FF6F';
 
     my $border = ($env{'browser.type'} eq 'explorer' ||
 		  $env{'browser.type'} eq 'safari'     ) ? '0px 2px 0px 2px'
@@ -4380,18 +4419,25 @@ sub standard_css {
 
 
     return <<END;
-h1, h2, h3, th { font-family: $sans }
+body{
+     font-family: $sans;
+     line-height:130%;
+     font-size:0.8em;
+     color:$font;
+  }
+
 a:focus { color: red; background: yellow } 
 table.thinborder,
-
 table.thinborder tr th {
   border-style: solid;
   border-width: 1px;
+  border-color: $lg_border_color;
   background: $tabbg;
 }
 table.thinborder tr td {
   border-style: solid;
-  border-width: 1px
+  border-width: 1px;
+  border-color: $lg_border_color;
 }
 
 form, .inline { display: inline; }
@@ -4547,7 +4593,6 @@ table.LC_docs_path td.LC_docs_path_compo
 td.LC_table_cell_checkbox {
   text-align: center;
 }
-
 table#LC_mainmenu td.LC_mainmenu_column {
     vertical-align: top;
 }
@@ -4555,13 +4600,13 @@ table#LC_mainmenu td.LC_mainmenu_column
 .LC_menubuttons_inline_text {
   color: $font;
   font-family: $sans;
-  font-size: smaller;
+  font-size: 90%;
 }
 
 .LC_menubuttons_link {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
-
+/*2008--9-5: new menu style sheet.Changed category*/
 .LC_menubuttons_category {
   color: $font;
   background: $pgbg;
@@ -4571,11 +4616,9 @@ table#LC_mainmenu td.LC_mainmenu_column
 }
 
 td.LC_menubuttons_text {
-  width: 90%;
-  color: $font;
-  font-family: $sans;
+ 	color: $font;
+ 	width: 90%;
 }
-
 td.LC_menubuttons_img {
 }
 
@@ -4789,24 +4832,6 @@ table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_even {
 table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_odd {
 }
 
-
-table#LC_portfolio_actions {
-  width: auto;
-  background: $pgbg;
-  border: 0px;
-  border-spacing: 2px 2px;
-  padding: 0px;
-  margin: 0px;
-  border-collapse: separate;
-}
-table#LC_portfolio_actions td.LC_label {
-  background: $tabbg;
-  text-align: right;
-}
-table#LC_portfolio_actions td.LC_value {
-  background: $tabbg;
-}
-
 table#LC_cstr_controls {
   width: 100%;
   border-collapse: collapse;
@@ -4825,33 +4850,25 @@ table#LC_cstr_controls tr th {
   font-size: smaller;
 }
 
-table#LC_browser {
- 
-}
-table#LC_browser tr th {
-  background: $table_header;
-}
-table#LC_browser tr td {
-  padding: 2px;
-}
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_file,
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_file_published {
+table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_browser_file,
+table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_browser_file_published {
   background: #CCFF88;
 }
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_file_locked,
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_file_unpublished {
+table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_browser_file_locked,
+table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_browser_file_unpublished {
   background: #FFAA99;
 }
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_file_obsolete {
+table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_browser_file_obsolete {
   background: #AAAAAA;
 }
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_file_modified,
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_file_metamodified {
+table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_browser_file_modified,
+table.LC_data_table tr > td.LC_browser_file_metamodified {
   background: #FFFF77;
 }
-table#LC_browser tr.LC_browser_folder {
+table.LC_data_table tr.LC_browser_folder > td {
   background: #CCCCFF;
 }
+
 span.LC_current_location {
   font-size: x-large;
   background: $pgbg;
@@ -5361,10 +5378,10 @@ table.LC_scantron_action {
   width: 100%;
 }
 table.LC_scantron_action tr th {
-  font: normal bold $sans;
+  font-weight:bold;
+  font-style:normal;
 }
-
-div.LC_edit_problem_header, 
+.LC_edit_problem_header, 
 div.LC_edit_problem_footer {
   font: normal medium $sans;
   margin: 2px;
@@ -5418,6 +5435,331 @@ img.stift{
   border-width:0;
   vertical-align:middle;
 }
+
+table#LC_mainmenu{
+ margin-top:10px;
+ width:80%;
+
+}
+
+table#LC_mainmenu td.LC_mainmenu_col_fieldset{
+  vertical-align: top;
+  width: 45%;
+}
+.LC_mainmenu_fieldset_category {
+  color: $font;
+  background: $pgbg;
+  font-family: $sans;
+  font-size: small;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+fieldset#LC_mainmenu_fieldset {
+  margin:0px 10px 10px 0px;
+
+}
+/* ---- Remove when done ----
+# The following styles is part of the redesign of LON-CAPA and are
+# subject to change during this project.
+# Don't rely on their current functionality as they might be 
+# changed or removed.
+# --------------------------*/
+
+a:hover,
+ol.smallMenu a:hover,
+ol#MenuBreadcrumbs a:hover,
+ul#TabMainMenuContent a:hover,
+.FormSectionClearButton input:hover{
+	color:#BF2317;
+        text-decoration:none;
+}
+
+h1 { 
+	padding:5px 10px 5px 20px;
+	line-height:130%;
+}
+
+h2,h3,h4,h5,h6
+{
+margin:5px 0px 5px 0px;
+line-height:130%;
+}
+.hcell{
+        padding:3px 15px 3px 15px;
+        margin:0px;
+        background: $pgbg;
+        border-bottom:solid 1px $lg_border_color;       
+}
+.right {
+	text-align: right;
+}
+.left {
+	text-align: left;
+}
+.noBorder {
+        border:0px;
+}
+/*
+.bgLightGrey { background:URL(images/TabMenuBG.png) repeat-x left top; }
+.bgLightGreyYellow {background-color:#EFECE0;}
+*/
+
+
+/* Main Header with discription of Person, Course, etc. */
+.HeadRight {
+	text-align: right;
+	float: right;
+	margin: 0px;
+	padding: 0px;
+        right:0;
+        position:absolute;
+        overflow:hidden;
+}
+
+p {
+	padding: 10px;
+
+}
+.FormSectionClearButton input {
+        background-color:transparent;
+        border:0px;
+        cursor:pointer;
+        text-decoration:underline;
+}
+
+
+dl,ul,div,fieldset {
+	margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px;
+	overflow:hidden;
+}
+ol.smallMenu {
+	margin: 0px;
+}
+
+ol.smallMenu li {
+	display: inline;
+	padding: 5px 5px 0px 10px;
+	vertical-align: top;
+}
+
+ol.smallMenu li img {
+	vertical-align: bottom;
+}
+
+ol.smallMenu a {
+	font-size: 90%;
+	color: RGB(80, 80, 80);
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+ol#TabMainMenuContent {
+	
+	margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
+	padding: 0px;
+}
+
+ol#TabMainMenuContent li {
+	display: inline;
+	vertical-align: bottom;
+	border-bottom: solid 1px RGB(175, 175, 175);
+	border-right: solid 1px RGB(175, 175, 175);
+	padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
+	margin-right:4px;
+	line-height: 140%;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	overflow:hidden;
+/*	background: RGB(211, 206, 205) URL(images/TabMenuBG.png) repeat-x left top;*/
+}
+
+ol#TabMainMenuContent li a{
+	color: RGB(47, 47, 47);
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+ol#TabMainMenuContent div.columnSection {
+	margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
+ol#MenuBreadcrumbs, ol#PathBreadcrumbs {
+	border-top: solid 1px RGB(255, 255, 255);
+	height: 20px;
+	line-height: 20px;
+	vertical-align: bottom;
+	margin: 0px 0px 30px 0px;
+	padding-left: 10px;
+	list-style-position: inside;
+/*	background: RGB(211, 206, 205) URL(images/TabMenuBG.png) repeat-x left
+		top;*/
+}
+
+ol#MenuBreadcrumbs li, ol#PathBreadcrumbs li {
+/*	background: url(images/pfeil_white.png) no-repeat left center;*/
+	display: inline;
+	padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
+	vertical-align: bottom;
+	overflow:hidden;
+}
+
+ol#MenuBreadcrumbs li a {
+	text-decoration: none;
+	font-size:90%;
+}
+ol#PathBreadcrumbs li a{
+	text-decoration:none;
+	font-size:100%;
+	font-weight:bold;
+}
+
+.ContentBoxSpecial
+{
+	border: solid 1px $lg_border_color;
+}
+.ContentBox {
+	padding:10px;
+}
+.PopUp
+{
+	padding:10px;
+	border-left:solid 1px $lg_border_color;
+ 	border-top:solid 1px $lg_border_color;
+	border-bottom:outset 1px $lg_border_color;
+	border-right:outset 1px $lg_border_color;
+	display:none;
+	position:absolute;
+	right:0;
+	background-color:white;
+	z-index:5;
+}
+
+dl.ListStyleClean dt {
+	padding-right: 5px;
+	display: table-header-group;
+}
+
+dl.ListStyleClean dd {
+	display: table-row;
+}
+
+.ListStyleClean,
+.ListStyleSimple,
+.ListStyleNormal,
+.ListStyleNormal_Border,
+.ListStyleSpecial
+	{
+	/*display:block;	*/
+	list-style-position: inside;
+	list-style-type: none;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	padding: 0px;
+}
+
+.ListStyleSimple li,
+.ListStyleSimple dd,
+.ListStyleNormal li,
+.ListStyleNormal dd,
+.ListStyleSpecial li,
+.ListStyleSpecial dd
+	{
+	margin: 0px;
+	padding: 5px 5px 5px 10px;
+	clear: both;
+	/*display:block;*/
+}
+
+.ListStyleClean li,
+.ListStyleClean dd {
+	padding-top: 0px;
+	padding-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
+.ListStyleSimple dd,
+.ListStyleSimple li{
+	border-bottom: solid 1px $lg_border_color;
+}
+
+.ListStyleSpecial li,
+.ListStyleSpecial dd {
+	list-style-type: none;
+	background-color: RGB(220, 220, 220);
+	margin-bottom: 4px;
+}
+
+table.SimpleTable {
+	margin:5px;
+	border:solid 1px $lg_border_color;
+	}
+
+table.SimpleTable tr {
+	padding:0px;
+	border:solid 1px $lg_border_color;
+}
+table.SimpleTable thead{
+	 background:rgb(220,220,220);
+}
+
+div.columnSection {
+	display: block;
+	clear: both;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	margin:0px;
+}
+
+div.columnSection>* {
+	float: left;
+	margin: 10px 20px 10px 0px;
+	overflow:hidden;	
+}
+div.columnSection > .ContentBox,
+div.columnSection > .ContentBoxSpecial
+	{
+	width: 400px;
+	
+}
+
+.LC_loginpage_container {
+	text-align:left;
+	margin : 0 auto;
+	width:65%;
+	padding: 10px;
+	height: auto;
+	background-color:#FFFFFF;
+	border:1px solid #CCCCCC;
+}
+
+
+.LC_loginpage_loginContainer {
+	float:left;
+	width:60%;
+}
+
+.LC_loginpage_loginInfo {
+	margin-top:20px;
+	margin-left:20px;
+	float:left;
+	width:30%;
+	border:1px solid #CCCCCC;
+	padding:10px;
+}
+
+.LC_loginpage_space {
+	clear:both;
+	margin-bottom:20px;
+	border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
+}
+
+.LC_loginpage_fieldset{
+	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
+	margin: 0 auto;
+}
+
+.LC_loginpage_legend{
+	padding: 2px;
+	margin: 0px;
+	font-size:14px;
+	font-weight:bold;
+}
+
+
+
 END
 }
 
@@ -7605,7 +7947,7 @@ sub csv_print_select_table {
               &end_data_table_header_row()."\n");
     foreach my $array_ref (@$d) {
 	my ($value,$display,$defaultcol)=@{ $array_ref };
-	$r->print(&start_data_table_row().'<tr><td>'.$display.'</td>');
+	$r->print(&start_data_table_row().'<td>'.$display.'</td>');
 
 	$r->print('<td><select name=f'.$i.
 		  ' onchange="javascript:flip(this.form,'.$i.');">');
@@ -8302,8 +8644,10 @@ sub build_recipient_list {
     } elsif ($origmail ne '') {
         push(@recipients,$origmail);
     }
-    if ($defmail ne '') {
-        push(@recipients,$defmail);
+    if (defined($defmail)) {
+        if ($defmail ne '') {
+            push(@recipients,$defmail);
+        }
     }
     if ($otheremails) {
         my @others;
@@ -9167,10 +9511,10 @@ sub construct_course {
         $outcome .= ($fatal?$errtext:'read ok').' - ';
         my $title; my $url;
         if ($args->{'firstres'} eq 'syl') {
-	    $title='Syllabus';
+	    $title=&mt('Syllabus');
             $url='/public/'.$$crsudom.'/'.$$crsunum.'/syllabus';
         } else {
-            $title='Navigate Contents';
+            $title=&mt('Navigate Contents');
             $url='/adm/navmaps';
         }
 
@@ -9224,28 +9568,14 @@ sub icon {
     return &lonhttpdurl($iconname);
 } 
 
-sub lonhttpd_port {
-    my $lonhttpd_port=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonhttpdPort'};
-    if (!defined($lonhttpd_port)) { $lonhttpd_port='8080'; }
-    # IE doesn't like a secure page getting images from a non-secure
-    # port (when logging we haven't parsed the browser type so default
-    # back to secure
-    if ((!exists($env{'browser.type'}) || $env{'browser.type'} eq 'explorer')
-	&& $ENV{'SERVER_PORT'} == 443) {
-	return 443;
-    }
-    return $lonhttpd_port;
-
-}
-
 sub lonhttpdurl {
+#
+# Had been used for "small fry" static images on separate port 8080.
+# Modify here if lightweight http functionality desired again.
+# Currently eliminated due to increasing firewall issues.
+#
     my ($url)=@_;
-
-    my $lonhttpd_port = &lonhttpd_port();
-    if ($lonhttpd_port == 443) {
-	return 'https://'.$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}.$url;
-    }
-    return 'http://'.$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}.':'.$lonhttpd_port.$url;
+    return $url;
 }
 
 sub connection_aborted {
@@ -9446,6 +9776,44 @@ sub _add_to_env {
     }
 }
 
+# --- Get the symbolic name of a problem and the url
+sub get_symb {
+    my ($request,$silent) = @_;
+    (my $url=$env{'form.url'}) =~ s-^http://($ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}|$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'})--;
+    my $symb=($env{'form.symb'} ne '' ? $env{'form.symb'} : (&Apache::lonnet::symbread($url)));
+    if ($symb eq '') {
+        if (!$silent) {
+            $request->print("Unable to handle ambiguous references:$url:.");
+            return ();
+        }
+    }
+    &Apache::lonenc::check_decrypt(\$symb);
+    return ($symb);
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------Get annotation
+
+sub get_annotation {
+    my ($symb,$enc) = @_;
+
+    my $key = $symb;
+    if (!$enc) {
+        $key =
+            &Apache::lonnet::clutter((&Apache::lonnet::decode_symb($symb))[2]);
+    }
+    my %annotation=&Apache::lonnet::get('nohist_annotations',[$key]);
+    return $annotation{$key};
+}
+
+sub clean_symb {
+    my ($symb) = @_;
+
+    &Apache::lonenc::check_decrypt(\$symb);
+    my $enc = $env{'request.enc'};
+    delete($env{'request.enc'});
+
+    return ($symb,$enc);
+}
 
 =pod