Xymon Notes Editor

One other thing...what kind of screenshots?  It's basically just dropping
files in place and editing some Xymon bits.

thanks

=G=

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hey SebA,

Thanks for the feedback and catching the missed url paths.  I'll look into
making those updates...I'm not even sure if the original author is even
still around.  I was actually toying around with the idea of adding TinyMCE
or something like that.  I've also seen that there are some html code
snippets that Chrome and Firefox choke on...badly...so I expect I'll need
to figure out how to make that better.  I'm also planning to drop the BB
specific bits since they aren't that much different and it's not clear how
much BB is even used in the Xymon community...especially the server side.
I did run into the same symlink issue you mentioned and just haven't
updated the doc yet.

=G=

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 6:47 AM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Thanks for your work on this Galen.  I started my response the next day,
but I've been too busy to finish it until now.

Here's two fixes in one line for Xymon 4.3 (adding SECURE and with the
change of name for the cgi script):
        <a class="inner" href="$XYMONSERVERSECURECGIURL/xymnote_editor.cgi">Edit
Notes</a><span class="invis"> | </span>

Also in order to get the host link to display in the main Xymon page,
with the latest terabithia RPM installed, I had to:
$ cd /etc/xymon/data
$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/xymon/www/notes notes

I have to admit I tried to get your notes editor installed so I could
take a look at it as there were no screenshots on Xymonton.  I was
disappointed that there was no toolbar for formatting text.  I'm sure this
is just a minor thing, but it means I'm inclined to try this solution
instead: http://www.it-eckert.com/blog/2014/how-to-integrate-xymon-wi
th-a-documentation-system/

I also note that the templates only apply when saving notes pages, so any
change to the template does not take effect until resaving the note page
for a host.  Slightly disappointing too, but to be expected I suppose given
the location of the template.

That said, I have it all working now, so that's great.

Thanks again and kind regards,

SebA


On 5 December 2017 at 06:14, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Ok...I found several things that needed some love.  It's not perfect but
it does at least run for me.  The instructions could use a bit of
improvement as well.   I'm not 100% sure which code notes path is
legit...may take a little playing.  The new code is on github (
https://github.com/solitaryr/xymon_notes).  If I can find the time,
I'll see what I can do to improve it...especially in regards to better
integration into the Xymon ecosystem.  I may even see what it might take to
integrate directly into Xymon instead of an add-on...but C is a distant
memory...

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

Ahhh...this is one of the few scripts I rescued from Deadcat since I
had made use of it a while ago...hopefully, it's compatible with the
Terabithia rpms.  I'll need to try it locally to see if I can rep what you
see.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

It's been a while since I even looked at that code.  Let me refresh
myself on it (and push it to github as well.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Galen,

I have been trying to get your Xymon Notes Editor working.  I have
fixed a number of issues in the code or with your instructions, but I'm
stuck on probably the last issue.

Most of the issues may be caused by your code getting munged when you
uploaded it to Xymonton - I'm not sure.  For example I needed to add a few
carriage returns:
Line 24 and before 'HTML':
Can't find string terminator "HTML" anywhere before EOF at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 161
As well as somewhere around:
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 46, at end of line

But I still have this error and I'm not sure where the issue really
is because this is the end of the file:
Missing right curly or square bracket at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 234, at end of
line

With the instructions, there should have been instructions to install
perl-CGI and create the www/notes directory.

Can you help with EOF right clurly or square bracket error please?
And / or try re-uploading to Xymon, or posting a copy of the code for
download either from this list or from somewhere else.  A download saves
time if anyone else wants to use this too.

Many thanks, SebA