Erlang Dialog Project Files

ERDialog a Simple Web framework with Erlang

RDialog project offers a simple browser framework for small projects written in Erlang. Many applets can be installed into the framework. Present available applets include text readers, video and graphics viewer, a wiki
 engine, audio players and a torrent downloader.  

Installation and Configuration  


Very briefly,     
 * Install Erlang.
 * Install Yaws. 
 *  untar the erdialog-0.X.tar.gz into the directory location you want
  If you need to recompile you may run ./erdialog -make 

 to install an applet that is shipped in the zips directory run: ./erdialog -install

  if you need to recompile the erl files: You may need the applet Emakefile so:
 move, for example, the scripts/makefiles/Emakefile.erdcalc to the top directory of ERDialog, then
 rename to Emakefile then:  ./erdialog -make
u
  This should byte compile the files in the src directory. 

If all goes well, try start.sh, which will start the application in an interactive Erlang shell.

  *** Browser Address ***  

The application is usually accessible on port 8101  (see yaws.conf if you want to change this),  so once it's running, you should see the main user interface at  http://localhost:8101/  

To change the address go to: priv/yaws-conf in the file: erdialog.yawsconf you can change port 

If you change the Directory name to something other than ERDialog-x.xx, then also change the erdialogurl which is used in applets to find the top menu. include/erdialog_defaults.hrl

You can also change the browser of choice in this file the erdbrowser setting is used by some applets.  

*** Starting Program *** 

The command for running as a daemon: yaw --conf yaws.conf -D  
to stop the daemon:  yaws --id erdialog --stop

*** Main files ***  

The user interface is constructed around static YAWS pages which load help files and applet files.  

index.yaws starting file for the main user interface. 

*** Additional Help ***
Help pages are located at: docroot/help
a wiki is at: http://erdialog.org
bug reports can be filed at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=245855&atid=1126075

*** Changes *** 
version 2.16 changed hrl include files to update to newest Erlang version 

version 2.15 
	modified constant for file processing of weaved files
	added node name to start.sh script
	change textarea of weaved files to rows 8 cols 80
	place location of po files in include hrl 
	Changed i18n handling to accomadate missing po language files

version 2.14 fixed misalignment in po file use. revised css file.

version 2.13 change hweb files to handle large weave installs

version 2.12 added message if yaws not found as part of erl, fixed Windows 7 install 

version 2.11 changed erdialog fo begin as otp application, yaws stated as application, updates to Spa, Hin, Zho, Deu language files 

version 2.10 improved erdhweb documentation and operation, switched applet page to weaved applets, split out language and conf files.

version 2.09 change to viewing weaved files so that large weaved files can be viewed in erdhweb

version 2.08 updated PO files for erdhweb, separated help files into data weave file, removed gui start files using gs

version 2.07 added make for applet installation

version 2.06 added applet harness for uninstalling applets

version 2.05 added erdialog_checklist.yaws, added po files for erdhweb

version 2.04 updated erdacalc applet

version 2.03 adding help files to hweb function

version 2.02 adding hweb function to main ERDialog release - so weaved html files can be circulated

version 2.01 deb release, change bin start file

version 2.00 fixed regression error

version 1.99 change i18n files to use po files. More Esperanto translation. updated sample applets, ERDacalc and ERDahelloworld to use po files and install without restarting ERDialog.

version 1.98 added beginning of Chinese framework for i18n. Updated some i18n files. Removed file selector for help files. Updated welcome help page.

version 1.97 Changed file selection dialog to use HTML5 form. Fixed cli applet install regression and minor directory regression. Changed menu choice of Applets avaliable and set beginning framework for Hindi language as i18n option. 

version 1.96 Added applet installation page, including automated application restart. Cleaned up some localization files. Added direct download of applets.

version 1.95 Added api hooks for applet helpsystem, changed make system to be recursive for applets, and added a hello world applet. The hello world applet is an example demostration of how to set up and develop an applet for ERDialog  

version 1.94 added pulldown menu to select locale. fixed command line applet install bug 3043831, added copydata/2 to work with applets bug 3041930, fixed help menu cancel for applets bug 3041924.

version 1.93 Added context sensitive help. Help page will default to designated topic based on reference page. Added selection pop-up for help pages using Erlang gs interface. Cleaned up i18n source files to fix crashes in deu, spa and fra. 

version 1.92 added toolbar for GUI startup 

version 1.91    stop caching to fix dynamic page load issues 

version 1.9    redisigned help pages - getting ready for context sensitive help    modify erdialog script for changing alternate directory structures    erl_tidy source files for ERDialog     add erdialogtool for package distribution help    added source code as html files for ERDialog version 1.9    update ERDialog script for win32 

version 1.8    added -id erdialog so that yaws process can be stopped correctly    updated Erlang command page for ERDialog    added escript for control    changed language conf files for i18n    updated erdcalc applet to be consist with new lang conf files  

version 1.7   fix minor regression error in installed applet display   add installapplet.bat file   fill in un-translated fillers in i18n files

version 1.6   added in framework for adding applet processes   added node name to erdialog   finalized 1st version of applet process listing page   add command screen to enter Erlang commands   

version 1.5   added batch file for win32 startup   added yaws setting info to status page   small cleanups for release ERDialog 1.5 

version 1.4  put in eparse.erl files needed for file writing  

version 1.3  changed help file -> yaws (for i18n)  added status page  

version 1.2  sample applet updated.  index.yaws page refactored.  version 1.1  Esperanto added to language bundle.  header refactored using I18n. 	

1.0  I18n handling was refactored,   so it now loads text files at runtime starting rules   for per-page context help. Make was added to the startup script.  

Version 0.9  Added applet finding screen  Added browser config setting in yaws file  Revised menus  Added utf-8 setting in Head.inc

Version 0.8  added main URL as returned by a function call so applets don't need to hardcode  the http port.

Version 0.7  added language handling. i18n files and translations.  

Version 0.6  finding of priv is dependent upon application name  Now application name is passed from index.yaws  

Version 0.5  Revised menu system  set separate yaws config directory  changed directory structure - adding priv and lib  

Version 0.4  Changed index file  added menu building erl file   

Version 0.3  Initial Public Release  Refactored directory structure  Added ERDialog files for beginning of framework 

ERDialog - Steven Gibson (c) 2008-2010 smalllinux@gmail.com http://erdialog.sourceforge.net
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