[Xymon] Xymon Notes Editor

Thu Dec 21 19:29:22 CET 2017

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 <solitaryr at gmail.com> 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 <spah at syntec.co.uk> 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 <solitaryr at gmail.com> 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 <solitaryr at gmail.com>
>>> 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 <solitaryr at gmail.com>
>>>> 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 <spah at syntec.co.uk> 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
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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