Depts

modified a bunch of files in /inc and /search to comment out all references to captcha, so user no longer has to supply captcha string and page no longer searches for it. A couple of dozen files modified in all which can be identified by their modification date (2022-02-08)

Also modified a couple of files in content/annotate/ to disable the form for submitting annotations to prevent it being abused when captcha disabled. I removed large whacks of the page rather than commented them out.

Following procedure in readme file, updated the site at hcmc.uvic.ca/servitengasse to include people whose "make public" year is 2022. Updated files in both servitengasse and servitendev folders in hcmc account on home1t.
Also updated htaccess files in both build folders to force php version to 7.

Hopefully by next year we'll have replaced the current clunky, half-done-by-hand process with something better.

Edition 3.6 of Dr. Kim Blank's widely-admired site Mapping Keats's Progress has been released.

Dr. Kim Blank's site Mapping Keats's Progress: a Critical Chronology, which "has received plaudits and unsolicited praise from respected colleagues," (Suzie Grogan) has progressed to edition 3.5. This project is a collaboration with HCMC and is a fully Endings-compliant project.

Dr. Kim Blank's widely-admired site Mapping Keats's Progress: a Critical Chronology has reached another milestone, with edition 3.4. This project is a collaboration with HCMC and is a fully Endings-compliant project.

Dr. Kim Blank's widely-admired site Mapping Keats's Progress: a Critical Chronology has reached another milestone, with edition 3.2. This project is a collaboration with HCMC and is a fully Endings-compliant project.

HT wants Blüh to sort Blue Blüh Blum Blz rather than the default Blue Blum Blz Blüh

Here's the original code to sort the json by name using just the raw unicode
thisCatFeatures.sort(function(a, b) {
var aName = a.getProperties().name.toUpperCase();
var bName = b.getProperties().name.toUpperCase();
if (aName < bName) { return -1; }
if (aName > bName) { return 1; }
return 0;
});

Here's a modification I made which transforms each accented character to its base character (ä to a) by splitting the base from the combining diacritic and then stripping the diacritic. This addresses the immediate problem, but does not conform with e.g. the German convention which requires that ä actually sort as ae.
thisCatFeatures.sort(function(a, b) {
var aName = a.getProperties().name.toUpperCase().normalize("NFD").replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "");
var bName = b.getProperties().name.toUpperCase().normalize("NFD").replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "");
if (aName < bName) { return -1; }
if (aName > bName) { return 1; }
return 0;
});

Here's a variation using the Collator object with an argument telling it to use German (de) spelling conventions. The "{sensitivity: base}" argument in combination with the German localization might be redundant or might generate slightly different results than no such argument, I haven't tested and this makes it explicit.
thisCatFeatures.sort(function(a, b) {
var aName = a.getProperties().name.toUpperCase();
var bName = b.getProperties().name.toUpperCase();
return new Intl.Collator('de', { sensitivity: 'base' }).compare(aName,bName);
});
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Collator

Before, alpha sorting distinguished umlauted characters from non, so would sort like this:
Baa
Bad
Bag
Bäa
Bäd
Bäg
Whereas HT wants
Baa
Bäa
Bad
Bäd
Bag
Bäg
I created a person_name_normal field and put into it the person_last_name field, and then went through and replaced all instances of ä with a, ö with o and ü with u, so the normalized field no longer has the umlauted characters.

I now have to revise the code for output so that it includes the person_name_normal field and sorts on that field rather than on person_last_name.
I also have to revise the code that populates the database so that it properly includes the normalized version of the person_last_name automatically.

Seven years to the day since the last update, Hot Potatoes version 7.0 has finally been released. It's also well over 20 years since the first versions came out. Still going strong! Thanks to all the people in the Hot Potatoes user community for all their input and help over the last year, as I worked on the new version.

This post describes the current work that's just starting to create a new Hot Potatoes exercise site for the Alpha to Omega textbook.

• The student working on this project (as MN's workstudy) is RH.
• An svn repo has been set up (sv/greek) containing the old site/textbook material (svn/greek/athena) and a framework for the new one (svn/greek/alpha_to_omega).
• RH has permissions to write to the repo, and has been introduced to svn. He has used git before.
• The work will begin with chapter 14, and go through to 17 as soon as possible, so that current students will have something to work on before their exams.
• RH is booked for two sessions a week on Spade, and I've installed Visual Studio Code on there so that he can use it to develop his own stuff before dumping it into Hot Potatoes. He's planning to use CSS grid layout instead of tables, and has his own custom source file in the repo (css/ross.css) which can be included in HotPot exercises on the fly, to handle the grid layout stuff. He also knows about the HCMC clipart and will use it where appropriate. He is new to Hot Potatoes itself, so will need a little help as he gets started.

180 minutes over the last few days.