[LON-CAPA-users] DOCS features dysfunctional

Gerd Kortemeyer lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:47:58 -0500


Thanks Lars, this helps a lot!

Lars jensen wrote:

> This was an older sequence file I had published from my construction
> space a while back - at that time I gave it a name containing a colon.
> I imported it into a course through the DOCS Main Documents feature. The
> colon was not escaped. If I imported the sequence through the RAT, the
> colon is escaped, I believe.
>
> Lars.
>
> Gerd Kortemeyer wrote:
>
> >Yes, I can see how a colon in a title might create a problem - colon is used
> >as an internal field separator. LON-CAPA usually circumvents this by escaping
> >real colons as :. How exactly did the resource get its title: through
> >import, search, upload, or rename?
> >
> >Lars Jensen wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>The culprit seems to be a colon in the title of the sequence. If there's
> >>a colon in the sequence, and I try to import the sequence theough the
> >>"Main Documents" of the DOCS page, something goes terribly wrong. I just
> >>tested without the colon, and results are much better.
> >>
> >>Lars.
> >>
> >>On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Lars Jensen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>The DOCS features doesn't work at all for me - they seem to be broken.
> >>>The system seems to confuse titles with document names. for example when
> >>>I import my sequence file, re-initialize, lon-capa looks for a document
> >>>with filename identical to the title of my sequence. This obviously
> >>>cannot be found. Anyone else have similar experiences?
> >>>
> >>>Lars.
> >>>
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