I guess, handler development will not be much easier for you.. Have you read Eagle Book?
Thanks, Slava ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:01 AM Subject: Re: gzipchain > On Wed, 28 May 2003, Slava Bizyayev wrote: > > Yes it does work with my current configuration. Note I had <Files *.pl> > inside of <Directory /usr/local/systems/work/> > > Having different directories (one for compression, one not) is > messy in my case. > > What about the idea of a fixup handler? In scripts that the user selects > to output in csv or rtf I could use > $r->dir->config->set(Script_Compression => 'Off') ; then my fixup handler > look for that value and turn off compression. But how do I actually turn > off compression? > > The scripts that always output rtf I will rename to a new extension, but > the scripts users can select the output then I must use a fixup > handler. > > Also why does my own Content-type: text/html turn up in output? I guess > dynagzip is setting it's own content-type header. > > > Scott > > > Hi Scott, > > > > In my understanding your script responds correctly from the configuration > > > > <Directory /usr/local/systems/work/> > > > > PerlSendHeader On > > SetHandler perl-script > > PerlHandler Apache::Registry > > Options +ExecCGI > > # AUTH > > AuthType Apache::Authenticate > > AuthName protected > > PerlAccessHandler Apache::OpenAccess > > PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authenticate->authenticate > > require valid-user > > > > </Directory> > > > > Please, let me know if I'm wrong. > > > > Assuming it does, you would probably better try the following replacement: > > > > <Directory /usr/local/systems/work/> > > > > PerlSendHeader On > > SetHandler perl-script > > PerlHandler Apache::RegistryFilter Apache::Dynagzip > > PerlSetVar Filter On > > PerlSetVar LightCompression On > > Options +ExecCGI > > # AUTH > > AuthType Apache::Authenticate > > AuthName protected > > PerlAccessHandler Apache::OpenAccess > > PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authenticate->authenticate > > require valid-user > > > > </Directory> > > > > It should compress all output from this directory. > > > > When you need to distinguish compression between different types of output, > > it's the most simple solution to run each type of outgoing content from the > > own directory. You might have one compressed directory and one plain then. > > Otherwise you need to write your own fixup handler to turn compression off > > dynamically. > > > > Please let me know if it works for you. > > > > Thanks, > > Slava > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:04 PM > > Subject: Re: gzipchain > > > > > > > On Mon, 26 May 2003, Perrin Harkins wrote: > > > > > > > Scott Alexander wrote: > > > > > Yes if I join all my output using > > > > > > > > > > $print = $print . "html source" > > > > > > > > > > and then one print at the end > > > > > > > > > > AND change my script name from script.pl to script.html it works. > > > > > > > > > > The script I experimented on went from 15000 bytes down to 2900 bytes! > > > > > > > > > > Do I have to change all my scripts from pl to html ? > > > > > And why must I have everything in one print statement for it to work? > > > > > > > > I'm not sure why those changes helped, but you should know that > > > > Apache::GzipChain is not in wide use anymore. Most people use either > > > > Apache::Compress or Apache::Dynagzip. You can read more about them > > here: > > > > > > http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/client/compression/compression.html > > > > > > > > - Perrin > > > > > > Okay thanks now I'm using Dynagzip. The results are quite impressive. > > > > > > Some of my scripts output rtf or csv. The user can select the output > > > format (html/csv) so depending on their selection I need to have > > > compression turned off. Some scripts only output rtf. All my scripts have > > > the extension 'pl'. > > > > > > I have tried $r->dir_config->set(Filter => 'Off') ; if user script outputs > > > rtf. > > > > > > Is there some way I can turn off compression for certain scripts. I could > > > rename the extension for scripts that I don't want compression, but in the > > > case where the user can select the output then those scripts won't benefit > > > from compression. It would be easier to turn it off dynamically than to > > > rename my scripts, links, <form action=''> etc etc. > > > > > > Also why does IE 6 display different html code compared to Netscape? > > > > > > Netscape displays it correctly, but IE only displays '</body></html' at > > > the end. It's always missing the last '>' > > > > > > My httpd.conf is > > > > > > <Directory /usr/local/systems/work/> > > > > > > PerlSendHeader On > > > SetHandler perl-script > > > PerlHandler Apache::Registry > > > Options +ExecCGI > > > > > > ## DYNAGZIP > > > <Files *.pl> > > > SetHandler perl-script > > > PerlHandler Apache::RegistryFilter Apache::Dynagzip > > > PerlSetVar Filter On > > > PerlSetVar UseCGIHeadersFromScript Off > > > PerlSendHeader Off > > > PerlSetupEnv On > > > PerlSetVar LightCompression On > > > </Files> > > > > > > > > > # AUTH > > > AuthType Apache::Authenticate > > > AuthName protected > > > PerlAccessHandler Apache::OpenAccess > > > PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authenticate->authenticate > > > require valid-user > > > > > > </Directory> > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > >
