RE: How can I help!

[Mark Puckett]

I also am trying to get Xang up and running on Linux-Mandrake 8.0.  So far I've got most of the bits in place, now just need to get them all configured and friendly towards each other.  I'm hoping to get it built and running tonight.  I'll let you know if I have any luck.

 

And Mike, if you have that .war file handy and it will speed the process, then lay it on me.  I have no clue what a .war file is or does, but that's a different issue.

 

Observation...

It's interesting trying to make a personal comeback to a unix world from the MS world.  For some reason I thought that in the past 10 years something like InstallShield would have been adopted as the defacto standard for installations on unix.  You know, download the Xang bits and run the setup that then goes out and downloads and installs everything else it needs. 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Prescott Wohlford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How can I help!

Good gravy, you are exactly what I've been looking for...

Wonderful!

My AIM name is <JasonWohlford>. My ICQ number is <112823231>. Your welcome to chat with me on which ever. Right now, you'll find me on AIM more often.

I'll be able to help with development best between the hours of 8:30-5:00 p.m. CST at work. I have great flexibility from my wonderful employer Brian Belsterling, President of The Copy Center. As long as I can show, if asked, that I am benefiting The Copy Center and get the rest of my work done it will be fine. Therefore, I'd eventually like to convert my client-side _javascript_ site at <SylvanOrder.com> to Xang.

I have a very strong understanding of _javascript_. I also understand XML to a reasonable degree. (Hey, what's really to understand.) I'm quite weak in XSL; and have almost no knowledge of Apache configuration. That being said, I love to code. I love to code to spec. I love XML, XSL, the DOM, and _javascript_ and am passionate about them. They rock.

I accept and agree with the Apache license and am very interested in contributing to open source. Although I like Linux, I'm not much for the GPL. I do like the FreeBSD license very much, although I've never run straight FreeBSD.

This is my configuration is the tricky part. At work, I am running Mac OS X (based on many BSDs). It has Apache built in. According to Apple it also has a very strong Java2 environment. The Mac OS X box is what I'll be using most of the time. At home, I should have a Linux-Mandrake 8.0 box running this weekend. My replacement motherboard should be arriving today or tomorrow. It has telnet and maybe SSH access? How shall I proceed?

Jason

On Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at 09:40 PM, S. Mike Dierken wrote:

Good gravy, you are exactly what I've been looking for...

The installation instructions are a bit old & are on the apache site - I

will help you get it installed on whatever servlet engine you currently

have.

Xang is a Java servlet, which requires a servlet engine. I wrote it with

JServ, but have moved to Tomcat since then. There are a few

incompatibilities between servlet engines & between versions of the Java

servlet specification from Sun.

While we get this thing configured for you machine, tell me a bit about your

software environment & what you hope to do with Xang.

If you have an instant messaging client, we can chat during your

installation & I can work through any problems that might pop up.

Mike

Here are the instructions I wrote a long time ago:

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The Apache Xang engine is currently implemented as a Java Servlet. You must

include xang.jar, xalan.jar, xerces.jar and fesi.zip in the Servlet class

path. Consult your Servlet engine documentation for detailed instructions.

The Xang servlet needs to be registered with your Servlet engine. The

servlet class name is: org.apache.xang.net.http.object.impl.HTTPObjectServer

The servlet initialization parameters are: config=full-path/to/your/xang.cfg

For the Apache JServ servlet engine, this is the configuration information

to place in zone.properties to register the Xang servlet:

servlet.org.apache.xang.net.http.object.impl.HTTPObjectServer.initArgs=confi

g=full-path/to/your/xang.cfg

In addition, the Web server or Servlet engine needs to be configured to pass

requests to files with a .XAP extension to the Xang servlet. Consult your

Servlet engine documentation for detailed instructions.

For the Apache JServ servlet engine, this is the configuration information

to place in zone.properties to register the Xang servlet:

servlet.org.apache.xang.net.http.object.impl.HTTPObjectServer.initArgs=confi

g=D:\projects\apache\modules\xml-xang\java\src\org\apache\xang\xap\xang.cfg

For the Apache JServ servlet engine, this is the configuration information

to place in the jserv.conf for getting the Xang servlet to handle .xap

files:

ApJServAction .xap

/servlets/org.apache.xang.net.http.object.impl.HTTPObjectServer

To run XSLT extensions, include bsf.jar and bsfengines.jar. All these JAR

files are distributed with Xalan. For extensions implemented in _javascript_

or another scripting language, see the Xalan extensions language

requirements to identify any additional JAR files you must place on the

class path and where you can get them.

===

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jason Prescott Wohlford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 12:38 PM

Subject: How can I help!

Mike,

I've had dreams wanting something like what Xang does. I scoured the web for

months trying to find something that handles XML, XSL, and _javascript_. It

has huge potential!

I have some issues with the project. First, how in the heck do I install it?

Where's all the documentation. It seem quite sparse and difficult to

understand.

I want to work on this project. I'm extremely passionate about Xang. How can

I become involved!?

Jason

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