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Entry  16 Jul 2015, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, jset/ODBSet using true/false for booleans 
MIDAS does not seem to be consistent (or at least convenient) with how it
handles booleans in AJAX functions.
Entry  20 Aug 2015, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, MIDAS message page auto-size (horizontally) is annoying 
New version of MIDAS has a feature where it seems to automatically resize the
message page horizontally in order to fix each MIDAS message into one line. 
Some of my MIDAS messages (in particular error messages, where I need details)
    Reply  21 Aug 2015, Thomas Lindner, Info, mhttpd HTTPS/SSL server updated 

> I recommend that you use "mhttpd --mg" as the alternative for running "mhttpd -p" behind an apache 
> proxy. Using "mhttpd -p" (no HTTPS/SSL) on an internet-connected machine is insecure and should not be 
    Reply  09 Sep 2015, Thomas Lindner, Info, mhttpd HTTPS/SSL server updated 
> > 
> > I find that I don't understand this recommendation to use secure mongoose 
> > instead of putting mhttpd behind an apache proxy.
Entry  09 Sep 2015, Thomas Lindner, Info, mhttpd/SSL error message on MacOS 
On my macbook (OS X 10.10.3) I get this error message when starting mhttpd with mongoose-SSL:

[mhttpd,ERROR] [mhttpd.cxx:17092:mongoose,ERROR] mongoose web server error: set_ssl_option: 
Entry  09 Sep 2015, Thomas Lindner, Info, Documentation regarding specifying custom pages 
Hi,

We have recently been changing the code in mhttpd that maps custom web pages and resources to 
Entry  05 Feb 2016, Thomas Lindner, Suggestion, reducing sleep time in mhttpd main loop (for sequencer) 
There were some complaints that the MIDAS sequencer was slow.  Specifically, the
complaint was that even lines in the sequence that didn't do any (like COMMENT
commands) tooks > 100ms to execute.  These slow sequencer steps could be a
    Reply  05 Feb 2016, Thomas Lindner, Suggestion, reducing sleep time in mhttpd main loop (for sequencer) 
> There were some complaints that the MIDAS sequencer was slow.  Specifically, the
> complaint was that even lines in the sequence that didn't do any (like COMMENT
> commands) tooks > 100ms to execute.  These slow sequencer steps could be a
    Reply  15 Feb 2016, Thomas Lindner, Suggestion, reducing sleep time in mhttpd main loop (for sequencer) 

> > I checked how much extra CPU was used if the sleep was reduced from 100ms to
> > 20ms.  I found that when a sequence was not running the CPU increased from 0% to
Entry  10 Mar 2016, Thomas Lindner, Info, New rootana forum | rootana web display tools 

We have started a new elog for discussions of the ROOTANA MIDAS analyzer package
[1], which is used at TRIUMF and elsewhere for quick displays of MIDAS data. 
Entry  11 May 2016, Thomas Lindner, Info, MacOS 10.11 (El Capitan) openssl compilation errors 
I recently upgraded my macbook to MacOS 10.11.  The compilation of MIDAS failed after the upgrade, 
complaining about  
    Reply  25 Oct 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail 
> > I've recently run into issues when using JSON.parse on ODB keys containing 
> > 8-bit data.
    Reply  04 Nov 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, problem with error code DB_NO_MEMORY from db_open_record() call when establish additional hotlinks 
Hi Tim,

I reproduced your problem and then managed to go through a procedure to increase the number of allowable open records.  The following is the procedure
    Reply  04 Nov 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, problem with error code DB_NO_MEMORY from db_open_record() call when establish additional hotlinks 
Hi Tim,

I reproduced your problem and then managed to go through a procedure to increase the number
    Reply  25 Nov 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, problem with error code DB_NO_MEMORY from db_open_record() call when establish additional hotlinks 
The procedure I wrote seemed to work for Tim too, so I added a page to the wiki about it here:

https://midas.triumf.ca/MidasWiki/index.php/FAQ
    Reply  01 Dec 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail odb_modifications.txt
> > I've recently run into issues when using JSON.parse on ODB keys containing 
> > 8-bit data.
    Reply  05 Dec 2016, Thomas Lindner, Info, Javascript based run start and stop pages. 
> I switched mhttpd to use the new javascript based run start and stop pages.

One initial complaint: the transition.html page doesn't seem to deal well with a frontend program using
    Reply  15 Jan 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail 
> > In other words, non-UTF-8 strings are following non-IEEE-754 floating point values into oblivion - as 
> > we do not check the TID_FLOAT and TID_DOUBLE is valid IEEE-754 values, we should not check 
> > that TID_STRING is valid UTF-8.
    Reply  23 Jan 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail 

> At Konstantin's suggestion, I committed the function I found for checking if a string was UTF-8 compatible to
> odb.c.  The function is currently not used; I commented out a proposed use in db_create_key.  Experts can decide
    Reply  16 Mar 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, Replaced with /experiment/menu, mhttpd - /Experiment/Menu Buttons - git-sha a350e8db11 
> > > I think there sneaked in a little bug in the mhttpd: when starting an experiment
> > > from scratch and starting the mhttpd, the Menu Buttons are missing
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