add sanity check & debug mode to prefs; misc code cleanups

feedlist.js

@@ -1,29 +1,7 @@
-var xmlhttp = false;
+var xmlhttp = Ajax.getTransport();
 
 var cat_view_mode = false;
 
-/*@cc_on @*/
-/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
-// JScript gives us Conditional compilation, we can cope with old IE versions.
-// and security blocked creation of the objects.
-try {
-	xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
-} catch (e) {
-	try {
-		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
-		xmlhttp_rpc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
-	} catch (E) {
-		xmlhttp = false;
-		xmlhttp_rpc = false;
-	}
-}
-@end @*/
-
-if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
-	xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-	xmlhttp_rpc = new XMLHttpRequest();
-}
-
 function viewCategory(cat) {
 	viewfeed(cat, 0, '', false, true);
 }

functions.js

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 var hotkeys_enabled = true;
 
+var xmlhttp_rpc = Ajax.getTransport();
+
 function browser_has_opacity() {
 	return navigator.userAgent.match("Gecko") != null || 
 		navigator.userAgent.match("Opera") != null;
@@ -463,8 +465,6 @@ function setActiveFeedId(id) {
 	}
 }
 
-var xmlhttp_rpc = Ajax.getTransport();
-
 function parse_counters(reply, scheduled_call) {
 	try {
 		var f_document = getFeedsContext().document;
@@ -1159,3 +1159,19 @@ function storeInitParam(key, value, is_client) {
 		exception_error("storeInitParam", e);
 	}
 }
+
+function fatalError(code, message) {
+	try {	
+		var fe = document.getElementById("fatal_error");
+		var fc = document.getElementById("fatal_error_msg");
+
+		fc.innerHTML = "Code " + code + ": " + message;
+
+		fe.style.display = "block";
+
+	} catch (e) {
+		exception_error("fatalError", e);
+	}
+}
+
+

prefs.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ var piggie_fwd = true;
 
 var xmlhttp = Ajax.getTransport();
 
+var init_params = new Array();
+
 function expand_feed_callback() {
 	if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
 		try {	
@@ -1157,9 +1159,69 @@ function selectTab(id, noupdate) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (active_tab != id) {
+		storeInitParam("prefs_active_tab", id);
+	}
+
 	active_tab = id;
+}
+
+function backend_sanity_check_callback() {
 
-	setCookie('ttrss_pref_acttab', active_tab);
+	if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
+
+		try {
+		
+			if (!xmlhttp.responseXML) {
+				fatalError(3, "[D001, Received reply is not XML]: " + xmlhttp.responseText);
+				return;
+			}
+	
+			var reply = xmlhttp.responseXML.firstChild.firstChild;
+	
+			if (!reply) {
+				fatalError(3, "[D002, Invalid RPC reply]: " + xmlhttp.responseText);
+				return;
+			}
+	
+			var error_code = reply.getAttribute("error-code");
+		
+			if (error_code && error_code != 0) {
+				return fatalError(error_code, reply.getAttribute("error-msg"));
+			}
+	
+			debug("sanity check ok");
+
+			var params = reply.nextSibling;
+
+			if (params) {
+				debug('reading init-params...');
+				var param = params.firstChild;
+
+				while (param) {
+					var k = param.getAttribute("key");
+					var v = param.getAttribute("value");
+					debug(k + " => " + v);
+					init_params[k] = v;					
+					param = param.nextSibling;
+				}
+			}
+
+			init_second_stage();
+
+		} catch (e) {
+			exception_error("backend_sanity_check_callback", e);
+		}
+	} 
+}
+
+function init_second_stage() {
+
+	active_tab = getInitParam("prefs_active_tab");
+	if (!active_tab) active_tab = "genConfig";
+	selectTab(active_tab);
+	
+	notify("");
 
 }
 
@@ -1170,6 +1232,11 @@ function init() {
 		if (arguments.callee.done) return;
 		arguments.callee.done = true;		
 
+		if (getURLParam('debug')) {
+			document.getElementById('debug_output').style.display = 'block';
+			debug('debug mode activated');
+		}
+
 		// IE kludge
 		if (!xmlhttp) {
 			document.getElementById("prefContent").innerHTML = 
@@ -1178,12 +1245,10 @@ function init() {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		active_tab = getCookie("ttrss_pref_acttab");
-		if (!active_tab) active_tab = "genConfig";
-		selectTab(active_tab);
-	
-		document.onkeydown = hotkey_handler;
-		notify("");
+		xmlhttp.open("GET", "backend.php?op=rpc&subop=sanityCheck", true);
+		xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=backend_sanity_check_callback;
+		xmlhttp.send(null);
+
 	} catch (e) {
 		exception_error("init", e);
 	}

prefs.php

@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ if (document.addEventListener) {
 window.onload = init;
 </script>
 
+<ul id="debug_output"></ul>
+
+<div id="fatal_error"><div id="fatal_error_inner">
+	<h1>Fatal Error</h1>
+	<div id="fatal_error_msg">Unknown Error</div>
+</div></div>
+
 <table width="100%" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="main">
 <? if (get_pref($link, 'DISPLAY_HEADER')) { ?>
 <tr>

tt-rss.js

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function scheduleFeedUpdate(force) {
 	var date = new Date();
 
 	if (!xmlhttp_ready(xmlhttp) && last_refetch < date.getTime() / 1000 - 60) {
-		debug("xmlhttp seems to be stuck, aborting");
+		debug("<b>xmlhttp seems to be stuck, aborting</b>");
 		xmlhttp.abort();
 	}
 
@@ -389,15 +389,6 @@ function init_second_stage() {
 
 		if (navigator.userAgent.match("Opera")) {
 			resize_feeds_frame();
-
-/*			// fix headlines frame height for Opera
-			var h = document.getElementById("headlines");
-			var c = document.getElementById("content");
-			var nh = document.body.scrollHeight * 0.25;
-	
-			h.style.height = nh + "px";
-			c.style.height = c.scrollHeight - nh + "px"; */
-			
 		}
 
 		debug("second stage ok");
@@ -479,9 +470,6 @@ function qfdDelete(feed_id) {
 		return
 	}
 
-//	var feeds_doc = window.frames["feeds-frame"].document;
-//	feeds_doc.location.href = "backend.php?op=error&msg=Loading,%20please wait...";
-
 	_qfd_deleted_feed = feed_id;
 
 	xmlhttp.open("GET", "backend.php?op=pref-feeds&quiet=1&subop=remove&ids=" + feed_id);
@@ -523,18 +511,4 @@ function toggleDispRead() {
 	}
 }
 
-function fatalError(code, message) {
-	try {	
-		var fe = document.getElementById("fatal_error");
-		var fc = document.getElementById("fatal_error_msg");
-
-		fc.innerHTML = "Code " + code + ": " + message;
-
-		fe.style.display = "block";
-
-	} catch (e) {
-		exception_error("fatalError", e);
-	}
-}
-
 

viewfeed.js

@@ -1,25 +1,6 @@
 var active_post_id = false;
 
-var xmlhttp_rpc = false;
-
-/*@cc_on @*/
-/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
-// JScript gives us Conditional compilation, we can cope with old IE versions.
-// and security blocked creation of the objects.
-try {
-	xmlhttp_rpc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
-} catch (e) {
-	try {
-		xmlhttp_rpc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
-	} catch (E) {
-		xmlhttp_rpc = false;
-	}
-}
-@end @*/
-
-if (!xmlhttp_rpc && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
-	xmlhttp_rpc = new XMLHttpRequest();
-}
+var xmlhttp_rpc = Ajax.getTransport();
 
 function view(id, feed_id) {