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@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ the English), initially sorts search results by title rather than
relevance (though as always this can be changed in the UI) and makes
the search box a bit wider than the default.
-The full set of supported configuration items is described in the
+The full set of supported configuration settings is described in the
reference guide below.
Per-widget configuration
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Per-widget configuration
In addition to the global configuration provided by the `mkws_config`
object, individual widgets' behaviour can be configured by providing
-configuration items as attributed on their HTML elements. For example,
+configuration settings as attributes on their HTML elements. For example,
a `records` widget might be restricted to displaying no more than
three records by setting the `numrecs` parameter as follows:
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ attributes prefixed with `data-mkws-`, so:
For first form is more convenient; the second is more correct.
-Because some configuration items take structured values rather than
+Because some configuration settings take structured values rather than
simple strings, they cannot be directly provided by inline
attributes. To allow for this, the special attribute
`data-mkws-config`, if provided, is parsed as JSON and its key-value
-pairs set as configuration items for the widget in question. For
+pairs used as configuration settings for the widget in question. For
example, the value of `lang_options` is an array of strings specifying
which of the supported UI languages should be made available. The
following invocation will limit this list to only English and Danish
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ its own User Access record.
When credential-based authentication is in use (username and
password), it's necessary to pass these credentials into the Service
Proxy when establishing the session. This is done
-by setting the `sp_auth_credentials` configuration item to a string
+by providing the `sp_auth_credentials` configuration setting as a string
containing the username and password separated by a slash:
mkws_config = { sp_auth_credentials: "mike/swordfish" };
@@ -590,9 +590,10 @@ yourname.com`:
Step 1: add a rewriting authentication alias to the configuration:
RewriteEngine on
- RewriteRule /spauth/ http://sp-mkws.indexdata.com/service-proxy/?command=auth&action=check,login&username=U&password=PW [P]
+ RewriteRule /spauth/ http://sp-mkws.indexdata.com/service-proxy/\
+ ?command=auth&action=check,login&username=U&password=PW [P]
-Step 2: set the MKWS configuration item `service_proxy_auth` to
+Step 2: set the MKWS configuration setting `service_proxy_auth` to
`http://yourname.com/spauth/`.
Step 3: protect access to the local path `http://yourname.com/spauth/`
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ Name Description
`config` This widget has no functionality of its own, but its
configuration is copied up into its team, allowing
it to affect other widgets in the team. This is the
- only way to set configuration items at the team
+ only way to set configuration settings at the team
level.
`console-builder` Like the `builder` widget, but emits the generated
@@ -705,7 +706,7 @@ Name Description
`facet` A facet that displays the frequency with which a set
of terms occur within a specific field. The specific
field whose contents are analysed must be specified
- by the widget's `facet` configuration item, which
+ by the widget's `facet` configuration setting, which
may conveniently be done by means of the
`data-mkws-facet` attribute on the HTML
element. The supported facets are "subject",
@@ -717,10 +718,10 @@ Name Description
`facets` An area that contains a "Facets" heading and several
`facet` widgets. The set of facet widgets generated
- is specified by the `facets` configuration item,
+ is specified by the `facets` configuration setting,
which may be set globally or at the level of the
widget or the team. The value of this configuration
- item is an array of zero or more strings, each
+ setting is an array of zero or more strings, each
naming a facet.
`google-image` A specialisation of the `images` widget which
@@ -735,7 +736,7 @@ Name Description
`lang` Provides a selection between the supported set of
languages (which defaults to English, German and
Danish, but can be configured by the `lang`
- configuration item, whose value is an array of
+ configuration setting, whose value is an array of
two-letter language codes).
`log` Initially empty, this widget accumulates a log of
@@ -765,10 +766,10 @@ Name Description
`per-page` Provides a dropdown allowing the user to choose how
many records should appear on each page. The
- available set of page-sizes can be set as the
- `perpage_options` configuration item, whose value is
+ available set of page-sizes can be specified as the
+ `perpage_options` configuration setting, whose value is
an array of integers. The initial selected value can
- be set by the `perpage_default` configuration item.
+ be specified by the `perpage_default` configuration setting.
`progress` Shows a progress bar which indicates how many of the
targets have responded to the search.
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ Name Description
record.)
`reference` A short summary about a subject specified by the
- `autosearch` configuration item. This is created by
+ `autosearch` configuration setting. This is created by
drawing a picture and a paragraph of text from
Wikipedia. To work correctly, this widget must be
used in a library that provides the
@@ -808,14 +809,14 @@ Name Description
`sort` Provides a dropdown allowing the user to choose how
the displayed records should be sorted. The
- available set of sort criteria can be set as the
- `sort_options` configuration item, whose value is
+ available set of sort criteria can be specified as the
+ `sort_options` configuration setting, whose value is
an array of two-element arrays. The first item of
each sub-array is a pazpar2 sort-expression such as
`data:0` and the second is a human-readable label
such as `newest`. The initial selected
- value can be set by the `sort_default` configuration
- item.
+ value can be specified by the `sort_default` configuration
+ setting.
`stat` A summary line stating how many targets remain
active, how many records have been found, and how
@@ -840,23 +841,32 @@ Name Description
----
-Configuration object
---------------------
+Configuration settings
+----------------------
+
+Configuration settings may be provided at the level of a indiviual widget, or a team, or globally. Per-widget configuration is
+described above; per-team settings can be placed in a `config` widget belonging to the relevant team, and will be applied to that
+team as a whole; and global settings are provided in the global variable `mkws_config`. This structure is a key-value lookup
+table, and may specify the values of many settings.
+
+Some settings apply only to specific widgets; others to the behaviour of the tookit as a whole. When a widget does not itself have
+a value specified for a particular configuration setting, its team is consulted; and if that also does not have a value, the global
+settings are consulted. Only if this, too, is unspecified, is the default value used.
-The configuration object `mkws_config` may be created before including
-the MKWS JavaScript code to modify default behaviour. This structure
-is a key-value lookup table, whose entries are described in the table
-below. All entries are optional, but if specified must be given values
-of the specified type. If ommitted, each setting takes the indicated
-default value; long default values are in footnotes to keep the table
-reasonably narrow.
+The supported configuration settings are described in the table below. For those settings that apply only to particular widgets,
+the relevant widgets are listed. All entries are optional, but if specified must be given values of the specified type. Long
+default values are in footnotes to keep the table reasonably narrow.
----
-Element Type Default Description
--------- ----- --------- ------------
+Element Widget Type Default Description
+-------- ------ ----- --------- ------------
auth_hostname
-autosearch
+autosearch facet,
+ facets,
+ record,
+ records,
+ results
facet
@@ -864,40 +874,40 @@ facet_caption_*
facet_max_*
-facets array *Note 1* Ordered list of names of facets to display. Supported facet names are
- `xtargets`, `subject` and `author`.
+facets array *Note 1* Ordered list of names of facets to display. Supported facet names are
+ `xtargets`, `subject` and `author`.
-lang string en Code of the default language to display the UI in. Supported language codes are `en` =
- English, `de` = German, `da` = Danish, and whatever additional languages are configured
- using `language_*` entries (see below).
+lang string en Code of the default language to display the UI in. Supported language codes are
+ `en` = English, `de` = German, `da` = Danish, and whatever additional languages
+ are configured using `language_*` entries (see below).
-lang_options array [] A list of the languages to offer as options. If empty (the default), then all
- configured languages are listed.
+lang_options array [] A list of the languages to offer as options. If empty (the default), then all
+ configured languages are listed.
-language_* hash Support for any number of languages can be added by providing entries whose name is
- `language_` followed by the code of the language. See the separate section below for
- details.
+language_* hash Support for any number of languages can be added by providing entries whose
+ name is `language_` followed by the code of the language. See the separate
+ section below for details.
limit
-log_level int 1 Level of debugging output to emit. 0 = none, 1 = messages, 2 = messages with
- datestamps, 3 = messages with datestamps and stack-traces.
+log_level int 1 Level of debugging output to emit. 0 = none, 1 = messages, 2 = messages with
+ datestamps, 3 = messages with datestamps and stack-traces.
maxrecs
paragraphs
-pazpar2_url string *Note 2* The URL used to access the metasearch middleware. This service must be configured to
- provide search results, facets, etc. It may be either unmediated or Pazpar2 the
- MasterKey Service Proxy, which mediates access to an underlying Pazpar2 instance. In
- the latter case, `service_proxy_auth` must be provided.
+pazpar2_url string *Note 2* The URL used to access the metasearch middleware. This service must be
+ configured to provide search results, facets, etc. It may be either unmediated
+ or Pazpar2 the MasterKey Service Proxy, which mediates access to an underlying
+ Pazpar2 instance. In the latter case, `service_proxy_auth` must be provided.
perpage
-perpage_default string 20 The initial value for the number of records to show on each page.
+perpage_default string 20 The initial value for the number of records to show on each page.
-perpage_options array *Note 3* A list of candidate page sizes. Users can choose between these to determine how many
- records are displayed on each page of results.
+perpage_options array *Note 3* A list of candidate page sizes. Users can choose between these to determine how
+ many records are displayed on each page of results.
pp2_hostname
@@ -905,41 +915,42 @@ pp2_path
query
-query_width int 50 The width of the query box, in characters.
+query_width int 50 The width of the query box, in characters.
-responsive_design_width int If defined, then the facets display moves between two locations as the screen-width
- varies, as described above. The specified number is the threshhold width, in pixels,
- at which the facets move between their two locations.
+responsive_design_width int If defined, then the facets display moves between two locations as the
+ screen-width varies, as described above. The specified number is the threshhold
+ width, in pixels, at which the facets move between their two locations.
scan_all_nodes
sentences
-service_proxy_auth url *Note 4* A URL which, when `use_service_proxy` is true, is fetched once at the beginning of each
- session to authenticate the user and establish a session that encompasses a defined set
- of targets to search in.
+service_proxy_auth url *Note 4* A URL which, when `use_service_proxy` is true, is fetched once at the beginning
+ of each session to authenticate the user and establish a session that
+ encompasses a defined set of targets to search in.
-service_proxy_auth_domain domain Can be set to the domain for which `service_proxy_auth` proxies authentication, so
- that cookies are rewritten to appear to be from this domain. In general, this is not
- necessary, as this setting defaults to the domain of `pazpar2_url`.
+service_proxy_auth_domain domain Can be set to the domain for which `service_proxy_auth` proxies authentication,
+ so that cookies are rewritten to appear to be from this domain. In general,
+ this is not necessary, as this setting defaults to the domain of `pazpar2_url`.
-show_lang bool true Indicates whether or not to display the language menu.
+show_lang bool true Indicates whether or not to display the language menu.
-show_perpage bool true Indicates whether or not to display the perpage menu.
+show_perpage bool true Indicates whether or not to display the perpage menu.
-show_sort bool true Indicates whether or not to display the sort menu.
+show_sort bool true Indicates whether or not to display the sort menu.
-show_switch bool true Indicates whether or not to display the switch menu, for switching between showing
- retrieved records and target information.
+show_switch bool true Indicates whether or not to display the switch menu, for switching between
+ showing retrieved records and target information.
sort
-sort_default string relevance The label of the default sort criterion to use. Must be one of those in the `sort`
- array.
+sort_default string relevance The label of the default sort criterion to use. Must be one of those in the
+ `sort` array.
-sort_options array *Note 6* List of supported sort criteria. Each element of the list is itself a two-element list:
- the first element of each sublist is a pazpar2 sort-expression such as `data:0` and
- the second is a human-readable label such as `newest`.
+sort_options array *Note 6* List of supported sort criteria. Each element of the list is itself a
+ two-element list: the first element of each sublist is a pazpar2
+ sort-expression such as `data:0` and the second is a human-readable label such
+ as `newest`.
sp_auth_credentials
@@ -957,15 +968,15 @@ template
text
-use_service_proxy bool true If true, then a Service Proxy is used to deliver searching services rather than raw
- Pazpar2.
+use_service_proxy bool true If true, then a Service Proxy is used to deliver searching services rather than
+ raw Pazpar2.
----
Perhaps we should get rid of the `show_lang`, `show_perpage`,
-`show_sort` and `show_switch` configuration items, and simply display the relevant menus
+`show_sort` and `show_switch` configuration settings, as we display the relevant menus
only when their containers are provided -- e.g. an `mkws-lang` element
for the language menu. But for now we retain these, as an easier route
-to lightly customise the display than my changing providing a full HTML
+to lightly customise the display than by providing a full HTML
structure.
### Notes
@@ -1048,7 +1059,7 @@ from that toolkit. The relevant lines are:
href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
-