[cap-talk] testing install of Waterken server before WWW 2008

[Tyler Close]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Jed Donnelley <jed at nersc.gov> wrote:
>  Unfortunately I got stuck trying to follow these instructions:
>
>  1. install a Javascript shell, such as this one: http://www.squarefree.com/shell/
>  2. visit the test page...: https://vsci.hpl.hp.com/-/bang/#fqzr4finsagj2x
>  3. open your javascript shell, with your browser still on the test page
>  4. try the commands listed below...
>
>  A.  I can visit the above Javascript shell page:
>
>  http://www.squarefree.com/shell/shell.html
>
>  where I can execute Javascript commands (e.g. 2+3; or clear() or ...)
>
>  and
>
>  B.  I can visit:
>
>  https://vsci.hpl.hp.com/-/bang/#fqzr4finsagj2x
>
>  (where I see a "start" button that returns:
>
>  "The answer isn't know yet.  Refresh this page to check again."
>
>  ), but
>
>  C.  I don't know how to "open my javascript shell, *with*
>  my browser still on the test page."

The secret here is to install the squarefree shell as a bookmarklet
(term used for a bookmark of a javascript: URL). Once you've done
that, you can click on it to open a shell on whatever web page you are
currently looking at in your browser. A bookmarklet is installed by
bookmarking the URL using the normal bookmark user interface. For
example, you could right click on the "shell" button and select
"Bookmark this Link...".

Once you've got the shell installed, your goal is to open it on a
version of the test page served from your own machine, instead of from
vsci.hpl.hp.com. You can create a version of the test page on your own
machine using the directions at:

http://waterken.sourceforge.net/deploy/#add_vat

This was useful feedback for me, thanks. I'd forgotten that the
bookmarklet feature would be new to some people.

--Tyler