[General] Running Lively from a Subdirectory: How To

[Robert Krahn]

Config.codeBase is now defined and used consistently. In order to run  
LK from a subdirectory you just have to set this property.

Robert


On Apr 19, 2009, at 1:34 AM, Philip Weaver wrote:

> The following is description of one way to be able to run your  
> Lively worlds while the kernel resides inside a subdirectory. The  
> benefit is that all of your world documents can exist at the top  
> level of your root directory and are easier to locate and manage.   
> This also makes updating from svn much simpler. You can also keep  
> your localconfig in the root directory while the defaultconfig  
> resides in the Lively subdirectory.
>
> Concerns
>
> These instructions may become obsolete once  
> "lively.lang.Namespace.defaultBase" begins to reflect a Config  
> setting. "lively.lang.Namespace.defaultBase" is not available when  
> the Config files are loaded.
>
> For portability, these instructions use a relative path for  
> Config.codeBase (below). Haven't delved into the ramifications but  
> it works fine in my worlds. example.xhtml has a few problems perhaps  
> because some paths are in subdirectories.  
> "lively.lang.Namespace.defaultBase" is not to easy to modify because  
> it does not yet exist when the Config files are loaded.  Overall,  
> something in the kernel or in Namespace.uri() needs to change in the  
> repository so that the BaseExtension.js patch (below) would not be  
> necessary. The patch is placed in "your-lib/BaseExtension.js" to  
> make future updates from svn easier.
>
> Please post to the list if you find improvements to this solution  
> for tidying the Lively installation. (a weekday is fine :-) ) Please  
> post to the list if discover and resolve the problems with loading  
> example.xhtml
>
> Instructions
>
> Make a backup of your Lively directory before continuing.
>
> Create a new directory named "lively" inside the root kernel  
> directory. Move the contents of the root kernel directory into  
> "lively".
>
> In each of your world documents, replace:
> xlink:href="
> with:
> xlink:href="lively/
> Next, in each of your world documents, also replace:
> <script type="text/ecmascript" xlink:href="lively/Base.js"/>
> with:
> <script type="text/ecmascript" xlink:href="lively/Base.js"/>
> <script type="text/ecmascript" xlink:href="your-libs/ 
> BaseExtension.js"/>
> your-libs/BaseExtension.js
>
> Config.codeBase = '/lively/';
> lively.lang.Namespace.prototype.uri =  
> lively.lang.Namespace.prototype.uri.wrap(function(proceed) {
> 	lively.lang.Namespace.defaultBase = Config.codeBase;
> 	var result = proceed();
> 	
> 	return result;
> });
>
> Phil
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