Remoty

2015/03/19 (v.3.1)
2014/11/23 (v.3.0)
2014/10/30 (v.2.1)
2007/10/16 (v.1.1)
2007/09/24

Summary Of Update

ver.3.1

multi-files drag&drop
english menu support

ver.3.0

refreshed code and looks
improved user's interface
full HTML5 (discarded frame tags in previous version)

ver.2.1

supports “drag&drop upload”
the form of CGI handler is made simpler.

What Is Remoty ?

Abstract

Remoty is a home page management tool that runs on Plan9/Pegasus.
The user interface is based on web browser. Using Remoty we can do:

creating web pages using HTML and/or Ptt^*.
sending files to the server.
deleting, copying and moving files and directory
executing commands

Note*: Ptt is a handy tool to create web pages. Look the document. You can find many many examples in this web site because all pages except very old ones are written using Ptt.
Ptt converts “foo.tt” to “foo.html”. Original “tt” files are left on this site, therefore you can get them using the URL, for example, “http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/index.tt”.

Text Editing on Server

you can confirm the effect directly on Web browser without unloading the contents using tools such as ftp or ssh.
you can input TAB code.
textarea is automatically resized when window size is changed.

One of screen shots is shown below.

Fig.1: one of the screen shots

Remoty supports neat text editor that enables

string search/replace
indentation
line number search/detection

The menu will be shown if you click “more” on the right-top corner of the window.

Fig.2: screen shot of “more”

NOTE: For English menu, replace:

lang=jp
#lang=en

#lang=jp
lang=en

File management

Remoty support GUI operation for primer.

Fig.3: file management screen.

The directory menu contains:

file/directory removal
file/directory copy
file/directory migration
directory creation
file uploading

Drag&Drop Upload

Drop a file to the left area that lists files.
Dropping of multiple files is supported. (ver.3.1)
Directory dropping is not supported.
If there is a file of same name in the dropping area, then the alert panel inquires to stop or to continue.

Fig.4: Drag&Drop

Command Execution

You can execute system command using shell script.
Therefore it is possible to execute complex command.

Fig.5: screen shot of the command execution.

Interface to Ptt

Remoty has a interface to Ptt.

Installation

The Source

Remoty is located at
http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/netlib/webappls/

Setting

The following entry is required in CGI handler.

/remoty/*   -		+	/bin/remoty /doc

Don't foreget to set password to remoty.

Prerequisite

For remoty to work, you need

where “ptt” is a HTML builder written in Lua-5.2.

Since Remoty has many dependency and the installation is onerous,
I provided a command netget. Using this command we can install Remoty by a single command

netget -i remoty

Netget command is located in http:/netlib/netget/

Remoty uses “miniajax1.js” that is located at:

http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/lib/miniajax1.js

All executables must be seen in /bin, and miniajax1.js in /doc/lib/. They are all in httpd name space.
My case is shown as an example:

/usr/web/bin/rc/
remoty, formparse, hfmt, urldecode
/usr/local/bin/rc/
cpdir, ptt, rit
/usr/arisawa/www/doc/lib/
miniajax1.js

Usage

My case:

http://ar.aichi-u.ac.jp/remoty/

http://ar.aichi-u.ac.jp/~arisawa/remoty/

You need trailing “/”.

Browsers and Their Problems

The following browsers are known to work.

Chrome
Firefox
IE 11.0
Safari
Opera

Starting

You may observe a message:

too many redirect

I observed this message on Safari and Opera.

Try

remove cache
continue loading

not saved

Save menu in editing window may not work for spacial case.
(If save menu is working, you will see the letter “Remoty” moves a bit when saved.)
I observed this problem on Linux/Chrome.
Removing cache will resolve the problem.

Drag and Drop

Linux/Chrome: filereader formdata not supported

File upload from dir menu.

iPad/Safari does not upload files.