use Perl

• Looks familiar (Score:2)

  by malte (1708)

  Hey, looks familiar:

  function logAdd(msg, which) {
  
      var name = which != null ? which : "Log"
  
      var l = document.getElementById(name);
  
      var date = new Date();
  
      var string = date + ": " + msg + "<br>" + l.innerHTML
  
      l.innerHTML = string.substr(0, 4000)
  
  }

  It's also really useful for debugging long running flash movies (In our case from a couple of weeks, to a couple of years). The substr helps keep the ram usage down :)
  • Re:Looks familiar (Score:1)

    by jplindstrom (594)

    You have flash movies with an uptime > a year?
    
    • Re:Looks familiar (Score:2)

      by malte (1708)

      Yes, we will use it for distributed "live" display of a lottery, that has draws every 3 minutes on terminals distributed throughout northern Germany. Sometimes the terminals might be turned off at night, but other terminals might run basically forever. We have zero leakage, so there is really to reason to ever restart the thing.
• Recommended change (Score:1)

  by Mr. Muskrat (4572)

  var log_window = window.open("", "log", "scrollbars=1,statusbar=0,resizable=1,width=700,height=300");

  That way you can scroll and/or resize the log window as needed.
  • Re:Recommended change (Score:2)

    by samtregar (2699)

    For some reason Firefox lets me resize it anyway... But I'm sure you're right.

    -sam
• You have... (Score:1)

  by perrin (4270)

  my deepest sympathy.
• After a distance further along the curve: (Score:1)

  by Aristotle (5147)

  var _js_log = {
      logwin: null,
      append: function( elt, tagname ) {
          var doc = this.logwin.document;
          return elt.appendChild( doc.createElement( tagname ) );
      },
      appendtext: function( elt, tagname, text ) {
          var doc = this.logwin.document;
          return this.append( elt, tagname ).appendChild( doc.createTextNode( text ) );
      },
      msg: functi