Topological Quantum - Do you mean to be looking at the 2021 page? Do you mean to be looking at the 2021 web site [[ here | http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon/topological2021/topocourse2021.html ]] Topological Quantum Field Theories, Topological Quantum Matter, Topological Quantum ComputationCourse taught Michaelmas Term 2016 as part of the Oxford MMathPhys course. Also available to DPhil students.

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Typed Lecture Notes in Progress [[here|http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon/topological2016/TopoBook.pdf ]].

I did have the best intention of typing up the notes into a book, but I simply did not have time to do that in advance.  I am going to //try// to type as we go through the term.  The typed notes will be extremely brief and I may completely run out of stream, but I am going to try!  These are a first-first-first draft so please be forgiving!

If I do not get typed notes posted, I will post my handwritten notes as we go along.  These notes are meant only for me to read so they are provided //as is// and //caveat-emptor//.  The notes may or may-not be legible.

[[Home]]

Status:  We have covered material corresponding to exercises 1-24.


The recommended exercises for the course are in a big pdf file [[ here | http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon/topological2016/Exercises.pdf ]].   You are HIGHLY encouraged to try as many of them as you can.  They are an integral part of the course and if you actually want to learn anything, you should try the problems.  The TA will discuss all of the problems with you in the homework classes (to be scheduled). 

NOTE:  Only a small fraction of the problems are actually required and need to be marked for the course completion requirement.   The required exercises are:

Problem 1
Problem 2b
Problem 5b
Due Friday week 3 noon

Problem 7b
Problem 8
Due Friday Week 5 noon

Problem 13a   
Problem 16a
Problem 17a
Due Friday week 7 noon


Problem 19
Problem 20a,b,c
Due Friday week 8 noon (class will be in Hilary term)


Further comments  
I did end up moving Problem 13a from the 2nd problem set to the third!  Sorry about the confusion!

Errors: 
Problem 15 previously had a typo, now fixed (it said P1 where it meant P2)
problem 10 previously had a typo, now fixed (the subscripts on the line c' were incorrect)
Problem 11 we did in lecture.  The hint is probably more of an anti-hint.

 Do you mean to be looking at the 2021 web  site [[ here | http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon/topological2021/topocourse2021.html ]]




!!''NEWS FLASH:  2016 Nobel prize awarded for Topological Phases of Matter!''!!


This is the official web site for the Topological Quantum course being taught in Michaelmas term 2016 as part of the [[ MMathPhys | http://mmathphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/ ]] program.  

The intersection of topology and quantum mechanics is an enormous and still growing field.   It touches upon physics topics ranging from quantum gravity to quantum information to materials physics and condensed matter experiment, as well as being one of the most interesting directions in the mathematical study of topology.   This course aims to give a broad brush introduction to the topic, giving enough information for students to begin research in these exciting directions. 


Prerequisites: Although this is a high level course, there are no particular prerequisites -- most of the material being self-contained.  It is expected that the students will be familiar with quantum mechanics.  Some familiarity with quantum field theory may be useful (attending EITHER [[quantum field theory|https://mmathphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/mt2016courses]] or [[advanced quantum theory|https://mmathphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/mt2016courses]] concurrently should be acceptable). 
 
The lecturer is [[Professor Steve Simon | http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon/ ]] 
If you are in the [[ MMathPhys | http://mmathphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/ ]], your TA will be  [[Jack Kemp | https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contacts/people/kempj ]] 

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This page is a [[ TiddlyWiki | http://tiddlywiki.com/  ]].  It can be edited by anyone, but you can only save the edits if you have the password.

Final classes

Thursday 26/01 16:00 -- 18:00 DWB Conference Room
Friday 27/01 16:00 -- 18:00 DWB Beecroft Room


Class assignments are listed below  (Contact Jack Kemp if there are problems).
Classes are held the week after homework assignments are due (except the one that is due at the end of term..  which will have a class first week of Hilary term)

!!Thursday 4-6pm (DWB Seminar Room)
James Heredge
James Graham
Johan Henriksson
Matthew Hawes
Aravinth K
Doyeong Kim
Joe Kidson
Edward O'Brien
Henrik Roising
Jack Adler
Philipp Kempski
Jonathan Schulz
Oliver Lunt
Ambrose Yim
Vojtech Havlicek
Jan Steinebrunner
David Felce


!!Friday 4-6pm (Fisher Room [except in Wk8: DWB Conference Room])
Glenn Wagner
Mantas Abazorius
Rich Cooper
Matthew Wilson
Matias Janvin
Yves Kwan
Mohamed Elmi
Joshua Hunt Stewart
Christoph Weis
Dmitry Manning -Coe
Metin Altaykan 
Jacob Calvert

!!Currently Unassigned
Yuri van Nieuwkerk

Last updated: Oct 26

Our lectures are fridays 9am-11am in the Fisher Room of the DWB every week of Michaelmas term. 

Since it is hard to concentrate for two full hours, we will have a 10 minute break after about an hour.   I did check to see if there was possibly another lecture hall we could use, and unfortunately, there is none.  So we are stuck in the Fisher Room.   Sorry!

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References come in all levels of detail and for all different backgrounds.      These are listed in roughly the  order in which they will be useful for the course. 

#A general reference which should be useful for much of the course is "Non Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation; Chetan Nayak, Steven H. Simon, Ady Stern, Michael Freedman, Sankar Das Sarma; Rev. Mod. Phys. 80, 1083 (2008).  Also available online [[ here | https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1889 ]]   
#A wonderful little book which is really fun to read that introduces the Kauffman invariant and many other ideas of knot theory is the book "Knots and Physics", by Louis Kauffman published by World Scientific.  This book really inspired me when I was a grad student.   It appears to be available online in several places (not certain which, if any, are legal).    Although the whole book is fun;  and written at a very introductory level;  mainly the end of part 1 is the most relevant part where he explains the connection of Kauffman invariant to Chern - Simons theory (and pieces get to be well beyond introductory).  There is a lot in here , the deep parts are easy to gloss over.    
# A very nice introduction to non abelian anyons and topological quantum computation is given in Preskill's lecture notes, available [[here|http://www.theory.caltech.edu/~preskill/ph219/topological.pdf]].   
# Frank Wilczek has two books which both discuss Berry phase and abelian anyons.  The first is called "Geometric Phases in Physics" and the second is called "Fractional Statistics and Anyon Superconductivity".   Both have a lot of reprints in them with some commentary by Wilczek.  Often it is enough to read the commentary!
# If you need a refresher on path integrals, either Fabian Essler's notes [[here| http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/FabianEssler/C6web2012/lecturenotes2015.pdf]] look at the first 15 pages, or the nice article by Mackenzie [[here| https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0004090]] look at the first 22 pages.   Mackenzie actually has some useful applications such as Aharanov - Bohm effect. 
#The classic paper "Quantum Field Theory and the Jones Polynomial"  by Ed Witten is available online [[here | https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.cmp/1104178138 ]].   This is a tremendously deep paper which introduces a lot of brilliant ideas.   I find something new every time I read it.    I find it to be tough reading in some places and easy in others.  
#From a more mathematial viewpoint [[ This article | http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/papers/atiyahinttqft.pdf  ]] and [[ this article | http://www.math.ru.nl/~mueger/TQFT/At.pdf ]] by Sir Michael Atiyah are an introduction to topological quantum field theories.   There is a more detailed book by the same author called  "The Geometry and Physics of Knots",Cambridge U. Press, 1990.  The full book might be hard to read unless you have a very strong maths background. 
# A rather remarkably well written and readable master's thesis by Lokman Tsui on Chern - Simons theories, topological quantum field theory, and knot theory is [[here|http://ms.mcmaster.ca/~boden/students/Tsui-MSc.pdf]].
# There are several nice references on the structure of topological quantum field theories, and diagrammatic calculus, [[Parsa Bonderson's thesis | http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2447/2/thesis.pdf]].   This is a more detailed version of the long article by Kitaev which I mention below.    Also a good reference is the book on Topological Quantum Computation by Zhenghan Wang, which appears to be online [[here | http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~zhenghwa/data/course/cbms.pdf]].   If you are more mathematical, you might like the thesis of Bruce Bartlett  [[here| https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512103]].   
#The monumental work "Anyons in an exactly solved model and beyond by Alexei Kitaev", available online [[here | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506438 ]] brings the ideas of topological quantum field theory into the condensed matter arena.  This is not easy reading, but a ton of great ideas are buried in this paper..  Another work by Kitaev, "Fault-tolerant quantum computation by anyons,  available online [[here |  https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9707021]] introduces the famous toric code, discusses quantum error correction, and generalizes the toric code model to arbitrary non-abelian groups.   Kitaev's work on the quantum wire (which we might get to at the end of the course) is [[here | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0010440]].   A brief digest of some of the many ideas introduced in these three papers is given by notes taken by Laumann of Kitaev's lectures, available [[here | https://arxiv.org/pdf/0904.2771v1.pdf]].
# Loop gases are introduced in [[this | http://stationq.cnsi.ucsb.edu/~freedman/Publications/83.pdf ]] paper by Freedman et al.  It has a lot of sections which are hard to parse. 
# The double-fibonacci string-net is discussed in some detail in [[this| https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610583]]  work by Fidkowski et al,    
# The classic paper on string - nets very generally is [[this | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0404617 ]] by Levin and Wen.  
# The standard reference on introductory quantum hall effect is the classic book, "The Quantum Hall Effect", edited by Prange and Girvin, published by Springer.   The first chapter, and the chapters by Laughlin and Haldane are probably the best.  The experimental chapters are good for context too.  Another decent reference quantum Hall physics is T. Chakraborty and P. Piettilainen, "The Quantum Hall Effects: Integral and Fractional,"  (Springer 1995).   A short review article by Macdonald is pretty nice and is available [[here | https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/9410047v1.pdf]]. 
# The article that introduced the ideas of conformal field theory into the field of quantum Hall effect is by Moore and Read, available online [[here| http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~gmoore/MooreReadNonabelions.pdf]].  
# A recent review article on Fractional quantum Hall hierarchies (and also discusses nonabelian quantum Hall and conformal field theory) is online [[here | https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01697]].   A revised longer version of this article should be posted soon. 



A few random digressions:

# If you are interested in 2+1 D quantum gravity, see [[this article | relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2005-1/download/lrr-2005-1Color.pdf ]].  I can't vouch for it, but the introduction is interesting;  [[This | http://srv2.fis.puc.cl/~mbanados/Cursos/TopicosRelatividadAvanzada/Witten2.pdf]] is the article by Witten explaining how 2+1 D gravity is "exactly solvable."     More from Witten [[here| http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0550321389905919]].   There is reconsideration many years later, again by Witten, see [[ here | https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3359 ]]. 
# I've been told the [[book | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Topological-Quantum-Computation-Jiannis/dp/1107005043 ]] by Jiannis Pachos on topological quantum computation is a good resource.  
# If you are interested in the topology of manifolds in 3 and 4 dimensions, there are several good books.   One by Kirby is online [[here | https://math.berkeley.edu/~kirby/papers/Kirby%20-%20The%20topology%20of%204-manifolds%20-%20MR1001966.pdf ]].  There is a book by Gompf and Stipcitz "4-manifolds and Kirby Calculus" which is nice.  See the link [[here| https://www.amazon.co.uk/4-Manifolds-Calculus-Graduate-Studies-Mathematics/dp/0821809946]].  Note that parts of this book are online free if you google them. 
# For more information on conformal field theory.  The standard reference is the [[ Big yellow book | http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4612-2256-9 ]].   The first part of this book (up to chapter 12) is excellent, but even that much is a lot of reading.   There is a short set of lectures from les Houches by [[ Ginsparg | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9108028 ]].    I also like the short set of notes by [[ Fendley | http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/~pf7a/msmCFT.pdf ]].   For even shorter introduction of what you need to apply CFT to quantum Hall, see the appendix of Ref. 1 above, or the appendix of  [[this | https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01697]].
# This [[ book | http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5528.html ]] by Kauffman and Lins gives more details of constructing a full anyon theory from the kauffman invariant.

Topological Quantum Field Theories, Topological Quantum Matter, Topological Quantum Computation
Course taught Michaelmas Term 2016 as part of the Oxford [[ MMathPhys | http://mmathphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/ ]]  course.  Also available to DPhil students.

Topological Quantum

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* Lecture 1ish  
** What this course is about, and how we will run it
** Historical digression about topology in quantum physics 
** Knots and Knot Invariants
** The Kaufmann Invariant    (Ref:  [[Kauffman | References]] ) 
** Relation to Quantum Physics and Topological Quantum Theory (Ref: [[Nayak,Simon et al | References]] ) 
** Connection to Condensed Matter Experiments
** Twists, Spin, Statistics and the Jones Polynomial
** Relation to Quantum Information / Quantum Computation
** Computational Power of Topological Quantum Systems
** Brief Description of Topological Quantum Computers
** Brief Description of Connection Between Knots and Quantum Mechanics
** Rough Picture of Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and Why it is Topological

*Lecture 2ish
** Particle Quantum Statistics
** Beyond Bosons and Fermions (Ref: [[Wilczek | References]])
** Digression on Path Integrals (Refs:  [[Essler | References]], [[Mackenzie | References]]) 
** Topology of Paths in 2+1 and 3+1 Dimensions
** Digression on Group Theory and Representations
** Composition of Paths
** Permutation Group and Braid Group
** Back to Path Integrals
** Fractional Statistics / Anyons
** Non - Abelian Anyons  (Ref: [[Nayak, Simon, et al | References]])
** Relation to Quantum Computation

*Lecture 3ish
** Aharonov - Bohm Effect;  a useful Application of Path Integrals (Refs: [[Wilczek | References]], [[Mackenzie | References]]) 
** Understanding this in Path Integral Language
** Flux - Charge Composites and Fractional Statistics  (Ref: [[Preskill | References]])
** Spin of Anyons / Spin - Statistics
** Fusion 
** Ground State Degeneracy and Topological Quantum Memory
** Flux Binding and Abelian Chern - Simons Theory (Ref:  [[Wilczek | References]], [[Preskill | References]])
** What is Topological Quantum Field Theory  (Refs: [[Atiyah | References]], [[Witten Jones Polynomial Paper | References]],  [[Tsui Thesis | References]], [[Kaufmann | References]])
** Chern - Simons Theory in General (Briefly!)  
** Digression on Quantum Gravity (Ref: [[ Carlip | References ]], [[Witten 2+1 D Gravity | References]]) 

*Lecture 4ish
** Defining a Topological Quantum Field Theory  (Refs: [[Atiyah | References]], [[Witten Jones Polynomial Paper | References]],  [[Tsui Thesis | References]])
** Atiyah Axioms
** Hilbert Spaces, 
** Gluing Space - Time Manifolds
** Manifolds with Particles
** Overlaps and the S - matrix
** Manifold Surgery
** Likorish - Wallace Theorem and Kirby Calculus
** Witten - Reshitikhin - Turaev Invariant

*Lecture 5-6ish
** Structure of Topological Quantum Field Theory (Refs:  [[Nayak,Simon et al | References]], [[Bonderson Thesis | References]], [[Kitaev Anyons and Beyond | References]], [[Preskill | References]], [[Wang| References]], [[Bartlett | References]])
** Structure of Hilbert Space
** Fusion of Nonabelian Anyons
** Quantum Dimension
** Braiding Nonabelian Anyons
** Importance of Locality
** Examples:
*** Fibonacci Anyons 
*** Ising Anyons 
** Beginning to Define a Full Anyon Theory / TQFT / Fusion Category
** Ground State Degeneracy and Fusion Rules
** F-matrix  and Pentagon Equation
** Twisting and Braiding and Hexagon Equation
** Example: Cabled Kauffman Anyons
** More Definition of TQFT / Modular Tensor Category
** Comments on Rigidity
** Diagrammatic Calculus
** S-matrix and Verlinde Formula
** Kirby Calculus and the S - matrix

*Lecture 7-8-9ish
** Quantum Error Correction and Relation to Topological Quantum Field Theory  (Refs:  [[Kitaev Toric Code | References]], [[Laumann| References]])
** Basics of Quantum Information -- Qubits
** Codes and Errors -- Classical Case
** No Cloning Theorem
** Quantum Error Correction
** Kitaev's Toric Code / Surface Code
*** Commuting Projection Operators
*** Protected Code Space
*** Checking and Correcting Errors
*** String Operators and Handles
** Toric Code as a Phase of Matter
** Braiding Properties
** Twists and S - matrix
** Robustness of the Phase
** Defining Topologically Ordered Matter  (Ref: [[Nayak, Simon, et al | References]])
** Generalizing these ideas   (Refs:   [[Kitaev Toric Code | References]], [[Levin Wen | References]],  [[Freedman | References]], [[Fidkowski | References]]) 
** Toric Code as Abstract Quantum Loop Gas  
*** Algebra of Loops
*** Quasiparticles
** Double Semion Loop Gas
*** Algebra of Loops  
*** Quasiparticles
*** Microscoic Double Semion Model
** Doubled Fibonacci String Net
** Levin - Wen Model
** Kitaev's Model and Lattice Gauge Theory

* Lecture 10,11,12ish
** Introduction to Quantum Hall Effects (Ref: [[Prange | References]], [[MacDonald | References]], [[Hermanns | References]])
** Experimental Observations
** Landau Problem in Landau Gauge
** Incompressibility
** Effect of Disorder
** Quantization and Gauge Invariance
*** Byers -Yang Theorem 
*** Laughlin Argument for Integer Quantum Hall Effect
** Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
** Interaction Hamiltonian
** Symmetric Gauge
** Constraints on Wavefunction and Laughlin's Ansatz
** Incompressibility
** Exact Hamiltonian
** Quasiparticle 
** Fractional Charge
** Digression on Berry Phase
** Arovas - Schrieffer - Wilczek argument 
** Multiple Quasiholes and Gauge Choice
** Braiding in Fractional Statistics Gauge
** Fractional Quantum Hall Hierarchy
** Edge Modes
*** Integer
*** Fractional
*** Polynomials and Boson Operators

*Lecture 13,14ish
** Conformal Field Theory, Topological Quantum Field Theory, and Fractional Quantum Hall Effects
*** Details still coming

*Additional Topics
** Kitaev Chain
** Quantum Computational Schemes?
** Topological Insulators?
** Levin Wen in more detail?
** Walker Wang?

config.options.txtUserName = "Steve Simon";

My TiddlyWiki

/***
Description: Contains the stuff you need to use Tiddlyspot
Note, you also need UploadPlugin, PasswordOptionPlugin and LoadRemoteFileThroughProxy
from http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info for a complete working Tiddlyspot site.
***/
//{{{

// edit this if you are migrating sites or retrofitting an existing TW
config.tiddlyspotSiteId = 'oxfordtopquantum';

// make it so you can by default see edit controls via http
config.options.chkHttpReadOnly = false;
window.readOnly = false; // make sure of it (for tw 2.2)
window.showBackstage = true; // show backstage too

// disable autosave in d3
if (window.location.protocol != "file:")
	config.options.chkGTDLazyAutoSave = false;

// tweak shadow tiddlers to add upload button, password entry box etc
with (config.shadowTiddlers) {
	SiteUrl = 'http://'+config.tiddlyspotSiteId+'.tiddlyspot.com';
	SideBarOptions = SideBarOptions.replace(/(<<saveChanges>>)/,"$1<<tiddler TspotSidebar>>");
	OptionsPanel = OptionsPanel.replace(/^/,"<<tiddler TspotOptions>>");
	DefaultTiddlers = DefaultTiddlers.replace(/^/,"[[WelcomeToTiddlyspot]] ");
	MainMenu = MainMenu.replace(/^/,"[[WelcomeToTiddlyspot]] ");
}

// create some shadow tiddler content
merge(config.shadowTiddlers,{

'TspotControls':[
 "| tiddlyspot password:|<<option pasUploadPassword>>|",
 "| site management:|<<upload http://" + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ".tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi index.html . .  " + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ">>//(requires tiddlyspot password)//<br>[[control panel|http://" + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ".tiddlyspot.com/controlpanel]], [[download (go offline)|http://" + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ".tiddlyspot.com/download]]|",
 "| links:|[[tiddlyspot.com|http://tiddlyspot.com/]], [[FAQs|http://faq.tiddlyspot.com/]], [[blog|http://tiddlyspot.blogspot.com/]], email [[support|mailto:support@tiddlyspot.com]] & [[feedback|mailto:feedback@tiddlyspot.com]], [[donate|http://tiddlyspot.com/?page=donate]]|"
].join("\n"),

'TspotOptions':[
 "tiddlyspot password:",
 "<<option pasUploadPassword>>",
 ""
].join("\n"),

'TspotSidebar':[
 "<<upload http://" + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ".tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi index.html . .  " + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ">><html><a href='http://" + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ".tiddlyspot.com/download' class='button'>download</a></html>"
].join("\n"),

'WelcomeToTiddlyspot':[
 "This document is a ~TiddlyWiki from tiddlyspot.com.  A ~TiddlyWiki is an electronic notebook that is great for managing todo lists, personal information, and all sorts of things.",
 "",
 "@@font-weight:bold;font-size:1.3em;color:#444; //What now?// &nbsp;&nbsp;@@ Before you can save any changes, you need to enter your password in the form below.  Then configure privacy and other site settings at your [[control panel|http://" + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + ".tiddlyspot.com/controlpanel]] (your control panel username is //" + config.tiddlyspotSiteId + "//).",
 "<<tiddler TspotControls>>",
 "See also GettingStarted.",
 "",
 "@@font-weight:bold;font-size:1.3em;color:#444; //Working online// &nbsp;&nbsp;@@ You can edit this ~TiddlyWiki right now, and save your changes using the \"save to web\" button in the column on the right.",
 "",
 "@@font-weight:bold;font-size:1.3em;color:#444; //Working offline// &nbsp;&nbsp;@@ A fully functioning copy of this ~TiddlyWiki can be saved onto your hard drive or USB stick.  You can make changes and save them locally without being connected to the Internet.  When you're ready to sync up again, just click \"upload\" and your ~TiddlyWiki will be saved back to tiddlyspot.com.",
 "",
 "@@font-weight:bold;font-size:1.3em;color:#444; //Help!// &nbsp;&nbsp;@@ Find out more about ~TiddlyWiki at [[TiddlyWiki.com|http://tiddlywiki.com]].  Also visit [[TiddlyWiki.org|http://tiddlywiki.org]] for documentation on learning and using ~TiddlyWiki. New users are especially welcome on the [[TiddlyWiki mailing list|http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki]], which is an excellent place to ask questions and get help.  If you have a tiddlyspot related problem email [[tiddlyspot support|mailto:support@tiddlyspot.com]].",
 "",
 "@@font-weight:bold;font-size:1.3em;color:#444; //Enjoy :)// &nbsp;&nbsp;@@ We hope you like using your tiddlyspot.com site.  Please email [[feedback@tiddlyspot.com|mailto:feedback@tiddlyspot.com]] with any comments or suggestions."
].join("\n")

});
//}}}

| !date | !user | !location | !storeUrl | !uploadDir | !toFilename | !backupdir | !origin |
| 04/11/2016 13:09:29 | YourName | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . | ok |
| 04/11/2016 13:10:55 | YourName | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |
| 11/11/2016 11:07:09 | YourName | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |
| 18/11/2016 12:36:03 | YourName | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |
| 25/11/2016 11:46:54 | YourName | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |
| 02/12/2016 11:11:15 | YourName | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |
| 19/01/2017 20:42:08 | Steve Simon | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . | ok |
| 19/01/2017 20:42:50 | Steve Simon | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |
| 23/01/2017 16:54:15 | Steve Simon | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |
| 08/08/2017 16:49:09 | YourName | [[/|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/]] | [[store.cgi|http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi]] | . | [[index.html | http://oxfordtopquantum.tiddlyspot.com/index.html]] | . |

/***
|''Name:''|UploadPlugin|
|''Description:''|Save to web a TiddlyWiki|
|''Version:''|4.1.3|
|''Date:''|Feb 24, 2008|
|''Source:''|http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info/#UploadPlugin|
|''Documentation:''|http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info/#UploadPluginDoc|
|''Author:''|BidiX (BidiX (at) bidix (dot) info)|
|''License:''|[[BSD open source license|http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info/#%5B%5BBSD%20open%20source%20license%5D%5D ]]|
|''~CoreVersion:''|2.2.0|
|''Requires:''|PasswordOptionPlugin|
***/
//{{{
version.extensions.UploadPlugin = {
	major: 4, minor: 1, revision: 3,
	date: new Date("Feb 24, 2008"),
	source: 'http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info/#UploadPlugin',
	author: 'BidiX (BidiX (at) bidix (dot) info',
	coreVersion: '2.2.0'
};

//
// Environment
//

if (!window.bidix) window.bidix = {}; // bidix namespace
bidix.debugMode = false;	// true to activate both in Plugin and UploadService
	
//
// Upload Macro
//

config.macros.upload = {
// default values
	defaultBackupDir: '',	//no backup
	defaultStoreScript: "store.php",
	defaultToFilename: "index.html",
	defaultUploadDir: ".",
	authenticateUser: true	// UploadService Authenticate User
};
	
config.macros.upload.label = {
	promptOption: "Save and Upload this TiddlyWiki with UploadOptions",
	promptParamMacro: "Save and Upload this TiddlyWiki in %0",
	saveLabel: "save to web", 
	saveToDisk: "save to disk",
	uploadLabel: "upload"	
};

config.macros.upload.messages = {
	noStoreUrl: "No store URL in parmeters or options",
	usernameOrPasswordMissing: "Username or password missing"
};

config.macros.upload.handler = function(place,macroName,params) {
	if (readOnly)
		return;
	var label;
	if (document.location.toString().substr(0,4) == "http") 
		label = this.label.saveLabel;
	else
		label = this.label.uploadLabel;
	var prompt;
	if (params[0]) {
		prompt = this.label.promptParamMacro.toString().format([this.destFile(params[0], 
			(params[1] ? params[1]:bidix.basename(window.location.toString())), params[3])]);
	} else {
		prompt = this.label.promptOption;
	}
	createTiddlyButton(place, label, prompt, function() {config.macros.upload.action(params);}, null, null, this.accessKey);
};

config.macros.upload.action = function(params)
{
		// for missing macro parameter set value from options
		if (!params) params = {};
		var storeUrl = params[0] ? params[0] : config.options.txtUploadStoreUrl;
		var toFilename = params[1] ? params[1] : config.options.txtUploadFilename;
		var backupDir = params[2] ? params[2] : config.options.txtUploadBackupDir;
		var uploadDir = params[3] ? params[3] : config.options.txtUploadDir;
		var username = params[4] ? params[4] : config.options.txtUploadUserName;
		var password = config.options.pasUploadPassword; // for security reason no password as macro parameter	
		// for still missing parameter set default value
		if ((!storeUrl) && (document.location.toString().substr(0,4) == "http")) 
			storeUrl = bidix.dirname(document.location.toString())+'/'+config.macros.upload.defaultStoreScript;
		if (storeUrl.substr(0,4) != "http")
			storeUrl = bidix.dirname(document.location.toString()) +'/'+ storeUrl;
		if (!toFilename)
			toFilename = bidix.basename(window.location.toString());
		if (!toFilename)
			toFilename = config.macros.upload.defaultToFilename;
		if (!uploadDir)
			uploadDir = config.macros.upload.defaultUploadDir;
		if (!backupDir)
			backupDir = config.macros.upload.defaultBackupDir;
		// report error if still missing
		if (!storeUrl) {
			alert(config.macros.upload.messages.noStoreUrl);
			clearMessage();
			return false;
		}
		if (config.macros.upload.authenticateUser && (!username || !password)) {
			alert(config.macros.upload.messages.usernameOrPasswordMissing);
			clearMessage();
			return false;
		}
		bidix.upload.uploadChanges(false,null,storeUrl, toFilename, uploadDir, backupDir, username, password); 
		return false; 
};

config.macros.upload.destFile = function(storeUrl, toFilename, uploadDir) 
{
	if (!storeUrl)
		return null;
		var dest = bidix.dirname(storeUrl);
		if (uploadDir && uploadDir != '.')
			dest = dest + '/' + uploadDir;
		dest = dest + '/' + toFilename;
	return dest;
};

//
// uploadOptions Macro
//

config.macros.uploadOptions = {
	handler: function(place,macroName,params) {
		var wizard = new Wizard();
		wizard.createWizard(place,this.wizardTitle);
		wizard.addStep(this.step1Title,this.step1Html);
		var markList = wizard.getElement("markList");
		var listWrapper = document.createElement("div");
		markList.parentNode.insertBefore(listWrapper,markList);
		wizard.setValue("listWrapper",listWrapper);
		this.refreshOptions(listWrapper,false);
		var uploadCaption;
		if (document.location.toString().substr(0,4) == "http") 
			uploadCaption = config.macros.upload.label.saveLabel;
		else
			uploadCaption = config.macros.upload.label.uploadLabel;
		
		wizard.setButtons([
				{caption: uploadCaption, tooltip: config.macros.upload.label.promptOption, 
					onClick: config.macros.upload.action},
				{caption: this.cancelButton, tooltip: this.cancelButtonPrompt, onClick: this.onCancel}
				
			]);
	},
	options: [
		"txtUploadUserName",
		"pasUploadPassword",
		"txtUploadStoreUrl",
		"txtUploadDir",
		"txtUploadFilename",
		"txtUploadBackupDir",
		"chkUploadLog",
		"txtUploadLogMaxLine"		
	],
	refreshOptions: function(listWrapper) {
		var opts = [];
		for(i=0; i<this.options.length; i++) {
			var opt = {};
			opts.push();
			opt.option = "";
			n = this.options[i];
			opt.name = n;
			opt.lowlight = !config.optionsDesc[n];
			opt.description = opt.lowlight ? this.unknownDescription : config.optionsDesc[n];
			opts.push(opt);
		}
		var listview = ListView.create(listWrapper,opts,this.listViewTemplate);
		for(n=0; n<opts.length; n++) {
			var type = opts[n].name.substr(0,3);
			var h = config.macros.option.types[type];
			if (h && h.create) {
				h.create(opts[n].colElements['option'],type,opts[n].name,opts[n].name,"no");
			}
		}
		
	},
	onCancel: function(e)
	{
		backstage.switchTab(null);
		return false;
	},
	
	wizardTitle: "Upload with options",
	step1Title: "These options are saved in cookies in your browser",
	step1Html: "<input type='hidden' name='markList'></input><br>",
	cancelButton: "Cancel",
	cancelButtonPrompt: "Cancel prompt",
	listViewTemplate: {
		columns: [
			{name: 'Description', field: 'description', title: "Description", type: 'WikiText'},
			{name: 'Option', field: 'option', title: "Option", type: 'String'},
			{name: 'Name', field: 'name', title: "Name", type: 'String'}
			],
		rowClasses: [
			{className: 'lowlight', field: 'lowlight'} 
			]}
};

//
// upload functions
//

if (!bidix.upload) bidix.upload = {};

if (!bidix.upload.messages) bidix.upload.messages = {
	//from saving
	invalidFileError: "The original file '%0' does not appear to be a valid TiddlyWiki",
	backupSaved: "Backup saved",
	backupFailed: "Failed to upload backup file",
	rssSaved: "RSS feed uploaded",
	rssFailed: "Failed to upload RSS feed file",
	emptySaved: "Empty template uploaded",
	emptyFailed: "Failed to upload empty template file",
	mainSaved: "Main TiddlyWiki file uploaded",
	mainFailed: "Failed to upload main TiddlyWiki file. Your changes have not been saved",
	//specific upload
	loadOriginalHttpPostError: "Can't get original file",
	aboutToSaveOnHttpPost: 'About to upload on %0 ...',
	storePhpNotFound: "The store script '%0' was not found."
};

bidix.upload.uploadChanges = function(onlyIfDirty,tiddlers,storeUrl,toFilename,uploadDir,backupDir,username,password)
{
	var callback = function(status,uploadParams,original,url,xhr) {
		if (!status) {
			displayMessage(bidix.upload.messages.loadOriginalHttpPostError);
			return;
		}
		if (bidix.debugMode) 
			alert(original.substr(0,500)+"\n...");
		// Locate the storeArea div's 
		var posDiv = locateStoreArea(original);
		if((posDiv[0] == -1) || (posDiv[1] == -1)) {
			alert(config.messages.invalidFileError.format([localPath]));
			return;
		}
		bidix.upload.uploadRss(uploadParams,original,posDiv);
	};
	
	if(onlyIfDirty && !store.isDirty())
		return;
	clearMessage();
	// save on localdisk ?
	if (document.location.toString().substr(0,4) == "file") {
		var path = document.location.toString();
		var localPath = getLocalPath(path);
		saveChanges();
	}
	// get original
	var uploadParams = new Array(storeUrl,toFilename,uploadDir,backupDir,username,password);
	var originalPath = document.location.toString();
	// If url is a directory : add index.html
	if (originalPath.charAt(originalPath.length-1) == "/")
		originalPath = originalPath + "index.html";
	var dest = config.macros.upload.destFile(storeUrl,toFilename,uploadDir);
	var log = new bidix.UploadLog();
	log.startUpload(storeUrl, dest, uploadDir,  backupDir);
	displayMessage(bidix.upload.messages.aboutToSaveOnHttpPost.format([dest]));
	if (bidix.debugMode) 
		alert("about to execute Http - GET on "+originalPath);
	var r = doHttp("GET",originalPath,null,null,username,password,callback,uploadParams,null);
	if (typeof r == "string")
		displayMessage(r);
	return r;
};

bidix.upload.uploadRss = function(uploadParams,original,posDiv) 
{
	var callback = function(status,params,responseText,url,xhr) {
		if(status) {
			var destfile = responseText.substring(responseText.indexOf("destfile:")+9,responseText.indexOf("\n", responseText.indexOf("destfile:")));
			displayMessage(bidix.upload.messages.rssSaved,bidix.dirname(url)+'/'+destfile);
			bidix.upload.uploadMain(params[0],params[1],params[2]);
		} else {
			displayMessage(bidix.upload.messages.rssFailed);			
		}
	};
	// do uploadRss
	if(config.options.chkGenerateAnRssFeed) {
		var rssPath = uploadParams[1].substr(0,uploadParams[1].lastIndexOf(".")) + ".xml";
		var rssUploadParams = new Array(uploadParams[0],rssPath,uploadParams[2],'',uploadParams[4],uploadParams[5]);
		var rssString = generateRss();
		// no UnicodeToUTF8 conversion needed when location is "file" !!!
		if (document.location.toString().substr(0,4) != "file")
			rssString = convertUnicodeToUTF8(rssString);	
		bidix.upload.httpUpload(rssUploadParams,rssString,callback,Array(uploadParams,original,posDiv));
	} else {
		bidix.upload.uploadMain(uploadParams,original,posDiv);
	}
};

bidix.upload.uploadMain = function(uploadParams,original,posDiv) 
{
	var callback = function(status,params,responseText,url,xhr) {
		var log = new bidix.UploadLog();
		if(status) {
			// if backupDir specified
			if ((params[3]) && (responseText.indexOf("backupfile:") > -1))  {
				var backupfile = responseText.substring(responseText.indexOf("backupfile:")+11,responseText.indexOf("\n", responseText.indexOf("backupfile:")));
				displayMessage(bidix.upload.messages.backupSaved,bidix.dirname(url)+'/'+backupfile);
			}
			var destfile = responseText.substring(responseText.indexOf("destfile:")+9,responseText.indexOf("\n", responseText.indexOf("destfile:")));
			displayMessage(bidix.upload.messages.mainSaved,bidix.dirname(url)+'/'+destfile);
			store.setDirty(false);
			log.endUpload("ok");
		} else {
			alert(bidix.upload.messages.mainFailed);
			displayMessage(bidix.upload.messages.mainFailed);
			log.endUpload("failed");			
		}
	};
	// do uploadMain
	var revised = bidix.upload.updateOriginal(original,posDiv);
	bidix.upload.httpUpload(uploadParams,revised,callback,uploadParams);
};

bidix.upload.httpUpload = function(uploadParams,data,callback,params)
{
	var localCallback = function(status,params,responseText,url,xhr) {
		url = (url.indexOf("nocache=") < 0 ? url : url.substring(0,url.indexOf("nocache=")-1));
		if (xhr.status == 404)
			alert(bidix.upload.messages.storePhpNotFound.format([url]));
		if ((bidix.debugMode) || (responseText.indexOf("Debug mode") >= 0 )) {
			alert(responseText);
			if (responseText.indexOf("Debug mode") >= 0 )
				responseText = responseText.substring(responseText.indexOf("\n\n")+2);
		} else if (responseText.charAt(0) != '0') 
			alert(responseText);
		if (responseText.charAt(0) != '0')
			status = null;
		callback(status,params,responseText,url,xhr);
	};
	// do httpUpload
	var boundary = "---------------------------"+"AaB03x";	
	var uploadFormName = "UploadPlugin";
	// compose headers data
	var sheader = "";
	sheader += "--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-disposition: form-data; name=\"";
	sheader += uploadFormName +"\"\r\n\r\n";
	sheader += "backupDir="+uploadParams[3] +
				";user=" + uploadParams[4] +
				";password=" + uploadParams[5] +
				";uploaddir=" + uploadParams[2];
	if (bidix.debugMode)
		sheader += ";debug=1";
	sheader += ";;\r\n"; 
	sheader += "\r\n" + "--" + boundary + "\r\n";
	sheader += "Content-disposition: form-data; name=\"userfile\"; filename=\""+uploadParams[1]+"\"\r\n";
	sheader += "Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8" + "\r\n";
	sheader += "Content-Length: " + data.length + "\r\n\r\n";
	// compose trailer data
	var strailer = new String();
	strailer = "\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n";
	data = sheader + data + strailer;
	if (bidix.debugMode) alert("about to execute Http - POST on "+uploadParams[0]+"\n with \n"+data.substr(0,500)+ " ... ");
	var r = doHttp("POST",uploadParams[0],data,"multipart/form-data; ;charset=UTF-8; boundary="+boundary,uploadParams[4],uploadParams[5],localCallback,params,null);
	if (typeof r == "string")
		displayMessage(r);
	return r;
};

// same as Saving's updateOriginal but without convertUnicodeToUTF8 calls
bidix.upload.updateOriginal = function(original, posDiv)
{
	if (!posDiv)
		posDiv = locateStoreArea(original);
	if((posDiv[0] == -1) || (posDiv[1] == -1)) {
		alert(config.messages.invalidFileError.format([localPath]));
		return;
	}
	var revised = original.substr(0,posDiv[0] + startSaveArea.length) + "\n" +
				store.allTiddlersAsHtml() + "\n" +
				original.substr(posDiv[1]);
	var newSiteTitle = getPageTitle().htmlEncode();
	revised = revised.replaceChunk("<title"+">","</title"+">"," " + newSiteTitle + " ");
	revised = updateMarkupBlock(revised,"PRE-HEAD","MarkupPreHead");
	revised = updateMarkupBlock(revised,"POST-HEAD","MarkupPostHead");
	revised = updateMarkupBlock(revised,"PRE-BODY","MarkupPreBody");
	revised = updateMarkupBlock(revised,"POST-SCRIPT","MarkupPostBody");
	return revised;
};

//
// UploadLog
// 
// config.options.chkUploadLog :
//		false : no logging
//		true : logging
// config.options.txtUploadLogMaxLine :
//		-1 : no limit
//      0 :  no Log lines but UploadLog is still in place
//		n :  the last n lines are only kept
//		NaN : no limit (-1)

bidix.UploadLog = function() {
	if (!config.options.chkUploadLog) 
		return; // this.tiddler = null
	this.tiddler = store.getTiddler("UploadLog");
	if (!this.tiddler) {
		this.tiddler = new Tiddler();
		this.tiddler.title = "UploadLog";
		this.tiddler.text = "| !date | !user | !location | !storeUrl | !uploadDir | !toFilename | !backupdir | !origin |";
		this.tiddler.created = new Date();
		this.tiddler.modifier = config.options.txtUserName;
		this.tiddler.modified = new Date();
		store.addTiddler(this.tiddler);
	}
	return this;
};

bidix.UploadLog.prototype.addText = function(text) {
	if (!this.tiddler)
		return;
	// retrieve maxLine when we need it
	var maxLine = parseInt(config.options.txtUploadLogMaxLine,10);
	if (isNaN(maxLine))
		maxLine = -1;
	// add text
	if (maxLine != 0) 
		this.tiddler.text = this.tiddler.text + text;
	// Trunck to maxLine
	if (maxLine >= 0) {
		var textArray = this.tiddler.text.split('\n');
		if (textArray.length > maxLine + 1)
			textArray.splice(1,textArray.length-1-maxLine);
			this.tiddler.text = textArray.join('\n');		
	}
	// update tiddler fields
	this.tiddler.modifier = config.options.txtUserName;
	this.tiddler.modified = new Date();
	store.addTiddler(this.tiddler);
	// refresh and notifiy for immediate update
	story.refreshTiddler(this.tiddler.title);
	store.notify(this.tiddler.title, true);
};

bidix.UploadLog.prototype.startUpload = function(storeUrl, toFilename, uploadDir,  backupDir) {
	if (!this.tiddler)
		return;
	var now = new Date();
	var text = "\n| ";
	var filename = bidix.basename(document.location.toString());
	if (!filename) filename = '/';
	text += now.formatString("0DD/0MM/YYYY 0hh:0mm:0ss") +" | ";
	text += config.options.txtUserName + " | ";
	text += "[["+filename+"|"+location + "]] |";
	text += " [[" + bidix.basename(storeUrl) + "|" + storeUrl + "]] | ";
	text += uploadDir + " | ";
	text += "[[" + bidix.basename(toFilename) + " | " +toFilename + "]] | ";
	text += backupDir + " |";
	this.addText(text);
};

bidix.UploadLog.prototype.endUpload = function(status) {
	if (!this.tiddler)
		return;
	this.addText(" "+status+" |");
};

//
// Utilities
// 

bidix.checkPlugin = function(plugin, major, minor, revision) {
	var ext = version.extensions[plugin];
	if (!
		(ext  && 
			((ext.major > major) || 
			((ext.major == major) && (ext.minor > minor))  ||
			((ext.major == major) && (ext.minor == minor) && (ext.revision >= revision))))) {
			// write error in PluginManager
			if (pluginInfo)
				pluginInfo.log.push("Requires " + plugin + " " + major + "." + minor + "." + revision);
			eval(plugin); // generate an error : "Error: ReferenceError: xxxx is not defined"
	}
};

bidix.dirname = function(filePath) {
	if (!filePath) 
		return;
	var lastpos;
	if ((lastpos = filePath.lastIndexOf("/")) != -1) {
		return filePath.substring(0, lastpos);
	} else {
		return filePath.substring(0, filePath.lastIndexOf("\\"));
	}
};

bidix.basename = function(filePath) {
	if (!filePath) 
		return;
	var lastpos;
	if ((lastpos = filePath.lastIndexOf("#")) != -1) 
		filePath = filePath.substring(0, lastpos);
	if ((lastpos = filePath.lastIndexOf("/")) != -1) {
		return filePath.substring(lastpos + 1);
	} else
		return filePath.substring(filePath.lastIndexOf("\\")+1);
};

bidix.initOption = function(name,value) {
	if (!config.options[name])
		config.options[name] = value;
};

//
// Initializations
//

// require PasswordOptionPlugin 1.0.1 or better
bidix.checkPlugin("PasswordOptionPlugin", 1, 0, 1);

// styleSheet
setStylesheet('.txtUploadStoreUrl, .txtUploadBackupDir, .txtUploadDir {width: 22em;}',"uploadPluginStyles");

//optionsDesc
merge(config.optionsDesc,{
	txtUploadStoreUrl: "Url of the UploadService script (default: store.php)",
	txtUploadFilename: "Filename of the uploaded file (default: in index.html)",
	txtUploadDir: "Relative Directory where to store the file (default: . (downloadService directory))",
	txtUploadBackupDir: "Relative Directory where to backup the file. If empty no backup. (default: ''(empty))",
	txtUploadUserName: "Upload Username",
	pasUploadPassword: "Upload Password",
	chkUploadLog: "do Logging in UploadLog (default: true)",
	txtUploadLogMaxLine: "Maximum of lines in UploadLog (default: 10)"
});

// Options Initializations
bidix.initOption('txtUploadStoreUrl','');
bidix.initOption('txtUploadFilename','');
bidix.initOption('txtUploadDir','');
bidix.initOption('txtUploadBackupDir','');
bidix.initOption('txtUploadUserName','');
bidix.initOption('pasUploadPassword','');
bidix.initOption('chkUploadLog',true);
bidix.initOption('txtUploadLogMaxLine','10');


// Backstage
merge(config.tasks,{
	uploadOptions: {text: "upload", tooltip: "Change UploadOptions and Upload", content: '<<uploadOptions>>'}
});
config.backstageTasks.push("uploadOptions");


//}}}