I recently encountered an error when trying to parse a javascript document with YUI DOC. YUI Doc is a Python application used at build time to generate API documentation for JavaScript code. The javascript file had a few non-standard characters that were causing YUI Doc to crash with the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\yuidoc\bin\yuidoc.py", line 104, in?    main()
  File "C:\yuidoc\bin\yuidoc.py", line 86, in main    opts.newext )
  File "C:\yuidoc\bin\yuidoc_highlight.py", line 82, in __init__    highlightDir(os.path.abspath(i))
  File "C:\yuidoc\bin\yuidoc_highlight.py", line 68, in highlightDir    highlightFile(path, i)
  File "C:\yuidoc\bin\yuidoc_highlight.py", line 57, in highlightFile    out.writelines(highlighted)
TypeError: writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings

The fix was rather simple. Edit yuidoc_highlight.py

change line 57

JSGantt has officially launched on google code:

http://code.google.com/p/jsgantt/

A few developers are already working on wrappers for PHP, .NET, JSP and ColdFusion. Bleeding edge builds will be available via SVN.

You can also download the current version via the main site at http://www.jsgantt.com

Response to JSGantt has been overwhelming. I got over 100 emails from developers around the world. I am pleased to announce a new site http://www.jsgantt.com and a new beta version of JSGantt.

The main new feature is the ability to load the task data from an external XML file using the new JSGantt.parseXML() method. Some look and feel as well as performance enhancements have been made.

Please note that the Gantt chart API has changed since the initial alpha. Instead of constantly adding arguments to the GanttChart() method there are now only three required arguments and 3 new configuration methods:

• g.setShowRes(pShow) - Show/Hide Responsible (0/1)
• g.setShowDur(pShow) -Show/Hide Duration (0/1)
• g.setShowComp(pShow) - Show/Hide % Complete(0/1)