From: http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/ <http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/@web>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:01:50 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: can be done with Javascript?
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can be done with Javascript?
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diff --git a/doc/forum/appear_if_you_are_login_or_not_in_a_page.mdwn b/doc/forum/appear_if_you_are_login_or_not_in_a_page.mdwn
index 04f6cc9b8..ec3ca4138 100644
--- a/doc/forum/appear_if_you_are_login_or_not_in_a_page.mdwn
+++ b/doc/forum/appear_if_you_are_login_or_not_in_a_page.mdwn
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ Xan.
 > if at all. --[[Schmonz]]
 
 >> Thanks a lot, Xan.
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+>>> Another possible trick would be to use some Javascript to make a
+>>> "who am I?" AJAX request to the CGI (the CGI would receive the
+>>> session cookie, if any, and be able to answer). Obviously, this
+>>> wouldn't work for users who've disabled Javascript, but since it's
+>>> non-essential, that's not so bad. You'd need to
+>>> [[write_a_plugin|plugins/write]] to add a suitable CGI action,
+>>> perhaps ?do=whoami, and insert the Javascript. --[[smcv]]