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NAME
    languid.js - JavaScript interface to the languid.cantbedone.org API

SYNOPSIS
       # you'll need to do this under Mozilla/Gecko (but not Safari)        
       # netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserRead");

       # Get some chunk of text, for example a
       # part of the current document.

       var input = document.getElementById("input");
       var txt   = input.firstChild.nodeValue;

       var lang   = new Languid();
       var ident  = lang.identify(txt);
       var result = null;

       # My kingdom for a built-in sprintf function...

       if (ident.success()) {
            result = ident + " (" + ident.code() + ")";
       } 

       else {
            result = "error : " + ident.err() + ", " + ident.errstr();
       }

       # Set 'result' as the string value of some other
       # part of the current document.

       var languid = document.getElementById("languid");
       languid.innerHTML = result;

DESCRIPTION
    JavaScript interface to the languid.cantbedone.org API. This library is
    not asynchronous.

Languid CLASS METHODS
  new Languid ()
    Returns a *Languid* object.

Languid OBJECT METHODS
  obj.languid(String)
    Returns an *Response* object.

Resposne OBJECT METHODS
    A *Response* object's toString() method is set up to return the string
    value of the language identifier.

     var languid = new Languid();
     var ident   = languid.identify("some english text");

     # prints "language is english" if successful
     # prints "language is "        if not

     alert("language is " + ident);

  obj.success()
    Returns true or false.

  obj.code()
    Returns an ISO code identifying the language result.

  obj.err()
    Returns the error code associated with a failed request.

  obj.errstr()
    Returns an optional error string associated with a failed request.

VERSION
    1.0

DATE
    $Date: 2004/11/17 16:52:05 $

AUTHOR
    Aaron Straup Cope

SEE ALSO
    http://languid.cantbedone.org

LICENSE
    Copyright (c) 2004 Aaron Straup Cope. All Rights Reserved.

    This is free software, you may use it and distribute it under the same
    terms as the Perl Artistic License.