// contains code that proposed by the text_view_comment frame to its parent frame

c_persistPreference = function(key1, key2, val) {

  gPrefs.persist(key1, key2, val) ;

}

c_readDefaultPreference = function(key1, key2) {

  return gConf['defaultPrefs'][key1][key2] ;

}

c_readPreference = function(key1, key2) {

  return gPrefs.get(key1,key2) ;

}

c_resetPreferences = function(entries) {

  gPrefs.reset(entries) ;

}

c_applyTextStyle = function(val) {

  CY.use(val) ;

}

sliderValToPx = function (val) {

  var winWidth = CY.DOM.winWidth() ;

  if (gLayout.isInFrame()) 

     winWidth = parent.$(parent).width() ;    

  var theta = val / 100 ;

  theta = Math.min(theta, gConf['sliderFixedMin']) ;

  theta = Math.max(theta, gConf['sliderFixedMax']) ;

  var colWidth = theta * winWidth ;

  return Math.floor(colWidth) ;

}

c_setCommentsColWidth = function(val) {

  var colWidth = sliderValToPx(val) ;

  gLayout.setLeftColumnWidth(colWidth) ;

  var iCommentWidth = gLayout.getTopICommentsWidthFromWidth(colWidth) ;

  // icomments

  gIComments.setWidth(iCommentWidth) ;  

  //forms

  gICommentForm['overlay'].get('boundingBox').setStyle('width', iCommentWidth + 'px') ;

  changeFormFieldsWidth(gICommentForm['formId'], iCommentWidth) ;

  //toc

  //For some reasons: gToc['overlay'].get('boundingBox').setStyle('width', iCommentWidth + 'px');

  // does not work when the div.c-toc has a fixed position.

  document.getElementById('the-toc').style.width = iCommentWidth + 'px';

  if (gNewReply) 

    changeFormFieldsWidth(gNewReply['ids']['formId'], iCommentWidth) ; 

  if (gEdit) 

    changeFormFieldsWidth(gEdit['ids']['formId'], iCommentWidth) ; 

}