Lots of tweaking to make things work

Did some tweaking and maneuvering to make things work. This version
will now show a "notice received" alert box -- lots of progress! Had
to test with Java server, not Python server.

plugins/Comet/updatetimeline.js

@@ -3,28 +3,34 @@
 
 var updater = function()
 {
-    var _handshook = false;
-    var _connected = false;
-    var _cometd;
+     var _cometd;
 
-    return {
-        init: function()
-        {
-            _cometd = $.cometd; // Uses the default Comet object
-            _cometd.init(_timelineServer);
-            _cometd.subscribe(_timeline, this, receive);
-            $(window).unload(leave);
-        }
-    }
+     return {
+          init: function(server, timeline)
+          {
+               _cometd = $.cometd; // Uses the default Comet object
+               _cometd.setLogLevel('debug');
+               _cometd.init(server);
+               _cometd.subscribe(timeline, receive);
+               $(window).unload(leave);
+          }
+     }
 
-    function leave()
-    {
-         _cometd.disconnect();
-    }
+     function leave()
+     {
+          _cometd.disconnect();
+     }
 
-    function receive(message)
-    {
-         var noticeItem = makeNoticeItem(message.data);
-         var noticeList = $('ul.notices');
-    }
+     function receive(message)
+     {
+          alert("Received notice.");
+          var noticeItem = makeNoticeItem(message.data);
+          var noticeList = $('ul.notices');
+     }
+
+     function makeNoticeItem(data)
+     {
+          return '';
+     }
 }();
+