From 75fd27998e818b64942fd62f332082af742b4206 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John McLear <john@mclear.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:58:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] expose socket timeslider with a bad hack

---
 src/static/js/timeslider.js | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/static/js/timeslider.js b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
index 5203e57ba..0e26699b1 100644
--- a/src/static/js/timeslider.js
+++ b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ function init() {
     
     //build up the socket io connection
     socket = io.connect(url, {resource: resource});
+    window.parent.socket = socket; // Expose the socket to it's parent HACK
 
     //send the ready message once we're connected
     socket.on('connect', function()
@@ -163,3 +164,4 @@ function handleClientVars(message)
 
 exports.baseURL = '';
 exports.init = init;
+exports.sendSocketMsg = sendSocketMsg;

From 7fcc71710fc2491d4d439c2730b6991e98b3250e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John McLear <john@mclear.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:59:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] dont exposrt sendSocketMs

---
 src/static/js/timeslider.js | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/static/js/timeslider.js b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
index 0e26699b1..acf1b0394 100644
--- a/src/static/js/timeslider.js
+++ b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
@@ -164,4 +164,3 @@ function handleClientVars(message)
 
 exports.baseURL = '';
 exports.init = init;
-exports.sendSocketMsg = sendSocketMsg;

From cda3a0e78bbfb5d26d7f449260d59cfa11b04124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John McLear <john@mclear.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:03:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] a different approach

---
 src/static/js/timeslider.js   | 5 +++--
 src/templates/timeslider.html | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/static/js/timeslider.js b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
index acf1b0394..24e6e98de 100644
--- a/src/static/js/timeslider.js
+++ b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var readCookie = require('./pad_utils').readCookie;
 var randomString = require('./pad_utils').randomString;
 var _ = require('./underscore');
 
-var socket, token, padId, export_links;
+var token, padId, export_links;
 
 function init() {
   $(document).ready(function ()
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ function init() {
     
     //build up the socket io connection
     socket = io.connect(url, {resource: resource});
-    window.parent.socket = socket; // Expose the socket to it's parent HACK
 
     //send the ready message once we're connected
     socket.on('connect', function()
@@ -107,6 +106,8 @@ function init() {
       window.location.reload();
     });
 
+    exports.socket = socket; // make the socket available
+
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/templates/timeslider.html b/src/templates/timeslider.html
index 4a8543c56..5d0e357c6 100644
--- a/src/templates/timeslider.html
+++ b/src/templates/timeslider.html
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@
     }
 
     var plugins = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/client_plugins');
+    var socket = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/timeslider').socket;
+
     plugins.baseURL = baseURL;
     
     plugins.update(function () {