open edit help in separate window to work around IE data loss bug

diff --git a/includes/EditPage.php b/includes/EditPage.php
index de75631..34fccee 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/EditPage.php
+++ b/includes/EditPage.php
@@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ class EditPage {
 
                $cancel = $sk->makeKnownLink( $this->mTitle->getPrefixedURL(),
                  wfMsg( "cancel" ) );
-               $edithelp = $sk->makeKnownLink( wfMsg( "edithelppage" ),
-                 wfMsg( "edithelp" ) );
+               $edithelpurl = $sk->makeUrl( wfMsg( "edithelppage" ));
+               $edithelp = '<a onclick="javascript:window.open('.
+               "'$edithelpurl', 'helpwindow', 'width=610,height=400,left=10,top=10'".'); return false;" href="'.$edithelpurl.'">'.
+               wfMsg( "edithelp" ).'</a>';
                $copywarn = wfMsg( "copyrightwarning", $sk->makeKnownLink(
                  wfMsg( "copyrightpage" ) ) );