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+function EditorPublish(destinationDirectoryLocation, fileName, login, password)
+{
+  post_current_editor_contents_to_server(destinationDirectoryLocation, fileName, login, password);
+//  PublishCopyFile(srcDirectoryLocation, destinationDirectoryLocation, fileName);
+}
+
+// this function takes a login and password and adds them to the destination url
+function get_destination_channel(destinationDirectoryLocation, fileName, login, password)
+{
+  try
+  {
+    var ioService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIIOService);
+    if (!ioService)
+    {
+      dump("failed to get io service\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // create a channel for the destination location
+    destChannel = create_channel_from_url(ioService, destinationDirectoryLocation + fileName, login, password);
+    if (!destChannel)
+    {
+      dump("can't create dest channel\n");
+      return;
+    }
+    // destChannel.SetNotificationCallbacks();
+
+    var ftpChannel = destChannel.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIFTPChannel);
+    return ftpChannel;
+  }
+  catch (e)
+  {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function output_current_editor_to_stream()
+{
+  var formatType = editorShell.editorType;
+  dump("formatType is " + formatType + "\n");
+  var flags = 256; // nsIDocumentEncoder::OutputEncodeEntities
+  var charset = editorShell.GetDocumentCharacterSet();
+  dump("charset is " + charset + "\n");
+  // XXX we need to create an nsIOutputStream here
+  var stream = editorShell.editor.OutputToStream('text/'+formatType, charset, flags); 
+  return stream;
+}
+
+function post_current_editor_contents_to_server(newLocation, fileName, login, password)
+{
+  try
+  {
+    var contentsStream = output_current_editor_to_stream();
+    if (!contentsStream)
+    {
+      dump("failed to get a stream\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var ftpChannel = get_destination_channel(newLocation, fileName, login, password);
+    if (!ftpChannel)
+    {
+      dump("failed to get a destination channel\n");
+      return;
+    }
+    ftpChannel.uploadStream = contentsStream;
+    ftpChannel.asyncOpen(null, null);
+    dump("done\n");
+  }
+  catch (e)
+  {
+    dump("an error occurred: " + e + "\n");
+  }
+}
+
+// this function takes a full url, creates an nsIURI, and then creates a channel from that nsIURI
+function create_channel_from_url(ioService, aURL, aLogin, aPassword)
+{
+  try
+  {
+    var nsiuri = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/standard-url;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIURI);
+    if (!nsiuri)
+      return null;
+    nsiuri.spec = aURL;
+    if (aLogin)
+    {
+      nsiuri.username = aLogin;
+      if (aPassword)
+        nsiuri.password = aPassword;
+    }
+    return ioService.newChannelFromURI(nsiuri);
+  }
+  catch (e) 
+  {
+    dump(e+"\n");
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function PublishCopyFile(srcDirectoryLocation, destinationDirectoryLocation, fileName, aLogin, aPassword)
+{
+  // append '/' if it's not there; inputs should be directories so should end in '/'
+  if ( srcDirectoryLocation.charAt(srcDirectoryLocation.length-1) != '/' )
+    srcDirectoryLocation = srcDirectoryLocation + '/';
+  if ( destinationDirectoryLocation.charAt(destinationDirectoryLocation.length-1) != '/' )
+    destinationDirectoryLocation = destinationDirectoryLocation + '/';
+
+  try
+  {
+    // grab an io service
+    var ioService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIIOService);
+    if (!ioService)
+    {
+      dump("failed to get io service\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // create a channel for the source location
+    srcChannel = create_channel_from_url(ioService, srcDirectoryLocation + fileName, null, null);
+    if (!srcChannel)
+    {
+      dump("can't create src channel\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // create a channel for the destination location
+    var ftpChannel = get_destination_channel(destinationDirectoryLocation, fileName, aLogin, aPassword);
+    if (!ftpChannel)
+    {
+      dump("failed to get ftp channel\n");
+      return;
+    }
+    ftpChannel.uploadStream = srcChannel.open();
+    ftpChannel.asyncOpen(null, null);
+    dump("done\n");
+  }
+  catch (e)
+  {
+    dump("an error occurred: " + e + "\n");
+  }
+}
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