Update re Download Manager

Update re Download Manager


Hi all,
I know this is not on the roadmap, but just a polite update and a help
request as a follow on to
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui/browse_thread/thread/fd32172e671d1497/06f362884174ddeb#06f362884174ddeb
So far, I have a jquery.php file which takes in an array of plugins
required, parses them alongside jquery and outputs a packed version or
a gzipped version. So you would have <pre><script src="jquery.php?
plugin[]=metadata&plugin[]=multiplefile&base=jqueryfull&pack=pack&debug=true"></
script></pre> The last three are not generally needed and are mostly
for debugging purposes
Based on some rudimentary tests that I have carried out so far,
minifying and gzipping is fastest of all, and feeding a preminified
file into packer.php is significantly faster than an unminified file,
which seems unintuitive.
So I also have an upload manager which saves the original file and
also preminifies it. Serving out these files (because they will be
customised for each request), means every bit of time saved matters.
As a kicker, the upload manager's script src is the jquery.php file
which parses multiple file upload into jquery and works fine when
packed.
This is where I need help
At the moment I am putting one file after the other and packing that,
but I'd like to be able to inject the plugins directly into jquery and
then pack the whole lot together, so I'm looking for a way to take out
the bits of the plugin that aren't needed (because they will be within
the jquery body), add the bits that are needed so it plays nice and
also where do I inject them for best effect (I'm thinking the later
the better), so how far back?
Any help greatly appreciated, but not urgent. I'm off to deepest
Connemara, so am not sure about connectivity etc.
Also, how do I go about uploading what I've done so far. This must
have been asked a load of times, so just point me to a link, please.
Best Regards,
Paul.