fix: user defined Form Definition persists across the app

[kwhuber]

Fixes #5168

EditorWrapper.tsx is where the template XML lives and eventually what the editor receives. By replacing the <viewset name> attribute, the editor will receive the user provided resource name before the XML reaches the editor. There are a few cases to look out for so the XML doesn’t break. For example, the following input could cause issues, emphasizing the need to replace them to XML entities: & resolved to &, < resolved to <, etc.

The majority of the fix came from defining a few new functions, replaceViewsetName, escapeXML, and replaceViewsetNameInXml. The first is defined within EditorWrapper.tsx and the latter two in a new utility file called xmlUtils. The fix makes the XML editor display the user inputted resource name (when it is provided) instead of the template name.

replaceViewsetNameInXml extracts the resource name from the resource parameter and replaces the first occurrence of the <viewset name> attribute using the following regex:

specify7/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/xmlUtils.ts

Line 18 in 27e2049

/(<viewset\b[^>]*\bname=)([\"])(.*?)\2/,

More changes were added to this fix in Editor.tsx. This is necessary if the user alters their originally defined name to something else.

Checklist

• Self-review the PR after opening it to make sure the changes look good and
  self-explanatory (or properly documented)
• Add relevant issue to release milestone
• Add pr to documentation list

Testing instructions

• Go to App Resources
• Create a new Form Definition under Global Resources and copy one of the defaults (for example, "Vertpaleo")
• Name it something other than the name of the one you copied
• Switch to the XML editor and see that the "name=" value is of the name that you defined (not of the default Form Definition you copied)

Example

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[emenslin]

• Go to App Resources
• Create a new Form Definition under Global Resources and copy one of the defaults (for example, "Vertpaleo")
• Name it something other than the name of the one you copied
• Switch to the XML editor and see that the "name=" value is of the name that you defined (not of the default Form Definition you copied)

Looks good, name is copied correctly!

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[CarolineDenis]

@kwhuber, can you remove the DS files + gitignore + env

[Iwantexpresso]

• Go to App Resources
• Create a new Form Definition under Global Resources and copy one of the defaults (for example, "Vertpaleo")
• Name it something other than the name of the one you copied
• Switch to the XML editor and see that the "name=" value is of the name that you defined (not of the default Form Definition you copied)

Nice! This looks great Kaden.