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User:Cacycle/editor.js is a script that adds extended editing functions to Wikipedia edit pages. Currently it works only for Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla, and Mozilla SeaMonkey browsers. Features include regular expression search and replace, server-independent Show preview and Show changes, one-click fixing of common mistakes, and undo/redo. Simply add one of the code snippet from below to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page.
Adds the following functions as buttons below the edit textarea:
Simply add one of the following code snippets to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js (or whatever skin used) page. After saving, you have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes, hold down Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R).
Ultra-simple version (expands to the simple version upon saving the page):
((subst:EditTool))
Simple version:
// install [[User:Cacycle/diff]] text diff code
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/diff.js' <!--wikEdSpaceLine-->
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');
// install [[User:Pilaf/Live_Preview]] page preview tool
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Pilaf/livepreview.js' <!--wikEdSpaceLine-->
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');
// install [[User:Cacycle/editor]] edit tool
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/editor.js' <!--wikEdSpaceLine-->
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');
Version with all configuration options:
// include comfortable javascript editor by cacycle
// levels of undo (each level holds the whole text)
undoBufferMax = 20;
// style for preview box
stylePreviewBox = 'background-color: #f9f9f9;';
// style for custom edit buttons
styleButtons = 'font-size: smaller; padding-left: 0.1em; padding-right: 0.1em';
// presets for input field dropdown options
findHistoryLength = 10;
// preset for combo box select options
presetOptions = [];
presetOptions['summary'] = [
'Copyedit',
'Linkfix',
'Reverting vandalism',
'Formatting source text'
];
// expiration time span for history cookies in seconds
cookieExpireSec = (365 * 24 * 60 * 60);
// enable cursor horizontal position memory
cursorMemory = true;
// show at least this number of lines ahead of cursor movement
scrollMargin = 1;
// show at least this number of lines ahead of cursor movement for
findMargin = 2;
// find ahead checkbox selected by default
findAheadSelected = true;
// css for change indicators
styleDelete = 'font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; background-color: #990033;';
styleInsert = 'font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; background-color: #009933;';
styleMoved = 'font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-bottom; font-size: xx-small; padding: 0; border: solid 1px;';
styleBlock = [
'background-color: #ffff44;',
'background-color: #b0ff90;',
'background-color: #ffcc99;',
'background-color: #99ffff;',
'background-color: #99ccff;',
'background-color: #cc99ff;',
'background-color: #ff99cc;',
'background-color: #ffd040;',
'background-color: #d0d0d0;'
];
// html for change indicators, {number} is replaced by the block number, {block} is replaced by the block style
htmlMovedRight = '<input type="button" value=">" style="' + styleMoved + ' {block}">';
htmlMovedLeft = '<input type="button" value="<" style="' + styleMoved + ' {block}">';
htmlBlockStart = '<span style="{block}">';
htmlBlockEnd = '</span>';
htmlDeleteStart = '<span style="' + styleDelete + '">';
htmlDeleteEnd = '</span>';
htmlInsertStart = '<span style="' + styleInsert + '">';
htmlInsertEnd = '</span>';
// minimal number of real words for a moved block (0 for always displaying block move indicators)
blockMinLength = 3;
// exclude identical sequence starts and endings from change marking
wordDiff = true;
// enable recursive diff to resolve problematic sequences
recursiveDiff = true;
// enable block move display
showBlockMoves = true;
// install [[User:Cacycle/diff]] text diff code
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/diff.js' <!--wikEdSpaceLine-->
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');
// install [[User:Pilaf/Live_Preview]] page preview tool
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Pilaf/livepreview.js' <!--wikEdSpaceLine-->
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');
// install [[User:Cacycle/editor]] edit tool
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/editor.js' <!--wikEdSpaceLine-->
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');
The developer version can be found under User:Cacycle/editor_dev.js.
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