Wikisource:Tools and scripts
From Wikisource
This page contain various tools, scripts, and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality to Wikisourcers.
If you're having trouble with anything on this page, make sure you've copied the code exactly as it is on this page, and you followed the instructions carefully. Try refreshing your browser to reset the cache. Try starting over from step 1, in case you made an accidental change. If this fails, feel free to ask for help on the talk page.
Contents |
[edit] Notes before using this page
[edit] Javascript
[edit] File formatting
The instructions on this page depend on Javascript pages not be formatted using <pre> or <nowiki> tags. These break the installation templates and prevent categorisation for opt-in automated updating. The best way to ensure correct formatting is to add at least one space at the start of every line (" //" for blank lines), which is the correct wikisyntax method for plaintext formatting.
[edit] Updating scripts
Many of the scripts on this page are being actively developed. This occasionally requires that users replace scripts they're using with updated versions, which can be tedious and irregular. Users can ignore these updates, but they will not benefit from recent bugfixes or new features. Additionally, many scripts depending on external code will cease to work if they are very outdated.
Automated updates
There is a bot which will automatically update scripts in users' script files as necessary. This keeps all users at the cutting-edge versions and ensures that latest bugfixes and features are implemented immediately. This is an opt-in service, and some users may wish to update manually if they extensively customise the scripts they use.
To subscribe, add the code below at the very top of the javascript file you'd like to update. A bot will periodically scan pages in this category for outdated scripts, and update them as necessary. All scripts listed on this page will be updated as necessary as long as they are copied and pasted as shown on this page.
You can subscribe to automated updates, but disable updates for one script in particular. To do so, change the update field in the script template to anything except "yes".
/* </pre>[[Category:Bots/Script files to update]] */
[edit] Scripts
These are typically added to [[User:USERNAME/monobook.js]]; for detailed help, see User styles on the Meta-Wiki.
[edit] InstaView
| Update: last update February 14, 2006. Author: Pilaf (Wikipedia) |
InstaView is an extension to Wikipedia's edit page which allows you to generate instant previews of the page you're editing. Unlike the normal preview mode, you don't need to refresh the page; except for very large pages, there is no delay whatsoever. However, the script does not recognize templates or signatures.
- Copy and paste the code below into your javascript file.
- Fill in your username in the username field.
- See Updating scripts for details on the update field (usually doesn't need to be changed).
{{subst:Wikisource:Tools and scripts/InstaView
|username=USERNAME
|update=yes
}}
[edit] SoftRedirect
This script allows you to convert pages that are redirects to {{dated soft redirect}}. If no "#REDIRECT Blah" is found on the page, you will be prompted for the page that the soft redirect should point to.
| Update: last update June 09, 2006. Author: Jude |
- Copy and paste the code into your Javascript file
{{subst:Wikisource:Tools and scripts/SoftRedirect}}
[edit] More editing buttons
This script includes more edit buttons in your editing toolbar, reducing time when writing and proofreading text.
| Update: First version April 29, 2008. Authors: Steve Sanbeg[1] (coding) |
A full list of extra edit buttons is here.
[edit] Tools
[edit] Text editors
Editing Wikisource may involve using a wide range of characters, some of which are not found on most English keyboards. Although it's possible to change one's keyboard language, this can be cumbersome for a few words. Many UTF-8 text editors allow the user to display a pop-up list of Unicode characters. Text strings in UTF-8 can be generated for pasting into Wikisource documents.
[edit] See also
- w:Wikipedia:Tools has a large collection of tools, though most will not work on Wikisource without modification.
