Extension:SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Tag |
| Description | Adds SignWriting viewer to MediaWiki. |
| Author(s) | Stephen E Slevinski Jr (SlevinskiTalk) |
| Last version | 1.2.2 (2010-07-26) |
| MediaWiki | Tested on 1.15.3 |
| License | GPL3, OFL |
| Download | Zip |
| Example | SignWriting Wiki |
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Check usage (experimental) |
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This extension adds a SignWriting viewer to MediaWiki. The code is a wrapper for the SignWriting Image Server.
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[edit] Requirements
- The GD graphics library must be installed on the server.
[edit] Installation
[edit] Extension
Extract the extension into extensions/swmp
Add this line at the end of LocalSettings.php :
include("$IP/extensions/swmp/swmp.php");
[edit] Toolbar
It is possible to add a sign text button to the edit toolbar within MediaWiki. Edit the page MediaWiki:Common.js. Add the following code. Change the location of the image file as needed.
if (mwCustomEditButtons) { mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = { "imageFile": "/mediawiki/extensions/swmp/button_Sign.png", "speedTip": "SignText", "tagOpen": "<signtext>", "tagClose": "</signtext>", "sampleText": ""}; }
After the code above has been added, you might need to forcefully refresh cache.
[edit] Usage
The plugin uses Binary SignWriting encoded as hexadecimal data or Unicode compatible UTF-8.
[edit] Markup with hexadecimal
Four types of markup are available:
- <sym>14c38e392</sym>
- <sign>0fb14c38e3924a54bd27138c3984bb4cf</sign>
- <seq>14c38e39227138c398</seq>
- <signtext>0fb14c38e3924a54bd27138c3984bb4cf 0fd14c38e39227138c398 0fb18738c39c4c04c618738c3934b94b020538c3924d14b32ef38c3924c949c 0fd18738c39318738c39c2ef38c39220538c392 38838c392</signtext>
Each uses Binary SignWriting as hexadecimal. The sym takes a single symbol. The sign takes a single sign. The seq takes a list of symbols. The signtext can handle an entire sign text.
The Binary SignWriting can be created using the SignWriting Image Server.
[edit] UTF-8 Plane 15
It is also possible to use the UTF-8 encoding of Binary SignWriting. The character data does not need to be enclosed within markup, but can appear anywhere as plain characters. Before displaying the page, the UTF-8 is converted to hexadecimal and enclosed in the <signtext> markup.
