Extension:WikiHiero

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WikiHiero Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Enables the use of hieroglyphs with additional syntaxes
Author(s)	Guillaume Blanchard and others
Last version	0.2.15
MediaWiki	svn version works ok with 1.14alpha r42593
License	GNU Public License
Download	Download snapshot Subversion [Help] Browse source code View code changes
Example
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
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WikiHiero is a PHP script to be able to render hieroglyphs from a text written according to the Hieroglyph coding manual syntax.

Syntax

Look at the Hieroglyph coding manual for details.

In brief:

- separator

: subdivision

* juxtaposition

! end of line

Each hieroglyph is given a unique code:

• A letter [A-Z + Aa] that represents the hieroglyph category (human, god, bird, etc.)
• A number that represents the rank in this category [1-...]

This unique code is an extension of Gardiner's list of hieroglyph.
The Hieroglyph coding manual also allows using the more common phonemes as well as unique code.

For details, see WikiHiero's syntax.

Licence

• Sources are copyrighted G. Blanchard and released under GNU Public License.
• Hieroglyph pictures are copyrighted S. Rosmorduc, G. Watson and J. Hirst and released under GNU Free Documentation License.
• Interface translation by Mats Halldin, Erik Zachte, Tomos, Samuel, ArnoLagrange, Llull, Hajor, N-true and Gregg (DCLXVI).

Version history

Version number	Details
0.2.0	New parser
0.2.1:	Fix link to hieroglyph tables
0.2.2	Fix hieroglyph size when into a cartouche Fix phonemes table to use 'Aa' category rather than 'J'
0.2.3	Add Swedish interface
0.2.4	Add Japanese and Dutch interface
0.2.5	Fix Swedish interface Create a function to handle language entries lack Change 'height' option by a 'scale' (in percentage) Add a 'line' option to split text lines
0.2.6	* Add source annotation. Support of both '-' and ' ' as separator
0.2.7	Add parsing process duration. Add download section
0.2.8	Add Chinese interface. Minor fix
0.2.9	This version is running at http://test.wikipedia.org/ Add Esperanto interface. Fix cartouche size
0.2.10	Add Interlingua and Portuguese interface. Fix cartouche images
0.2.11	XHTML 1.0 validation
0.2.12
0.2.15	incoming... Add Català, Deutsch, Español and Latina interface. Add a setting file for project specific features.

Todo list

• Add number converter
• Add space as a separator (like '-')
• Add bracket support
• Fix cartouche rendering (90%)
• Optimize parser (avoid buffer reallocation)
• Comment the source
• Add individual glyph scale
• Create CSS only rendering version (30%)
• Add support for shading (need CSS)
• Add individual glyph rotation (for image rendering)
• Add support for comment and annotation code
• Create image rendering (for far future)
• Add red font

Translation

The WikiHiero homepage interface in available in many language including French, English, Esperanto, Interlingua, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Japanese and Chinese. Thanks to all translators!

See the Interface translation page or Manual to add new languages.

How to Install on MediaWiki

1. Download the source from SVN
2. Upload the files on your server to $IP/extensions/wikihiero
3. Add the following to LocalSettings.php:
   require_once("extensions/wikihiero/wikihiero.php");
4. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version of your wiki.

Then try with some example wiki text like this:

<hiero>A1</hiero> which should produce the following output:

See also

• Egyptopedia, the international Egyptology project
• WikiHiero's syntax
• WikiHiero test text

External links

• Manuel de Codage