Extension:WikiHiero

MediaWiki extensions manual

WikiHiero Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Enables the use of hieroglyphs with additional syntaxes
Author(s)	Guillaume Blanchard, Max Semenik and others
License	GPL
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Tags <hiero>
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit BeforePageDisplay
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The WikiHiero extension allows to add Ancient Egyptian 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.

Installation

• Download and extract the file(s) in a directory called wikihiero in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

require_once "$IP/extensions/wikihiero/wikihiero.php";

• Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Testing

Then try with some example wiki text like this:

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

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.
• See the sources for translator names.

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.
1.0	Major rewrite, now uses HTML5, CSS and written using OOP. Introduces a new special page, Hieroglyphs, for interactive experimentation with markup.

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

See also

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

External links

• Manuel de Codage