User talk:Jack Phoenix/archive 4

GoogleTrans gadget now recoded
Hi there,

Last year you mentioned to me in a post that you had looked at my GoogleTrans gadget and it was old and ugly code that you wouldn't work with.

This is to alert you that I have recoded quite a bit of the gadget now. It is a Javascript Object now, the code to determine the word under the cursor, and whether the cursor is in the selected text has been completely rewritten.

Endo999 (talk) 19:36, 22 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Hey Endo999, glad to hear that!


 * I took a look at the code and while it's clearly an improved version over the previous one, there are still some things to fix. JSHint, the JavaScript code quality tool used for MediaWiki core and many MediaWiki extension, produces the following errors about the current version of the code (161 erros in total):

Line 10, column 16: The object literal notation {} is preferable. GT = new Object;

Line 157, column 50: Missing semicolon. if (s.styleSheet) s.styleSheet.cssText = text //IE

Line 158, column 59: Missing semicolon. else s.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text + '')) //Safari sometimes borks on null

Line 210, column 39: The Function constructor is a form of eval. span1.onMouseover=new Function("return GT.SCdonthide=true;");

Line 259, column 2: Missing semicolon. }

Line 263, column 2: Missing semicolon. }

Line 307, column 16: Use '===' to compare with 'null'. if(retCookie == null || retCookie == "undefined")

Line 319, column 7: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && (bIsOn == "0" || bIsOn == ""))

Line 319, column 33: Use '===' to compare with ''. && (bIsOn == "0" || bIsOn == ""))

Line 343, column 7: Implied eval. Consider passing a function instead of a string. setTimeout("GT.SCTextSettings",1000);

Line 425, column 29: Missing semicolon. GT.SCIsTextToSpeechOn = true

Line 445, column 57: Missing semicolon. "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&amp;q="

Line 548, column 9: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.i;

Line 593, column 6: Bad line breaking before '='. = function {

Line 980, column 11: Bad line breaking before '=='. == lcode.toLowerCase )

Line 1113, column 43: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCscreenWidth = 0, GT.SCscreenHeight = 0;

Line 1114, column 33: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCwrheight=250, GT.SCwrwidth=300;

Line 1115, column 32: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCscrOfX = 0, GT.SCscrOfY = 0;

Line 1116, column 33: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCWikihtml="", GT.SCDicthtml="";

Line 1144, column 32: The array literal notation [] is preferable. GT.SCselectionarray = new Array;

Line 1145, column 32: The array literal notation [] is preferable. GT.SCselectionstart = new Array;

Line 1146, column 30: The array literal notation [] is preferable. GT.SCselectionend = new Array;

Line 1147, column 40: The array literal notation [] is preferable. GT.SCselectionarrayposition = new Array;

Line 1148, column 27: The array literal notation [] is preferable. GT.SCselection = new Array;

Line 1162, column 4: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCIeRange;

Line 1163, column 4: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCSelectionType;

Line 1223, column 8: Value of 'e' may be overwritten in IE 8 and earlier. catch(e)

Line 1263, column 30: Use '===' to compare with 'true'. if (evt.altKey==1||evt.altKey==true)

Line 1267, column 16: Use '===' to compare with 'true'. if(evt.ctrlKey ==true && GT.SCAltKey==true && GT.SCbInTranslationFeaturePage && window.getSelection && window.getSelection.toString != "")

Line 1267, column 37: Use '===' to compare with 'true'. if(evt.ctrlKey ==true && GT.SCAltKey==true && GT.SCbInTranslationFeaturePage && window.getSelection && window.getSelection.toString != "")

Line 1267, column 137: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(evt.ctrlKey ==true && GT.SCAltKey==true && GT.SCbInTranslationFeaturePage && window.getSelection && window.getSelection.toString != "")

Line 1292, column 35: Use '===' to compare with 'true'. if ((evt.shiftKey==1||evt.shiftKey==true) ||

Line 1318, column 8: Value of 'e' may be overwritten in IE 8 and earlier. catch(e)

Line 1327, column 30: Use '===' to compare with 'false'. if(key == 27 && this.SCdebug == false) // escape key

Line 1332, column 35: Use '===' to compare with 'true'. else if(key == 27 && this.SCdebug == true)

Line 1461, column 39: Missing semicolon. GTSCrangeOffset = evt.rangeOffset

Line 1479, column 54: Use '===' to compare with 'false'. if(/*mouseClick == 1 &&*/ this.SCbIsOutsideClientArea==false)

Line 1511, column 13: Bad line breaking before '+'. + document.documentElement.scrollLeft;

Line 1513, column 13: Bad line breaking before '+'. + document.documentElement.scrollTop;

Line 1581, column 19: Use '===' to compare with 'null'. if(sel == null ||sel.toString == "" )

Line 1581, column 44: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(sel == null ||sel.toString == "" )

Line 1583, column 35: Use '!==' to compare with ''. else if(sel.toString != "")

Line 1701, column 42: Missing semicolon. bLeftElementHoldsCursor = true

Line 1705, column 43: Missing semicolon. bRightElementHoldsCursor = true

Line 1719, column 22: Missing semicolon. oFound = o1

Line 1730, column 19: 'mid' is already defined. var mid = Math.floor(o2.innerText.length/2);

Line 1734, column 22: Missing semicolon. oFound = o2

Line 1758, column 49: This character may get silently deleted by one or more browsers. if(textobj.nodeValue.substr(i,1).match(/[\sã€ã€‚ï¼Œ]/))

Line 1760, column 47: This character may get silently deleted by one or more browsers. if(textobj.nodeValue.substr(i,1).match(/[\sã€ã€‚ï¼Œ]/))

Line 1766, column 59: This character may get silently deleted by one or more browsers. if(textobj.nodeValue.substr(beginword+i,1).match(/[\sã€ã€‚ï¼Œ]/))

Line 1817, column 43: Use '===' to compare with 'null'. if(window.getSelection.toString == null || window.getSelection.toString=="")

Line 1817, column 86: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(window.getSelection.toString == null || window.getSelection.toString=="")

Line 1841, column 20: 'selection' is already defined. var selection = window.getSelection;

Line 1843, column 16: 'range' is already defined. var range = document.createRange;

Line 1960, column 44: Missing semicolon. "Wikipedialanguage")

Line 1992, column 7: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && ((this.SCsrcElement.getAttribute("title") != null &&

Line 1992, column 52: Use '!==' to compare with 'null'. && ((this.SCsrcElement.getAttribute("title") != null &&

Line 1993, column 51: Use '!==' to compare with ''. this.SCsrcElement.getAttribute("title") != "")

Line 1994, column 11: Bad line breaking before '||'. ||

Line 2004, column 7: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && ((Elem.getAttribute("title") != null &&

Line 2004, column 39: Use '!==' to compare with 'null'. && ((Elem.getAttribute("title") != null &&

Line 2005, column 38: Use '!==' to compare with ''. Elem.getAttribute("title") != "")

Line 2006, column 11: Bad line breaking before '||'. ||

Line 2159, column 38: Missing semicolon. curleft += obj.offsetLeft

Line 2180, column 36: Missing semicolon. curtop += obj.offsetTop

Line 2265, column 21: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && !this.SCdontposition

Line 2291, column 7: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && typeof this.SCtranslateTo != "undefined"

Line 2303, column 34: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(persistantlanguagepathFrom != "" &&

Line 2304, column 32: Use '!==' to compare with ''. persistantlanguagepathTo != "")

Line 2338, column 29: Missing semicolon. newspan.innerHTML = newhtml

Line 2502, column 27: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(persistantlanguageFrom == "")

Line 2505, column 25: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(persistantlanguageTo == "")

Line 2532, column 1: Bad line breaking before '+'. +' ' +

Line 2563, column 70: Script URL. newspan.setAttribute("onMouseover","javascript:GT.SCdonthide=true;");

Line 2566, column 40: The Function constructor is a form of eval. newspan.onmouseover = new Function("GT.SCdonthide=true;");

Line 2589, column 28: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCtextareatext != "" &&

Line 2594, column 17: 'obj' is already defined. var obj = document.getElementById("languageoptionsFrom");

Line 2611, column 22: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(defaultlanguage == "")

Line 2652, column 32: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(parobj && this.SCWikihtml != "")

Line 2667, column 44: Missing semicolon. "Wikipedialanguage")

Line 2679, column 32: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(parobj && this.SCDicthtml != "")

Line 2690, column 30: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(this.SCtranslateFrom == "")

Line 2692, column 28: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(this.SCtranslateTo == "")

Line 2754, column 7: Bad line breaking before '||'. || this.SCtranslateFrom == "ja"

Line 2756, column 8: Bad line breaking before '||'. ||

Line 2768, column 24: Use '!==' to compare with 'null'. for(i=wordindex;words!= null && i<=wordindexend;i++)

Line 2888, column 5: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && this.SCposx <= rightt

Line 2889, column 5: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && this.SCposy >= topp

Line 2890, column 5: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && this.SCposy <= bottomm

Line 2897, column 8: Bad line breaking before '+'. + ":" + rightt + ":" +

Line 2901, column 9: Bad line breaking before '+'. +bottomm+":"+":"

Line 2902, column 10: Bad line breaking before '+'. +document.body.scrollTop+":" +

Line 2904, column 8: Bad line breaking before '+'. +this.SCposx+":"+this.SCposy);

Line 2951, column 10: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(str == "")

Line 2953, column 21: This character may get silently deleted by one or more browsers. if(str.match(/^[-ã€ï¼Œã€‚ã€‹ã€Šã€ã€Œï¼šï¼ˆï¼‰ã€”ã€•Â·ï¼Ÿ%]/))

Line 3068, column 72: Missing semicolon. this.audiooff(ob.childNodes[0].childNodes[0],true)

Line 3102, column 26: Do not use Number as a constructor. this.SCthewordspeed= (new Number(this.SCthewordspeed)) +5;

Line 3115, column 26: Do not use Number as a constructor. this.SCthewordspeed =(new Number(this.SCthewordspeed))-5;

Line 3188, column 12: Use '===' to compare with 'null'. if(sel == null )

Line 3207, column 39: The array literal notation [] is preferable. this.SCTextElementArray= new Array;

Line 3208, column 46: The array literal notation [] is preferable. this.SCTextElementLengthArray = new Array;

Line 3235, column 18: Use '!==' to compare with ''. while((nextchar != "" && !nextchar.match(re1))||sentencelength < minsentencelength)

Line 3245, column 12: Use '===' to compare with '0'. if(1==0&& nextchar.match(/./))

Line 3291, column 18: 'debug' is already defined. var debug = false;

Line 3312, column 18: 'debug' is already defined. var debug=false;

Line 3327, column 8: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCselnode;

Line 3328, column 8: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCseloffset;

Line 3329, column 8: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCselnodeend;

Line 3330, column 8: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCseloffsetend;

Line 3332, column 7: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCselnodeend1;

Line 3333, column 8: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. GT.SCseloffsetend1;

Line 3339, column 33: The array literal notation [] is preferable. GT.SCTextElementArray= new Array;

Line 3340, column 40: The array literal notation [] is preferable. GT.SCTextElementLengthArray = new Array;

Line 3368, column 22: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(rangeset != "")

Line 3386, column 27: Use '!==' to compare with 'null'. if(nextsibling != null)

Line 3396, column 26: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(rangeset != "")

Line 3405, column 18: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && typeof type != "undefined" &&

Line 3417, column 18: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && typeof type != "undefined" &&

Line 3434, column 26: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(rangeset != "")

Line 3443, column 29: Use '===' to compare with '0'. if(this.SCseloffsetend==0)

Line 3449, column 69: Missing semicolon. this.SCffrange.setEnd(this.SCselnodeend,++this.SCseloffsetend)

Line 3651, column 18: 'retstr' is already defined. var retstr = response.text[i];

Line 3693, column 18: 'retstr' is already defined. var retstr = response.data.translations[i].translatedText;

Line 3822, column 60: Use '===' to compare with '0'. if(response.data && response.data.translations && 1==0)

Line 3948, column 7: 'i' is already defined. var i=0,j=0;

Line 3954, column 15: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(lcode=="")

Line 4044, column 101: Use '===' to compare with '0'. if(result.error && this.SCIsTransliteratable(this.SCtranslateTo,this.SCtranslateFrom && 1==0))

Line 4057, column 31: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCtextareatext != "" &&

Line 4095, column 7: Bad line breaking before '+'. + ' '

Line 4102, column 37: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCtextareatext!= "")

Line 4135, column 31: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCtextareatext != "" &&

Line 4149, column 15: Use '!==' to compare with ''. ((texta != "")?texta:result.error.message) + " ";

Line 4152, column 37: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCtextareatext!= "")

Line 4170, column 7: Bad line breaking before '&&'. && typeof this.SCtranslateTo != "undefined"

Line 4182, column 34: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(persistantlanguagepathFrom != "" &&

Line 4183, column 32: Use '!==' to compare with ''. persistantlanguagepathTo != "")

Line 4255, column 18: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4284, column 46: Use '===' to compare with 'true'. this.SCPersistantLoad('GoogleTrans') == true)

Line 4321, column 19: 'version1' is already defined. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4321, column 21: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4355, column 19: 'version1' is already defined. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4355, column 21: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4356, column 21: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version2 = new Number(RegExp.$2);

Line 4382, column 19: 'version1' is already defined. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4382, column 21: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4383, column 19: 'version2' is already defined. var version2 = new Number(RegExp.$2);

Line 4383, column 21: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version2 = new Number(RegExp.$2);

Line 4398, column 16: 'version1' is already defined. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4398, column 18: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4430, column 27: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCpersistlangFrom != "")

Line 4434, column 25: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCpersistlangTo != "")

Line 4438, column 20: Use '!==' to compare with ''. if(this.SCwikilang != "")

Line 4444, column 16: 'version1' is already defined. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4444, column 18: Do not use Number as a constructor. var version1 = new Number(RegExp.$1);

Line 4526, column 1: Bad line breaking before '+'. +

Line 4543, column 1: Implied eval. Consider passing a function instead of a string. setInterval("GT.SCinterval",1000);

Line 4557, column 34: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(bPops == "1" || bPops == "")

Line 4561, column 21: Use '===' to compare with ''. if(bPops == "")

Line 4571, column 73: Script URL. mw.util.addPortletLink('p-cactions',"javascript:GT.SCSettings", title, "ca-TransPopsId", GT.SCstrChangeOptions, "");

Line 1, column 20: Missing semicolon. GT.SCTextSettings

Line 1, column 16: Missing semicolon. GT.SCinterval


 * A few of these might be invalid or subjective (mostly the "bad line breaking" ones), but a lot of them appear to be valid. Additionally you might want to familiarize yourself with MediaWiki's JavaScript coding conventions &mdash; while they, too, are somewhat subjective, they're widely accepted in the MediaWiki developer community and for a good reason.


 * Some additional thoughts:


 * Do you really need to explicitly check for certain browsers (e.g. Konqueror, Netscape)? As per Compatibility, only certain modern browsers receive Grade A support. JavaScript isn't even loaded for certain ancient browsers (IE6 & 7 at least) anymore, so chances are your code will never be executed in these browsers anymore.
 * You may want to use  or   (I think the latter one is the recommended one) ResourceLoader module instead for the cookie stuff instead of rolling out your own logic.
 * Finding X and Y position can likely be done via jQuery. jQuery is one of those few things always guaranteed to be available in the MediaWiki environment (but some specific jQuery plugins, such as the aforementioned cookie-related ones, are not always available and have to be explicitly loaded). --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 17:00, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

I've had a look at your error listing, and made changes to the code to reduce the number of LINT errors. I tried out JSINT and it is too finicky to actually use. But I will try to get the style better than it was before.

Endo999 (talk) 04:23, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I finally got JSHINT to work in my Notepad++ and allowed for "tolerate messy white space". I only have 6 errors now, most of which have to do with nonascii characters in regular expressions.  (I'm going to keep these because they make GoogleTrans work with Chinese/Japanese characters).  Thanks for telling me about JSHINT.  I will definitely run javascript through it in the future.  I've updated the gadget source file with the JSHINTed javascript source.  Endo999 (talk) 07:02, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

WikiIndex eMail
Have You ever tried to get Your email verified after we solved the email-problem on WikiIndex? -- Manorainjan  17:49, 15 February 2017 (UTC)


 * My email has been confirmed on WikiIndex since early March 2009, so I'm not sure what you're referring to, but it's probably a more recent issue, so I haven't experienced it. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 08:37, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Social Tools Integration with Flow
Hi, Would any of the Social Tools extension work with Flow extension? For example WikiForum, VoteNY? I could not find Flow compatibility infomration anywhere. I missed it, would appreciate a pointer.

Thanks, TitusiMW


 * There is no explicit support for Flow. But fear not, like Extension:LiquidThreads, Flow is DOA. It hasn't been actively developed since October 2015 and it was disabled on the English Wikipedia in November 2016. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 11:30, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Request to delete my own user page
Hi! I didn't find administrators' noticeboard in MediaWiki so I decided to contact some admin on his / her talk page. I'd like to delete my own user page on MediaWiki. Could you please do it? --Smaug the Golden (talk - contributions - logs) 18:49, 4 March 2017 (UTC)