Extension:Fountain

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Fountain Release status:Extension status stable
ImplementationTemplate:Extension#type	Parser extension, Tag
DescriptionTemplate:Extension#description	Parses screenplay text written in Fountain format inside of <fountain></fountain> tags and styles it
Author(s)Template:Extension#username	Robert Koppsieker (memento_joetalk)
Latest versionTemplate:Extension#version	1.0.2 (2015-12-08)
MediaWikiTemplate:Extension#mediawiki	1.20+
PHPTemplate:Extension#php	5.3+
Database changesTemplate:Extension#needs-updatephp	No
LicenseTemplate:Extension#license	MIT License
Download	Bitbucket
TagsTemplate:Extension#tags <fountain></fountain>
Hooks usedTemplate:Extension#hook ParserFirstCallInitManual:Hooks/ParserFirstCallInit BeforePageDisplayManual:Hooks/BeforePageDisplay
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The Fountain extension parses screenplay text written in Fountain format inside of <fountain></fountain> tags and styles it to look like a correctly formatted Screenplay. The Page source code from inside the tags can be copied to any editor ready for Fountain and be converted to PDF.

Installation

To activate this extension, add the following into your MediaWiki's composer.json

"require": {
  "php"                           : ">=5.3.2",
  "memento_joe/mediawiki-fountain": "1.*@dev",
  "xrstf/fountain"                : "1.*@dev"
}

do a composer install after updating composer

cd [/path/of/your/wiki]
php [path of composer.phar]/composer.phar self-update
php [path of composer.phar]/composer.phar install

and add at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

require_once($IP.'/vendor/autoload.php');
require_once($IP.'/vendor/memento_joe/mediawiki-fountain/Fountain.php');

Usage

To convert a part of your MediaWiki article, you simple have to enclose the selected text with <fountain></fountain> tags. The complete Syntax can be found on Fountain.io. Also a cool usable live demo.

<fountain>

Title: A Simple Script
Author: Nima Yousefi
Draft date: 2/1/2012


FADE IN:

INT. OFFICE - MORNING

A MAN sits alone at his desk.

MAN (V.O.)
(passionately)
I'm writing.

FADE OUT.
> The End <

</fountain>

after saving or previewing changes results in:

styled output of Fountain