User:Cacycle/wikEd international

Please support wikEd

Please support wikEd by helping to fix the following browser and MediaWiki issues.

• Firefox:
  • 579763, 579760 Cursor/caret disappears (07-2010)
  • 1016372 Space lost when deleting text (05-2014)
  • 926230 Space at end of line not styled (10-2013)
  • 543204 Focus after search (01-2010)
  • 926164 Editor deletes blank before inserted block element when converting to text (10-2013)
  • 458524 Automatic syntax highlighting would interfere with undo/redo. The only reason why wikEd does not have automatic syntax highlighting. (10-2008)

• Webkit/Chrome:
  • None.

This page explains how to install and to create translations for the MediaWiki editor wikEd.

List of existing translations

The following existing translations are automatically loaded, following the default language of the respective wiki:

Language	Code	Link	Translator home	English user page
English	en	User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js	Cacycle	Cacycle
Arabic	ar	User:ترجمان05/wikEd_international_ar.js	ترجمان05	ترجمان05
Chinese	zh	User:Shibo77/wikEd_international_zh.js	Shibo77	Shibo77
Czech	cs	User:Sevela.p/wikEd_international_cs.js	Sevela.p	Sevela.p
Dutch	nl	User:Jeronevw/wikEd_international_nl.js	–	Jeronevw
Esperanto	eo	User:ArnoLagrange/wikEd-eo.js	Tlustulimu	Tlustulimu and Arno Lagrange
French	fr	User:Leag/wikEd-fr.js, main page, help page	Leag	Leag
German	de	User:Matthias_M./wikEd_international_de.js	Matthias_M.	Matthias_M.
Hungarian	hu	User:Csörföly D/wikEd-hu.js	Csörföly D	Csörföly D
Italian	it	User:Jalo/wikEd_international_it.js, main page, help page	Jalo	Jalo
Japanese	ja	User:Hatukanezumi/wikEd_international_ja.js, help page	Hatukanezumi	Hatukanezumi
Korean	ko	User:Ilovesabbath/wikEd_international_ko.js	Ilovesabbath	Ilovesabbath
Lower Sorbian	dsb	User:Michalwiki/wikEd_international_dsb.js	Michawiki	Michalwiki
Malay	ms	User:Aviator/wikEd_international_ms.js	Aviator	Aviator
Norwegian	no	User:Dvyjones/wikEd_international_no.js	Dvyjones	Dvyjones
New Norwegian	nn	User:Frokor/wikEd_international_nn.js	Froko	Frokor
Polish	pl	User:Konradek/wikEd_international_pl.js	konradek	konradek
Portuguese	pt	User:Mosca/wikEd_international_pt.js	Mosca	Mosca
Romanian	ro	User:Roamataa/wikEd_international_ro.js	–	Roamataa
Sicilian	scn	User:Meloscn/wikEd_international_scn.js	Melos	Meloscn
Slovak	sk	User:Helix84/wikEd_international_sk.js	Helix84	Helix84
Slovenian	sl	User:Eleassar/wikEd_international_sl.js	Eleassar	Eleassar
Spanish	es	User:Axelei/wikEd_international_es.js	Krusher	Axelei
Swedish	sv	User:Where next Columbus?/wikEd_international_sv.js	Where next Columbus?	Where next Columbus?
Upper Sorbian	hsb	User:Michalwiki/wikEd_international_hsb.js	Michawiki	Michalwiki
Vietnamese	vi	User:Vinhtantran/wikEd_international_vi.js	Trần Vĩnh Tân	Vinhtantran

Installation

In general, it is not required to explicitly install a translation. wikEd automatically loads the translation for the default wiki language by checking the variables wgUserLanguage (user preferences) and wgContentLanguage (wiki default language).

It is possible to force another translation by adding the following line to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js (or whatever skin used, see here for details) page:

var wikEdLanguageDefault = 'en';

Replace 'en' for English with the respective language code and click Shift-Reload to update after saving your edit. This also works to explicitly define the language for older MediaWiki installations which do not send their language settings.

On wikis that have no connection to the internet you have to install the following code on your User:YourUsername/monobook.js (or whatever skin used, see here for details) page:

var wikEdTranslations = {
  'en': 'http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&title=User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js'
};

Replace 'en' with the respective default language of the wiki (check the source of a wiki page for wgContentLanguage) replace the translation address. Click Shift-Reload to update after saving your edit.

Alternatively, you can add a translation the old fashioned way as follows:

// install the English translation for [[en:User:Cacycle/wikEd]]
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
 + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js'
 + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript"><\/script>');
var wikEdLoadTranslation = false; // do not try to automatically load a translation

Replace http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js with the respective translation address and click Shift-Reload to update after saving your edit.

Translation guide

You are encouraged to translate wikEd into other languages. Here is a how-to:

1. Copy the English example translation from User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js
   • Please do not translate the comment lines starting with "//" in order to make maintenance easier
   • The first string is the internal text name and must not be changed
   • The second string after the colon is the text to be translated
   • The button alt text is displayed only when the button images are not available—it should be as short as possible
   • The button title text is the popup tooltip text hat appears upon hovering over a button
   • Every line beside the last one ends with a comma
   • Every ' character has to be written as \'
   • Do not change the {wikEd...} parts as these are dynamically replaced
   • Missing translations are displayed in their English built-in version
2. Save the translation under the following link: User:YourUsername/wikEd_international_xx.js (replace xx by the language code of your translation). If you do not already have an user account on the English Wikipedia please create one. It is essential that the translation page name is in your personal userspace and ends in .js for security reasons so that only you and administrators can edit it. For the same reason you must use a strong password for your account!
3. Load your translation into wikEd by adding the following code to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js (or whatever skin used) page:

// install the (Language) translation for [[:en:User:Cacycle/wikEd]]
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
 + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:YourUsername/wikEd_international_xx.js'
 + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript"></script>');

Replace User:YourUsername/wikEd_international_xx.js by the actual page name of the translation (or replace the whole web address if your translation is not on Wikipedia)

4. Update your installation by pressing Shift-Reload

5. Check for JavaScript errors in your browser's error console (under Tools). Commonly, errors are caused by missing or wrong commas, semicolons, or parentheses.

6. Optionally: You can check for missing translations by temporarily adding the following code to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page:

var wikEdShowMissingTranslations = true;

Updates and changes

Usually Cacycle will add changes directly to the translation pages in English so that you can update your translation. Please check into your English Wikipedia account from time to time for updates to be translated.

Language-specific settings

The following language-specific settings can be added to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page (or whatever skin used, see here for details). Click Shift-Reload to update after saving your edit.

• Use French rules for the punctuation fixing button :

var wikEdFixPunctFrench = true;

AutoWikiBrowser RegExTypoFixer

Common typos can be fixed using AutoWikiBrowser RegExTypoFix rules. wikEd uses the English RegExTypoFix rules by default. To enable the feature and to switch to a different translation add the following lines to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page:

var wikEdRegExTypoFix = true;
var wikEdRegExTypoFixURL = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos&action=raw';