Extension:SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin
 Release status: stable |
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|---|---|
| Implementation | User interface |
| Description | MediaWiki wrapper for the SignWriting Thin Viewer. |
| Author(s) | Stephen E Slevinski Jr (Slevinskitalk) |
| Last version | 3.0.0 (2013-04-09) |
| MediaWiki | Tested on 1.19.1 |
| License | GPL2, OFL |
| Download | gerrit.wikimedia |
| Example | ASL Wikipedia Project on Wikimedia Labs |
| Check usage and version matrix | |
This extension add a SignWriting viewer to MediaWiki software. The code is a wrapper for the SignWriting Thin Viewer which utilizes the SignWriting Icon Server available on Wikimedia Labs. This is useful for wikis that wish to use sign language (for deaf contributors and readers).
This extension is also available as a user script on Incubator and the English Wikipedia.
For Incubator, the script has been packaged as a Gadget and enabled by default.
Installation[edit]
Extract the extension into extensions/swmp
To enable the extension, add this line at the end of LocalSettings.php :
include("$IP/extensions/swmp/swmp.php");
Usage[edit]
The plugin automatically converts Formal SignWriting into readable sign text using client side Javascript.
Example Text[edit]
M518x529S14c20481x471S27106503x489 M518x533S1870a489x515S18701482x490S20500508x496S2e734500x468 S38800464x496
