Dreditor

A user script for drupal.org. Improves the user experience and functionality for Drupal contributors and power users.

This is a user script, not a Drupal module. User scripts are installed in your browser, not in Drupal.

Requirements

• Browser support for user scripts.
  (Natively supported in Chrome and Opera.
  • For Firefox, install the GreaseMonkey extension.
  • For Safari, install the NinjaKit extension.

Installation

• Click to Install or Update
  (or follow the link to the raw script and look for an installation prompt)
  • In Chrome 21 and later, download the file, go to chrome://extensions, and drag the newly downloaded file to install it. (visual instructions) (issue)
  • For Opera, follow these instructions.

WTF?

Dreditor (short of Drupal editor, pronounced /'dɹɛdɪtə/) started as simple idea for a (greasemonkey) browser user script to help module maintainers, Drupal core maintainers, and developers in general to review patches on http://drupal.org.

Dreditor provides multiple applications/helpers for drupal.org and implements a concept of applications/namespaces/modules. The user script can re-use all available data on drupal.org as well as common Drupal development practices.

Applications

Patch reviewer

Injects a "Review" button for all .patch file attachments on drupal.org. Opens the patch file with diff syntax highlighting (removed/added/control lines) and minimal PHP syntax highlighting (comments), and allows to comment on it.

• Select lines in the diff to enter a patch review comment. Select further lines if the same comment pertains to other lines as well. Press "Save" to store a comment.
• Click on existing selections to edit a comment or select further lines. Press "Delete" to delete an existing comment.
• Press "Hide deletions" to only see the final resulting lines; useful to remove noise when reviewing complex code logic.
• Press "Hide" to temporarily read the issue, retaining your patch review comments.
• Press "Paste" to insert all comments including selected lines into the issue.
• Use the jump menu in the sidebar to quickly jump to individual files or hunks in files.

Autocompletion

Pressing the TAB key after certain character sequences automatically completes or converts the entered characters into a full string, and moves the cursor to the next best input position.

• HTML: Type <ul to get <ul></ul>, <block to get <blockquote></blockquote>, etc.
• Usernames: Type @s to get @sun, @sl to get @slantview, etc. Only usernames contained on the current page are available.
• Issue URLs: Paste http://drupal.org/node/123456 and hit TAB to get [#123456].
• Comment #IDs: Type #42 and hit TAB to convert it into a link to the corresponding issue comment. #0 links to the OP.

Commit message generator

Scans an issue for the top contributors and generates a template that follows the documented best practice for commit messages.

Also allows to select the primary contributor for proper git author attribution.

Image attachment embedder

Injects an "Embed" button for image attachments to quickly insert uploaded screenshots into an issue follow-up.

Recommended browser extensions to speed up uploading of file attachments:

• Firefox: dragdropupload
• Chrome: drag2up

See also

If you like this project, you may also like:

drupal.org unleashed user style

A user style for advanced drupal.org users. Requires Greasemonkey, or the Stylish add-on for Firefox, or a browser that natively supports user styles.

APIs and helpers

Dreditor additionally contains the following noteworthy components and sub-systems:

jQuery.debug()

Allows to debug and inspect arbitrary data/variables in Firebug's console, but also to access them again in the global window object (optionally using a named identifier, e.g. window.debug.myValue). Chainable via jQuery. Especially useful for re-accessing and debugging selected data via Firebug's console. (now also available via admin_devel module)

jQuery Form API

Initial stab at building, processing, and rendering jQuery-enabled forms in a JS-only environment. Supports multiple form submit handlers. To be continued.

Credits

Author and current maintainer:

• Daniel F. Kudwien (sun)

This project has been sponsored by:

unleashed mind

Drupal developer monsters.

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