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// Additional checks for HTML comments (e.g., <!-- ... -->)
var commentPat = /<!--.*?-->/g;
if (string.substring(pos - 260, pos + 1).search(commentPat) >= 0) {
return str; // It's an HTML comment, so don't change it
}
var pat2 = /\{\{(main|see|detail|excerpt|about|for\b|other|redir|conv|coor|sort|anchor|Israel populations|ISBN|DNB(?: ite|)|ite DNB)*$/i;
var pat2 = /\{\{(main|see|detail|excerpt|about|for\b|other|redir|conv|coor|sort|anchor|Israel populations|ISBN|DNB(?: ite|)|ite DNB)*$/i;
if (string.substring(pos-260,pos+1).search(pat2) >= 0)
if (string.substring(pos-260,pos+1).search(pat2) >= 0)
Latest revision as of 18:13, 25 April 2024
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//
// What follows is a fork of ] (forked on 27 May 2020)
// The editor who developed the script is no longer active, and changes to
// Misplaced Pages have restricted who can edit the old script page.
//
// Please see the edit history for ] for attribution
//
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// Fix hyphens, dashes, and minus signs per ].
//
// See talk page for instructions.
//
// The user can disable these conversions by putting "nodashes" somewhere
// in the text — either temporarily or permanently. You can similarly add
// "scores" if the score-detection heuristic doesn't trigger automatically.
//
// This tool can be used standalone until it is added to AutoEd and wikEd.
// This module should follow unicodify.js if it is used.
// Testing page is at ].
// Please report false positives on the talk page.
function autoEdDashes (str)
{
if (str.search(/nodashes/i) >= 0)
return str;
var scpat = /\bscores?\b|\[\[Category:.*\b(sport|athlet|players|teams|games|league|champion|tournament|competit|cup\b|\w+ball\b|hockey|lacrosse|cricket|rugby|tennis|golf|polo|boxing|boxers|martial.art|chess)/i;
var scoresAreLikely = (str.search(scpat) >= 0);
// Ensure the replacement isn't a link such as ] before
// replacing it, so that we don't break the link. But we do want to
// replace dashes used in the right-side label part of links. Also,
// don't break templates, URLs, DOIs, {{#expr:}}, <math> equations,
// source code, or <ref name="13-70">.
//
function ifNotLink(str) {
var pos = arguments;
var string = arguments;
// Exclude HTML comments from the checks
var pat = /\]*$|\{\{*$|+$|<*$|#\w*expr:.*$/i;
if (string.substring(pos - 260, pos + 1).search(pat) >= 0) {
return str; // It's a link, so don't change it
}
// Additional checks for HTML comments (e.g., <!-- ... -->)
var commentPat = /<!--.*?-->/g;
if (string.substring(pos - 260, pos + 1).search(commentPat) >= 0) {
return str; // It's an HTML comment, so don't change it
}
var pat2 = /\{\{(main|see|detail|excerpt|about|for\b|other|redir|conv|coor|sort|anchor|Israel populations|ISBN|DNB(?: ite|)|ite DNB)*$/i;
if (string.substring(pos-260,pos+1).search(pat2) >= 0)
return str; // likely templates with page-name or neg params
var pat3 = /\|\s*(CAS_number)\s*=\s*/i;
if (string.substring(pos-260,pos+1).search(pat3) >= 0)
return str; // drugbox CAS_number
var pat4 = /\|\s*(doi|elevation|filename|isbn)\s*=\s*/i;
if (string.substring(pos-260,pos+1).search(pat4) >= 0)
return str; // doi or isbn (or elevation parameter in Template:Infobox German location which can contain range marked using hyphen)
var m = string.slice(pos).search(/<\/?(math|pre|code|tt|source|syntaxhighlight|gallery)\b/i);
if (m >= 0 && string.charAt(pos+m+1) == '/')
return str; // don't break a <math> equation, or source code
m = string.slice(pos).search(/\{\{*raph:Chart\b/i);
if (m >= 0)
return str; // don't break a Graph:Chart
if (string.slice(pos).search(/^<>\n]*\.({3,4}\s*|jpg|png|svg)|^.*hyphen/i) >= 0)
return str; // it's a file name parameter, or <!--sic hyphen-->
if (str.search(/\b/) >= 0)
return str.replace(//, "−"); // minus sign
else
return str.replace(/--+\b/g, "—") . replace(/+/g, "–"); // dash
}
str = str.replace(/\s--?\s/g, ifNotLink); // en dash looks better
str = str.replace(/---?/ig, ifNotLink); // em dash
str = str.replace(/\d\d\d]*}*(present|current)\b/ig, ifNotLink); // 1973-present
str = str.replace(/(18|19|20)\d\d]*}*/g, ifNotLink); // (1973-)
str = str.replace(/\d(s|%|\?|''')\d/g, ifNotLink); // 1950s-1960s, 40%-50%
str = str.replace(/\d(\$|'+)\d/g, ifNotLink); // $40-$50, 7-'''4''', '49-'53
str = str.replace(/%?/g, ifNotLink); // 3½-6
str = str.replace(/\d(st|nd|rd|th)?\d+(st|nd|rd|th)\b/g, ifNotLink); // 2nd-3rd
str = str.replace(/(>] +|\(|^\| *|\|\| *)\d/mig, ifNotLink); // minus -35
str = str.replace(/<((sup|sub|td)>\s*)(\d)/ig, "<$1−$3"); // 10<sup>-3</sup>
str = str.replace(/,*(?=.? ) * *(\d*:\d\d)/g, " – $1"); // album track listings
// November 15, 2005-March 7, 2006; ]-]
str = str.replace(/(\d\]*)(\* +\d)/g, "$1 – $2");
// July-August 2007
str = str.replace(/\b((Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)*?\b){2,}/g, ifNotLink);
// ]-]
str = str.replace(/(\d(?: BC)?\]\])((ca?\.|AD ?)?\)/g, "$1–$2");
// (1984 – 1992)
str = str.replace(/( *\*) + +(\*\s*)/g, "$1–$2");
// iv-xii
str = str.replace(/(?=\w+-)(m*(cm|cd|d?c*)(xc|xl|l?x*)(ix|iv|v?i*)-?\b){2}/g, ifNotLink);
if (scoresAreLikely) // W-L-D or 73–70–67–70=280, but not castling
str = str.replace(/(?!0-0-0)(\d\d?\d?){2,}\d\d?/g, ifNotLink);
str = str.replace(/\b(\d+)(year|month|day|hour|minute|mile|yard|foot|inch|bit|door|speed|gun|page|seat|way|point|ton|man)\b/g, "$1-$2"); // hyphen
// Number ranges and scores should use en dashes, per ].
// This has been well-tested and false positives (e.g., ID nos.) are rare.
//
function range (str, from,to, pos,string)
{
var dash = true;
var except = /\b(fig(ure)?|table|example|exhibit|circular|section|part|number|no|nr|id|model|pub|std|report|rpt|law|L|p|page|date|IS\wN\b*|SCOTUS)*$/i;
var rpat = /^(|nbsp)*(AD|BC|B?CE|BP|a|km|mi|kg|lb|\w?Hz|vote|decision|record|odds|scor\w*|win|loss|tie|draw|lead|victory|defeat|upset|run|deficit|start|finish|season|game)\b/;
var lpat = /\b(pages|pp|rp|nos|\d+\)?'*|(wn|lost?|tie|dr.w|lea?d|f.ll|vot|rul|decid|pass|fail|defeat|scor|gam|match|trail|finish|end)e??|\w\w+ing|ahead|behind|up|down|from|to|is|are|was|were|of|out|by|an?|at|it|went|go|gone|beaten|between)(|nbsp)*$/i;
var inorder = (to-0 > from.slice(-to.length)); // pp 362-5
var precision = Math.max( from.search(/0*$/), to.search(/0*$/) );
if (string.substring(pos-20,pos+1).search(except) >= 0) {
return str; // based on preceding word, looks like a ref number
}
if (from == 9 && to == 11) {
dash = false; // 9-11 is a common special case
}
if (from-0 >= to) {
dash = false; // values don't look like a range
}
if (to-from > 120 && from * (precision > 2 ? 5 : 50) < to && from > 1) {
dash = false; // values don't look like a range
}
if (scoresAreLikely && from <= 900 && to <= 900) {
dash = true; // likely a score or wins-losses
}
if (from < 2-to && string.search(/Category:.*\bChess\b/i) >= 0) {
dash = false; // chess notations 0-0, 0-1, 1-0
}
if (str.charAt(0) == '(' && string.charAt(pos + str.length) == ')') {
dash = true; // scores often seen as (8-4)
}
if (from.search(/^0./) >= 0 || to.search(/^0./) >= 0) {
dash = false; // 3-07 and 0123-4567 look like ref numbers
}
if (string.substr(pos-1,15).search(/^\d()\d+.\d+\1\d/) >= 0) {
dash = true; // 10:30-11:30, 35,000-40,000, 2.5-4.0
}
if (string.substr(pos,30).search(rpat) >= 0) {
dash = true; // 12-5 BC, 5-5000 km, 6-4 win, 73-50 vote
}
if (string.substring(pos-80,pos).search(lpat) >= 0) {
dash = true; // pp. 8, 25, 270-74, 313-7; won 6-4, 6-2
}
if (from > 1000 && from < 2100 && to.length == 2 && inorder) {
dash = true; // 1994-95 year range
}
return dash ? ifNotLink(str,pos,string) : str;
}
str = str.replace(/(\d{1,4})(\d{1,4})(?!'*)/g, range);
return str;
}
// Hook to allow using this tool "standalone"
$.when( $.ready ).then(function() {
if (importScript("Misplaced Pages:AutoEd/core.js")) { // if not otherwise using AutoEd
console.log('imported');
window.autoEdFunctions = function() {
var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1;
var str = txt.value.
replace(/—/g, '—').
replace(/–/g, '–'). // simplify core regexes
replace(/−/g, '−');
var newstr = autoEdDashes( str );
if (newstr !== str) { // don't alter encoding style if no fixes
txt.value = newstr;
autoEdTag = "fixed ] using ]";
}
};
autoEdLinkName = "–";
autoEdLinkHover = "Fix dashes, hyphens, and minus signs";
autoEdTag = "";
}
});