User:Paxed/ReplaceCharsBlock

ReplaceCharsBlock extension

Adds a <replacecharsblock> -tag, which allows replacing (or translating) characters and strings in the block with other characters or strings. Replacements are defined first, and the block of text to be replaced after an empty line.

<replacecharsblock> b=foo abcb </replacecharsblock>

afoocfoo

• default as a replacement: used for any characters that don't have explicitly defined replacement. $1 in the replacement will be substituted with the character which is being replaced.
• newline as a replacement: each newline character will be replaced with this.

For example:

<div class='ttyscreen'> <replacecharsblock> k=[[kobold|{{red|k}}]] k̂=[[kobold shaman|{{brightblue|k}}]] f=[[cat|{{white|f}}]] @={{white|@}} |={{lightgray|&#124;}} bar=[[foo|{{yellow|foo}}]] default={{lightgray|$1}} newline=<br> ------- ------- ------- ------- |...... |...... |...... |kkkk̂k. |.....| |.bar.| |.....| |kkkkk| |..k..| |.....| |..f..| |kkfkk| |.kfk.| |..kk.| |.kkk.| |k...k| |.k@k.| |..@fk| |..@..| |kk@kk| |.....| |..kk.| |.....| |kkkkk| -.----- -.----- -.----- -.----- </replacecharsblock> </div>

------- ------- ------- ------- |...... |...... |...... |kkkkk. |.....| |.foo.| |.....| |kkkkk| |..k..| |.....| |..f..| |kkfkk| |.kfk.| |..kk.| |.kkk.| |k...k| |.k@k.| |..@fk| |..@..| |kk@kk| |.....| |..kk.| |.....| |kkkkk| -.----- -.----- -.----- -.-----

TODO

• Allow multiple replacement definitions for same char; use the replacements in the order they're defined, looping.
  • Maybe also in random order, though that'll invalidate cache.
• Exceptions? (eg. maybe one 'k' is different from all the other 'k' chars) Format, how to define?

Code for ReplaceCharsBlock.php

<?php
/**                                                                                                                                          
 * ReplaceCharsBlock -- replace chars in a block with strings.                                                                               
 *                                                                                                                                           
 */

if( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
        die( "This is not a valid entry point to MediaWiki.\n" );
}

$wgHooks['ParserFirstCallInit'][] = 'wfReplaceCharsBlock';

$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
        'name' => 'ReplaceCharsBlock',
        'version' => '0.3',
        'author' => array(
                '[http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/User:Paxed Pasi Kallinen]',
                '[http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/User:Ilmari_Karonen Ilmari Karonen]',
        ),
        'url' => 'http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/User:Paxed/ReplaceCharsBlock',
        'description' => 'Replace characters in a block of text with strings.',
);

function wfReplaceCharsBlock( &$parser ) {
        $parser->setHook( 'replacecharsblock', 'renderCharReplacement' );
        return true;
}

function renderCharReplacement( $input, $argv, $parser, $frame ) {
        /*$parser->disableCache();*/

        list( $defs, $text ) = preg_split( '/\n\s*\n/', $input, 2 );
        if ( !isset( $text ) ) {
                $text = $defs;
                $defs = "";
        }

        $reps = array();
        $default = false;

        $defs = explode( "\n", $defs );
        foreach ( $defs as $i => $line ) {
                if ( !preg_match( '/\S/u', $line ) ) {
                        continue;
                }
                if ( !preg_match( '/^([^=]+)=(.+)$/u', $line, $match ) ) {
                        return "<strong class='error'>Replacecharsblock error on line $i: invalid definition " . htmlspecialchars( $line ) . "</strong>";
                }
                // wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": mapping $match[1] to $match[2]\n" );                                                             
                if ( $match[1] === 'default' ) {
                        $default = $match[2];
                } else if ( $match[1] === 'newline' ) {
                    $reps["\n"] = $match[2];
                } else {
                        $reps[ $match[1] ] = $match[2];
                }
        }

        if ( $default !== false ) {
                preg_match_all( '/(?>[^\\pM\\pC]\\pM*)/u', $text, $chars );
                $chars = array_diff( array_unique( $chars[0] ), array_keys( $reps ) );
                foreach ( $chars as $char ) {
                        $reps[$char] = str_replace( '$1', $char, $default );
                        // wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": adding default map from $char to $reps[$char]\n" );                                      
                }
        }

        $text = strtr( $text, $reps );
        return $parser->recursiveTagParse( $text, $frame );
}