Recent changes to Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts

Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by mmartz

mmartz — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 19:26:30 -0000

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 [Getting Started](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AGetting_Started) ⬌ [Installing Scripts](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AInstalling_Scripts) ⬌ [Managing Scripts](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AManaging_Scripts) ⬌ [Monkey Menu](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AMonkey_Menu) ⬌ Creating Scripts ⬌ [Environment](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AEnvironment) ⬌ [Other Useful Tools](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AOther_Useful_Tools) ⬌ [API](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AAPI)

 ## Notes
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Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by mmartz

mmartz — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 19:19:58 -0000

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 [toTop]: #content_base "Top"
-[toBottom]: #site-footer "Bottom"
+[toBottom]: #notes "Bottom"

 [Getting Started](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AGetting_Started) ⬌ [Installing Scripts](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AInstalling_Scripts) ⬌ [Managing Scripts](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AManaging_Scripts) ⬌ [Monkey Menu](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AMonkey_Menu) ⬌ Creating Scripts ⬌ [Environment](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AEnvironment) ⬌ [Other Useful Tools](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AOther_Useful_Tools) ⬌ [API](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AAPI)

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 [Getting Started](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AGetting_Started) ⬌ [Installing Scripts](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AInstalling_Scripts) ⬌ [Managing Scripts](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AManaging_Scripts) ⬌ [Monkey Menu](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AMonkey_Menu) ⬌ Creating Scripts ⬌ [Environment](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AEnvironment) ⬌ [Other Useful Tools](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AOther_Useful_Tools) ⬌ [API](Greasemonkey_Manual%3AAPI)
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+## Notes

Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:47:23 -0000

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 ## Picking an Editor

 Most script wrights use a familiar built in text editor such as Windows Notepad, Linux KDE Kwrite/Kate, Linux Gnome gedit, Mac OS X TextEdit or in newer releases of Firefox the Scratchpad editor. However some may not include mono-spaced fonts, syntax highlighting and brace matching. These can be very helpful features when coding. For more information, and choices, see [Wikipedia’s comparison of text editors](http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors). 
-
-Common Text Editors 
-
-| Title | Java | Linux | Macintosh | Windows | Bracket Match | Fixed Font | Syntax Highlight |
-| ----- | ---- | ----- | --------- | ------- | ------------- | ---------- | ---------------- |
-| [Aptana](http://www.aptana.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Dreamweaver](http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [EditPad Pro](http://www.editpadpro.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [gedit](http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Kate/KWrite](http://www.kate-editor.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Komodo Edit](http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Notepad](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Notepad2](http://www.notepad2.com) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Notepad++](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Portable GVim](http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [PSPad](http://www.pspad.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [SciTE](http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [TextEdit](http://www.apple.com/macosx) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [TextMate](http://macromates.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-| [Vim / GVim](http://www.vim.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
-
-
-
-
-[Aptana](http://www.aptana.com/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[Dreamweaver](http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 
-
-[Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[EditPad Pro](http://www.editpadpro.com/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 
-
-[gedit](http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 
-
-[Kate/KWrite](http://www.kate-editor.org/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[Komodo Edit](http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[Notepad](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/)
-♦ ♦ 
-
-[Notepad2](http://www.notepad2.com)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[Notepad++](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[Portable GVim](http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[PSPad](http://www.pspad.com/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[SciTE](http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[TextEdit](http://www.apple.com/macosx)
-♦ ♦
-
-[TextMate](http://macromates.com/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
-
-[Vim / GVim](http://www.vim.org/)
-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

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Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:44:34 -0000

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 | Title | Java | Linux | Macintosh | Windows | Bracket Match | Fixed Font | Syntax Highlight |
 | ----- | ---- | ----- | --------- | ------- | ------------- | ---------- | ---------------- |
-| Test | | | | | | | |
+| [Aptana](http://www.aptana.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Dreamweaver](http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [EditPad Pro](http://www.editpadpro.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [gedit](http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Kate/KWrite](http://www.kate-editor.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Komodo Edit](http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Notepad](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Notepad2](http://www.notepad2.com) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Notepad++](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Portable GVim](http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [PSPad](http://www.pspad.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [SciTE](http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [TextEdit](http://www.apple.com/macosx) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [TextMate](http://macromates.com/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
+| [Vim / GVim](http://www.vim.org/) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |

-**Title**
-**Java**
-**Linux**
-**Macintosh**
-**Windows**
-**Bracket Match**
-**Fixed Font**
-**Syntax Highlight**
+
+

 [Aptana](http://www.aptana.com/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [Dreamweaver](http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 

 [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [EditPad Pro](http://www.editpadpro.com/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 

 [gedit](http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 

 [Kate/KWrite](http://www.kate-editor.org/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [Komodo Edit](http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [Notepad](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/)
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ 

 [Notepad2](http://www.notepad2.com)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [Notepad++](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [Portable GVim](http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [PSPad](http://www.pspad.com/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [SciTE](http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [TextEdit](http://www.apple.com/macosx)
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦

 [TextMate](http://macromates.com/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

 [Vim / GVim](http://www.vim.org/)
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
-♦
+♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

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Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:28:43 -0000

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@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@

 Common Text Editors 

+| Title | Java | Linux | Macintosh | Windows | Bracket Match | Fixed Font | Syntax Highlight |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | --------- | ------- | ------------- | ---------- | ---------------- |
+| Test | | | | | | | |
+
 **Title**
 **Java**
 **Linux**
@@ -31,106 +35,106 @@
 **Syntax Highlight**

 [Aptana](http://www.aptana.com/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Dreamweaver](http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [EditPad Pro](http://www.editpadpro.com/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [gedit](http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Kate/KWrite](http://www.kate-editor.org/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Komodo Edit](http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Notepad](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦

 [Notepad2](http://www.notepad2.com)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Notepad++](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Portable GVim](http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [PSPad](http://www.pspad.com/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [SciTE](http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [TextEdit](http://www.apple.com/macosx)
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦

 [TextMate](http://macromates.com/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

 [Vim / GVim](http://www.vim.org/)
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
-&diams;
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦
+♦

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Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:24:03 -0000

--- v23
+++ v24
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@
 Depending on which version of Firefox is installed there is now an option in the preferences interface that allows changing of the default editor. The easiest way of changing the default editor is to open the Add-ons Manager or Add-ons dialog, find Greasemonkey in the Extension list and click on the preferences button:

-[![Add-ons Manager Firefox 4.x+](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-4.xx100.png "Click to enlarge the Add-ons Manager Firefox 4.x+")](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-4.x.png)
-[![Preferences Interface](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-preferencesx100.png "Click to enlarge the Preferences Interface")](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-preferences.png)
+[![Add-ons Manager Firefox 4.x+](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-4.xx100.png "Click to enlarge the Add-ons Manager Firefox 4.x+")](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-4.x.png)   [![Preferences Interface](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-preferencesx100.png "Click to enlarge the Preferences Interface")](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-preferences.png)

 **NOTE:** Changing the default editor manually is still available via the [about:config](http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config) page. Find the [about:config?filter=extensions.greasemonkey.editor](about:config?filter=extensions.greasemonkey.editor) preference. Double-click it, and type or paste in the location of the script editor to use.

Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:22:55 -0000

--- v22
+++ v23
@@ -154,10 +154,9 @@

 Depending on which version of Firefox is installed there is now an option in the preferences interface that allows changing of the default editor. The easiest way of changing the default editor is to open the Add-ons Manager or Add-ons dialog, find Greasemonkey in the Extension list and click on the preferences button:

-<gallery widths="160px">
-Image:Addons-extensions-4.x.png|Add-ons Manager Firefox 4.x+ 
-Image:Addons-extensions-preferences.png|Preferences Interface
-</gallery>
+
+[![Add-ons Manager Firefox 4.x+](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-4.xx100.png "Click to enlarge the Add-ons Manager Firefox 4.x+")](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-4.x.png)
+[![Preferences Interface](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-preferencesx100.png "Click to enlarge the Preferences Interface")](../Screenshots/attachment/Addons-extensions-preferences.png)

 **NOTE:** Changing the default editor manually is still available via the [about:config](http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config) page. Find the [about:config?filter=extensions.greasemonkey.editor](about:config?filter=extensions.greasemonkey.editor) preference. Double-click it, and type or paste in the location of the script editor to use.

Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:14:14 -0000

--- v21
+++ v22
@@ -136,17 +136,17 @@

 ## Creating the Script

-Begin with creating the text file in a favorite plain text editor. It should contain the [Metadata_Block] with at least the [@name](Metadata_Block#name), [@namespace](Metadata_Block#namespace), a brief [@description](Metadata_Block#description) and any appropriate [@include](Metadata_Block#include) and [@exclude](Metadata_Block#exclude) [rules](Script_injection_rules). Once this has been completed continuation of writing the actual code may occur. However it is not yet necessary, and can be considered counterproductive for new script wrights. Now the script stub is ready to be installed into Greasemonkey.
+Begin with creating the text file in a favorite plain text editor. It should contain the [Metadata Block](Metadata_Block) with at least the [@name](Metadata_Block#name), [@namespace](Metadata_Block#namespace), a brief [@description](Metadata_Block#description) and any appropriate [@include](Metadata_Block#include) and [@exclude](Metadata_Block#exclude) [rules](Script_injection_rules). Once this has been completed continuation of writing the actual code may occur. However it is not yet necessary, and can be considered counterproductive for new script wrights. Now the script stub is ready to be installed into Greasemonkey.

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 ## Editing the Script

-At this point Greasemonkey has already made a copy of the script installed and placed it in the [Scripts directory](Scripts_directory). Any future page loads which match the [Include and exclude_rules](Script_injection_rules) will execute the script. Close the text editor and optionally delete the original source file. 
+At this point Greasemonkey has already made a copy of the script installed and placed it in the [Scripts directory](Scripts_directory). Any future page loads which match the [Include and exclude rules](Script_injection_rules) will execute the script. Close the text editor and optionally delete the original source file. 

 Next is finding and editing the copy of the script that Greasemonkey is working with. This may be done directly as explained in the [FAQ](FAQ#Yes.2C_but_how_can_I_edit_a_script_without_going_through_Greasemonkey.3F), or by one of two shortcuts Greasemonkey provides. The first shortcut would be the edit button in the [management interface](Greasemonkey_Manual:Managing_Scripts). Alternately a quick right-click in the [monkey menu](Greasemonkey_Manual:Monkey_Menu) will produce the same results. 

-Working with the copy of the script that Greasemonkey has installed, code changes will be immediately available excluding certain changes in the metadata block mentioned [here](Metadata_Block#Caveats). When all changes are completed, simply save the file and reload any pages that apply. 
+Working with the copy of the script that Greasemonkey has installed, code changes will be immediately available excluding certain changes in the metadata block mentioned [here](Metadata_Block#caveats). When all changes are completed, simply save the file and reload any pages that apply. 

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Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:09:35 -0000

--- v20
+++ v21
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@

 ## Picking an Editor

-Most script wrights use a familiar built in text editor such as Windows Notepad, Linux KDE Kwrite/Kate, Linux Gnome gedit, Mac OS X TextEdit or in newer releases of Firefox the Scratchpad editor. However some may not include mono-spaced fonts, syntax highlighting and brace matching. These can be very helpful features when coding. For more information, and choices, see [Wikipedia’s comparison of text editors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors). 
+Most script wrights use a familiar built in text editor such as Windows Notepad, Linux KDE Kwrite/Kate, Linux Gnome gedit, Mac OS X TextEdit or in newer releases of Firefox the Scratchpad editor. However some may not include mono-spaced fonts, syntax highlighting and brace matching. These can be very helpful features when coding. For more information, and choices, see [Wikipedia’s comparison of text editors](http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors). 

 Common Text Editors

Greasemonkey_Manual:Creating_Scripts modified by Martz

Martz — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:06:15 -0000

--- v19
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@

 The tricky part of course is what happens between starting a script and when the script is finished. Manually walking through all the steps will ensure common understanding of what is going on. 

-[⬆][toTop] [⬇][toBottom] | [Creating the Script](#creating-the-script) | [Editing the Script](#editing-the-script) | [Changing the Editor](#changing-the-editor) | [That’s It!](#that.27s-it.21) 
+[⬆][toTop] [⬇][toBottom] | [Creating the Script](#creating-the-script) | [Editing the Script](#editing-the-script) | [Changing the Editor](#changing-the-editor) | [That’s It!](#thats-it) 

 ## Picking an Editor