https://github.com/daveliepmann/pullquotable
Bookmarklet showing number of characters within text selection
https://github.com/daveliepmann/pullquotable
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Bookmarklet showing number of characters within text selection
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/daveliepmann/pullquotable
- Owner: daveliepmann
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-01-21T12:28:13.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2014-01-21T15:10:31.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-08T04:14:04.584Z (5 months ago)
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- Size: 199 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
pullquotable
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"Is this text selection short enough to pull-quote?"
I like to tweet links alongside a hopefully-interesting pull quote. I became frustrated doing this without knowing *a priori* if the text I'd like to quote is short enough to fit the 140-character limit. I built this to tell me how many characters are in the text I'm selecting.
Installation
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Go to [daveliepmann.com/pullquotable/bookmarklet](http://www.daveliepmann.com/pullquotable/bookmarklet) and follow the instructions. Or, if you'd rather do it manually, put the appropriate javascript statement from `pullquotable.js` into a bookmark in your bookmarks bar.
You can customize `pullquotable` to any color you like, as long as it's green or you modify the javascript yourself :)
Usage
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1. Click the bookmark once to toggle `pullquotable` on.
1. Select some text and see how many characters it is.
1. Click the bookmark again to toggle `pullquotable` off.
1. Bask in the glory of knowing whether it will fit in your next brilliant twitterpation.
**Nota Bene**: Twitter's URL shortener [seems to take up 22 (23 for https) characters](http://support.conversocial.com/entries/23471033-How-many-characters-do-URLs-use-on-Twitter-), making **117**, not 140, the magic number.
Similar Work
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If you like `pullquotable`, or if you like the idea but it's not quite to your taste, check out [Paul Ford's Save Publishing bookmarklet](http://www.savepublishing.com).