https://github.com/tarao/textserver

Edit on Firefox using external text editors.
https://github.com/tarao/textserver

firefox ruby tool

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Edit on Firefox using external text editors.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tarao/textserver
• Owner: tarao
• Created: 2009-10-08T22:44:38.000Z (about 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-02-01T08:56:25.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-04T22:19:08.877Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: firefox, ruby, tool
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 145 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.rdoc

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= textserver

*textserver* is a daemon to notify changes of a text file via HTTP

long-polling. It enables Firefox to synchronize contents of textareas

or input elements with an external file. You will be able to edit

textareas on Firefox using an external text editor.

A guide in Japanese: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tarao/20091105/1257463316

== How to use it

You need to have Firefox and Greasemonkey extension installed.

1. Run Firefox.

2. Install *textserver* daemon to your local machine. (see below)

3. Add retrieve-remote-text.user.js to your Greasemonkey.

4. Move focus on a textarea or an input.

5. Write something to +text+ file and save it.

6. You will get the textarea or the input synchronized with +text+ file.

== Installation

If you are using Windows, you can either install by the installer or

use Ruby command as in other platforms.

=== Using installer (Windows)

A demo on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eI12gmzv6Y

Get the installer of the latest package from

http://up.orezdnu.org/release/textserver.msi.

+text+ file will be accessible from your desktop (via a shortcut named

textarea) and retrieve-remote-text.user.js can

automatically be opened just after the setup.

=== How to run with source code (all platforms)

You need Ruby 1.8.7 or later. After cloning the repository,

don't forget to do

  git submodule update --init

or install modules from http://github.com/tarao/gnn-rblibs.

1. Install Ruby modules listed below.

2. Make directory _dir_ for the daemon.

3. Write ':dir: dir' to a YAML file config.

4. Run the daemon with specifying _config_ like 'ruby textserver.rb -c config'.

You can stop the daemon by 'ruby textserver.rb -c config --stop'.

==== Linux

- rubygems (required)

- gnn-rblibs (required)

- inotify (recommended)

==== Windows

- rubygems (required)

- gnn-rblibs (required)

- win32/api (required)

- win32/process (required)

- win32/ipc (recommended)

- win32/event (recommended)

- win32/changenotify (recommended)

== Build installer on Windows

If you have all applications listed below, you can build the installer

by the following command.

  rake win32

- Rake

- Exerb

- Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset

- Microsoft Platform SDK

== Advanced feature

If you are using GNU Emacs, try elisp/textarea.el. Put

this file some where in your load path and write the following code to

your .emacs.

  (require 'textarea)

  (setq textarea:dir "your-textserver-dir")

Then, 'M-x textarea' opens +text+ as \*textarea* buffer with

auto-save mode, 'M-x revert' on \*textarea* buffer retrieves

contents of the current textarea on the browser.