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Glypher

Browser extension for quick copy'n'paste of miscellaneous characters

(Psst! See the accompanying presentation about browser extension development! 👍)

Glypher logo

Contents:

  1. Installation
  2. Usage
  3. Development
  4. Credits

1. Installation

(For now, only as a temporary extension)

Firefox:

  1. Go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
  2. Click on Load Temporary Add-on…
  3. Select the manifest (dist/firefox/manifest.json)

Chrom*:

  1. Go to chrome://extensions/
  2. Click on Developer mode
  3. Click on Load unpacked
  4. Select the directory (dist/chrome/)

2. Usage

Bring up the glyphs pop-up by either:

  • Clicking the icon on the toolbar,
    Icon
  • or pressing Alt+U (+U on Mac)

Then, on the glyphs pop-up, find the symbol you need, double-click it to select, and copy it to the clipboard.

Screenshot

Press either Esc or to close the pop-up, and paste the glyph wherever needed.

NB: this is not the intended final behaviour: usage will be seamless when we implement the ability to move around the glyphs using the cursor keys, and then use to automatically copy the highlighted glyph to the clipboard and immediately close the pop-up. That way, the whole operation is a handful of key strokes, and the user does not need to use the mouse at all.

3. Development

Prerequisites: Bash and jq.

./build.sh

Then, find the resulting temporary extensions under dist/firefox/ and dist/chrome/.

4. Credits

Copyright © 2019–2021 tripu ([email protected], https://tripu.info)

This project is licenced under the terms of the MIT licence.

Logo: A-small glyphs.svg licenced CC0 by Wickey-nl