For authors that use it, it's finally updated for the first time since 2011.
I've redone it from the ground up. New interface and new functionality. It even supports lists ({+} and {n} tags).
for those who don't know about it, it's linked from the site formatting guide.
https://storiesonline.net/author/formatPreviewer.php
When I paste in text using _ for italic text, it does not show italics. The colors work.
The undocumented feature
{divbbub}blue bubble{/div}
{divgbub}green bubble{/div}
doesn't seems to work.
I added official support for Messaging bubbles.
I added buttons for them in the formatting previewer, and explained them in the documentation.
I've updated the syntax to {blbub}{/blbub} {grbub}{/grbub}
I also added support for backslashing asterisks and underscores to keep them untouched. So now \*hello\* will not be converted to < strong>hello< /strong> the backslashes will be removed and the asterisks will remain like *hello*, same for underscores \_not italic\_ will come out _not italic_.
Also, removed support for the outdated {str} {strike} and replaced it with the standard {s}.
Thank you for the bug report.
Well, this has turned into more than ever planned. With the addition of the blue and green bubbles buttons, it has become a formatting helper. So I added a 'Copy to Clipboard' button to copy the formatted text into the clipboard to transfer it to the file you're submitting.
These discussions got me to look at the formatting guide https://storiesonline.net/doc/Text_Formatting_Information_Guide#tags and I noticed several errors in the examples. Several examples demonstrate color text red, blue etc. The examples do not show the correct colors. Also the example of teletype text does not show teletype text. Not a big deal but I thought you would want to know. Thanks for all your work
The examples do not show the correct colors.
Color accuracy really depends on too many factors. Screen color calibration is a tricky business.
The colors are close enough to be called those names.
Also the example of teletype text does not show teletype text.
That one is correct. I fixed it and now it shows in monospaced text.
I can't believe something like:
n *b _ib* in_ n _i *ib_ bn* n
and
i
ib
b
actually works. (markdown would throw a fit)
Nice work :)
How about preview of dark mode and mobile?
It would probably require iframe to vary the css, I'm not sure it's worth the hassle.
How about preview of dark mode and mobile?
Considering how each user gets to set their own colors and screen width etc.. through the system, dark mode and mobile views for story text is not worth the effort.
nesting bug?
The documentation claim the tags MUST be nested.
The previwer however doesn't have this requirement. It auto close and reopen the tag as needed and generate proper nested html preview from non nesting one!
Is it also the case of your php code?
If not, should you issue a warning on non nested tags?
(recursive regex could catch that with a one liner but PRCE ?R is not available in javascript)
Is it also the case of your php code?
If not, should you issue a warning on non nested tags?
There are multiple layers that ensure that the html codes are properly nested. So it's not really a worry.