After the Deadline add-on for Firefox
After the Deadline is an open source software service that checks spelling, style, and grammar. This directory houses the development of a Firefox add-on which enables After the Deadline in forms and documents across the web. The add-on itself is downloadable from addons.mozilla.org.
Automattic no longer supports this add-on. We're putting it on Github so that you can feel free to fork it, hack it, and release your own version.
trunk
versionAt this time no clean install script has been made, but here are the manual installation steps:
Firefox/Profiles/<profile_id>.default/
).extensions/
folder, creating it if need be.extensions
directory called [email protected]
. In the file, put the full path to your development folder inside (e.g. C:\atd_firefox\trunk\
or ~/atd_firefox/trunk/)
. Windows users should retain the OS' slash direction, and everyone should remember to include a closing slash and remove any trailing spaces.This addon is distributed via addons.mozilla.org. The following steps are used to package and distribute a new version of AtD:
install.rdf
and update information is added to the changelog.cd trunk
zip -r ../xpi/atd-firefox-VERSION.xpi * -x \*/.\*
where VERSION
is the new version number. The exclude flag is used to keep cruft like .svn
out.xpi
file to SVN for posterity.svn:mime-type
flag to application/x-xpinstall
so it's installable right from the SVN server.xpi
. Copy changelog information into the release notes.This add-on requires a running instance of an After the Deadline Server in order to work. Automattic operates an that you can use for personal use as long as you don't send too much traffic. The extension is configured to use this instance by default.
For high volume and commercial uses of AtD, you must run your own server. The code is available on Github: After the Deadline Server. See the After the Deadline Developer's page for more information, and check out the AtD Developers Google Group for discussion and community support.
When you run your own server, replace service.afterthedeadline.com
with your server's hostname.
getContainingBlockOffset()
function adapted from It's All Text! addon Copyright © 2006-2007 Christian Höltje, used via GPL licensingThe AtD Firefox add-on is licensed under GPL version 2 or greater.
This code has always been open source. We're putting it on Github so that you can feel free to fork it, hack it, and release your own version.
Join the atd-developers list for community support.