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// ==UserScript==
// @name Twitter Fix Web Replies
// @namespace http://userscripts.org/people/336
// @description Shows the tweet you're replying to, and optionally preserves in_reply_to data when replies do not begin with the @mention (e.g. for #fixreplies).
// @source http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/53598
// @identifier http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/53598.user.js
// @version 0.4.2
// @date 2010-06-09
// @creator Richard Gibson <@gmail.com>; http://twitter.com/gibson042
// @contributor DyNama
// @include http://twitter.com/*
// @include https://twitter.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
//
// **COPYRIGHT NOTICE**
//
// I, Richard Gibson, hereby establish my original authorship of this
// work, and announce its release into the public domain. I claim no
// exclusive copyrights to it, and will neither pursue myself (nor
// condone pursuit by others of) punishment, retribution, or forced
// payment for its full or partial reproduction in any form.
//
// That being said, I would like to receive credit for this work
// whenever it, or any part thereof, is reproduced or incorporated into
// another creation; and would also like compensation whenever revenue
// is derived from such reproduction or inclusion. At the very least,
// please let me know if you find this work useful or enjoyable, and
// contact me with any comments or criticisms regarding it.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
//
// **END COPYRIGHT NOTICE**
//
//
// Changelog:
// 0.4.2 (2010-06-09)
// Improved: short-URL links include protocol (http:) when possible
// Improved: protected reference tweets should show a preview
// 0.4.1 (2010-06-01)
// New: short-URL link to insert a TweaK.tk link to the referenced tweet (suggestion: DyNama)
// 0.4 (2010-05-29)
// Updated: Since Twitter decided to hide *all* actual replies, I made the in-reply-to preservation an option, default false
// 0.3.5 (2010-05-03)
// New: reply-all link to preserve @-mentions (suggestion: DyNama)
// Fixed: retweet link works correctly with tweets containing "$"
// 0.3.2 (2010-04-03)
// New: retweet link to quote referenced text (suggestion: DyNama)
// 0.3.1 (2010-03-20)
// Fixed: hashtag search recursion
// 0.3 (2010-02-03)
// New: automatic updates
// New: referenced tweet preview
// 0.2 (2009-07-26)
// Fixed: recursive init
// Fixed: showError $-dependence
// 0.1 (2009-07-12)
// original release
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// This is a Greasemonkey user script.
//
// To install, you need Greasemonkey: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
// Then restart Firefox and revisit this script.
// Under Tools, there will be a new menu item to "Install User Script".
// Accept the default configuration and install.
//
// To uninstall, go to Tools/Manage User Scripts, select this script,
// and click Uninstall.
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(function(){
// constants
var SCRIPT = {
name: "Twitter Fix Web Replies"
,namespace: "http://userscripts.org/people/336"
,source: "http://userscripts.org" // script homepage/description URL
+ "/scripts/show/53598"
,identifier: "http://userscripts.org" // script URL
+ "/scripts/source/53598.user.js"
,version: "0.4.2" // version
,date: "2010-06-09" // update date
};
var UPDATE = {
SCRIPT: SCRIPT
,defaults: {checkDays: 3, version: SCRIPT.version, date: SCRIPT.date, name: SCRIPT.name,
lastCheck: typeof(GM_xmlhttpRequest)!='undefined' ? 0 : (new Date()).getTime()}
,getValue: (typeof(GM_getValue)!='undefined' && GM_getValue) || function(n,d){return d;}
,setValue: (typeof(GM_setValue)!='undefined' && GM_setValue) || function(n,v){return v;}
,HttpRequest: (typeof(GM_xmlhttpRequest)!='undefined' && GM_xmlhttpRequest) || function(){}
,init: function() {
for (var name in this.defaults) {
if(name in this){ delete this.defaults[name]; }
else{ this[name] = this.getValue('_UPDATE_' + name, this.defaults[name]); }
}
for (var p in {checkDays:0, lastCheck:0}) { delete this.defaults[p]; }
this.init = new Function('return "already done";\n' + arguments.callee.toString());
}
,check: function(fnOnNewer, fnIsNewer, blnForce) {
this.init();
var interval = Math.max(parseFloat(this.checkDays) * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, 0) || Infinity;
var diff = (new Date()) - parseInt(this.lastCheck,10);
if(!blnForce && !this.isNewer(this, this.SCRIPT, fnIsNewer) && !(diff > interval)){ return false; }
if (blnForce || (diff > interval)) {
var t = this;
return this.HttpRequest({method: 'GET', url: this.SCRIPT.identifier, onload: function(r){
t.setValue('_UPDATE_' + 'lastCheck', t.lastCheck = '' + (new Date()).getTime());
t.parse(r.responseText, [fnOnNewer, fnIsNewer, false]);
}});
}
try{ fnOnNewer(this, this.SCRIPT); }catch(x){}
}
,parse: function(strResponse, arrCheckArgs) {
var re = /\/\/\s*(?:@(\S+)\s+(.*?)\s*(?:$|\n)|(==\/UserScript==))/gm, match = true, name;
while (match && (match = re.exec(strResponse))) {
if(match[3]){ match = null; continue; }
name = match[1];
if(name in this.defaults){ this.setValue('_UPDATE_' + name, this[name] = match[2]); }
}
this.check.apply(this, arrCheckArgs || []);
}
,isNewer: function(objUpdate, objScript, fnIsNewer) {
if(!objUpdate){ objUpdate = this; }
if(!objScript || (objUpdate.date > objScript.date)){ return true; }
try {
return fnIsNewer(objUpdate, objScript);
}
catch (x) {
return (!(objUpdate.date < objScript.date) && (objUpdate.version != objScript.version));
}
}
};
var IMG_SPINNER = 'http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/a/1265242857/images/spinner.gif';
var MAX_LENGTH = 140;
var URL_API_STATUS = ('https:' || location.protocol) + '//twitter.com/statuses/show/';
var URL_STATUS = {toString: function(strUser, strId){ return '/' + strUser + '/status/' + strId; }};
// global variables
var gblnPreserveLink = false;
var gblnPreserveReplyData = false; try{ gblnPreserveReplyData =
GM_getValue('preserveReplyData', gblnPreserveReplyData); }catch(x){}
var gstrReplyPrefix = '.'; try{ gstrReplyPrefix =
GM_getValue('replyPrefix', gstrReplyPrefix); }catch(x){}
var gstrRetweetPrefix = 'RT';
var gstrReferencedId = '';
var gstrReferencedName = '';
var gstrReferencedShortUrl = '';
var gstrReferencedText = '';
var gelReferencedLoading = null;
var gelReferencedName = null;
var gelReferencedText = null;
var gelReferencedTweet = null;
var gelReplyAll = null;
var gelRetweet = null;
var gelReferencedContainer = null;
var gelReferencedLinks = null;
var gelShortLink = null;
var gurlShortener = 'http://api.dot.tk/tweak/shorten?long=%u';
var gfnShortener = function(blnSuccess,objRequest,strResponse){ return strResponse.split('\n')[0]; };
var gstrShortenerPrefix = '\u21B7'; // semicircle arrow [\u2190-\u21EA\u2794-\u27BE\uFFE9-\uFFEC]
var gblnShortLinkReplacesPrefix = true; try{ gblnShortLinkReplacesPrefix =
GM_getValue('shortLinkReplacesPrefix', gblnShortLinkReplacesPrefix); }catch(x){}
var g$status = null;
var gfnStatusBoxVal = function(){};
// user settings
try {
GM_registerMenuCommand(SCRIPT.name + ": Preserve reply data?", function(){try{
GM_setValue('preserveReplyData', gblnPreserveReplyData =
confirm('Preserve reply data? (makes prefixed replies private)'));
}catch(x){}});
GM_registerMenuCommand(SCRIPT.name + ": Set reply prefix", function(){try{
var newVal = prompt('#fixreplies reply prefix:', gstrReplyPrefix);
if (newVal !== null){ GM_setValue('replyPrefix', gstrReplyPrefix = newVal); }
}catch(x){}});
GM_registerMenuCommand(SCRIPT.name + ": Short link position", function(){try{
GM_setValue('shortLinkReplacesPrefix', gblnShortLinkReplacesPrefix =
confirm('Replace prefix "' + gstrReplyPrefix + '" with short link (when requested)?'));
}catch(x){}});
} catch (x) {}
// "real" functions
function init (intTry) {
var global = getUnsafeWindow(), $, $fn_init, $ajax;
if (!global.$ && !(intTry >= 15)) {
var objThis = this, fnThis = arguments.callee;
window.setTimeout(function(){fnThis.call(objThis, (intTry || 0) + 1);}, 2000);
return;
}
try {
$ = global.$; $(); // ensure that $ is a function
UPDATE.check(showUpdate);
// user-friendly status box
try {
var elStatus = document.getElementById('status');
// setup referenced tweet display
gelReferencedLoading = $E('img', {style: 'float:left;display:none;', src: IMG_SPINNER});
gelReferencedName = $E('a',
{'class': 'tweet-url screen-name', style: 'font-weight:bold;'}, ['']);
gelReferencedText = $E('span', {'class': 'entry-content'}, ['']);
gelReferencedTweet = $E('span', {}, gelReferencedName, ' ', gelReferencedText);
gelRetweet = attachEventListener(
$E('a', {href: '#', title: 'quote this for retweet with comments'}, ['[rt]'])
,'click', retweetClick, false
);
gelReplyAll = attachEventListener(
$E('a', {href: '#', title: 'reply to all mentioned users'}, ['[ra]'])
,'click', replyAllClick, false
);
gelShortLink = attachEventListener(
$E('a', {href: '#', title: 'insert a TweaK.tk short URL link to this tweet'}, ['[sl]'])
,'click', replyLinkClick, false
);
gelReferencedLinks = $E('div',
{style: 'float:right;margin-bottom:-2px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;'},
gelReplyAll, '\u2002', gelRetweet, '\u2002', gelShortLink);
gelReferencedContainer = $E('span',
{'class': 'status-body minor-notification',
style: 'display:none;margin-right:12px;min-height:1.2em;'},
gelReferencedLoading, gelReferencedTweet, ' ', gelReferencedLinks,
$E('div', {style: 'clear:both;height:0px;'}, ['\u00A0']));
elStatus.parentNode.insertBefore(gelReferencedContainer, elStatus.nextSibling);
// override $('#status').val
$fn_init = $.fn.init;
$.fn.init = function(C, E) {
var obj = $fn_init.apply(this, arguments);
var strC = ('string' == (typeof C) || C instanceof String) ? C : undefined;
if (strC == '#status' || C === elStatus) { // status box
if (obj.val !== statusBoxVal) {
gfnStatusBoxVal = obj.val;
obj.val = statusBoxVal;
}
}
return obj;
};
$.fn.init.constructor = $fn_init.constructor;
$.fn.init.prototype = $fn_init.prototype;
// handle initial value
g$status = $('#status');
if ($("#in_reply_to").val() && $("#in_reply_to_status_id").val()) {
g$status.val(g$status.val());
}
}
catch (x) {
if ($fn_init){ $.fn.init = $fn_init; }
showError(x+'');
}
// user-friendly update
try {
$ajax = $.ajax;
$.ajax = function(P) {
try {
if (P && P.url == "/status/update") {
gelReferencedContainer.style.display = 'none'; // hide the referenced tweet
// add in_reply_to data for embedded @mentions
var L = $("#in_reply_to_status_id").val();
var re = new RegExp('(^|\\W)@' + $("#in_reply_to").val() + '(\\W|$)', 'i');
if (gblnPreserveReplyData && L && re.test($("#status").val())) {
P.data.in_reply_to_status_id = L;
}
}
return $ajax.apply(this, arguments);
} catch (x) { showError(x+''); }
};
$.ajax.constructor = $ajax.constructor;
$.ajax.prototype = $ajax.prototype;
}
catch (x) {
if ($ajax){ $.ajax = $ajax; }
showError(x+'');
}
}
catch (x) {
showError(x+'');
}
}
function statusBoxVal (v) {
var strScreenName = (/^@(\w+)/.exec(v) || [])[1];
if (strScreenName && !gblnPreserveLink) { // we've got a new reply!
gstrReferencedName = strScreenName;
gstrReferencedShortUrl = '';
arguments[0] = gstrReplyPrefix + v; // prefix the @mention (#fixreplies)
setTimeout(function(){checkForReferencedTweet(strScreenName);}, 0); // show the reference
}
return gfnStatusBoxVal.apply(this, arguments);
};
function checkForReferencedTweet (strScreenName) {
var $ = getUnsafeWindow().jQuery;
gstrReferencedId = $("#in_reply_to_status_id").val();
if (gstrReferencedId) {
gelReferencedLoading.style.display = '';
gelReferencedContainer.style.display = 'block';
gelReferencedLinks.style.display = 'none';
gelRetweet.href = gelReplyAll.href = gelShortLink.href =
URL_STATUS.toString(strScreenName, gstrReferencedId);
gelReferencedName.lastChild.nodeValue = gelReferencedText.lastChild.nodeValue = '';
//$.getJSON(URL_API_STATUS + gstrReferencedId + '.json',
// function(r){showReferencedTweet(r, strScreenName);});
httpRequest({method: 'GET', url: URL_API_STATUS + gstrReferencedId + '.json'
,onload: function(o){
try {
showReferencedTweet(parseJSON(o.responseText), strScreenName);
}
catch(x) {
this.onerror();
}
}
,onerror: function(){
showReferencedTweet({user: {screen_name: strScreenName}, error: 'Could not load tweet.'});
}
});
}
else {
showReferencedTweet({user: {screen_name: strScreenName}, error: 'Could not find tweet.'});
}
}
function showReferencedTweet (objResponse, strScreenName) {
try {
if(objResponse.user){ gstrReferencedName = strScreenName = objResponse.user.screen_name; }
gstrReferencedText = objResponse.text;
gelReferencedName.lastChild.nodeValue = strScreenName;
gelReferencedName.setAttribute('href', '/' + strScreenName);
gelReferencedText.lastChild.nodeValue = gstrReferencedText || objResponse.error;
gelReferencedText.style.fontStyle = (objResponse.error ? 'italic' : '');
gelReferencedLinks.style.display = '';
gelReferencedContainer.style.display = 'block';
gelReferencedLoading.style.display = 'none';
}catch(x){}
}
function retweetClick (e) {
var strValue = g$status.val();
var strRT = [gstrRetweetPrefix, '@' + gstrReferencedName, gstrReferencedText].join(' ');
if (strValue.substring(0, gstrReplyPrefix.length) == gstrReplyPrefix) { // prefixed reply
strValue = strValue.substring(gstrReplyPrefix.length); // strip prefix
}
if (-1 == strValue.indexOf('@' + gstrReferencedName)) { // no @-mention
strValue = [g$status.val(), strRT].join(' '); // append retweet
}
else if (-1 == strValue.indexOf(strRT)) { // mention but no retweet
// move reply text before mention and add retweet sugar
strValue = strValue.replace(/(@\w+)\s*(.*)/,
['$2', gstrRetweetPrefix.replace(/\$/g,'$$$$'), '$1',
gstrReferencedText.replace(/\$/g,'$$$$')].join(' '));
}
else { // already a valid retweet
strValue = '';
}
if (strValue) { // changes required
gblnPreserveLink = true; g$status.val(strValue); gblnPreserveLink = false;
focusStart(g$status[0]);
}
e.preventDefault();
e.returnValue = false;
return false;
}
function replyAllClick (e) {
var strValue = g$status.val(), reMention = /@(\w+)/g;
// force mention
if (!reMention.test(strValue)) {
strValue = '@' + gstrReferencedName + ' ' + strValue;
}
// insert mentions from reference tweet
var mentions = ['@' + gstrReferencedName], match;
reMention.lastIndex = 0;
while(match = reMention.exec(gstrReferencedText)){ mentions.push(match[0]); }
strValue = strValue.replace(/(@\w+[\s,;/]*)+/, mentions.join(' ') + ' ');
// force prefix
if (strValue.substring(0, gstrReplyPrefix.length) != gstrReplyPrefix) {
strValue = gstrReplyPrefix + strValue;
}
// set new value
gblnPreserveLink = true; g$status.val(strValue); gblnPreserveLink = false;
focusEnd(g$status[0]);
// prevent default behavior
e.preventDefault();
e.returnValue = false;
return false;
}
function replyLinkClick (evt) {
var $ = getUnsafeWindow().jQuery, strValue = g$status.val(), blnLeading = false;
if (gblnShortLinkReplacesPrefix && startsWith(strValue, gstrReplyPrefix)
&& (!startsWith(gstrShortenerPrefix, gstrReplyPrefix)
|| startsWith(strValue, gstrReplyPrefix + '@'))) {
strValue = strValue.substring(gstrReplyPrefix.length).replace(/^(\S)/, ' $1'); // de-prefix
blnLeading = true;
}
else if (!/\s$/.test(strValue)) {
strValue += ' ';
}
var setValue = function(){
var fullLength = strValue.length + gstrShortenerPrefix.length + gstrReferencedShortUrl.length;
arrValue = [strValue, gstrShortenerPrefix + (fullLength <= MAX_LENGTH
? gstrReferencedShortUrl : gstrReferencedShortUrl.replace(/^.*?:[/]*/,''))];
if(blnLeading){ arrValue.reverse(); }
gblnPreserveLink = true; g$status.val(arrValue.join('')); gblnPreserveLink = false;
focusEnd(g$status[0]);
}
if (gstrReferencedShortUrl) {
setValue();
}
else {
var arrPreserve = [];
g$status.each(function(){
arrPreserve.push([this.disabled, $(this).css('cssText')]);
this.disabled = true;
this.style.background = "url('" + IMG_SPINNER + "') no-repeat center #f0f0f0";
});
var onComplete = function(){
g$status.each(function(){
var state = arrPreserve.shift();
this.disabled = state[0];
$(this).css('cssText', state[1]);
});
};
httpRequest({method: 'GET'
,url: gurlShortener.replace(/%(.)/g, function(m0,m1){return (m1 == 'u'
? encodeURIComponent(location.href.replace(/^(.*?:[/]*.*?)([/].*|$)/, '$1')
+ URL_STATUS.toString(gstrReferencedName, gstrReferencedId))
: m1
);})
,onload: function(objResponse){
gstrReferencedShortUrl = gfnShortener.call(getUnsafeWindow(), true, this,
objResponse.responseText);
setValue();
onComplete();
}
,onerror: function(objResponse){
showNotification(gfnShortener.call(getUnsafeWindow(), false, this,
objResponse.responseText));
onComplete();
}
});
}
// prevent default behavior
evt.preventDefault();
evt.returnValue = false;
return false;
}
function showUpdate(objUpdate, objScript) {
var title = objUpdate.name + ' ' + objUpdate.version + ', released ' + objUpdate.date;
var elPrevious = getUnsafeWindow().$('label.doing')[0];
try {
elPrevious.style.paddingRight = '1ex';
}
catch (x) {
elPrevious = getUnsafeWindow().$('#status')[0];
}
elPrevious.parentNode.insertBefore($E('div', {title: title, style: 'display:inline;font-size:smaller;'}
,$E('a', {href: objScript.source}, objScript.name + ' ')
,$E('a', {href: objScript.identifier, style: 'color:red;'}, 'updated!')
), elPrevious.nextSibling);
}
// helper functions
function showNotification (str) {
try {
(new getUnsafeWindow().InfoNotification()).setMessage(str).show();
}
catch(x) {
alert(str);
}
}
function showError (strErr) {
var c, info;
try {
c = getUnsafeWindow().$('#content').find('.wrapper')[0];
info = getUnsafeWindow().$('#content').find('.bulletin.info')[0];
} catch (x) {}
if (!info){
info = c ? c.appendChild(document.createElement('div')) : document.body.insertBefore(document.createElement('div'), document.body.firstChild);
info.className = 'bulletin info';
info.parentNode.insertBefore(info, info.parentNode.firstChild);
}
info.appendChild(document.createElement('span')).innerHTML = [
'<a href="'
,SCRIPT.source
,'">'
,SCRIPT.name
,'</a> error. <a href="mailto:'
,['richard','.','gibson','@','gm','ail','.','com'].join('')
,'?subject='
,encodeURIComponent(SCRIPT.name + ' ' + SCRIPT.version)
,'+error&body='
,encodeURIComponent(strErr)
,'">Click to notify author</a>.'
].join('');
}
function parseJSON (strJson) {
return ((typeof JSON) != 'undefined' ? JSON.parse(strJson) : eval('(' + strJson + ')'));
}
var httpRequest;
try {
httpRequest = GM_xmlhttpRequest;
}
catch (x) { // adapted from http://jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html
httpRequest = function(objDetails) {
var request = null;
/*@cc_on @*/ // JScript (Internet Explorer) conditional compilation
/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
try {
request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (x) {
try{ request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }catch(x){}
}
@end @*/
try{ request = request || new XMLHttpRequest(); }catch(x){}
try {
request.open(objDetails.method, objDetails.url, true);
try { for (var h in objDetails.headers) {
try{ request.setRequestHeader(h, objDetails.headers[h]); }catch(x){}
} }catch(x){}
request.onreadystatechange = function(){
var details = {readyState: request.readyState,
responseHeaders: request.getAllResponseHeaders(),
responseText: request.responseText,
status: request.status,
statusText: request.statusText};
try{ objDetails.onreadystatechange.call(request, details); }catch(x){}
if(request.readyState != 4){ return; }
try {
objDetails[request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400
? "onload" : "onerror"].call(request, details);
}catch(x){}
};
request.send(objDetails.data || null);
}catch(x){}
return request;
};
}
function focusStart (el) { // see twitter.js:isReplyable and focusEnd
try {
el.setSelectionRange(0, 0); // move cursor to position 0
el.focus();
}
catch(x) {
try {
el.focus();
var tr = el.createTextRange();
tr.collapse(true); // select the beginning of the range
tr.select();
}catch(x){}
}
}
function focusEnd (el) { // see twitter.js:isReplyable and focusEnd
try {
el.setSelectionRange(el.value.length, el.value.length); // move cursor to end
el.focus();
}
catch(x) {
try {
el.focus();
var tr = el.createTextRange();
tr.collapse(false); // select the end of the range
tr.select();
}catch(x){}
}
}
var $E = function createElement(strName, objAttributes, varContent /*, varContent, ...*/) {
var el = document.createElement(strName);
try{
for (var attribute in objAttributes) {
el.setAttribute(attribute, objAttributes[attribute]);
}
}catch(x){}
if (arguments.length > 3 || (!/^(string|undefined)$/.test(typeof(varContent)) && !(varContent instanceof Array))) {
varContent = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
}
if (varContent instanceof Array) {
for (var L = varContent.length, i = 0, c; i < L; i++) {
c = varContent[i];
el.appendChild(c && typeof(c) == 'object' && 'parentNode' in c
? c : document.createTextNode(c));
}
}
else if (varContent) {
el.innerHTML = varContent;
}
return el;
}
function attachEventListener (el, strEvent, fnListener, blnUseCapture) {
try {
el.addEventListener(strEvent, fnListener, blnUseCapture ? true : false);
}
catch (x) { try {
el.attachEvent('on' + strEvent, fnListener);
}
catch (x) {} }
return el;
}
function startsWith (str, strPrefix) {
return (str.substring(0, strPrefix.length) == strPrefix);
}
function getUnsafeWindow () {
try {
return unsafeWindow;
}
catch (x) {
return (function(){return this;})();
}
}
window.addEventListener("load", init, true);
})();
