New a.cc javascript extension. Adds an emergency backup droplist mechanism in case you accidentally lose that post you worked oh so hard on!
To install, select all of this text (make sure to scroll down!) and copy it to your clipboard (control + C):
| 1 | // Post saver app Version 0.2 |
| 2 | // |
| 3 | // namespace: cache |
| 4 | |
| 5 | // The cache of your post will be updated every n number of seconds. |
| 6 | var cache_updateSeconds = 15; |
| 7 | |
| 8 | // The textarea that contains the post being written. |
| 9 | var cache_textarea = null; |
| 10 | |
| 11 | function cache_revert(tag) |
| 12 | { |
| 13 | cache_textarea.value = unescape(cache_readCookie(tag.getAttribute("name"))); |
| 14 | } |
| 15 | |
| 16 | function cache_insertControls() |
| 17 | { |
| 18 | var tr = document.getElementById("tr-submit"); |
| 19 | var div = document.createElement("div"); |
| 20 | tr.insertBefore(div, null); |
| 21 | |
| 22 | var html = '<select><option>Emergency Backups</option>'; |
| 23 | |
| 24 | for(var i = 1; i <= 5; i++) { |
| 25 | |
| 26 | var cache = cache_readCookie("post-cache" + i); |
| 27 | |
| 28 | if(cache && cache.toString().length) |
| 29 | html += '<option onclick="cache_revert(this)" name="post-cache' + i + '">' + cache.substr(0, 15) + ' ...</option>'; |
| 30 | } |
| 31 | |
| 32 | html += '</select>'; |
| 33 | |
| 34 | div.innerHTML = html; |
| 35 | } |
| 36 | |
| 37 | function cache_delayedUpdate(textarea) |
| 38 | { |
| 39 | setTimeout(function() { cache_update(textarea); }, cache_updateSeconds * 1000); |
| 40 | } |
| 41 | |
| 42 | function cache_update(textarea) |
| 43 | { |
| 44 | if(textarea.value != "") { |
| 45 | |
| 46 | var curCacheLoc = cache_readCookie("curCacheLoc"); |
| 47 | |
| 48 | cache_createCookie(curCacheLoc, escape(textarea.value)); |
| 49 | } |
| 50 | |
| 51 | cache_delayedUpdate(textarea); |
| 52 | } |
| 53 | |
| 54 | function cache_getEditArea() |
| 55 | { |
| 56 | return document.getElementsByTagName("textarea")[0]; |
| 57 | } |
| 58 | |
| 59 | function cache_load() |
| 60 | { |
| 61 | /* We must be in the forum section */ |
| 62 | if(window.location.href.indexOf('forums') == -1) |
| 63 | return; |
| 64 | |
| 65 | /* We must be on a page that contains post textareas */ |
| 66 | if(window.location.href.indexOf('thread') == -1 && window.location.href.indexOf('edit-post') == -1 && window.location.href.indexOf('new-thread') == -1) |
| 67 | return; |
| 68 | |
| 69 | var editArea = cache_getEditArea(); |
| 70 | |
| 71 | if(editArea == null) |
| 72 | return; |
| 73 | |
| 74 | cache_textarea = editArea; |
| 75 | |
| 76 | cache_insertControls(); |
| 77 | |
| 78 | var curCacheLoc = cache_readCookie("curCacheLoc"); |
| 79 | |
| 80 | /* Too lazy to do real string parsing */ |
| 81 | if(curCacheLoc == null || curCacheLoc == "post-cache3") |
| 82 | cache_createCookie("curCacheLoc", "post-cache1"); |
| 83 | else if(curCacheLoc == "post-cache1") |
| 84 | cache_createCookie("curCacheLoc", "post-cache2"); |
| 85 | else if(curCacheLoc== "post-cache2") |
| 86 | cache_createCookie("curCacheLoc", "post-cache3"); |
| 87 | |
| 88 | cache_delayedUpdate(textarea); |
| 89 | } |
| 90 | |
| 91 | doc.add_onLoad(cache_load); |
| 92 | |
| 93 | // Cookies! |
| 94 | // { |
| 95 | function cache_createCookie(name,value,days) { |
| 96 | |
| 97 | if(days == null) |
| 98 | days = .5; |
| 99 | |
| 100 | var date = new Date(); |
| 101 | date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000)); |
| 102 | var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString(); |
| 103 | |
| 104 | document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/"; |
| 105 | } |
| 106 | |
| 107 | function cache_readCookie(name) { |
| 108 | var nameEQ = name + "="; |
| 109 | var ca = document.cookie.split(';'); |
| 110 | for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) { |
| 111 | var c = ca<i>; |
| 112 | while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length); |
| 113 | if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); |
| 114 | } |
| 115 | return null; |
| 116 | } |
| 117 | |
| 118 | function cache_eraseCookie(name) { |
| 119 | ban_createCookie(name,"",-1); |
| 120 | } |
| 121 | // } |
Then navigate to the extensions page and select the bottom text box with your mouse and paste (control + V). You must be logged in to navigate to this page.
Click save and enjoy!
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Changelog
Version 2:
<ul>
<li>Upped default recache time to 15 seconds.</li>
<li>Stopped cache from updating on load.</li>
<li>Lowered number of post caches to three (to save cookie space).</li>
<li>Lowered cookie storage time to 12 hours.</li>
</ul>
