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About

This script was originally inspired by SE Editor Toolkit. Unfortunately, the toolkit is packaged as a Safari extension and as such is unusable in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. I had written a PHP script that converted the Safari extension to a UserScript but it didn't work very well and was completely broken on Firefox.

Hence this script was born. It is an attempt to write, from the ground up, a script that performs automatic correction of common misspellings and removes unnecessary "thank you"s in the post (and title). The script also provides a live diff viewer that allows you to see what changes have been made to the post.

Everything I've described above is currently implemented to a usable degree, but there is still a lot more work to be done - so if you are interested, fork the code and help contribute!

License

Stack Exchange Post Editor is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) 3

Download

You can download Stack Exchange Post Editor here:
https://github.com/nathan-osman/Stack-Exchange-Post-Editor/raw/master/sepostedit.user.js

Contact

I can be reached at [email protected].

Code

Stack Exchange Post Editor is written in JavaScript and jQuery.

The code can be retrieved from here:
https://github.com/nathan-osman/Stack-Exchange-Post-Editor

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  • Does it autocapitalize, insert apostrophes etc? If so, how is that done through the tool (to be honest, I have clicked the button, but nothing has happened) Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 1:43
  • @soandos: It currently corrects a few common misspellings ('teh' => 'the') and ALL CAPS. There are a lot of other features that are planned but not implemented yet. Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 2:31
  • Doesn't seem to work on Chrome 30.0.1599.114 running on Debian. I tried with a question of mine that I I edited to contain teh, Ctrl_clicked the edit link so as not to use the inline editor and nothing happened. Do I need to do something to activate it? I see that soandos mentions a button, I take it I should be seeing a new button somewhere then? Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 16:18
  • Seems broken on Firefox too. Commented Feb 11, 2014 at 15:26
  • If someone would like to take over this project, I would be willing to transfer ownership of the repository. Commented Feb 11, 2014 at 15:33
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    The link to the download is broken Commented Feb 27, 2018 at 1:46
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    For future reference: The userscript isn't directly installable any more. You'll need to compile it manually first. Commented Feb 24, 2019 at 11:13

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Here is a list of contractions without the apostrophe and what they should be corrected to:

  • arent aren't
  • cant can't
  • couldnt couldn't
  • didnt didn't
  • doesnt doesn't
  • dont don't
  • hadnt hadn't
  • hasnt hasn't
  • havent haven't
  • hed he'd
  • hes he's
  • Id I'd
  • Im I am
  • Ive I've
  • isnt isn't
  • mightnt mightn't
  • mustnt mustn't
  • shant shan't
  • shes she's
  • shouldnt shouldn't
  • thats that's
  • theres there's
  • theyd they'd
  • theyll they'll
  • theyre they're
  • theyve they've
  • weve we've
  • werent weren't
  • whatll what'll
  • whatre what're
  • whats what's
  • whatve what've
  • wheres where is
  • whod who'd
  • wholl who'll
  • whove who've
  • wont won't
  • wouldnt wouldn't
  • youd you'd
  • youll you'll
  • youre you're
  • youve you've
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