Integrate figlet text into wiki pages using figletlink in a custom Mediawiki extension:
this is a first untested version with just monkey knolage of how to make it work
Syntax
<figlet>text</figlet>
Example
<figlet>moo</figlet>
example Result
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test Result
<figlet>moo</figlet>
(not installed on anything this is only beta i dont have figlet installed on this server)
Source
<?php # Figlet Mediawiki extension # using shell figlet # by DrOwl 21.06.2005 <- a Date in the Future ,ehe ;) #modded from # by mutante 25.03.2005 #install extension hook $wgExtensionFunctions[] = "wfFigletExtension"; #extension hook callback function function wfFigletExtension() { global $wgParser; #install parser hook for <figlet> tags $wgParser->setHook( "figlet", "renderFiglet" ); } function renderFiglet( $input ) { global $wgOutputEncoding; # $input = mysql_escape_string($input); if (!$input) $input = "mu"; #ifno input then mu $input =~ /[Aa-Zz]|[1-0]; # $input = mysql_escape_string($input); # $figlet = passthru('echo $input | /home/drowl/figlet/figlet -d /home/drowl/figlet/fonts'); # $figlet = passthru("figlet moo"); # just "figlet moo" works on the shell, so you can save the echo and pipe. # But the problem with passthru is that we always only get the first line of the returned text. # I am being told: <+jome> #mutante: php.net/exec AND # < jannek> mutante: if you fetch stdout lik ethis $foo = `system command`; # then foo will be a string with the output of the command. # Tested out a bit, and this should work. mutante. (not yet)... $output="<nowiki><pre></nowiki>"; $output.=system ("figlet $input"); $output.="<nowiki></pre></nowiki>"; return $output; } ?>
not installed yet, see ongoing talk.