https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29794
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Bug #: 29794
Summary: Weird problem with some characters on
[[MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition]]
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Gadgets
AssignedTo: maxsem.w...@gmail.com
ReportedBy: mybugs.m...@gmail.com
CC: brightb...@gmail.com, krinklem...@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified
Created attachment 8764
--> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=8764
Big annoying bug with Gadgets extension
The problem I've mentioned on bug 28215 comment 7 reappeared, and this time I
was able to find some way to reproduce it!
I've created a simple [[MediaWiki:Gadget-A.js]] with
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var test = 'ok';
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and then added it to [[MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition]] with "something" like
this:
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*A|A.js
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and then nothing was displayed on [[Special:Gadgets]]. I didn't know why it
didn't show up, so I've made some tests...
At some point I decided to type the "same" text again and it suddenly started
to work, which I found very weird, because the diff was showing two pages with
apparently the same content. Since the diffs ignore spaces and some other
characteres, I decided to check exactly which characteres were in the editbox
in the version of the page which didn't load the gadget. To do that, I wrote
the following in the console of my browser:
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var str = $('#wpTextbox1').val();
for (i=0;i<str.length;i++){
console.debug( "'"
+ str.charAt(i) + "'\t'"
+ str.charCodeAt(i) + "'"
);
}
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You can check the result in the attached image.
So, indeed there was some invisible character between A and |, whose char code
is 8206 (what is that? how did that ended up in the page?).
So, it would be really really cool if the code of the extension could check of
such strange characters in the [[MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition]] page, and
either filter them out or display some warning, so that people don't need to
fight against such an odd bug again.
For the record, here is the log of the first round of the fight:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/pt/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition&offset=20110301000000&limit=21&action=history
(spoiler: the bug wins! =)
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