mcdoc / web-editor innovation idea

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To go in the direction of an actual "web-editor", one could imagine this relatively simple extension to mcdoc:

A small javascript / form-based code embedded in every component page that would allow generating a relevant COMPONENT instance for an instrument, think of this as an alternative "component insertion dialogue".

One way to implement this would be an extra column in the parameter-table plus boxes for instance-name, AT - ROTATED placement and a "create" button -> sending the generated code to the clipboard.

Mockup illustration will be added as a comment below.

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https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_copy_clipboard.asp

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Semi-functional hand-written draft Source_simple2.html.txt

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Mostly works (!!!)

Source_simple3.html.txt

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This demonstrates the basic functionality.

Should be ported to become auto-generated via mcdoc.py Source_simple4.html.txt

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Direct link to web-served prototype: http://tmp.mcstas.org/Source_simple4.html