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rNeomy / reader-view

Access Firefox's built in reader view from right click context menu
https://webextension.org/listing/chrome-reader-view.html
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[Feature Request] Modify saved HTML files #74

Open ahmedkhaled1994 opened 4 years ago

ahmedkhaled1994 commented 4 years ago

I use your tool a lot, I have discovered it two weeks ago and I have been using it solely for reading articles since then. I use the editor and the highlighter frequently, after I complete an article, I usually save at as HTML for later reference. Unfortunately, when I open a local HTML file, there is no ability to further edit the article, either by removing or highlighting more text. It would be great to be able to modify saves HTML files.

Kaligula0 commented 4 years ago

I doubt it will be in this extension's scope... 🙄 Can you edit the HTML file in MS Word? I bet it could do it. (Or another text processing software.)

ahmedkhaled1994 commented 4 years ago

Not sure why you think it would be outside of the extension scope. The extension was used to save the file and I suggest it shall be able to modify it later 😅. Regarding your proposal to use any other text editor, I have tried MS Word. For sure I could use it to edit the file, but the highlighted text is not marked in MS Word. The highlighter is the feature I care about the most 😁.

tarkanbulan commented 4 years ago

Dear friend, I have been using your extension too much to read and share saved file with my fellows. Is it possible to have an option for MS Word and save it to preferred location? I am using Android too. If you can make this wonderful extension for Android to save in MS Word file it will be unique in the market. I have searched a lot but couldnt find it.

rNeomy commented 4 years ago

For saved documents, open the inspector window and inside the console type document.designMode="on". You can now edit the document.

rNeomy commented 4 years ago

@tarkanbulan you can save in MHTML with this extension and then use an online tool to convert to DOCX format. Note that the MHTML is widely supported by all operating systems, so there is no advantage in DOCX conversion.

ahmedkhaled1994 commented 4 years ago

@rNeomy thanks for your support. My request was to be able to view the page in a similar way to that when I open it online. With the font, print, highlight icons on the left pannel. Your proposal would just enable me to edit the file as plain text.

rNeomy commented 4 years ago

On Chrome, you can go to the extensions manager and then let this extension have access to the local files. Now open the page in a browser tab and then switch to the reader view.