WebExtension
This extension offers a grammar checking tool for the French Language.
The grammar checker runs in a Worker launched from the background script. And text are analysed at users request. Results are displayed within the webpages.
Content-scripts <---> Background <---> Grammar checker (Worker)
Folders in the addon
- grammalecte: the grammar checker (receive texts, analyse it and send back results).
- content_scripts (what is run in content-scripts).
- panel: browser_action panel, and other webpages (lexicon editor, conjugueur and other stuff).
Building the extension
Extensions for LibreOffice, Firefox/Chrome and Thunderbird are generated in the folder _build.
Required:
- Python 3.7+ > download
- NodeJS > download
- npm (should be installed with NodeJS)
- web-ext > instructions
Command to build:
make.py fr -js
Build and rebuild data (may be not deterministic):
make.py fr -js -b -d
If you got the source code from a zip archive, you must first uncompress the archive
in gc_lang/fr/dictionnaire/lexique/corpus_data. (It isn’t possible to upload the
source code as is to Mozilla website, as these files are considered too big).
MailExtension
The MailExtension is built upon the Grammalecte WebExtension
Both extensions use the same code. Only one file differs: manifest.json