A Firefox extension to copy current tab URL and title to clipboard, formatted for a markup language. Supports several different markup languages.
Click on the extension in the toolbar, opening a popup. From there you can
choose a markup format (default markdown), then click the button to copy to
clipboard.
Yank can also be used as a command (keyboard shortcut), and can be configured
in Firefox about:addons. Click the preferences icon and click Manage Extension Shortcuts, and configure your preferred shortcut. Default is
Ctrl+Y
There is also a context menu option, that allows for copying an anchors href
and content.
Yank currently supports these markup languages:
The full list of permissions is:
activeTab,- Needed to get the title and URL that gets copied
clipboardWrite,- Needed to write to clipboard, reading is never done
contextMenus,- Needed to enable context menu to copy links on page
storage- Needed to save format. Its saved in local storage, and is not synced with account (anymore)
Since version 2.0.0 the yank extension doesn't bundle any dependencies, there
are only development dependencies.
git clone https://github.com/roosta/yank && cd yank && npm install
Run npm run dev to start a
concurrent
webpack and
web-ext watch processes. It'll open
Firefox and a debugger. See ffdev.sh launcher script, change it to match your
preferred setup.
Run npm run prod to build webpack, package using web-ext
See package.json scripts for details on each individual step
I've manually doubled checked each format using this string:
<my> {fancy} "title" \\with\\ [ chars ] backtick(`), tilde(~), underscore(_), amp(&), dollar($), uptick(^)';
That string runs through all the usual suspects, then I will check the result with a parser depending on the format.
Automating this might be possible but IMO not worth the effort, and would be needlessly complicated. Might setup some unit tests later for various functions, but for now I'm satisfied with manual testing.