On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Huji Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > In the old days (i.e. before ResourceLoader), one could load a user script > from their own local machine using something like > importScript('file:///home/user/script.js') > > Today I tried to do something similar except that my script relies on RL > modules (such as OOjs UI, MediaWiki API, etc). I couldn't get it to work. > Some users on #mediawiki channel doubted it is at all possible to load a > local script that uses RL modules. One user suggested GreaseMonkey but even > that did not help. Note that I was using debug mode the entire time. > > I was wondering if anyone has been successful doing what I desire, or knows > how it can be done. For the record, the script I was trying to run through > GM is at [1]. > > Thanks, > > Huji > > [1] https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-AfD.js
I'm surprised that ever worked. Most (all?) web browsers disallow remote websites from loading arbitrary files on your computer. If a web browser allowed remote websites to load arbitrary file:// urls, it would be a rather large security vulnerability. -- Brian. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
