This would allow people to copy and paste the text. The spatial orientation would be lost if they did so, but at least they would capture the identities of the characters, which is the most important thing. Currently the Gardiner numbers get copied. Those are great as pop-ups while reading, but we can have both, as the 'alt' and 'caption' texts. Kwamikagami (talk) 20:51, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
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i am working on a browser plugin which replaces the images ... i could add an option for this too or make a standalone plugin. would that be an acceptable solution?
I think so. Personally, I think it should be the default. An editor could choose to provide only the Gardiner numbers as we currently do, though I can't think of a reason one would want to.
the are useful when using reference based on them... i have found them useful myself.
i will however look into this.
If we could have the Gardiner number as the default for either 'alt' or 'caption', and the Unicode character as the default for the other, so you could make references based on the Gardiner number but cut-and-paste will capture the Unicode character, I think that would be ideal.
i'll add something to the plugin that makes all of the options possible, but leaves it alone by default.
i don't plan on looking at this until i finish replacing the images, of which i have about 60 or so cases to address, which is likely to take a few weeks given that i am working on this in my spare time only, and have two jobs.