unicode-input-toolconverter 0.2.0

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+# unicode-input-toolconverter
+
+**Incomplete! (Still restoring from old browser add-on.)**
+
+A web app and webextensions add-on (Firefox, Chrome) to allow selection
+of Unicode characters by a variety of means and conversion between various
+Unicode representations such as HTML/XML entities, numeric
+character references, etc.
+
+See the [Demo](https://unicode-input-toolconverter-c5ug.vercel.app/browser_action/?serviceWorker=1)
+<!--
+[Demo](https://brettz9.github.io/unicode-input-toolconverter/browser_action/index-pages.html).
+-->
+
+## Screenshots
+
+![Script Browser](./screenshots/script-browser.png)
+![Entity/Numeric Character Reference/Escape Converter](./screenshots/converter.png)
+![Preferences](./screenshots/preferences.png)
+![Custom DTD (for highlighting entities in the script browser](./screenshots/dtd.png)
+
+## History
+
+This project had originally found life as a
+[XUL-based Firefox add-on](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/unicode-input-toolconverter/),
+but XUL support was dropped in Firefox.
+
+## High priority to-dos (toward restoring functionality)
+
+1. Move out description code in `UnicodeConverter.js` to `charrefunicodeDb` or
+    other database-aware utility.
+1. Restore starting with `unicodecharref.js` and then `charrefConverters.js`.
+    1. Split up `unicodecharref.js`
+1. Improve slow **font retrieval** so can reenable; need to do equivalent for
+    other OS' or at least disable for them
+
+## To-dos - medium priority
+
+1. ONGOING: Get **l10n** completed (only en-US, hu-HU, pt-BR, sv-SE were completed)
+1. Cypress tests and coverage (esp. once this may be fixed:
+    <https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16467>)
+
+1. **Protocol handler**:
+    <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/protocol_handlers>
+1. Compatibility with WebAppFind AtYourCommand so can **receive `postMessage`**
+    to prepopulate entity conversion or chart item to browse
+1. After HTML conversion, restore as browser add-on, but as **webextensions**
+    1. Allow adding specific characters or sequences thereof to global system
+        **key commands**
+
+1. Conversion to/from **6-digit JavaScript escapes**
+1. Create (reactive) **Web Components** (hyperHTML?) so that besides internal
+    clarity, could reuse as pop-up script browser or character picker
+1. Make **in-place context-menu-activated textbox conversions**
+
+## Lower-priority to-dos
+
+1. Could display scripts on map (or col. browser) of which are RTL, what
+    languages and scripts herald from that region, etc.
+1. When browsing by script, have **option to update script location** when one
+    uses next/prev
+1. `unicode` or `utils` modules could be **moved to own npm package**
+1. Utilize column browser also for **blocks/categories** (also use in
+    `filebrowser-enhanced`!); could even replace chart
+1. Offer **minimal character picker window**