[Greasemonkey] Cannot use GreaseMonkey :-(

[Nikolas Coukouma]

Bill Donnelly wrote:

> Yes. But....
>
> I vote for an Installation GmScript that is installed with
> the Gm installation and enabled by default.
>
> First it should check for some value that turns it off for
> sites that are doing their own thing.
>
> Otherwise, it should go through the page and add tooltips
> to all *.user.js links in some format to be decided.
>
> Like .XPI extension links, the links should be modified to
> support "auto-install" of GmScripts.
>
> That is, modify the link to call a GM_SCRIPT_INSTALL()
> function passing it the URL of the script.
>
> You might also want to add a little monkey icon next to
> the link, as well. (why not? -- maybe a special one --
> with big Uh-Oh eyes, or something like that)
>
> If it is an "auto-install", then you might want an extra
> security dialog to come up with a message saying something
> like, "You are auto-installing a Greasemonkey userscript by
> clicking a link. Should I proceed?" with an OK/Cancel and
> also a checkbox saying, "Don't show this again" for us
> power users who don't want to be irritated.
>
> If the document being displayed in the browser window is an
> *.user.js file, the script should add an "Install" button-link
> at the top AND bottom of the page for ease of use for us
> and non-power users.
>
> Not hard to do and it would be really nice. And, imo, cool.
>
> Greasemonkeying Greasemonkey -- The Ultimate Usage.
>
> ;o)
>
I think you're looking for script finder[1] ;) It doesn't do the actual
installation because the GM_installScript function doesn't exist and
isn't likely to (we've generally been against letting scripts fiddle
with your config).

I plan to add a list of autodiscovered scripts to the monkey-icon and
tools menu. See the bug[2] for details.

[1] http://hacks.atrus.org/greasemonkey/
[2] http://mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=10243

-Nikolas Coukouma