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/* 
* LanguageLinks.js
*
* Changes the text of language links in the sidebar,
* by replacing the name of the language with the code
* of the language and the name of the linked page, 
* changing the language box into an ersatz multi-lingual  
* dictionary.
*
*/

// wait for everything to load
addOnloadHook(function() {

// get the language portlet
  langs = document.getElementById('p-lang');

  // proceed only if the language portlet exists
  if(langs) {
    // get the links
    var lnks=langs.getElementsByTagName('a');

    // start building the replacement table
    var html = '<table style="font-size:90%;width:100%">';
    
    // cycle through all the links
    for (var i=0;i<lnks.length;i++) {
      lnk=lnks[i];

      // FF vs. IE 6
      href = document.addEventListener 
           ? lnk.href
           : lnk.href.replace(/\/wiki\/(.*)$/,'') + '/wiki/' + escape(lnk.href.replace(/^.*?\/wiki\//,''));
      // extract the language code and the page from the URL
      var page=href.replace(/^.*?\/wiki\//,'').replace(/_/g,' ');
      var lang=href.replace(/(^http:\/\/|\..*$)/g,'');
      
      // prepare new text
      // If pointing to the main page on another wiki, use the 
      // long language name, otherwise use the linked page's name.
      var text = page == '' ? lnk.innerHTML : decodeURIComponent(page);
      
      // for short language codes, make one row in the table
      if (lang.length<4)
      {
        html += '<tr><td style="width:2.5em" valign="top"><tt title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' 
             +  lang 
             +  ':</tt></td>'
             +  '<td valign="top"><a href="'+href+'" title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' + text +'</a></td></tr>';
      }
      // for long language codes, make two rows
      else
      {
        html += '<tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><tt title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' 
             +  lang 
             +  ':</tt></td></tr>'
             +  '<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="'+href+'" title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' + text +'</a></td></tr>';
      }
    }; // end of the loop
   
    // finish the table
    html += '</table>';
    
    //insert it into the first div in the portlet
    langs.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].innerHTML=html
  };
});