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Contributing Guide
Hi! We are really excited that you are interested in contributing to Elk. Before submitting your contribution, please make sure to take a moment and read through the following guide.
Refer also to https://github.com/antfu/contribute.
Set up your local development environment
The package manager used to install and link dependencies must be pnpm (Note: on Linux in a standard Node 16+ environment, you should follow the instructions to install via Node's corepack
rather than using the curl
command).
To develop and test the Elk package:
-
Fork the Elk repository to your own GitHub account and then clone it to your local device.
-
Ensure using the latest Node.js (16.x)
-
Elk uses pnpm v7, you must enable Corepack by running
corepack enable
. -
Check out a branch where you can work and commit your changes:
git checkout -b my-new-branch
-
Run
pnpm i
in Elk's root folder -
Run
pnpm nuxi prepare
in Elk's root folder -
Run
pnpm dev
in Elk's root folder to start dev server orpnpm dev:mocked
to start dev server with@elkdev@universeodon.com
user.
Running PWA on dev server
In order to run Elk with PWA enabled, run pnpm run dev:pwa
in Elk's root folder to start dev server or pnpm dev:mocked:pwa
to start dev server with @elkdev@universeodon.com
user.
You should test the Elk PWA application on private browsing mode on any Chromium based browser: will not work on Firefox and Safari.
If not using private browsing mode, you will need to uninstall the PWA application from your browser once you finish testing:
- Open
Dev Tools
(Option + ⌘ + J
on macOS,Shift + CTRL + J
on Windows/Linux) - Go to
Application > Storage
, you should check following checkboxes:- Application: [x] Unregister service worker
- Storage: [x] IndexedDB and [x] Local and session storage
- Cache: [x] Cache storage and [x] Application cache
- Click on
Clear site data
button - Go to
Application > Service Workers
and check the currentservice worker
is missing or has the statedeleted
orredundant
CI errors
Sometimes when you push your changes, the CI can fail, but we cannot check the logs to see what went wrong, run the following commands on your local environment:
pnpm test:unit
to run unit tests, maybe you also need to update snapshotspnpm test:typecheck
to run TypeScript checks run on CI
RTL Support
Elk supports right-to-left
languages, we need to make sure that the UI is working correctly in both directions.
Simple approach used by most websites of relying on direction set in HTML element does not work because direction for various items, such as timeline, does not always match direction set in HTML.
We've added some UnoCSS
utilities styles to help you with that:
- Do not use
left/right
padding and margin: for examplepl-1
. Usepadding-inline-start/end
instead. Sopl-1
should beps-1
,pr-1
should bepe-1
. Same rules applies for margin. - Do not use
rtl-
classes, such asrtl-left-0
. - For icons that should be rotated for RTL, add
class="rtl-flip"
. This can only be used for icons outside of elements withdir="auto"
, such as timeline, and is the only exception from rule above. For icons inside timeline it might not work as expected. - For absolute positioned elements, don't use
left/right
: for exampleleft-0
. Useinset-inline-start/end
instead.UnoCSS
shortcuts areinset-is
forinset-inline-start
andinset-ie
forinset-inline-end
. Example:left-0
should be replaced withinset-is-0
. - If you need to change border radius for an entire left or right side, use
border-inline-start/end
.UnoCSS
shortcuts arerounded-is
for left side,rounded-ie
for right side. Example:rounded-l-5
should be replaced withrounded-ie-5
. - If you need to change border radius for one corner, use
border-start-end-radius
and similar rules.UnoCSS
shortcuts arerounded
+ top/bottom as either-bs
(top) or-be
(bottom) + left/right as either-is
(left) or-ie
(right). Example:rounded-tl-0
should be replaced withrounded-bs-is-0
.
Internationalization
We are using vue-i18n via nuxt-i18n to handle internationalization.
Adding a new language
- Add a new file in locales folder with the language code as the filename.
- Copy en-US and translate the strings.
- Add the language to the
locales
array in config/i18n.ts - If the language is
right-to-left
, adddir
option withrtl
value, for example, for ar-EG - If the language requires special pluralization rules, add
pluralRule
callback option, for example, for ar-EG
Check Pluralization rule callback for more info.
Messages interpolation
Most of the messages used in Elk do not require any interpolation, however, there are some messages that require interpolation: check Message Format Syntax for more info.
We're using these types of interpolation:
List interpolation
You can access the elements of the list using the object notation using the index: for example, {0}
for the first element, {1}
for the second, {2}
for the third and so on.
Named interpolation
Elk will use named interpolation only to handle plurals for number formatting. We have 2 scenarios for this:
- using
plural
withi18n-t
component - using
plural
withouti18n-t
component
Check Custom Plural Number Formatting Entries for custom plural entries in Elk with available values for interpolation.
When using plural number formatting, we'll have always {n}
available in the message, for example, You have {n} new notifications|You have {n} new notification|You have {n} new notifications
or You have no new notifications|You have 1 new notification|You have {n} new notifications
.
We've included v
named parameter, it will be used to pass the formatted number using Intl.NumberFormat::format: will be the number with separators symbols. The exception to previous rule is when we're using plural
with i18n-t
component, in this case, we'll need to use {0}
instead {v}
to access the number.
Additionally, Elk will use compact notation for numbers for some entries, check notation
and compactDisplay
options: for example, 1K
for 1000
, 1M
for 1000000
, 1B
for 1000000000
and so on. That entry will be available in the message using {v}
named parameter (or {0}
if using the message with i18n-t
component).
You can run this code in your browser console to see how it works:
[1, 12, 123, 1234, 12345, 123456, 1234567].forEach((n) => {
const acc = {}
Array.from(['en-US', 'en-GB', 'de-DE', 'zh-CN', 'ja-JP', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'cs-CZ', 'ar-EG']).forEach((l) => {
const nf = new Intl.NumberFormat(l, {
style: 'decimal',
maximumFractionDigits: 0,
})
const nf2 = new Intl.NumberFormat(l, {
notation: 'compact',
compactDisplay: 'short',
maximumFractionDigits: 1,
})
acc[l] = {
number: n,
format: nf.format(n),
compact: nf2.format(n),
}
})
console.table(acc)
})
Custom Plural Number Formatting Entries
Warning:
Either {0}, {v} or {followers} should be used with the exception being custom plurals entries using the {n}
placeholder.
This is the full list of entries that will be available for number formatting in Elk:
action.boost_count
(no need to be included, we should use alwaysen-US
entry):{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be useaction.favourite_count
(no need to be included, we should use alwaysen-US
entry):{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be useaction.reply_count
(no need to be included, we should use alwaysen-US
entry):{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be useaccount.followers_count
:{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be useaccount.following_count
:{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be useaccount.posts_count
:{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be usecompose.drafts
:{v}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {v} should be usenotification.followed_you_count
:{followers}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {followers} should be usestatus.poll.count
:{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be usetime_ago_options.*
:{0}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {0} should be use: since numbers will be always small, we can also use{n}
timeline.show_new_items
:{v}
for formatted number and{n}
for raw number - {v} should be use