Verbum Block Editor

This lives in: wp-calpyso/packages/verbum-block-editor.

Verbum Block Editor is a lightweight Gutenberg editor, tailored specifically for enhancing the commenting experience. It offers a user-friendly interface, enabling effortless composition and formatting of comments.

Features

• Automatically focuses on the last block when clicking on any empty white space.
• Initial focus is set to the first paragraph upon loading.
• Efficiently handles embeds by integrating all necessary API middlewares.
• Incorporates an iframed editor to minimize CSS collisions.

Development

This package can be utilized in two primary ways:

Directly In Calypso

• The package is directly integrated into Calypso as a standard package.
• No separate build process is required after modifications.
• Direct file alterations are reflected immediately in Calypso.

Via widgets.wp.com

• The package publishes a bundle on widgets.wp.com for broader accessibility.
• Development process:
  1. Navigate to the package's directory: cd package/verbum-block-editor.
  2. Execute yarn dev --sync.
  3. Changes are synchronized to /home/wpcom/public_html/widgets.wp.com/verbum-block-editor on your sandbox.
  4. This this version, wp.i18n global is expected to be present.

Deploying Changes

To deploy modifications to the package:

1. Ensure your sandbox is in a clean git state.
2. Run yarn upload. This will upload the production-built files as well as the translations to your sandbox.
3. Create a patch.
4. Deploy the patch.

Translations

This project uses .org's GlotPress translations as a source.

To translate simply run yarn translate.