Toggle reader view with gr

Author: seanmorton

common/content/browser.js

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ const Browser = Module("browser", {
                         if (path) {
                             if (path = getParentPath(path))
                                 parent = scheme + host + "/" + path;
-                            else 
+                            else
                                 parent = scheme + host + "/";
                         }
                         else {
@@ -207,6 +207,16 @@ const Browser = Module("browser", {
                 liberator.assert(!/(about|mailto):/.test(uri.protocol)); // exclude these special protocols for now
                 liberator.open(uri.protocol + "//" + (uri.host || "") + "/");
             });
+        mappings.add([modes.NORMAL], ["gr"],
+            "View current tab in Reader View",
+            function () {
+                let uri = content.document.location;
+                if !(uri.match(/about:reader/)) {
+                    liberator.open('about:reader?url=' + uri);
+                } else {
+                    liberator.open(uri.substr("about:reader?url=".length));
+                }
+            });
     },
 
     commands: function () {

common/locale/en-US/browsing.xml

@@ -358,6 +358,19 @@ have the following possibilities:
     </description>
 </item>
 
+<item>
+    <tags>gr</tags>
+    <spec>gr</spec>
+    <description>
+        <p>View current tab in Reader View.</p>
+
+        <p>
+            <k>gr</k> on <tt>http://www.example.com</tt> opens
+            <tt>about:reader?url=http://www.example.com/</tt>.
+            Some pages are not compatible with Reader View, and an error message will be displayed.
+        </p>
+    </description>
+</item>
 
 <h2 tag="reloading">Reloading</h2>
 

vimperator/NEWS

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab, which means those who are used to :tabclose never closing
     the window when closing the last tab, should set this option to false (either through about:config
     or with :set! browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab=false)
+    * gr toggles Reader View
 
 2015-08-25:
     * Version 3.10.1