Enhanced `cplusplus.com`

This is a Chrome extension which modifies pages on cplusplus.com to make the forums easier to use.

Adds a quote button to each post on the last page of a topic
Adds a code-ize button to each post on the last page of a topic - opens a new window with the entire post in code tags
Makes quotes, code sections, and output sections act like spoiler tags

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Rationale

Why are these features not part of the site already? The site owner is very busy and does not have time to add these features for us. These features don't require any server-side work so we can implement them ourselves. Plus, it effectively means the community can make the site look and act as they wish.

Installation

Download the latest release, open chrome://extensions and drag-and-drop the .crx file in that page. By default, Chrome now disables non-store extensions, such as this extension. To enable them, you have to whitelist the extensions. To enable whitelisting, we need to copy two files. You can download a zip here.

Go to %windir%/policydefinitions and copy the chrome.admx file. Find your language in the zip, and copy the inner chrome.adml to %windir%/policydefinitions/yourlanguage .
Find the Extension ID. Go to chrome://extensions and enable Developer Mode. Note down the Extension ID for the extension you want to whitelist.
Run gpedit.msc (Win+R) and browse to: User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Google/Google Chrome/Extensions
Double click Configure extension installation whitelist (this is usually localized to your own language), choose Enable and click on Show.
In the list, paste the Extension IDs to whitelist. On my system, this extension has the ID gcgeapgjphgeiaibnolfidoilmnjcjeb . I have no idea if it changes from system to system. Make sure to check in your Extensions page.
Click OK and Restart Chrome. In the extensions page, it will take some seconds before the Enable checkbox is ungreyed. To further whitelist more extensions, restart from point 2.

Contributors

Mauro Grassia (SGH)
Nicholas Braden (LB)
Ronak Gajrawala (usandfriends)

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