How about wiki markup? Easy to write, easy to edit, easy to contribute...
hell, there's even a wiki editor for Eclipse! [1]

[1] http://www.plog4u.org/index.php/Using_Eclipse_Wikipedia_Editor

Nick

On Nov 7, 2007 8:12 PM, Steve Corwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> [I just saw Paul's email after I finished typing this.  So, for whatever
> it's worth, here's what I have so far.]
>
> I've been mostly using the
> org.eclipse.eclipsemonkey.lang.javascript.doms.editors.Editor class,
> which is what you get from this line:
> var sourceEditor = editors.activeEditor;
>
> Here's a stab at documenting it:
>
> Properties:
> Read-only:
> id: ?
> lineDelimiter: the correct End of Line characters for the current file?
> source: the current contents of the editor, as a Java String.
> sourceLength: the length of the current contents of the editor.
> selectionRange: the range of text that is currently selected in the
> editor.  It contains two integers, startingOffset and endingOffset.
> These may be used to find the selected text within the source property.
>  If nothing is selected endingOffset == startingOffset.
> title: ?
> textEditor: ?
>
> Read/write:
> currentOffset: ?
>
> Functions:
> applyEdit(int offset, int deleteLength, String insertText):
> Used to insert and/or delete text.  offset is a position within the
> source property.  deleteLength is the length of the existing text to
> remove; use 0 to not delete anything.  insertText is text to insert at
> offset; use "" to not insert anything.
>
> beginCompoundChange(): ?
> close(boolean save): close the current editor, saving its contents if
> save == true?
> endCompoundChange(): ?
> getLineAtOffset(int offset): returns the number of the line that
> contains offset.
> getOffsetAtLine(final int line): returns the offset of the first
> character in line line.
> save(): saves the current contents of the editor?
> selectAndReveal(final int offset, final int length): selects the text
> starting at offset and ending at (offset + length).  Will scroll the
> text as needed to make the selection visible on screen.  length may be 0
> to force a line to be visible without selecting anything.
> toString(): returns "[object Editor]"
>
> Naturally, suggestions and corrections would be welcome.  It would
> certainly be better to have more formatting options than plain text.  I
> thought about writing Javadoc in Editor.java, but that's not an easy
> place for a newcomer to find and understand.
>
> -Steve
>
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