Thursday, September 3, 2015, 8:41:23 PM, Pradeep Murugesan wrote: > Hi Daniel, > Right now we have text areas for template and dataModel. can > we embed a kind of on-line code editor instead of text areas.
Sure, it's even on http://freemarker.org/contribute.html. > one quick example came to my mind is http://ace.c9.io/#nav=embedding > We can also write a freemarker syntax highlighter as a plugin for > this editor. Having a layout similar to CodePen or plunker will make > it look good. Yes, that would be the ultimate goal. (If you will start working on something reusable like that, it should be independently of FM-Online.) > I also though of some ready made examples ( template + datamodel ) > which user can just click and it will populate the editor. With this > we can actually make the user understand the real powerful features > that FreeMarker is having. Yes, that's a good idea! Such feature demos could also be linked from the Manual too. (All examples in the manual should be runnable on FM-Online with a click, ideally.) > Just some random thoughts when I was thinking how to make this on-line tool > better. > Let me know your inputs. > Pradeep. -- Thanks, Daniel Dekany
