I am using nicedit http://nicedit.com/ it just decorates textareas so very little is required to make it work unless you want custom image uploading within in it. It also externally hosted so it doesn't have to add to your static file count.
T On Jun 28, 11:26 pm, Stephen Mayer <[email protected]> wrote: > So I was looking for a good way to impliment a rich text editor on a > site I'm building. There are two obvious possible options: FckEdit > and TinyMCE. TinyMCE is smaller and has a simpler design so I decided > to work with it instead. > > Starting Point: 241 files, 101 folders, 1.41mb > > But since I only need the simple version of tinyMCE listed > here:http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/examples/simple.php > > So I used firebug's net tab to watch which files tinyMCE actually > loaded after adding it to my page. I created a list of these files, > and then moved them into a tiny_mce_min folder. Then I switched to > using my minimal installation directory ... eliminating most of the > unnecessary code quickly and easily: > > Ending Point: 6 files, 7 folders, 182kb > > The process > 1) Add the full TinyMCE to your dev enviornment, update app.yaml > 2) Add TinyMCE to your script ... set any options you need to get the > version you want > 3) View TinyMCE in FireFox with Firebug powered up and the Net tab > open > 4) Create a version of your TinyMCE install that includes only the > files from TinyMCE that are listed in the net tab > 5) Use the minimal install in your deployment rather than the full > install > > Now I think we could go one step further and eliminate a few file > loads (like the lang files) if we hacked tinyMCE js code ... and get > it down to one file (or three if you count the css + images). But > right now I don't have time to do that. > > I realize that the file limit is now bigger than it used to be (now > 3000 files) ... but think that it's very constructive to go through > this process. Ultimately I don't want to use 241 of my file count > limit towards something that could be loaded in one js file. Much of > the time we have grown used to slapping in a library but using only a > very small percentage of it. I'm hoping that library developers soon > begin offering "custom versions" of their code that are highly > optimized for a specific task. > > Hope this post might be helpful for someone else who confronts the > same problem/issue. Another suggestion to Google: perhaps they could > host some of these commonly requested libraries by default. I don't > think that any of the rich text editors (fckedit or tinymce) are > available on a CDN anywhere right now. > > - Stephen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
