This is a great idea. I have used the MSHTML editing tools extensivly and
they are very compelling. Bringing these tools to Mozilla would rock. One
thing that has been very cool from me was the ability to implement and
editor using IE 5.5's element behaviours. Basically, I was able to create my
own <editor> tags. So I easily reuse this code in any project. And as Mathew
had stated, you can throw away you word processor. Would any one be
interested in extending the editor project to do this? I'm not good with C
or C++ but I am damn handy with JavaScript and the DOM. Any takers?
Ryan-
in article 3B41B4EB.60402@nospam, nospam at nospam@nospam wrote on 7/3/01
8:04 AM:
> I also think it would be great to have the editing feature within the
> browser rather than a separate interface, so I can just start typing in
> the middle of a document I have just downloaded and save it. Then when I
> want full edit features I can select the 'edit toolbar' option from the
> menu and I have all the functions of editor.
> So what I am looking for is editor to extend the browser rather than be
> its own application.
> Then I can throw away my word processor and use HTML as my standard
> document format and my browser as part of my office environment.
>
> Extending that train of thought it would be nice for editor to have some
> api's for extending its functionality so that with only a plugin it
> could be used as a spreadsheat program and save the output in XML.
>
> Matthew Thomas wrote:
>
>> Larry Yudelson writes:
>> |
>> | The killer writing environment
>> |
>> | For a while, Dave[1] has been talking about making the Web a killer
>> | writing environmet. Let's do it, without waiting for MS!
>> |
>> | The status quo
>> |
>> | There's the MS rich-edit control -- a partial step in the write
>> | direction.
>> |
>> | The problems with the status quo
>> |
>> | 1) It's Microsoft's game. I, for one, don't want to give a client a
>> | CMS that requires that they use a MS product.
>> | 2) Microsoft isn't playing the game anymore. There's been no advance
>> | on the toolkit.
>> |
>> | Let's create a rich-edit control for Mozilla
>> |
>> | Business case
>> | Rich-edit control becomes cross-platform
>> | We can prod MS into upgrading
>> | Technical requirements
>> | plug-in compatible with MS control. There should be one line of
>> | javascript that would drop in either the MS control or the new
>> | Mozilla control based on a simple browser detection
>> | Expandable -- Let's move it forward to include spell checkers or
>> | whatever else
>> |...
>> <http://disintegrate.manilasites.com/discuss/msgReader$8>
>>
>> [1] Presumably he is referring to Dave Winer
>> <http://dave.editthispage.com/myNameIsDaveWiner>.
>>
>>
>
