David Coppit wrote:
> Blake Ross wrote:
>
>
>>Peter Lairo wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Go reread my post - you didn't understand what I sayd.
>>>
>>>Here, I'll spell it out for you:
>>>
>>>1. I NEVER said text editing would be easy to progream. I just said
>>>that I thought it would be easy. A simple "No, I'ts quite comlicated
>>>because..." would have sufficed.
>>>
>>No, it's quite complicated because... (a) there are only 2-3 people
>>sometimes working on the Editor backend and (b) the html editor is
>>largely dependent on the layout engine, which has bugs of its own.
>>
>
> Um... He's talking about the text editor that I'm currently using to
> type this message, *not* the HTML editor. I have no doubt that the HTML
> editor is hugely complicated. However, simple text editing has been a
> "solved problem" since the 70s.
As far as I know, there is just one editor in Mozilla. The text editor
(in Message Compose) that you mentioned uses the Composer (Ctrl-4) backend.
> And for people who want advanced text editing, having the capability to
> shell out to an external text editor would greatly reduce the burden on
> the Mozilla programmers. i.e. Why not let vim and emacs provide the
> high-powered editing, and leave simple editing to Mozilla?
An oft-requested feature adn a known bug. I don't know the number though..
- Pratik.
