Hey there, I'm currently hacking a simple text editor, based on the simple-editor.rb but greatly improved, which is called Solylace (a pun on sole, lace and the french Sot-l'y-laisse). At start I thought about using an edit_box, but it was way to limited, and I liked the simple-editor, but as its name suggests, it's way too simple. I started implementing my own editable area with a simple para and some classes to manage movement, selection with the keyboard, etc, it's starting to look good, as you can see on http://pub.yapok.org/solylace.png.
By the way, it would be nice if there was a way to make a para's text selectable with the mouse. I think adding this behavior could be useful for a lot of apps. Maybe an option like: para "Some text", :selectable => true -- François.
