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Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / JavaScript / November 2006In-browser Javascript Editor ala FCKeditor
I've been playing with some javascript code and have produced a very rough proof of concept source code editor written in javascript (a bit like FCKeditor). Its not ready for release ((L)GPL>2 when it is) but I thought I'd ask for any guidance and tips. The intention is to provide a language nuetral source code editor writen purely in html and javascript so that it can provide code highlighting/completion etc, eventually as part of an ajax(ish) IDE so with fckeditor you can manage web sites completely remotely. There is a temptation to try and use mozilla/venkman but I'd like it to run on small handhelds too so I will stick to writing it in pure Javascript/Html. The intial plan is to produce a javascript editor and then a stylesheet editor (using the CSS editor on Firefox may make this a low priority) but I'd like it to be configurable for any language so almost any coding can be done over the web. Anybody know any examples of similar that I could plagiarise to get the basic architecture right? Tom > I've been playing with some javascript code and have produced a very > rough proof of concept source code editor written in javascript (a bit > like FCKeditor). Its not ready for release ((L)GPL>2 when it is) BSD or MIT license will make it easier for people to use. > The intention is to provide a language nuetral source code editor > writen purely in html and javascript so that it can provide code > highlighting/completion etc, eventually as part of an ajax(ish) IDE so > with fckeditor you can manage web sites completely remotely. > There is a temptation to try and use mozilla/venkman Venkman is a debugger, yes? What does that have to do with an editor running in a web page? I think that not all browsers support the features that a WYSIWYG editor needs. Peter > I think that not all browsers support the features that a WYSIWYG > editor needs. If it runs javascript it will work! madtom1999@yahoo.com said the following on 11/23/2006 4:25 AM: >> I think that not all browsers support the features that a WYSIWYG >> editor needs. > If it runs javascript it will work! If you make that claim, then you won't ever write an in-browser editor that is worth having.  SignatureRandy Chance Favors The Prepared Mind comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/ Randy, I'll clarify - by javascript I mean javascript that can access and modify the DOM and intercept keystrokes. Remember that a textarea can be used at the very worst - its a text editor though not very useful - but the computing world was built on bits and bytes and coding productivity is often slowed by having editors that 'think for you'. So, other than lack of vision, commitment, a desire to protect your own investment, or fantasy patents that wont apply in most of the world, have you any proof it can't be done? Otherwise thanks for your help! Tom madtom1999@yahoo.com said the following on 11/25/2006 4:37 AM: > Randy, > I'll clarify - by javascript I mean javascript that can access and > modify the DOM and intercept keystrokes. NN4 can do either but you can't very well create a decent text editor in NN4 using it. Your claim was that "If it runs javascript it will work! " and that is a bogus claim at best. > Remember that a textarea can be used at the very worst - its a text > editor though not very useful - but the computing world was built on > bits and bytes and coding productivity is often slowed by having > editors that 'think for you'. ::yawn:: > So, other than lack of vision, commitment, a desire to protect your own > investment, or fantasy patents that wont apply in most of the world, > have you any proof it can't be done? You mean other than almost a year fighting the different implementations on the web that won't support a rich text editor yet? SignatureRandy Chance Favors The Prepared Mind comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/ So , since some code wont work on a few % of PC's nothing should be written - is that what your trying to say? madtom1999@yahoo.com said the following on 11/25/2006 5:49 AM: > So , since some code wont work on a few % of PC's nothing should be > written - is that what your trying to say? What are you babbling about now? I never said that. I said that your statement was blatantly false. I never did say you couldn't satisfy 95% or so of your visitors. SignatureRandy Chance Favors The Prepared Mind comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/ I think you'll find the babbling started when YOU decided I was going to write a rich text editor. Hi Randy, > You mean other than almost a year fighting the different implementations > on the web that won't support a rich text editor yet? What did you learn about the Rich Text Editors and their implementations and browser support? I saw that Hard Core Text Editor supports IE, FF, and Safari2. The FCKeditor supports IE, FF and Opera, I think. So is there an editor that covers the four big browsers? I haven't bothered much learning about RTEs because the web doesn't seem ready yet but I think they are likely to be future work for any JavaScript programmer. Thanks, Peter Peter Michaux said the following on 11/25/2006 12:45 PM: > Hi Randy, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > What did you learn about the Rich Text Editors and their > implementations and browser support? At the time that I would never get it to work on a MAC. But, at the time Safari2 wasn't out yet. > I saw that Hard Core Text Editor supports IE, FF, and Safari2. The > FCKeditor supports IE, FF and Opera, I think. So is there an editor > that covers the four big browsers? If one can support 3 and another can support the 4th then an educated guess would be that there could be one written to support those 4 browsers. > I haven't bothered much learning about RTEs because the web doesn't > seem ready yet but I think they are likely to be future work for any > JavaScript programmer. That is the reason I stopped working on mine. It was part of a larger message board type project and I wanted the RTE for creating posts. SignatureRandy Chance Favors The Prepared Mind comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/ |
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