[opencms-dev] DHTML Editor

[Alfredas Chmieliauskas]

Has anyone tested the jdk 1.3 /1.4  HTMLPane (i mean the html displaying 
area component, don't remember the exact name.)?

It has been a long time since i tried to implement it into a publishing 
system - but after comparing it with the MSHTML, i chose the MS activex 
control, because the java alternative was undeveloped and even buggy. I 
wonder if it has changed with the new releases, has anyone got any 
expreience?

Why don't we consider a full featured java applet instead of a 
proprietary solution completely dependant on the functionality of the 
browser?

A solution could also be embedding the mozilla editor (c++)  or its 
mozilla blackwood (viewer/editor written in java). Both of these 
projects are very alpha stage - but it seems more reasonable to at least 
to start the integration (a parallel project with the existing) with an 
open-source html editor/viewer than to rely on the MS editor (activex!!! 
= bugs and security holes) or client-side DHTML+JavaScript.

Even if it now seems a more straight-forward solution to use any of 
these - in the long run the drawbacks are obvious - neither JavaScript, 
nor ActiveX cannot be considered as reliable and time-tested 
technologies (nor are likely to change their status). And it is very 
likely that in the nearest future most of us will end up solving the 
buggy IE 5.5 to 6.0 then 6.0 to 6.5...etc.integration issues instead of 
improving the functionality of the product. Just think of the increased 
maintenance cost that a company will have if it chooses to intstall 
opencms....

Pesimistic about proprietary tech,

Alfredas

Lukasz Keler wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have found DHTML editor that could be alternative for Microsoft's
>ActiveX-based editor. Features:
>
>Copy-and-Paste from Word/Excel with formatting preservation;
>Font-Face, Font-Size, and Font-Color selection;
>Bold;
>Italics;
>Underline;
>Ordered and Unordered lists;
>Indent and Outdent;
>Left, Center, and Right alignment;
>Hyperlinks, with support for http, https, ftp, news, gopher, mailto,
>file, telnet, and wais;
>Image support, including alignment, alternate-text, and borders;
>Cut, Copy, and Paste;
>Undo and Redo;
>Standard and HTML source views;
>
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/xsdheditor/
>
>It can be easily embed into OpenCMS (examples are included in package)
>and last-but-not-least: it supports all characters sets.
>
>Best regards,
>  Lukasz Keler
>