[opencms-dev] editor.jsp strangenesses

[Polina Smagina]

Hello list,

since OpenCms 7.0.5 we use the the EditArea, which allows highlighting 
functionality for all text based files.

	http://sourceforge.net/projects/editarea/

The "ghost text" is a known bug of EditArea. Unfortunatly there is no 
bug fix for this issue until now. On the other hand this behavior does 
not effect the source code, so you can use it for development.

If you want to write directly in the editor, e.g I have to quite often, 
you can disable the syntax highlighting. The most time I just save the 
document (shotkey: Crtl+S). So this helps too.


Kind Regards,
Polina

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Polina Smagina

Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts
http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org

Christoph P. Kukulies schrieb:
> Thanks, Paul-Inge and Christian for confirming the ghost effects.
> 
> You say, "the few times I write something directly in the editor...",
> how are you editing then? Just curious about what your setup is.
> Are you using Eclipse?
> 
> 
> --
> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kukulies (at) rwth-aachen.de
> 
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:06:56PM +0200, Paul-Inge Flakstad wrote:
>> Hi Chris
>>
>> I see the strange behaviour with "ghost text" all the time, and I've also noticed the conversion of "&" and other special characters into their HTML entity equivalents. This happens in all versions of OpenCms that shipped with the "smart" editor (the one with syntax highlighting). Very annoying, but if I remember correctly, this only happens when syntax highlighting is turned on. So the few times I write something directly in the editor, I turn it off first. I lose the highlighting, but it's better than being surrounded by ghosts (so to speak :).
>>
>> I'm using FF btw, because using IE doesn't sit well with me. :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
>>> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Christoph P. Kukulies
>>> Sent: 15. oktober 2009 16:29
>>> To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
>>> Subject: [opencms-dev] editor.jsp strangenesses
>>>
>>> When editing jsp files with the new editor in 7.5 (7.0.5 
>>> also?), anyway,
>>> when I delete something, a "ghost" transparent  text overlays 
>>> the deleted
>>> section.  Very strange.
>>>
>>> Also, when I insert an & (ampersand) in an if clause, the editor
>>> converts the typed & on the fly into & (!).
>>>
>>> Why does the editor think it's smart that way? It's annoying.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kukulies (at) rwth-aachen.de
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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