Text editors

[Simon Lord]

I can do that with Javascript.  The idea here is to have a 
functional *Word Pad* or *TextEdit* style editor embedded 
*within* the browser window without having to resort to flash or 
shockwave.


On Saturday, April 27, 2002, at 03:37 PM, andu wrote:

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> Simon Lord wrote:
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>> Has anyone successfully created a text editor with metacard 
>> for use in the following fashion:
>> I have a current need to create a simple text editor that runs 
>> *in the browser*.  This would be to replace the standard 
>> textarea tag that lacks any sophisticated editing capabilities 
>> whatsoever.  With metaCard's ability to run on the server, I 
>> was wondering what mc's limitations were with regards to 
>> create a .mt script that could allow for creating an inline 
>> editor into an html page.  Can mc interact with a textarea 
>> field in the same way it does *within* metacard?
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> I'm sure you can make a cgi script to do what you want; 
> basically you need to be able to load a remote file in the 
> textarea (replace a string in the textarea of a template html 
> file with the file you want to edit), make changes 
> (cut/copy/paste are done by the browser itself) and save.
>
>
>> Anyone even try this?  Samples?
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