Text editors

[andu]

Simon Lord wrote:

> 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?


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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