Builing a complex text-editor - possible?

[Jan Sælid]

Thanks...
Actually, a hidden table field could be the right thing. Then I could store
information about the lines on the same lines as the original. Because I
also need to store detailed information about the users text. I'm building
something similar to a scriptwriter - like Final Draft. The lines will have
character names, dialoge, etc. If one line has a character name, like:

                    ROGER
Dialog......

..if the user enter the "Roger"-line - the table field will contain info
like an array:

tab(100), type(Character), instance(the number of rogers), ....and so on...

My next questions (thanks for the help) is:

1. Could I make a chunk of Roger and make the cursor jump to that chunk? (It
would then seem like an individual margin)
2. Will this make the typing slow?
3. Is this a good idea at all?

J.S.

> At 12:54 AM +0100 3/7/2004, Jan Sælid wrote:
> >Is it possible to have different margins in different parts of the
> >same field - like Word?
> >If this is not the case. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to do
this?
>
> It's not (yet) possible - currently the margins and firstIndent
> properties don't apply to lines in fields, only to the entire field.
> I'm not sure it's practical to build a full word processor in Rev
> right now, with variable margins for different paragraphs.
>
> For *displaying* text with variable margins, I would take the
> approach of creating a separate transparent field (with its own
> margins and firstIndent setting) for each run of text, then grouping
> the fields and giving the group a scrollbar. This makes the group
> look like a single scrolling field, but each separate field in the
> group can have its own margins, background color, and so on.
>
> However, for editing this would be problematic. You could create the
> fields on the fly to reflect the user's margin settings, but then
> you'd have to handle such things as selecting multiple paragraphs
> across field boundaries by script.
> -- 
> jeanne a. e. devoto ~ jaed at jaedworks.com
> http://www.jaedworks.com
>