RAD contest...;-)

[Dan Shafer]

Another idea would be to look for a cross-platform library module that 
does rich text processing and formatting and glue it into Rev as an 
external.

Trolltech (makers of Qt) has a promising-sounding module/solution in 
their 3.0 release. I am sure there are lots of others.

Dan

On Jan 25, 2005, at 6:36 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote:

> I believe a full featured word processor would be quite possible. It
> would require a substantial amount of scripting, but it would be more
> time consuming than difficult.
>
> The issue comes down to how we think of fields. If we want the ability
> to manipulate every single character as if it were an object - then the
> basic "field" in a word processing program would actually need to be a
> group, containing a background field that is used for all of the
> background and border issues, and a separate field for each character
> that is placed on top of the background field as it is typed in.
>
> Yes, it would require that every single text field function be 
> scripted,
> including navigation keys, selecting text - all of that. Thus, working
> out the script for one of these pseudo-fields (lets call them Xfields
> just 'cause X is a fun letter) would take a bit of time.
>
> However, once scripted, you would have them and be able to do anything
> you want with them. This means you could have functionalities built 
> into
> them that go far beyond what standard word processors do. ('cept, I
> still cannot see a way to do high-quality rotated text) Kerning would 
> be
> easy. Center, left, right, and full-line alignment would be but a few
> lines of code. Overlapping characters - no problem. Making the
> characters wrap around pictures, or conform to the boundaries of a
> picture would be a little more challenging, but still quite possible.
>
> Xfields would take up a fair bit of memory, so that would be a
> disadvantage. But memory is not so much of a problem on most systems
> these days.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Chipp
> Walters
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:23 AM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: RAD contest...;-)
>
> Peter,
>
> While you are correct in your assumption that a full-featured Word
> Processing program is not currently possible in RunRev, I have written 
> a
>
> pretty snappy script/html/css editor which can be found at:
>
> http://www.altuit.com/webs/hemingway/HemTools/HTMLGadget.htm
>
> It's not yet final, so some of the menus don't work correctly on Macs,
> but it 'gets the job done.'
>
> The support for drag and drop and colorized script formatting is one of
> the cooler parts of HTMLgadget.
>
> best,
>
> Chipp
>
>
>> Peter T. Evensen wrote:
>>
>>> It is not easy to create a Word Processing program in Revolution.
>>> Each edit field only has one alignment style, one set of tabs, etc.
>>> So the only way to have separate paragraph styles is to have multiple
>
>>> edit fields and flow between them.
>>>
>>> As to why would someone want to create a word processing program?
>>> Simple: as an educational software publisher, we are developing a
>>> number of titles that call for a word processing program that
> provided
>>> guided writing instruction.  We need to have tight integration and
>>> control of the word processor, and also keep it appropriate for the
>>> grade level.
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