[Zope] Re: [Zope-CMF] Java WYSIWYG editor

Ausum augusto@artlover.com
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:55:27 -0500


An alternative for windows IE only:

http://www.aspalliance.com/Yusuf/Article10a.asp

Free to use, AFAIK  :)


Ausum


Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> seb bacon wrote:
> > A quick note: a problem with Java in applets is that really needs to
> > be 1.1 to ensure browser compatibility, AFAIK
> 
> In fact the Ekit applet requires Swing, which hasn't been integrated
> into Netscape's Java.  (Not sure about MSIE.)
> 
> However, the Ekit demo contains Javascript for using the Java plug-in...
> and I must say, this applet looks very, very nice!  I suppose it just
> uses Swing to do the fancy work (I haven't checked yet).  I'm running it
> on Linux and there appears to be a problem with the control characters
> like arrows and the "enter" key, but that can be dealt with.
> 
> I used to do Java (and Windows) exclusively.  Applets were fun except
> when they crashed (and how they crashed!), so I didn't make many
> applets.  But now that Java works on a more stable platform, there could
> be some opportunity here!
> 
> Another thing I looked at yesterday is the possibility of using Plugger,
> a Netscape plugin that lets you use shell commands as plugins.
> 
> Shane
> 
> > * Jon Edwards <jon@pcgs.freeserve.co.uk> [010712 14:27]:
> > > via another list - http://www.hexidec.com/ekit.html
> > >
> > > "Ekit is a program & applet that uses the Java 2 libraries to create an HTML
> > > editor. The Ekit standalone also allows for HTML to be loaded and saved, as
> > > well as serialized and saved as an RTF. It is currently a beta, though many
> > > features work fine."
> > >
> > > Any java gurus out there? :-)
> 
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