[development] Why Drupal 5.x must have built-in WYSIWYG Editor?

[Gildas Cotomale]

On 2006.10.06, Robrecht Jacques wrote:
> Just to step in. I'm not sure we need a #wysiwyg property. I think we
> need a #html property. This would say: it makes sense to put HTML
> codes inside this textarea. If not set, one would be "required" to
> input plain text. This makes the property *semantically* correct and
> could even be used inside core.

Then, i suggested :
> But i think #wysiwyg is very semantic too if the purpose is to
> indicate that a RTE must be used because the content may some BBcode
> (and not HTML) for example. :/
> Well, why do not simply say the kind of content expected here simply
> like a text-based MIME type (and the RTE is invoked then only if can
> manipulate/generate that MIME type, and Drupal stay that powerfull
> format independant...) If you agree, what name should have that
> property in such a case ? Why not something like #mime-type (or simply
> #mime) or #content-type or better #accept-content  (or simply #accept
> like at <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#accept>
> => <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#extensions1>

The #accept attribute is a proposal to extend #type="textarea" in
WobForms2, and it already exists for #type="file" in HTML4...
But thinking about it later, it came to me that we are looking for
something that must indicate the IME (Input Method Editor) and not the
Content-Type accepted (thus, they are related here). And guess what?
Xforms specifications suggest #inputmethod for that...
<http://xformsinstitute.com/essentials/browse/book.php#ch06-14-fm2xml>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms/sliceE.html> :/

> > > On 06 Oct 2006, at 3:05 PM, Michelle Cox wrote:
> > >>
> > >> While I don't agree that Drupal needs a WYSIWYG built in, I do like this
> > >> idea. If I'm understanding right, it's basically a hook to call whatever
> > >> editor the user has installed or a plain text area if none. From my non-dev
> > >> perspective, that sounds like a useful thing. Would be especially nice if
> > >> there was a way to make it so that, for example, my users get BBCode and I
> > >> get QuickTags. And that they only show up when editing the main text of a
> > >> node. for the longest time i've advocated that the tinymce module etc just
> > >> extend the form
> > >> and add a '#wysiwyg' => true property, to whatever field they want.
> > >>
> > >> this means anyone else can also go and add that property to any form they
> > >> feel like.
> > >>
> > >> if the element is set , and the module is not available, it is just ignored.
> > >>
> > > for the longest time i've advocated that the tinymce module etc just extend the form
> > > and add a '#wysiwyg' => true property, to whatever field they want.
> > >
> > > this means anyone else can also go and add that property to any form they feel like.
> > >
> > > if the element is set , and the module is not available, it is just ignored.
>

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