[development] WYSIWYG editors considered harmful for site admins (and in general, but that's a separate thread)

[Joakim Stai]

> Basically, as a best practice, we should tell WYSIWYG modules to look
> at filter_form and/or check using JS to see if an input form selector
> is available, and only then replace with a rich text area.

I ended up with something like that when I couldn't find a way to
control which fields the TinyMCE module should pimp. I made a small
custom module used filter_form() to give my chosen textareas the class
of mceEditor, and used hook_menu(!$may_cache) to load TinyMCE and
instruct it to only pimp textareas with the mceEditor class.

I've been thinking whether to contact the devs of TinyMCE module about
this, should I still or are they already on it?

> And yes, a "real" hook for D6 would be even better, although I get the
> sense many folks are against WYSIWYG in general, but I'd rather not
> get into a religious war....

It would make it easier, and I think it would promote better
implementation of WYSIWYG editors, although filter_form() and
hook_menu(!$may_cache) JavaScript will do it.