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In [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=76912 this forum thread] I summarise the position we have got ourselves into with the HTML editor. Moodle uses a WYSYG HTML editor called HTML area, which is now discontinued. We really want to switch to one of three other choices, but before we can do so, we need to work out exactly which Moodle-specific customisations we have made to HTML area to integrate it with Moodle, so we can make the same customisations to whichever editor we adopt in its place.[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 12:57, 29 July 2007 (CDT) | In [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=76912 this forum thread] I summarise the position we have got ourselves into with the HTML editor. Moodle uses a WYSYG HTML editor called HTML area, which is now discontinued. We really want to switch to one of three other choices, but before we can do so, we need to work out exactly which Moodle-specific customisations we have made to HTML area to integrate it with Moodle, so we can make the same customisations to whichever editor we adopt in its place.--[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 12:57, 29 July 2007 (CDT) | ||
==Summarly of the customisations | ==Summarly of the customisations we already know about== | ||
* Integrate the add image dialog with the Moodle course files area. | * Integrate the add image dialog with the Moodle course files area. | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 29 July 2007
In this forum thread I summarise the position we have got ourselves into with the HTML editor. Moodle uses a WYSYG HTML editor called HTML area, which is now discontinued. We really want to switch to one of three other choices, but before we can do so, we need to work out exactly which Moodle-specific customisations we have made to HTML area to integrate it with Moodle, so we can make the same customisations to whichever editor we adopt in its place.--Tim Hunt 12:57, 29 July 2007 (CDT)
Summarly of the customisations we already know about
- Integrate the add image dialog with the Moodle course files area.
Three possible replacements
All three of these are widely used by other open source projects, are under active development, with a release since May 2007.
Of these, only TinyMCE currently claims to support Safari, although FCK is aiming at it, and give a good justification why it is not there yet: http://dev.fckeditor.net/wiki/Compatibility
TinyMCE
LGPL licensed
Xinha
When HTMLarea was discontinued, this project was set up to continue development. Approximately BSD licenced.
FCKeditor
GPL, LGPL or MPL tri-licence. I once talked to some people who had successfully got FCK editor working with moodle.
