Re: [Tiki-devel] Code development using Tiki 9 with ACE - Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor (LGPL'd)?

[Robert P. <rob...@gm...>]

I think our first hesitation with using ace was that it was actually called
bespin/skywriter at the time we were going to bring an editor/syntax
highlighter in and was going to be part of mozilla products to edit for a
single browser (firefox), but I found it superior almost in every way to
codemirror (pre v1).  I think even Jonny really wanted it to be integrate,
but there wasn't actually a way at the time.

Now move forward a year or so.

Codemirror 2 comes out and it looking very promising.  They both use the
same techniqe for editing large documents, the lead developer of Codemirror
2 (Marijin Haverbeke) is actaully working with ace to make a unified syntax
support.  Codemirror has tons of energy and we've already integrated it.

I think for the time being we should stay with codemirror, but if there was
funding to bring ace in, I think that is possibly were the web is going.
But both projects are very promising at this point though, a lot of energy.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Torsten Fabricius <to...@fa...>wrote:

>  FYI:
>
> http://sandeep.shetty.in/2011/05/codemirror-vs-ace.html
>
> Cheers
> Torsten
>
> Am 06.02.2012 10:05, schrieb Xavier de Pedro:
>
> Hi all:
> (specially for robert, marc, jonny and lph)
>
> In our work we are after editing R code (and maybe Latex code in the
> mid-term) using Wiki pages in Tiki.
> So far we started with the basics through codemirror syntax highlighting
> and line numbering (with line folding :-), which is something nice as a
> starting point for simple scripts.
>
> However, when you have to edit foor loops, if-then-else clauses, etc.
> beautifying the code (plus auto-indenting, etc) is something kind of
> useful. It's the next step that we were after, to have included in Tiki9 if
> possible, etc. However, I've just known this new lgpl'd project which seems
> to have all those features included, and might be a new optional feature to
> be added for wiki pages declared as "templates", for instance.
>
> "*ACE - Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor*"
> http://ace.ajax.org/
>
> I've tried its demo ( http://ace.ajax.org/build/kitchen-sink.html ) and
> it's awesome!
>
> About ACE:
> Ace is a standalone code editor written in JavaScript. Their goal is to
> create a web based code editor that matches and extends the features,
> usability and performance of existing native editors such as TextMate, Vim
> or Eclipse. It can be easily embedded in any web page and JavaScript
> application. Ace is developed as the primary editor for Cloud9 IDE and the
> successor of the Mozilla Skywriter (Bespin) Project.
>
> Ace is a community project. We actively encourage and support
> contributions. The Ace source code is hosted on GitHub. It is released
> under the Mozilla tri-license (MPL/GPL/LGPL).
>
> Features:
>
>    - Syntax highlighting
>    - Auto indentation and outdent
>    - An optional command line
>    - Work with huge documents (100,000 lines and more are no problem)
>    - Fully customizable key bindings including VI and Emacs modes
>    - Themes (TextMate themes can be imported)
>    - Search and replace with regular expressions
>    - Highlight matching parentheses
>    - Toggle between soft tabs and real tabs
>    - Displays hidden characters
>    - Highlight selected word
>
>
> Related page in dev.t.o:
> https://dev.tiki.org/Web-based+source+code+editor
>
> Opinions?
>
> Xavi
>
>
>
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