Rich Web Text Editing with Kupu (O'ReillyNet) [LWN.net]

O'ReillyNet looks at Kupu. "Kupu is an open source application, written in JavaScript, that implements a flexible, full-featured HTML editor that runs in a web page without any special plugins. Its primary use is as an embedded editor in content management systems (CMS), like Zope or Plone, where it allows users to create their own web pages. Its design is flexible enough so that you can embed it into pretty much any web application without too much difficulty."

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Rich Web Text Editing with Kupu (O'ReillyNet)

Posted Apr 30, 2005 10:49 UTC (Sat) by bni (guest, #27103) [Link] (6 responses)

Also does the same thing, but seems to have more features and look nicer:

http://www.fckeditor.net

FCKEditor works well

Posted Apr 30, 2005 22:04 UTC (Sat) by rjamestaylor (guest, #339) [Link] (3 responses)

but the name is somewhat troubling in mixed company as it appears in the URL when used
without modification.

FCKEditor works well

Posted Apr 30, 2005 23:15 UTC (Sat) by bni (guest, #27103) [Link]

Agreed.

It really is too bad that it isnt uncommon for free software developers
to choose names that could only be described as anti-marketing, for their
projects. Maybe it isnt so common that they give vulgar associations but
names that fall in the negative, silly and unpronouncable categories
definitley are plenty.

FCKEditor works well

Posted May 1, 2005 0:29 UTC (Sun) by TwoTimeGrime (guest, #11688) [Link] (1 responses)

FCK is the author's initals. Maybe he's not a native english speaker and doesn't recognize the association.

what's in a name?

Posted May 1, 2005 14:44 UTC (Sun) by ccyoung (guest, #16340) [Link]

I wanted to name my son Pythagoras, but my wife noted that his friend would call him Thag - oh well.

Rich Web Text Editing with Kupu (O'ReillyNet)

Posted May 1, 2005 2:18 UTC (Sun) by peace (guest, #10016) [Link]

From what I understand the goal of kupu is not to include every formatting option possible as it would provide to much power to the user for certain types of applications. With kupu's limited formatting options it is harder for a user to disrupt or otherwise break the look and feel of a site. The kupu author has specificaly rejected certain feature requests because they could lead to disruption in site styles and formatting specified by the developers.

So in some situations kupu, with it's thoughtfuly limited capabilities, might actually be a better choice. I have used it for these reasons myself. Also, kupu's Zope/Plone integration is excellent.

Kind Regards

Rich Web Text Editing with Kupu (O'ReillyNet)

Posted May 1, 2005 2:49 UTC (Sun) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]

Also, tinymce. (LGPL)

Rich Web Text Editing with Kupu (O'ReillyNet)

Posted May 2, 2005 9:31 UTC (Mon) by hingo (guest, #14792) [Link]

I just have to mention Walter.

It's not as functional, indeed, I never had time to finish it. The main difference is, all of these new editors actually depend on a feature in new browsers called caret browsing. Walter on the other hand, tries to read key events itself and manipulate the page text via the DOM interface. Thus it works on earlier browsers than these editors.

On the other hand it stretches the concept of JavaScript a bit further than most browser developers thought. As a consequence, IE 6 will crash, and some keys like arrows have stupid codes in Mozilla and IE.

Anyway, this caret browsing feature will probably be the way to go. Just wrote to enligthen you on the subject.