Can anyone recommend an easy-to-install OSS text editor?

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mattcooper
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Can anyone recommend an easy-to-install OSS text editor?

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Hello my fellow developers...

I have tried to use FCKeditor and many other similar OSS solutions but have experienced problems (I won't go into thise right now) - - - Can anyone recommend an OSS text editor that does not present any bugs and that can be installed (pref as an include) in any page without probs?

I'm oooooh so frustrated by current OSS offerings and simply need a very basic HTML formatting editor solution to run in a CMS by means of an "include".

Looking forward to hearing from y'all!!
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http://www.standards-schmandards.com/in ... ditor-test might be interesting to read.

If you want a very basic but nice "editor", the one I like most is http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/widgEditor/
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It'd help to know which ones you have tried and failed to get implemented easily. It may just be a simple mistake that screwed it up.
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feyd wrote:It'd help to know which ones you have tried and failed to get implemented easily. It may just be a simple mistake that screwed it up.
I've had problems withFCKeditor in particular - upon trying to integrate some of my own code in HTML form above the JS of FCK, the original code seems to be "broken" in some way - that is to say that the original HTML file, upon writing some bespoke code to it (and without editing the original FCK code), refuses to display with the alterations.

Does that make sense?
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could that be a cache problem?
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All the OSS WYSIWYG editors have bugs...try some of the commercial ones, you might be surprised...
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Hockey wrote:All the OSS WYSIWYG editors have bugs...try some of the commercial ones, you might be surprised...
Recommendations? I have in the past tried comm software with similar results. Paying for software does not necessarily guarantee it's goig to be bug free, does it???

Nothing surprises me these days...
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Post by eyespark »

I use TinyMCE. I have no problems with it.
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There is also Xinha (sp?) which is simpler. FCKEditor, TinyMCE and Xinha are the "top three" I think.
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