[kupu-dev] Extending Kupu to edit XML in another namespaces

[Andy Altepeter]

I don't know about javascript restrictions, but I know that http://xopus.com 
is an in-browser wysiwyg xml editor.  Check out the demos -- they're xml (not 
html) and pretty sweet.

Andy

On Wednesday 24 June 2009 01:47:53 am Johnny deBris wrote:
> Roché Compaan wrote:
> > Is what we are trying to do feasible, or is Kupu meant to edit HTML
> > only?
>
> I don't think it's feasible, unfortunately the 'contentEditable' editor
> component on which Kupu is based isn't very flexible, and to make
> matters worse non-HTML parts of the DOM are not accessible from
> JavaScript. I think if you want to write a 'proper' XML editor in
> JavaScript, you will want to avoid the contentEditable component,
> perhaps by implementing your own cursor and editable area (though that
> won't be easy), or perhaps by using some of Mozilla/Firefox's XML
> editing support, which as far as I understood is a lot more flexible...
>
> You might want to take a look at the Bitflux editor
> (http://bitfluxeditor.org/), an XML editor written in JavaScript that
> doesn't use contentEditable, perhaps you can use it as-is, else it might
> provide you with some clues.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guido
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