RE: [platform-swt-dev] HTML editor in SWT

["Craig Raw" <craig@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Veronika, have done.

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> admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Veronika Irvine
> Sent: 08 November 2002 04:01 PM
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> Subject: Re: [platform-swt-dev] HTML editor in SWT
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> 
> Instead of using Word you could use DHTMLEdit - I believe the ActiveX
> control for this comes as part of IE5.
> 
> You might get more response to this question if you post it to the
news
> group.  It is a broader scope than just SWT.
> 
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>                       08/11/2002 08:41 AM
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> Hi,
> 
> I am interested in finding out more about the HTML rendering support
in
> Eclipse or its related projects. I need to not only render an HTML
page
> in the Eclipse workbench, but also offer WYSIWYG HTML editing as a
> normal Eclipse editor. Ideally, an HTML page would be edited with 3
> panes of Preview, WYSIWYG editor and HTML source. I have done a few
> searches, and come up with the following solutions:
> 
> 1) Current SWT components: The StyledText Widget seems to be aimed
more
> at text editing, and supports only one font. Not a solution.
> 
> 2) Embedded COM objects: This is of course a Windows only solution,
> where Internet Explorer would be used for rendering and Word could
> possibly be used as an editor. Word produces poor HTML however, so a
> RTF->HTML converter may be necessary. Alternatively, there are many
> ActiveX HTML editors out there.
> 
>   Pros:
>     Rendering -> IE is the default browser
>     Editing -> Word has a familiar interface, and many features
>   Cons:
>     Only Windows
>     MS Office must be installed for editing in Word
> 
> 3) John Ponzo posted a message to [platform-help-dev] about a SWT
widget
> he has created supporting an embedded IE/Mozilla rendering engine
>
(http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/platform-help-dev/msg00172.html).
> The IE edit modes are also surfaced supporting rudimentary WYSIWYG
> editing. This seems to be a far better solution, at least in terms of
> rendering, especially if the Mozilla implementation has progressed as
> described in Johns post. I am unsure of how capable an editor could be
> constructed.
> 
> 4) Roll your own SWT widget, possibly with GEF? The complexity of
> accurately rendering HTML makes this almost impossible.
> 
> 
> John, anyone, if you have any other ideas or could point me in the
right
> direction, I'd be grateful.
> 
> tia
> 
> Craig
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