Subject: [Fwd: Re: [wx-dev] Making the HTML window optionally user editable]
From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Thu Apr 26 2001 - 13:12:45 CDT
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Stephen Horne wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [wx-dev] Making the HTML window
> > optionally user editable
>
> > I'm curious how much functionality you want in a
> > word processor control?
>
> One thing I want that AbiWord doesn't have (to my knowledge)
> is tables. I'm also not sure if it will allow lists to nest
> within each other, and I'm sure it doesn't have an
> equivalent of the HTML definition list.
You are correct that AbiWord does not have tables at this time. The
AbiWord developers have talked about it more than once, but are planning
to take their time and get it right the first time (as much as
possible). Tables are not planned until after the 1.0 release (at this
time). Lists can be nested within each other, but, to my knowledge, an
equivalent to the HTML definition list is not implemented. (Martin
Sevior (or someone else) might correct me.)
>
> There are other similar options, though - such as the Amaya
> (w3c testbed HTML editor) source code, which is also freely
> available though I don't know the license terms.
>
> The point ATM of course it to look at each option and weigh
> up the pros and cons. Extending the HTML control, at first
> appearances, might well be a reasonably simple option - and
> additionally gives the people who already use it easy access
> to the extra facility - but you are quite right to point out
> the alternatives.
>
> Adding tables to AbiWord might also not be difficult - as
> might adding page breaks to Amaya. I'll have to take a look
> at both.
>
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