Interest in integrating WMD editor?
Hi, all.
I'm seriously thinking of taking a crack at integrating the WMD markdown editor into Drupal, via the WYSIWYG API. (This is the same editor as used on Stack Overflow.)
I've had a bit of a search in this group, but not found any discussion regarding this particular editor. Is there anyone who might have started work on this already? Or is interested in collaborating?
This would be my first serious hacking effort on Drupal, although I am an experienced web software developer and know my way around PHP.
Just thought I'd put a note here to avoid any duplicated effort and to gage interest.
Thanx!
E.
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See feature requests starting with "Add editor:".
However, before starting any work, please also make sure that this editor fulfills requirements for editors.
Daniel F. Kudwien
unleashed mind
Thanks
Hi, Daniel.
I've looked at those feature requests. If I decide to proceed I'll open one for WMD.
I'll check on the requirements, thanks for the tip.
E.
Definitely interested in
Definitely interested in this one. Stack Overflow has really made WMD editor the superior Markdown editor.
See episode 35 (30 December 2008) of the Stack Overflow podcast has some discussion on the WMD control. Minutes 27-31ish.
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I'm interested!
Are you still doing this? Let me know if you need help. I assume you're looking at the stack overflow branch?
Planning on it
Yes, I'm still planning on doing this. I've got a few other things I need to get done first tough so it'll be a couple of weeks before I get started, I think. I will be using the this version, which I believe is the one used by stack overflow.
Not looking good
Had a bit of a look at the WMD code today, and it is not looking too good. In particular it is failing item 3 (and hence item 4) of the editor requirements: http://drupal.org/node/458450
It would need a fair bit of refactoring of the WMD source to enable this. I might chat the the current source maintainer and see what future plans he has.