I'm uncomfortable using zipserve because of its performance characteristics. Niceedit looks like a good option as well ... perhaps a bit smaller than TinyMCE minimal in bytes ... since it offers customized js packages.
On Jun 28, 8:20 pm, johntray <john.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > To anyone using TinyMCE, I would recommend using zipserve to serve the > editor from the distribution .zip file (so that it only counts as 1 > file). zipserve is not well documented, but see the source file in the > GAE distribution (google\appengine\ext\zipserve\__init__.py), also > athttp://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/source/browse/trunk/python/g.... > There is also a zipserve example > athttp://code.google.com/p/google-app-engine-samples/. > > On Jun 28, 12:14 pm, Tim Hoffman <zutes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I am using nicedit http://nicedit.com/itjust decorates textareas > > so > > very little is required to make it work unless you want custom image > > uploading within in it. > > It also externally hosted so it doesn't have to add to your static > > file count. > > > T > > > On Jun 28, 11:26 pm, Stephen Mayer <stephen.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So I was looking for a good way to impliment a rich text editor on a > > > site I'm building. There are two obvious possible options: FckEdit > > > and TinyMCE. TinyMCE is smaller and has a simpler design so I decided > > > to work with it instead. > > > > Starting Point: 241 files, 101 folders, 1.41mb > > > > But since I only need the simple version of tinyMCE listed > > > here:http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/examples/simple.php > > > > So I used firebug's net tab to watch which files tinyMCE actually > > > loaded after adding it to my page. I created a list of these files, > > > and then moved them into a tiny_mce_min folder. Then I switched to > > > using my minimal installation directory ... eliminating most of the > > > unnecessary code quickly and easily: > > > > Ending Point: 6 files, 7 folders, 182kb > > > > The process > > > 1) Add the full TinyMCE to your dev enviornment, update app.yaml > > > 2) Add TinyMCE to your script ... set any options you need to get the > > > version you want > > > 3) View TinyMCE in FireFox with Firebug powered up and the Net tab > > > open > > > 4) Create a version of your TinyMCE install that includes only the > > > files from TinyMCE that are listed in the net tab > > > 5) Use the minimal install in your deployment rather than the full > > > install > > > > Now I think we could go one step further and eliminate a few file > > > loads (like the lang files) if we hacked tinyMCE js code ... and get > > > it down to one file (or three if you count the css + images). But > > > right now I don't have time to do that. > > > > I realize that the file limit is now bigger than it used to be (now > > > 3000 files) ... but think that it's very constructive to go through > > > this process. Ultimately I don't want to use 241 of my file count > > > limit towards something that could be loaded in one js file. Much of > > > the time we have grown used to slapping in a library but using only a > > > very small percentage of it. I'm hoping that library developers soon > > > begin offering "custom versions" of their code that are highly > > > optimized for a specific task. > > > > Hope this post might be helpful for someone else who confronts the > > > same problem/issue. Another suggestion to Google: perhaps they could > > > host some of these commonly requested libraries by default. I don't > > > think that any of the rich text editors (fckedit or tinymce) are > > > available on a CDN anywhere right now. > > > > - Stephen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
