Thank you so much Reinier! I'll dig into the thread that you sent out. I'll update this thread if I make any progress. Regards Jun
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Reinier van den Born Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:31 AM To: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist Subject: Re: [HippoCMS-dev] Rich Text Editor issues Hello Jun, A while ago I initiated a thread about extending/upgrading Xinha: http://hippocms-dev.markmail.org/message/snzmsx3fu775ba75?q=xinha That last mail summarizes my findings. Nothing related to Word pasting, but it might give a (partial) answer to your last question. If you have any more questions feel free, Reinier [email protected] wrote: > Hi all, > Any insights on the issue? > Thanks > Jun > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ni, Jun > (FindLaw) > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [HippoCMS-dev] Rich Text Editor issues > > Hi guys, > > I am trying out features of the rich text editor in hippo cms. I found > that pasting contents copied from Word leads to different results in > different browsers. > > 1. ctrl+v or using the paste option in IE: all text formatting are > gone. The numbered or unnumbered lists look right, but the source html > shows that it treats the "bullet" as a special character, eg: My bullets > <br />* Option 1 <br />* Option 2 > 2. ctrl+v on FireFox: kept all the formatting, plus lots of style > and meta data tags from word. The clean MSWord tag button only cleans > out the ms styles, but not the metadata junk. The good news is that the > bullets are presented in the right html tags > 3. paste option in firefox: stripped out all the formatting and > MSWord junk, bullet is treated as a special character. All similar to IE > except that it also stripped out all the <p> tags. > > > > What I am looking for from the rich text editor is: > > 1. clean out the meta data tags from word, doesn't matter if it's done > at the time of paste or after clicking the killword button > > 2. translate the bullets and numbered lists to proper html tags. > > 3. preserve some of the basic formatting (eg, bold, italic, paragraphs) > > > > I did some research on xinha, and found that there is a config > killWordOnPaste. So I grep'ed killWordOnPaste in hippo-cms, and updated > the value to false in all occurrences. It doesn't seem to make much > difference though. Does anyone know where the magic button is? > > > > In case you are interested, I did same tests on Xinha's latest demo > editor(http://xinha.raimundmeyer.de/x_examples/ext_example.html). By > default the killWordOnPaste is false, so I can copy & paste my word > content to Xinha in IE. It works slightly better than what we have in > hippocms right now: It still kept the ms meta junk in firefox, but the > bullets are translated to <ul> in IE properly. So I guess the other > question for you is: what's the best approach to upgrade xinha in > hippocms? > > > > Thanks > > Jun > > ******************************************** > Hippocms-dev: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist > > Searchable archives can be found at: > MarkMail: http://hippocms-dev.markmail.org > Nabble: http://www.nabble.com/Hippo-CMS-f26633.html > > > ******************************************** > Hippocms-dev: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist > > Searchable archives can be found at: > MarkMail: http://hippocms-dev.markmail.org > Nabble: http://www.nabble.com/Hippo-CMS-f26633.html > -- Reinier van den Born HintTech B.V. T: +31(0)15 268 2573 F: +31(0)15 268 2567 M: +31(0)6 494 171 36 ATTENTION: WE HAVE MOVED!! Delftechpark 37i | 2628 XH Delft | www.hinttech.com HintTech is a specialist in eBusiness Technology ( .Net, Java platform, Tridion ) and IT-Projects. Chamber of Commerce The Hague nr. 27242282 | Sales Tax nr. NL8062.16.396.B01 ******************************************** Hippocms-dev: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist Searchable archives can be found at: MarkMail: http://hippocms-dev.markmail.org Nabble: http://www.nabble.com/Hippo-CMS-f26633.html
