The text editor

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@gudda1122 said:
i have posted this earlier also that when we want to quote posts from diff pages it becomes quite irritating
kindly do something about that
... speechless... ummm... wait.... I.. will see what can be done. But now that I think of it, it should be a standard feature. I shall toil and burn all my midnight oil ( at @pagalguy 's expense ofcourse ) to make this a reality for you my friend.
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@jibi.abraham said:
... speechless... ummm... wait.... I.. will see what can be done. But now that I think of it, it should be a standard feature. I shall toil and burn all my midnight oil ( at @pagalguy 's expense ofcourse ) to make this a reality for you my friend.
I am keen to see how you pull off multi page quote without it being a pain in the UI :mg:

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@ayushnasa said:
1. Ctrl key misbehaves.
He's been a very naughty boy.... I'm sending him to military school for it. He's not happy with it, but the ... has caused me enough grief to warrant the action. They'll shape him up proper soon, I swear.
2. "Enter" does not necessarily end up in giving a next line when post finally post finally appears
Yep, as @pagalguy so eloquently put it, "spacing spacing spacing" will be firmly dealt with.
3. More Smileys!! I understand that blatant use of them causes confusion and seems untidy at times...but please at least add some of the famous old ones! (Vampire one, my fav, and :2guns: )
I'm looking at
this magnificent beast for @deepu . If that one goes through, I see no reason why vampire dude can't be brought back
4. When using "at"( cannot make the sign here, it just disappears ) to tag people from the text field, it is verrrrry slow to give the suggestions. Compared to the text field in pings, its a nightmare

Hmmm will to talk to @sonnes with the issue
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@pagalguy said:
I am keen to see how you pull off multi page quote without it being a pain in the UI
I am just as keen.... yay... I can't wait
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And smileys cannot be pasted 😁

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@ayushnasa said:
And smileys cannot be pasted
pasting is a very controversial issue. More often than not it is the major reason why my wysiwyg becomes a wysiNOTwyg
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1. Tagging people in edit mode after posting something
2. More smileys
3. Strikethrough

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By blocking CTRL looks like we fubared CTRL B, CTRL I, CTRL U .. oh dang.



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@pagalguy said:
By blocking CTRL looks like we fubared CTRL B, CTRL I, CTRL U .. oh dang.
umm... unfortunately, almost all 3 combos were already fubared in the sense that some browsers tend to think of them as personal possessions and have assigned them as browser shorcuts. Try ctrl+b in firefox and their glorious bookmarks tab opens up.
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Alright, it's seemingly going well. 2 more components and we should be good to go people. Your troubles will soon come to a halt.

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How to multi quote when posts are not on same page?

The quoted text is neither cut nor it is copied...

@jibi.abraham

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@lay_man Right now, quoting from multiple pages is not supported directly. You could try copy pasting into notepad and then back into the editor ( on the site ) for now. I'm working on a solution to see if I can make it less painful.
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And now if I can figure out a file upload solution, we'll be good to go people

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@jibi.abraham we await thee
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@pagalguy It's done boss. There's some nitty gritty left to glue it all together with the forum, but the editor as an entity is officially done :)
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@jibi.abraham
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The first post from the new editor

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@jibi.abraham said:
The first post
testing the new editor.

@jibi.abraham said:
from the new editor

how to embed images within a post ??

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Just copy paste the image url from the browser window
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Courtesy - http://xkcd.com/937/
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I'll be posting a full list of features and a guide tomorrow. As of now though, you won't be able to post with attachments, you can test it though.

The next iteration is due tomorrow afternoon ( read 12 pm ). Features to expect
1. Sticky control keys -> Fancy way of saying that the controls ( bold, italic, underline and strikethrough ) will behave like those in gmail.
2. Enable attachments.
3. Enable the new editor in edit mode.
4. Better smiley insertion, will move the cursor to immediately after the smiley ( this was an oversight on my part.. )