Evaluation of Javascript Editors (Plugins)

[niklasfink]

We need an editor for our input area where the ruby-uml-definitions are written.

Should be:

• Good looking / themeable
• Ruby code highlighting
• Undo/Redo/Save
• Autocompletion
• Custom buttons (for export as png or whatever)

Therefore we need a comparison between different Javascript editor plugins. Maybe also take a look at angularjs plugins.

[rasidmusic]

current favorite: Codemirror

• Ruby highlighting (and a lot of other languages for the future)
• easy to implement
• customizable

-no toolbar --> CK Editor? (not my favorised option, doesnt work good with Ruby highlighting)

[rasidmusic]

some toolbar functions could be:

• Open file
• save to file
• copy, paste, cut
• undo, redo
• check Syntax

//Edit: Do we need a toolbar? ctrl+c, ctrl+v would be faster than "Open File"...

[niklasfink]

We could achieve an "Open File.." function via drag'n'drop, this could be indicated by a symbol. Maybe like this:

[niklasfink]

Please provide some screenshots of the different editors, to see some differences.