Switching submission editor from WYSIWYG to BBCode

[Andrew Lee]

I am thinking of switching the submission editor from the current WYSIWYG editor to a BBCode editor like the one used in the forum.

The reason is because the WYSIWYG editor generates pretty messy markups, and having used the WYSIWYG editors in Wordpress and Blogger for awhile now, I think this is a common problem, which is why they always provide a WYSIWYG view and a HTML view. A BBCode editor will not have this problem.

Please let me know if you have any serious objections to this move.

Thanks!

[lautrepay]

Will this change affect the editor of updates?

[webfork]

Sounds fine. I've had some difficulty with BBcode with regard to continued lists. So for example:

1. first item
2. second item

short paragraph about the second item

• third item

Here's the code I used:

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[list=1][*]first item
[*]second item[/list]

short paragraph about the second item

[list=3][*]third item[/list]

I can fix that in HTML, but how do I fix that in BBcode so the 3rd item doesn't show up again as #1?

[Midas]

I generally feel BBcode would be an upgrade, but then I'm partial to plain text and (any simple) markup... But there will be flaws, as webfork has noted.

[Andrew Lee]

Doesn't this look OK?

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[list=1]
[*]first item
[*]second item

Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. 


[*]third item[/list]

1. first item
2. second item
   
   Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item. Short paragraph about the second item.
3. third item

[webfork]

Very cool -- thanks. I was actually more concerned about nested lists, but I just used the same formula.

1. item 1
2. item 2
   1. substep 1
   2. substep 2
3. item 3

So cool, nvrmnd.

[SYSTEM]

That change would be nice. Thanks to the HotkeyBB extension of Opera, writing BBCode is very fast for me.

[abc]

No objections your honor. BBCode is quite good and easy to get into.