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Re: Is VPL getting better?
by Eric Laffoon on Tuesday 01/Aug/2006, @09:40
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> Last times I checked Quanta there were always some problems with the WYSIWIG editor :-(
Funny you title it VPL, then call it WYSIWYG. There are problems with VPL in use, but at least it doesn't munch your entire internal format and it does conform precisely to the DTD set in your page. AFAIK no other visual tool does that.
> Are there any plans to merge the editor into KHTML so that websites with TinyMCE/Xinha/FCKEditor/HTMLArea could be used?
As to the first part of your question, there are two reasons VPL has problems. One is that it's a monumental amount of work to integrate and we were up against that with deadlines. The other is that no matter how hard we tried to solve some problems they were unsolvable precisely because it relies on KHTML, which after two times trying to integrate what was needed for VPL is now finally getting Apple's Webcore improvements which should make a good VPL finally possible.
As far as your second question goes, I had to think about it because it has nothing to do with Quanta. You're talking editors and I already have one that is extremely productive and I'm not about to compromise it. KHTML has the hooks in it to edit already and in KDE 4 they will improve. After that it is up to developers with other tools if they want to take advantage of it.
The better question is VPL in Quanta. We had two developers working on it on a volunteer basis. This year any work on a version for KDE 3 was deemed useless because KHTML is being overhauled for KDE 4 and not for KDE 3. It's finally getting to where we should think about this development path and I have not heard back yet from either developer. Maybe they are on vacation. If they don't return I need to find another volunteer or I need to sponsor another developer. I really want to manage an improvement, not struggle to keep from discontinuing what we have.
At the current time we can't afford to sponsor another developer. It's a little frustrating that I spent hours of sleep time putting this story together hoping that along exciting news we'd get donations, and we have less than $200 our first day. I guess I'll stop typing and get to work and make some money to pay these guys and buy them notebooks. ;-) |
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