SynEdit to edit WYSIWYG text
lazarus / 7-LCL

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antonio · 2007-03-22 18:05

An editable WYSIWYG synedit control

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theo · 2007-03-22 18:18

What's that?

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antonio · 2007-03-22 18:27

I'd like to know also.

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Marc · 2007-03-23 15:40

What You See Is What You Get

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theo · 2007-03-23 15:45

I know. But what has it to do with Synedit?
In a way, Synedit is already WYSIWYG though. You see sourcecode and
you get sourcecode. ;-)

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theo · 2007-03-23 21:40

Now I see what you meant. It's the same question as this one, right?
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtop
ic&t=3510&highlight=synedit

No, Synedit can't be used as a RichEdit Control.
It's a Source-Code Editor. It can only handle fixed-width fonts. In a
way it's column-based, which is not how a RichEdit Control works.
It's not designed for different line-heights, and it has no idea about
some vital concepts of a RichEdit Control, like Wordwrapping or
Paragraphs.
It's so different, it wouldn't even be a good starting point for
developing such a Component.

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antonio · 2007-03-26 15:59

Yes, I made a lot of questions about this same issue.  SynEdit doesn't
fit this matter and RichEdit is uportable. So... Thanks for your
answer.