RE: Algorithms for Editing Operations

From: Olivier Forget [mailto:teleclimber@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:07 AM
To: Ben Peters; public-editing-tf@w3.org
Subject: Re: Algorithms for Editing Operations

On Thu Nov 06 2014 at 4:09:18 PM Ben Peters <Ben.Peters@microsoft.com<mailto:Ben.Peters@microsoft.com>> wrote:
I have begun to research algorithms for editing, including insert text, insert content, delete content, insert newline, and replace content. I believe our goal should be to have consistent behavior that is reasonable and simple. In order to make it lightweight and easy to agree on, I think it should have very few heuristics and should instead rely on well-defined simplicity. This will result in imperfect, but consistent behavior. Frameworks and sites can implement their own complex heuristics or custom behavior using Intention Events. Thoughts?

 I completely agree that consistent and predictable behavior, even if incomplete is the right way to go.

I wrote a proposal for text insertion to this list last month but I got no responses. I'll plug it again here:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-editing-tf/2014Oct/0008.html


It is precisely the kind of mechanism that has very few heuristics by design, but is quite helpful to developers. Please let me know what you think.

Replied on that thread: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-editing-tf/2014Nov/0025.html


Cheers,

Olivier