tinyMCE, inline & upload module integration ?

I'm suprised there's been no replies to this suggestion.

I thought it was a really useful idea and seemed relatively simple to implement (to a non-coder).

Any thoughts, anyone?

thanks richard - I'd love to be able cobble something together to share with everyone but I've no idea how ... I'll get there one day!

I submitted this as a feature request for TinyMCE user interface, because it seems consistent with the purpose of TinyMCE which is to make life as easy as possible for 'the general public'. I realise that TinyMCE is not only a drupal thing, and that's why the TinyMCE.module is a separate entity from the TinyMCE javascripts. These modifications would apply to the TinyMCE.module for Drupal.

Personally I don't use MS word at all, but alot of people do. My suggestion is not specific to MS word. It would apply when copy&pasting html pages too, and any DTP editor that works with 'inline' images. It seems a good idea to allow people to use what ever obscure editor they feel comfortable with, and make the conversion process as easy as possible.

To incorporate the [inline:xx] tag into TinyMCE should be very easy. Of course the inline.module script would also be necessary, and ideally bundled in with TinyMCE.module.

The integration with upload.module would be a little more complex - I guess - as you have to have TinyMCE open a dialogue with the upload.module.
1 open a user window containing :
i/ a list (form items) of the 'attachments' derived from URLs in the 'master' page.
ii/ a checkbox for each file referenced
2 on submit :
i/ passes the list of checked files to the upload.module
ii/ triggers the upload/attachement process,
iii/ and inserts the [inline:xx] tags into the master document.

so basically the proposed TinyMCE.module feature creates an interface window to the upload.module ...

the theory seems straight forward enough!

I bet you could do the code with your eyes closed, Richard ;)

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sorry mathias but this is not about MS word! it is about inline URLs for external files eg images.

The MSword filter already in tinyMCE was the inspiration for a more streamlined use of the TinyMCE-Inline-Upload module trilogy.

I believe this trio is justifiably popular because it makes web-document creation very easy for users.

My idea was to simplify the user cut&paste process even further by integrating all 3 modules so the user can cut&paste a complete document (including inline files) in a single process rather than 3 separate processes.

For example:

I cut & paste a simple html page which looks something like this:

 This is a picture of me:
<img src="http://www.longlostpics.com/mypic5.jpg">
and this
<img src="http://www.longlostpics.com/mypic2.jpg">
nice huh?

Now, the codefilter (based on the MScodefilter) will read the references to the jpg files and think, aha! may be the user wants to include this file in the new document too? so it pops-up a little window asking me:
"please select which of the following files you want to include in your new document:
1: mypic5.jpg
2: mypic2.jpg"
with a checkbox next to each one.
I like mypic5 but not mypic2 so I check mypic5 and Submit.

Next, behind the scenes, TinyMCE.module says to upload module: " just go and copy this file "http://www.longlostpics.com/mypic5.jpg" to the users files/ folder and call it 123456789.jpg - ta" Upload does all its filtype, filesize, etc checks, says "ok" and performs the upload.

And then TinyMCE replaces the reference with inline.

and hey presto!

surely much easier the user invoking each module in turn by hand ... ?

I don't know how to explain this any more simply!