[Typo3-dev] Integrating a new type of text area

[André Hänsel]

Kasper Skårhøj wrote:
>> And I think that the proper apporach is to improve the RTEs not to
>> add some fancy pseudo STEs ("simple text editing").
>
> yes, for the body text field, lets get a proper RTE strategy going
> supporting all modern browsers.

Yes, I agree absolutely. This is one of the main goals - a proper RTE with a
backend which allows for detailed configuration of allowed and not allowed
formats.
But...

> If THAT is possible we can also skip
> the boring hybrid format we are currently dragging around.

... I don't think the RTE can replace my wiki-style-formatting or vice
versa.

It is to be an additional way of entering text. I believe that entering
formats in wiki-style is still faster than any well-functioning RTE can be.