[TYPO3-core] RFC: #16836: Remove useless alertbox

[Rens Admiraal]

Hi Steffen,

I agree partly. Shouldn't we mark it deprecated somehow? Or don't we 
have that in JS?

Greetz,
REns

Op 24-12-10 14:13, Steffen Kamper schreef:
> Hi,
>
> Am 24.12.2010 14:05, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 24-12-2010 13:53, Rens Admiraal wrote:
>>> The only situation it occurs is not in TYPO3 core itself, but in a 3rd
>>> party extension which uses this method. It seems not to be used in core
>>> at all (at least this grep result points into that direction):
>>
>> This gives an uneasy feeling:
>> - why is it in the core?
>> - which extension(s) rely on it?
>> - can it be removed without making the extension fail?
>> - why should it be removed if it doesn't bother anyone normally?
>>
>
> i think this was used years ago, but nowadays it makes no sense at all.
> Also all what it does is
> document[TBE_EDITOR.formname][theField].value = RTEcontent;
>
> and using RTE it's not needed at all. So i'm for remove the complete
> function.
>
> I don't believe that any extension use this, and if so, the extension
> does some "hacky" things imho.
>
> vg Steffen