syn·co·pate (sĭng'kə-pāt', sĭn'-)

tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.

1. Grammar. To shorten (a word) by syncope.
2. Music. To modify (rhythm) by syncopation.
3. Web Development.
   • To synchronize a textarea with a basic "rich text editor", using very little code.
   • A response to my (i.e., Corey Innis) Pivotal Labs "blab"

[Late Latin syncopāre, syncopāt-, from syncopē, syncope. See syncope.]

(shake, shake, shake) shake your booty

Hey, you wanna get down tonight? Check out:

• example/index.html; that's the way (i like it)
• the screw unit spec suite in spec/suite.html; stayin' alive

you should be dancing

For your own site,

• copy and reference:
  • lib/jquery.js
  • lib/disco.js
  • lib/sycopate.js

• get your groove on:

  $('textarea.syncopate').syncopate({
    // 'commands' is an array of arrays, grouping editor commands.
    // check out https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Rich-Text_Editing_in_Mozilla
    commands : [
      ['bold', 'italic', 'underline'],
      ['indent', 'outdent']
    ]
  });
  

reach out (i'll be there)

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