Codeeditor_XH provides a replacement for the simple textarea in the back-end of CMSimple_XH to edit the template, the stylesheet and the plugin stylesheets. Furthermore it can be used to edit the content of the website.
Instead of being a WYSIWYG or WYSIWYM editor, it allows to edit the source code directly, and offers syntax highlighting, line numbering, code indenting and folding, bracket matching, optional line wrapping, filebrowser integration and search and replace.
Codeeditor_XH is a plugin for CMSimple_XH ≥ 1.7.0. It requires PHP ≥ 7.0.0.
The lastest release is available for download on Github.
The installation is done as with many other CMSimple_XH plugins.
- Backup the data on your server.
- Unzip the distribution on your computer.
- Upload the whole directory
codeeditor/to your server into theplugins/directory of CMSimple_XH. - Set write permissions for the subdirectories
config/,css/andlanguages/. - Navigate to
Plugins→Codeeditorin the back-end to check if all requirements are fulfilled.
The configuration of the plugin is done as with many other CMSimple_XH
plugins in the back-end of the Website.
Navigate to Plugins → Codeeditor.
You can change the default settings of Codeeditor_XH under Config.
Hints for the options will be displayed
when hovering over the help icon with your mouse.
Localization is done under Language.
You can translate the character strings to your own language
if there is no appropriate language file available,
or customize them according to your needs.
The style of Codeeditor_XH can be customized under Stylesheet.
Further configuration can be done in plugins/codeeditor/inits/init.json.
The options are explained in the
CodeMirror user manual.
To enable Codeeditor_XH as content editor go to
Settings → Configuration → Editor → Name and enter codeeditor.
The editor has no toolbar or context menu, but instead uses keyboard shortcuts, which can be configured in the init file. Some noteworthy ones:
| Function | PC | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| save | Ctrl-S | Cmd-S |
| find | Ctrl-F | Cmd-F |
| find next | Ctrl-G | Cmd-G |
| find prev | Shift-Ctrl-G | Shift-Cmd-G |
| replace | Shift-Ctrl-F | Cmd-Alt-F |
| replace all | Shift-Ctrl-R | Shift-Cmd-Alt-F |
| toggle fullscreen | Esc | Esc |
| toggle folding | Ctrl-Q | Cmd-Q |
| toggle line wrapping | Alt-W | Alt-W |
| toggle preview | Crtl-P | Ctrl-P |
| browse images | Ctrl-I | Cmd-I |
| browse downloads | Ctrl-L | Cmd-L |
| browse media | Ctrl-M | Cmd-M |
| browse userfiles | Ctrl-U | Cmd-U |
The browse functions only support the standard filebrowser of CMSimple_XH.
Report bugs and ask for support either on Github or in the CMSimple_XH Forum.
Codeeditor_XH is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Codeeditor_XH is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantibility or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Codeeditor_XH. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Copyright 2011-2021 Christoph M. Becker
Czech translation © 2012 Josef Němec
Slovak translation © 2012 Dr. Martin Sereday
Russian translation © 2012 Lybomyr Kydray
Codeeditor_XH is powered by CodeMirror. Many thanks to Marijn Haverbeke for developing this great piece of software and publishing it under MIT license.
The plugin icon was taken from the Oxygen icon set. Many thanks for publishing these icons under GPL.
Many thanks to the community at the CMSimple forum for tips, suggestions and testing.
And last but not least many thanks to Peter Harteg, the “father” of CMSimple, and all developers of CMSimple_XH without whom this amazing CMS would not exist.