LnBlog

The next iteration in the 0.2 series, LnBlog 0.2.2, is available. You can get it from the download page.

This release adds a "show all" page for the blog entry archive and a simple Javascript-based editor for posting. It also fixes a quote-escaping problem with post previews.

I'm kind of excited about the editor, since I managed to include what I think are a couple of cool features. This is an accomplishment for me, since I konw only slightly more about Javascript than I do about PL/1. Anyway, I made the acronym and abbreviation buttons in the editor remember the title text you enter for them, so the next time you use that acronym, you only have to enter the actonym itself, not what it stands for. I also found a function to insert text into the textarea at the cursor location rather than at the end. And the best part is that it actually works in the latest version of Opera!

The only thing I'm not sure about is my choice of using text boxes for the editor instead of input popups, which seem to be more popular. The popup inputs do have something going for them in that you can just click a button, type, and hit enter. Using text boxes adds an extra mousing step (click text box, type, click button). On the other hand, popup input boxes are modal, which really, really sucks. I guess it's a balancing act. Although I suppose it would be possible to make this configurable....