UsingWW: Improved question editor?

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Improved question editor?

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Hi everyone, thanks so much for the tremendous work that's been done to make WeBWorK!

I have a feature request. Is it feasible to upgrade the question editor page with an embedded code editor like this:

https://ace.c9.io/

https://codemirror.net/

In particular, I'm thinking of syntax highlighting, line numbers, and a fixed width font.

Thanks,

Mike

by Michael Gage - Sunday, 10 February 2019, 9:26 PM

What version of WW are you running? In release 2.13 and 2.14 (and perhaps 2.12?) we do use code mirror for the question editor.

There is a default configuration in default.config:

# This sets if the PG editor should use a js based "codemirror" editor or
# just a textarea
$options{PGCodeMirror} = 1;

by Michael Fraboni - Sunday, 10 February 2019, 10:21 PM

Ah, excellent! I am running 2.12 which does not have that option, so I"ll make it a priority to upgrade soon.

Thanks,

Mike