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= Textile Editor Helper v0.3

Textile Editor Helper is a plugin for Ruby on Rails to add a Textile toolbar above textareas
	
This version of Textile Editor Helper is a fork of the code found at http://svn.webtest.wvu.edu/repos/rails/plugins/textile_editor_helper/ to allow for use with the form_for method. 

== Dependency

To use Textile Editor Helper you must be using Prototype. TEH relies on Prototype for the onload event handler.


== To use Textile Editor Helper

Directions to get the helper up and running for your install:

	1. run rake textile_editor_helper:install
	2. for the textarea(s) that you want to add the TEH toolbar to replace the text area tag with:

		<% form_for(:user, :url => user_path(@user), :html => { :method => :put }) do |f| %>
	  	<%= f.textile_editor :description %>
    <% end %>

		**OR**
		
		<%= form_tag :controller => "users", :action => "edit", :id => @user.id %>
			<%= textile_editor :user, "website" %>
		</form>
		
		**OR** 
		
		<%= textile_editor_tag 'description', :description -%> 
		
		**just like writing a text area tag, same options**

	3. at the end of your form put in the following code:

		<%= textile_editor_initialize -%> **Important!**

	4. save your view and check it out


== Simple vs. Extended

TEH has a built-in mode to show only a sub-selection of available tags called simple. Currently the 'simple' tags are: bold, underline, italic, strikethrough. To create a text area that will only use the 'simple' tags create your text area with the following code:

	<%= textile_editor 'object', 'field', :simple -%>
	

== To modify Textile Editor Helper

Most of the options that you might want to modify (e.g. access keystroke or whether a tag is available in simple) are found in textile_editor_config.js. Pretty straightforward.


== More Info on Textile

To learn more about Textile check out: Textism, http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/index.php & Textile Reference, http://hobix.com/textile/


== More Info on slate

slate is the CMS in development at West Virginia University that led to the development of Textile Editor Helper. Learn more at: http://slateinfo.blogs.wvu.edu


== License

Textile Editor Helper is released under the MIT license.


= Credits

Textile Editor Helper was created by Dave Olsen (Javascript) and Chris Scharf (Ruby/Rails) of West Virginia University Web Services (http://webservices.wvu.edu/)


= Inspired by 

Patrick Woods, http://www.hakjoon.com/code/38/textile-quicktags-redirect & 
Alex King, http://alexking.org/projects/js-quicktags