Opensource rich text editor whose output QTextBrowser accepts

[hvw59601]

Hi,

I am using QTextBrowser to display a rich text file, .rtf, but I am having trouble finding an editor that will produce a file that QTextBrowser will accept.

E.g. I tried oowriter but QTextBrowser will not display that as RTF but just displays plain text (all the control statements).

I tried the startup file from http://www.nllgg.nl/Ted/ but it will not display that either.

I can put simple rtf code in a file and it does display that, but I want to use an editor and not have to code all the rtf stuff.

[high_flyer]

but I want to use an editor and not have to code all the rtf stuff.

From the docs:

If you want to provide your users with an editable rich text editor, use QTextEdit. If you want a text browser without hypertext navigation use QTextEdit, and use QTextEdit::setReadOnly() to disable editing. If you just need to display a small piece of rich text use QLabel.

And how exactly are you adding the text to the QTextBrowser?

[hvw59601]

Like in line 38:

void ApplicationWindow::Editor_2()
{
    char name[32]="AppWin::Editor_2";
 
   QString s,tt,tt1;
 
    if( rtfAct->isChecked() ) {
        QString tt = xlist->get_desc(xlist->get_varno("about_rtf_file"));
 
        about_rtf_file.setName(tt);
 
        if ( !about_rtf_file.exists() ) {
            midget("%s does not exist %d %s\n",qPrintable(tt),__LINE__,__FILE__);
            return;
        }
 
        if ( !about_rtf_file.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) ) {
            midget("Could not open about_rtf_file: %s %d %s\n",qPrintable(tt),__LINE__,__FILE__);
            return;
        }
 
        setCursor(Qt::waitCursor);
 
        e_2 = new QTextBrowser( this, "editor" );
        e_2->setGeometry(get_int("xxe"), get_int("yye"), get_int("wwe"), get_int("hhe"));
        midget("debugger x=%d y=%d w=%d h=%d %d %s\n",get_int("xxe"), get_int("yye"), get_int("wwe"), get_int("hhe"),__LINE__,__FILE__);
//      e->setDocumentTitle(debug_file);
        e_2->setReadOnly(TRUE);
        e_2->setAcceptRichText(TRUE);
        e_2->setFocus();
        e_2->clear();
 
        int kk =0;
        QTextStream t_t(&about_rtf_file);
        while ( !t_t.atEnd() ) {
            QString s = t_t.readLine();
            qApp->processEvents();
            e_2->append( s );
            kk++;
        }
        midget("Read %d lines of about_rtf_file: %d %s\n",kk,__LINE__,__FILE__);
        about_rtf_file.close();
        setCursor(Qt::arrowCursor);
        e_2->show();
    }
    else {
        about_rtf_file.close();
        delete e_2;
        xdeb->hide();
        ss->repaint();
    }
 
    emit(setStat());

void ApplicationWindow::Editor_2()
{
    char name[32]="AppWin::Editor_2";

   QString s,tt,tt1;

    if( rtfAct->isChecked() ) {
        QString tt = xlist->get_desc(xlist->get_varno("about_rtf_file"));

        about_rtf_file.setName(tt);

        if ( !about_rtf_file.exists() ) {
            midget("%s does not exist %d %s\n",qPrintable(tt),__LINE__,__FILE__);
            return;
        }

        if ( !about_rtf_file.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) ) {
            midget("Could not open about_rtf_file: %s %d %s\n",qPrintable(tt),__LINE__,__FILE__);
            return;
        }

        setCursor(Qt::waitCursor);

        e_2 = new QTextBrowser( this, "editor" );
        e_2->setGeometry(get_int("xxe"), get_int("yye"), get_int("wwe"), get_int("hhe"));
        midget("debugger x=%d y=%d w=%d h=%d %d %s\n",get_int("xxe"), get_int("yye"), get_int("wwe"), get_int("hhe"),__LINE__,__FILE__);
//      e->setDocumentTitle(debug_file);
        e_2->setReadOnly(TRUE);
        e_2->setAcceptRichText(TRUE);
        e_2->setFocus();
        e_2->clear();

        int kk =0;
        QTextStream t_t(&about_rtf_file);
        while ( !t_t.atEnd() ) {
            QString s = t_t.readLine();
            qApp->processEvents();
            e_2->append( s );
            kk++;
        }
        midget("Read %d lines of about_rtf_file: %d %s\n",kk,__LINE__,__FILE__);
        about_rtf_file.close();
        setCursor(Qt::arrowCursor);
        e_2->show();
    }
    else {
        about_rtf_file.close();
        delete e_2;
        xdeb->hide();
        ss->repaint();
    }

    emit(setStat());

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[high_flyer]

try and see what does acceptRichText () return, you could also try and explicitly call setAcceptRichText ( true)