[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12423: Include Ace (or similar) as default code editor

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#12423: Include Ace (or similar) as default code editor
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 Reporter:  scribu           |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Editor           |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by bpetty):

 I can't find it now, but I know there was some recent discussion regarding
 possibly removing the code editors entirely from core because they are
 just so dangerous for most users, and now that WP 3.4+ has the theme
 customizer, the theme editor really isn't needed/recommended at all.

 Anyway, I think this is part of the reason that when I proposed doing
 exactly this kind of thing with the editors, I was forced to convert my
 patch into a plugin. Here's the
 [https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-
 dev&day=2012-07-11&sort=asc#m419241 relevant IRC discussion], and here's
 the [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-file-editor/ final plugin]
 (which made use of ACE).

 Given the above though, I think that we really should start closing up
 these tickets just like all other "plugin material" requests, they
 honestly aren't going to ever be merged in when it comes down to a
 finished patch in the end, based on my experience. It's definitely less
 than 20% of users that end up needing the editors or using them, and they
 encourage the horrible practice of "cowboy coding". Everyone that told me
 to move it to a plugin really was right, the entire editors themselves
 should be a plugin.

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