5.16.2 Configuration

The rules for detecting which part editor to use are as follows:

• if there is part specific editor configured, use that
• if the "Daisy HTML" flag of the part type is true, use the HTML editor
• in all other cases, show the upload-editor

To use a custom editor for a certain part, a file called <partTypeName>.xml should be created in the following directory:

<wikidata directory>/resources/parteditors/

The file should contain some XML like the following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<partEditor xmlns="http://outerx.org/daisy/1.0#parteditor"
        class="...">
  <properties>
    <entry key="...">...</entry>
  </properties>
</partEditor>

The class property of the partEditor element should contain the class name of a class implementing the following interface:

org.outerj.daisy.frontend.editor.PartEditorFactory

The properties element is optional and can be used to configure the part editor.

Besides the default editors, there is one example editor included in Daisy: a plain text editor. Suppose you have a part called MyPlainText and you want to use this editor for it, you need to create a file called MyPlainText.xml in the above mentioned directory, and put the following XML in it:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<partEditor xmlns="http://outerx.org/daisy/1.0#parteditor"
        class="org.outerj.daisy.frontend.editor.PlainTextPartEditor$Factory">
</partEditor>

Once you save this file, the editor will become immediately active (no need to restart the Wiki). If you do not see the editor, check the cocoon error log.