[whatwg] Fixing undo on the Web - UndoManager and Transaction

[Alex Vincent]

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Alex Vincent <ajvincent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   1. I think we should start writing a test suite, for two reasons.
>>  First,
>>
>>   to get some idea how this works in practice, with a reference
>> implementation
>>   in JavaScript.  That will help us iron out some of the API debates we've
>>   been having (reapply, specifically).  Second, a test suite can help all
>> the
>>   implementers implement the same thing.
>>
>
> Implementing it in JavaScript will be somewhat challenging because
> managed/automatic transactions need to keep track of all changes made by a
> function it's calling.  It'll require a heavy use of mutation events (and
> they're going away!)
>
>
Not necessarily.  We can use a DOM implemented in JavaScript, a la
http://www.envjs.com/.  That wouldn't require mutation events, since we
could customize the DOM code before running it.

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"The first step in confirming there is a bug in someone else's work is
confirming there are no bugs in your own."
-- Alexander J. Vincent, June 30, 2001