2cryonax:
Well, you're absolutely right, that first we need to know "what to do", and you're right with the answers.
We need strong but secure file manager (I mean much more user friendly and easier than some ftp, scp or sftp access).
It should be able to upload/download/create/move/copy files, and may contain usefull functions (for example. when moving a file, check others for dependencies - links/includes and relink).
Because of this features I would call it not File manager but project manager - it needs and may use additional info like PHP path or apache visibility.
About editing/viewing - this could be merged for textfiles. Editing using XUL might be good. There are some editind features in IE too. I developed some editing
only with JS DOM and DHTML, that is available in Mozilla, IE and Opera as well, that can have (and have
) syntax basic PHP highlighting capabilities and may be extended to support any other.
What would be VERY important for editor, is file locking and maybe versioning. Server side CVS support may not be bad idea.
I'l try to send you URL to my submission to the contest and some other things I played with.
I've checked your mephit out. It seems to me very strong in file management definitely. Before starting this (if we will) we should discuss a bit some desired architecture.
I agree, the main reason for this "IDE" is the ease of editing/developing a site on-line, and I believe, we are able to offer many features, desktop editors have, and maybe some, that desktop editors don't have
