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Replace Trix with Lexxy #70

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@monorkin

Lexxy is an ActionText frontend replacement for Trix that has a few advantages:

  1. It supports WYSIWYG markdown editing (closes Markdown messages support #36)
  2. It supports inline and block code blocks with syntax highlighting

While the Ruby side of replacing Trix with Lexxy is straight forward, a lot of the Stimulus controllers will have to be updated to work with Lexxy - like the composer, the unfurler, ...

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  1. added theissue type on Sep 23, 2025
  2. sethwbarton commented on Oct 13, 2025

    @sethwbarton

    Hi! I'd like to take a shot at this if no one else has it in progress.

    It looks like the result of #36 is that we want the full Lexxy experience instead of just putting in markdown support alone. So I'll give it a shot. I'm new to this project so hopefully I get all the controllers that need to get updated.

  3. milos-dukic commented on Oct 29, 2025

    @milos-dukic
    Contributor

    One question regarding the UI/UX, should new Lexxy input look & feel, be the same as current Trix?

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