How to build a basic rich text editor?

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Are there any really basic tutorials for how to build a simple rich text editor?

I want to write my own rich text editor with javascript or jquery. I don't know where to start, so as bare bones as possible is ideal. EDIT: To response to the comment about reinventing the wheel - the reason why I want to this is because 1] some features I want to implement aren't available even in TinyMCE. 2] I have an idea to upgrade my website where alot of features of the site will interact with the editor. I think it'll take alot more work to modify another script for this purpose.

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You'll have a mess to deal with when it comes to cross browser differences. You'll notice the edit here...

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