diff --git a/xedit/README.txt b/xedit/README.txt
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+External Editor
+===============
+
+  ($Id$)
+
+  >>> from zope.app.testing import ztapi
+  >>> from zope.app import zapi
+
+  >>> from cybertools.xedit import interfaces
+  >>> from cybertools.xedit.browser import ExternalEditorView
diff --git a/xedit/__init__.py b/xedit/__init__.py
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+"""
+$Id$
+"""
+
diff --git a/xedit/browser.py b/xedit/browser.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+(View) class(es) for the external editor functionality.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from zope.app import zapi
+from zope.event import notify
+from zope.app.event.objectevent import ObjectModifiedEvent
+from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
+from zope.security.proxy import removeSecurityProxy
+
+
+class ExternalEditorView(object):
+
+    # TODO: don't access context.data directly but via an IReadFile adapter
+
+    def load(self):
+        context = removeSecurityProxy(self.context)
+        data = context.data
+        r = []
+        r.append('url:' + zapi.absoluteURL(context, self.request))
+        r.append('meta_type:' + '.'.join((context.__module__, context.__class__.__name__)))
+        auth = self.request.get('_auth')
+        if auth:
+            print 'ExternalEditorView: auth = ', auth
+            if auth.endswith('\n'):
+                auth = auth[:-1]
+            r.append('auth:' + auth)
+        cookie = self.request.get('HTTP_COOKIE','')
+        if cookie:
+            r.append('cookie:' + cookie)
+        r.append('')
+        r.append(data)
+        result = '\n'.join(r)
+        self.setHeaders(len(result))
+        return fromUnicode(result)
+
+    def save(self):
+        data = self.request.get('editor.data')
+        if data:
+            self.context.data = data
+            notify(ObjectModifiedEvent)
+        
+    def lock(self):
+        pass
+
+    def unlock(self):
+        pass
+
+    def setHeaders(self, size):
+        response = self.request.response
+        response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-zope-xedit')
+        response.setHeader('Content-Length', size)
+
+
+def fromUnicode(text):
+    if not text:
+        return ''
+    if isinstance(text, unicode):
+        return text.encode('UTF-8')
+    return text
diff --git a/xedit/configure.zcml b/xedit/configure.zcml
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+++ b/xedit/configure.zcml
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+<!-- $Id$ -->
+
+<configure
+   xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
+   xmlns:zope="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
+   i18n_domain="zope">
+
+  <pages for="loops.interfaces.IResource"
+         class=".browser.ExternalEditorView"
+         permission="zope.ManageContent">
+         
+    <page name="external_edit" attribute="load" />
+    <page name="save" attribute="save" />
+    <page name="lock" attribute="lock" />
+    <page name="unlock" attribute="unlock" />
+
+  </pages>
+
+</configure>
diff --git a/xedit/cybertools.xedit-configure.zcml b/xedit/cybertools.xedit-configure.zcml
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+++ b/xedit/cybertools.xedit-configure.zcml
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+<include package="cybertools.xedit" />
diff --git a/xedit/interfaces.py b/xedit/interfaces.py
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+++ b/xedit/interfaces.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+interface definitions for the external editor.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
+
+
diff --git a/xedit/tests.py b/xedit/tests.py
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+++ b/xedit/tests.py
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+# $Id$
+
+import unittest, doctest
+from zope.testing.doctestunit import DocFileSuite
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    flags = doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE | doctest.ELLIPSIS
+    return unittest.TestSuite((
+                DocFileSuite('README.txt', optionflags=flags),
+            ))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(defaultTest='test_suite')