Can I use TYPO3's RTE in a front end plugin?

Question

I have a custom extension, and i need to use some form of text editor in the front-end. According to the documentation, it should be possible, but the documentation and tutorials seem to be deprecated. I think this is not available in typo3 7.6 :

require_once(t3lib_extMgm::extPath('rtehtmlarea').'pi2/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_pi2.php');

Can it be done somehow or do i need to install another extension for this, maybe just a viewhelper? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

To be honest, that feature worked only in theory and never in reality. Use an RTE like ckeditor or whatever fits best

Answer 2

I did lots of researches trying to use the rtehtmlarea in the FE, but failed. Then, I realized I could use any RTE, as they are nothing but js+css. All I need is to render the contents with RTE.FE, like how the BE does, and save the result into the database, which is all I want. I have already done this in many sites, using standalone tinymce, and it works great. So, I think maybe you could try this solution.