RFR: 8357393: RichTextArea: fails to properly save text attributes [v2]

[Andy Goryachev]

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:44:08 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> While this is still an incubating API we can break backward compatibility, but at some point, we will need a format that can evolve compatibility with newer runtimes able to read older files.

You are absolutely right: we must provide a mechanism for versioning as well as properly document the format.  The draft spec is 
https://github.com/andy-goryachev-oracle/Test/blob/main/doc/RichTextArea/RichTextArea_DataFormat_V2.md

but it is guaranteed to change to enable versioning (and addition of tab stop attributes in #1800)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1813#issuecomment-2946473022