Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.284.2.162 -r1.284.2.163
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl	1 Jul 2021 17:48:25 -0000	1.284.2.162
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl	2 Jul 2021 16:33:11 -0000	1.284.2.163
@@ -3110,6 +3110,7 @@
     #:msg "setting editor for ${:name}, args=$args,[llength $args]"
     if {[llength $args] == 0} {return ${:editor}}
     set editor [lindex $args 0]
+
     if {[info exists :editor] && $editor eq ${:editor} && [info exists :__initialized]} return
 
     set editor_class [self class]::$editor
@@ -3148,6 +3149,17 @@
     set :booleanHTMLAttributes {readonly disabled formnovalidate}
     next
     #ns_log notice "==== ${:name} EDITOR specified? [info exists :editor]"
+
+    # The init of a richtext will immediately reclass the formfield
+    # and call initialize (because 'richtext' in the spec is the name
+    # of a class). This will bring here, before we had the chance to
+    # set the editor value from the spec, because the field class is
+    # parsed before other options. Getting here without an editor,
+    # will cause the code to fallback to the default from the global
+    # parameter, de-facto ingnoring the 'editor=' spec. One quick
+    # solution is to parse the spec here.
+    regexp {,?editor=([^,]+)} ${:spec} m :editor
+
     if {![info exists :editor]} {
       set :editor [parameter::get_global_value -package_key xowiki \
                        -parameter PreferredRichtextEditor -default ckeditor4]