It seems to be a big mess trying to maintain a separate codebase to get around the limits of the_editor.

Has anyone seen someone specifically using the_editor (or a clone, showing the media bar at top left, the html / visual tabs at top right, and editor below with custom TinyMCE buttons added by other plugins) multiple times on the same page either outside the WP post/page/cpt editor or outside of WP-Admin?

I’m hoping someone has figured out a more elegant solution than to rewrite the_editor and surrounding JS files which handle the media bar / html+visual tabs / custom tinymce buttons / editor.