Cannot use two editor instances created with the_editor() on the same edit page

[mastermind]

I have the following problem:

I'm writing a plugin for WP 2.5 that inserts a second editor on the page editing page, using the function the_editor(). The relevant code is:

function seco_editor()
{
  ?>
    <div id="seco_editorcontainer" class="postarea">
      <h3><?php _e('Secondary content', 'seco'); ?></h3>
      <?php the_editor($mystuff, 'seco_content', 'content', true, 3); ?>
    </div>
  <?php
}
add_action('edit_page_form', 'seco_editor');
add_action('edit_form_advanced', 'seco_editor');

It looks ok at first sight, and it works ok when visual editing is disabled. But when you use a quicktag from the upper editor, it will insert in the lower one. The lower editor works, though.

There are even worse problems in WYSIWYG mode: In the second editor, the iconbar is missing until "visual" is clicked. Then, the editor instances seem to interfer, both seem to be damaged (especially switching from visual to HTML mode), although basic WYSIWYG operations work.

I would expect that it is possible to have more than one instance on one page. (For example, it would be great if the excerpt textarea could also have WYSIWYG capabilities added via a plugin.)

[dd32]

This came up again: #10517 and was closed as wontfix.