How can I get link_to_remote to call a new page and respect the
javascript within that page.
I do have an edit page for datarecords, that have a textarea which is
enhanced with the YUI Rich Text Editor. If I call that edit page
through link_to_remote, the editor isn't displayed. If i call it
without the AJAX, it works fine.
i don't know the YUI editor, but in principle the ajax call will not
execute any code that's needs events like onload. you could put that
stuff into an init function and execute that with the ajax call:
render :update do |page|
... your 'normal' ajax stuff ...
page.call "init_function"
end