I downloaded the latest CKEditor and tried the following:
<html> <head> <script src="ckeditor/ckeditor.js"> </script> </head> <body> <div id="editor"> Some test text </div> <script> CKEDITOR.disableAutoInline = true; var editor = CKEDITOR.inline( 'editor' ); </script> </body>
It worked in the sense that I can click the div to bring up the editor toolbar, but beyond that I cannot edit the content! Most toolbar buttons are disabled, and entering text into a field does nothing. (See screenshot below)

According to http://nightly.ckeditor.com/13-04-14-07-42/standard/samples/inlinebycode.html , that should be all I need. Is there another configuration setting that I have to do?
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