code: public boolean editableManualOpen() throws JspException {
  
          boolean result = false;
          if (!CmsFlexController.isCmsOnlineRequest(getJspContext().getRequest())) {
              // all this does NOT apply to the "online" project
              I_CmsDirectEditProvider eb = CmsJspTagEditable.getDirectEditProvider(getJspContext());
              if ((eb != null)) {
                  // check if the provider support manual placement of buttons
                  if (eb.isManual(CmsDirectEditMode.MANUAL)) {
                      // the provider supports manual placement of buttons
                      result = true;
                      CmsJspTagEditable.editableTagAction(getJspContext(), null, CmsDirectEditMode.MANUAL, null);
                  }
              }
          }
          return result;
      }
docs: Insert the start HTML for the direct edit buttons in manual mode.<p>
  
  Same as opening the <code>&lt;cms:editable mode="manual"&gt;</code> tag.<p>
  
  @return <code>true</code> if HTML was inserted that needs to be closed
  
  @throws JspException if something goes wrong