Keypress Events on NicEdit

HTML

<script src="http://js.nicedit.com/nicEdit-latest.js"></script>
<textarea name="area1" cols="40"><br /></textarea>
<div id="counter"></div>

JavaScript

nicEditors.allTextAreas();
var char = 60;
    $("#counter").append("You have <strong>" + char + "</strong> char.");
    $("div.nicEdit-main").keyup(function () {
        if ($(this).text().length > char) {
            $(this).text($(this).text().substr(1));
        }
        var rest = char - $(this).text().length;
        $("#counter").html("You have <strong>" + rest + "</strong> char.");
        if (rest <= 10) {
            $("#counter").css("color", "#ff7777");
        }
        else {
            $("#counter").css("color", "#111111");
        }
    });
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