since nobody is replying, i am trying to help, although i know nobody who is using "ae". The whole initialization happens for the ckeditor via initialize_widget [1], which adds finally the init code via "template::add_script" and "template::head::add_javascript". These settings are picked up later in the "blank-master".
Since "ae" stands probably for "Anonymous Evaluation", it might be the case that there are different templates are used (maybe omitting the blank-master). Do you see the JavaScript code in the page, where the editor is supposed to appear?
all the best
-gn
[1] https://openacs.org/api-doc/proc-view?proc=richtext::ckeditor4::initialize_widget&source_p=1
