I'm using code like this to display the default editor on a custom page :
$editorname=isset($in['editor']) ? $in['editor'] : qa_opt('editor_for_qs');
$editor=qa_load_editor(@$in['content'], @$in['format'], $editorname);
Unfortunately, it appears that the plugin is not fully loaded - only the file implementing the 'calc_quality' function appears to be loaded.
For the record, I'm using the Markdown Editor.