html editors 1

[olgaportland]

I have been looking for an html editor, as easy to use as AOLPress. There are problems with it now, like image maps not showing up in the Netscape browser, while there is no problem with IE. I like to have the choice as to how I'm going to work. This program, although outdated, allows me to write code in the html view, or to use it as a word processor, using the wysiwyg view, and to switch back and forth instantly. I like Evrsoft's 1st Page 2000, but while I can view the page in the integrated real-time previewer, I can only write in the code view. Sometimes I write a page in AOLPress and then import it into another editor to make a few improvements. Does anyone know of an editor with the ease of use of AOLPress?

 

[cian]

Sorry to come in late here,
The best free editor I have seen it HTML-Kit from

http://www.chami.com

Its simple to use and has just about everything you will need in an editor, tag wizards, FTP, preview window, HTML validator, XML/XHTML converter, it does HTML, Java, CSS, XSCL etc etc etc and you can also download hundreds of plugins which allow you to expand an already amazing package!! (I should be paid for this!!)


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http://endamcg.com

 

[petey]

Note Tab is pretty decent. Basically Notepad on steroids. Some features are:
[ul]
[li]Multiple document interface[/li]
[li]Customizable macro and template libraries[/li]
[li]Regular expression support for search and replace (Woo-hoo!)[/li]
[li]Customizable toolbar[/li]
[li]Preview buttons for different browsers[/li]
[li]Doesn't choke on enormous files (Notepad does)[/li]
[li]Can replace MS Notepad in Windows file associations with one click[/li]
[li](etc...)[/li]
[/ul]
I won't bore you, but there are hundreds more features, and that's just the *free* version.

http://www.notetab.com

Petey

 

[tsdragon]

I still recommend EditPlus over all the editors mentioned above, and I've tried them all. The trial version is not crippled in any way, and registration is very inexpensive. It can do everything mentioned for the text editors above, plus it has some project management tools built in, bookmarking, an html toolbar, function list, directory window, user-definable cliptext files, user-definable tools, macro recording, and more. If you use an text-editor for programming you really should try it out.

(No, I'm not in any way affiliated with EditPlus.)
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Tarwn]

I have to add my two cents, Editplus all the way. I have been using it for a year and a half now. Notepad on crack ought to be pasted to the top of their page. It handles everything a text editor should, except then when I am switching between HTML/ASP/Javascript and Java and C++ and ... you get the idea. Every language is color coded (downloaded libraries), easily defined user tools, directory tree, quick keys for saving (always a must), editing over an ftp connection, uploading to remote machines, firewall capability, cliptext libraries, ...

The first thing I do every time I have to use a new machine is download editplus, it's that good. No extra code like the so-called wonderful wysiwyg's, but much more functionality than notepad.

(I am pretending the last post didn't say the same exact stuff )

Plug, plug, plug

And no, I am not affiliated with Editplus either, it's just that good.

 

[tsdragon]

Trawn, you're the first person I've seen on TT besides me who uses it. It's nice to see someone else thinks as highly of it as I do. I've created my own syntax coloring files for a language called webc, and for Windows Media Player Skins (.wms) xml files. It's easy to do.

Did you know you can create a "misc" cliptext file, and then highlight text in a file you're editing and drag it to that cliptext file for repeated use? Like having multiple clipboards available at all times!
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[tsdragon]

Here's another neat feature of EditPlus. You can split the edit window for a file into two, and edit two different places within the same file at the same time! It comes in very handy.

It also has a built in "find in files" you can use to search for a text string (or regular expression) within a bunch of files. Then all you have to do is double-click on the file in the toolbox window to open it for editing. You can also open a whole bunch of files as one time and do a search-and-replace on all open files with one click. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[petey]

After reading this thread, I downloaded EditPlus. I normally use Note Tab, which is fairly decent, so the first thing I did was browse features and compare it to Note Tab.

Conclusion: Close race but EditPlus beats NoteTab. EditPlus wins because of syntax highlighting and a bunch of extra convenience features, for instance FTP, keystroke recording and the 'HTML toolbar'.

Costs $30, but you get what you pay for.

Cheers,
petey