Good Text Html Editor

ardex

Oct 28 2004, 05:00 PM

Does someone know good text HTML editor for web page creation?(sure, I mean text editor, not WYSWYG). There is no reason to stick with Notepad when there is a set of the various special html editors much more convenient than ms Notepad.
No any of microsoft products does not not suit for html editing, and Frontpage is absolute rotten.

lhunath

Oct 28 2004, 05:22 PM

Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Adobe GoLive.

There are no better. None to my knowledge anyway.

(Yes, text editors.)

r3d

Oct 28 2004, 06:27 PM

try textpad it is a nice text/html/scripts editor and it's shareware. the new version have cool function like line highlight and transparent dialog box

ardex

Oct 28 2004, 07:51 PM

Sorry, forgot, I would like freeware editor. Keyword is 'freeware' (or GPL)
What about HTML-kit, Crimson Editor, NoteTab http://notetab.com ?

r3d

Oct 28 2004, 08:18 PM

i prefer shareware, coz it updates frequently. the downside that it has a text indicated as unlicense or share ware but no expiration date

avalon

Oct 28 2004, 08:24 PM

I use Textpad and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX.

Textpad is faster in opening and switch files but dun no how to get it to edit and read various languages code.

Dreamweaver MX is good to use, it has an assistant to help to complete your code and it can read languages code.

Generally, both are good.

r3d

Oct 28 2004, 09:46 PM

QUOTE(avalon @ Oct 29 2004, 04:24 AM)

Textpad is faster in opening and switch files but dun no how to get it to edit and read various languages code.

click here then download the syntax definition you want to add. in every zip there is a readme file

to associate files in textpad go to Configure -> preference then Associated Files, add file extension (eg .txt) and description.

there is also an addons like dictionary, html tidy tools and more in the same site.

- enjoy

kokushta

Oct 28 2004, 10:18 PM

QUOTE(ardex @ Oct 28 2004, 06:00 PM)

Surfing through pages I ran into: Alleycode - Free HTML (WYSIWYG opt.) Text Editor

Maybe it suits your needs..

avalon

Oct 29 2004, 02:30 AM

QUOTE(r3d @ Oct 29 2004, 05:46 AM)

click here then download the syntax definition you want to add. in every zip there is a readme file

Thanks, very useful but still cannot read languages characters like Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

ardex

Oct 29 2004, 11:45 AM

Good text HTML editor must produce clean code without any garbage.
So, WYSWYG editors does not meet this requirements.
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX gives less garbage compare vs Frontpage, but still has code garbage. Professionals do not like use a programs which generates garbage code.
So, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX is not choice of professional.

Its quite enough to have few main features:
-HTML syntax support(you do not need remember all html syntax);
-simple table wizard;
-CSS support;
-support for main programming languages(Javascript, VBscript, Perl, Phyton, etc), useful Javascript library;
-color code highlighting;
-page preview in web browser(IE, Netscape, Mozilla)

Must be stand-alone program, small, does not require many disk space,does not required any other libraries nor programs for it to run, doesn't store data into the system folder, doesn't interfere with the Registry.

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Bigyan

Nov 8 2004, 06:19 PM

Hey Guys,

You forgot EDITPLUS. Try out this one and you'll never regret the desicion !!.
I still feel that we need a good editor which shows the output instantly instead of us having to use PWS, IIS or APACHE. This is in my feeling the worst part of PHP

Bye,
Cool.techie

ardex

Nov 8 2004, 10:44 AM

You still have not answered my question, can you create the best webdesign use the Dreamweaver specially? The main purpose of large monster companies is grab money from they clients, and only grab money... The same as miscrosoft. Quality of design does not depend of company size or from the budget size. You think if you got a big budget and you have expensive software you can create something worthy? You are mistaken.

The big webdesign companies do such dung which even difficult to imagine..
And they grab the big money for their so called "art work". As opposed to this there are many designers which can to make an excellent site using simple tools
There are many people which like keep their computer clean as possible and do not spoil it with software dust. There are absolutely no any necessity pay 399$ for ANY HTML EDITING program. Get something free and work.
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QUOTE(ardex @ Oct 29 2004, 02:45 PM)
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX System Requirements: 275 MB available disk space(!!!!)
Price: Full from US $399, Upgrade from US $199
So, is there any sense buy such tool? Whereas there are many free very good HTML editors with same features, but much more simple.. No, there are NO ANY SENSE buy Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Or you can create better web page use specifically Macromedia Dreamweaver MX? No, you can no. Any good freeware html editor can do the same.

This is stupid. You're not even reasoning here. You're pretending to do a judgement on products by acting as though you know alot by them but don't bother doing a comparement.
For one, you have to look at what your end delivery must be, and what budget you have. A decent big company has a budget where $400 is like 1% of the total spendings. So price like this is not as much of an argument there. And, please. 275Mb? And you make a fuss?
I admit, there are tools out there that deliver (X)HTML & CSS just the same for 5Mb and$0. But the way in which you work with them is diffrent. Dreamweaver offers a very complete and dynamic interface. Above that, it's under costant devellopment, you have access to an extentions site where you can download loads of plugins, scripts, etc, which automatically do lotsa work for you. Dreamweaver has groundbreaking Server Side Applications support like PHP MySQL etc. Try that in TextPad or the likes.
Not that I use it, but still, it's there, and you just ignored all that with that stupid expression of yours. Diffrent people and diffrent companies are diffrent needs. And price and room on a hard disk like those are very little arguement in today's economic environment.
Remember, if you wish to convince somebody in a debate, you ought to first at least try and line things up and pretend you know what you're talking about.
OpenSource is a great thing, and often surpasses commercial solutions, but not here. In my opinion, I like dreamweaver's features far more than any other. If you know one that's superior in your eyes, tell me, and I'll try it out.

avalon

Nov 6 2004, 10:29 AM

People oftenly ask which HTML Editor is the best.

The Answer is all HTML Editors are good.
The real questions that people are asking is which HTML Editor suit me better.

QUOTE

Ask yourself the following questions and answer them, it will help us to give u better suggestion of which HTML Editor suit you better.

Q1: What is your HTML knownledge level?
Options: Good - Reasonable - Poor - None

Q2: Do you use Javascripts/DHTML in design?
Options: Yes - No - Undecided - What is that?

Q3: Are are a person who constantly having new ideas popping out of your mind or are you a person who need design referrence to design?
Options: I have new ideas constantly - I need referrence - Not sure

Q4: Is your design going be English only or otherwise?
Option: English only - Single langauge (not English) - More than one languages

Q5: Are you designing it on a PC or Mac?
Option: PC - Mac - Both

nealed

Nov 5 2004, 03:06 PM

I have used alot of editors out there including FrontPage and Dreamweaver. So far I do beleave that Dreamweaver is the best. In ease of use and versatility. (Never did like frontpage - Might as well use word). But as before stated most non company people cannot afford dreamweaver.

These days there are so many editors to chose from that the best thing to do is to visit something like www.tucows.co.za and play with all of them till you find something you like. We all have a differance of tast and that is a good thing. One designers editor is another designers nightmare, and vica versa.

k22

Nov 5 2004, 01:41 PM

Quanta 3.3 or Kwrite (on Unix) is the best IMHO,
It depends on WIN if code only PHP and HTML you can use PHP Expert Editor but if you need a complete program, JS, JAVA, PHP, DreamWeaver MX is the best