[TriLUG] web authoring packages

[Tim Jowers]

For HTML editing one can also use Bluefish. It is a PHP IDE but fine for
goofin around with HTML markup too. Not sure why I prefer it over VIM but
maybe its like wearing the red shirt after you've worn the white one all
week. :-)   It loads up fast and is transparent as to what it is doing.

Tim

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Kevin Hunter <hunteke at earlham.edu> wrote:

> At 11:53a -0700 on Mon, 04 Aug 2008, Brian McCullough wrote:
> >> Failing that, I might suggest a hybrid work model, where you design it
> >> basically in Dreamweaver et al., then do the behind-the-scenes touch up
> >> with a good ol' text editor and a W3 compliant validator[1].
> >
> > Of which there are several, although I always rely on the good, old, W3C
> > Validators, since I am a bit of a "standards bigot," at least where
> > *HTML is concerned.
>
> :-)  The link I posted is exactly that.  It is the same validator engine
> that runs on W3C, but packaged as a Firefox plugin.  Hella nice.  Also
> includes tidy and accessibility warnings, etc.
>
> http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/
>
> >> Preferably, your text editor is XML aware and has syntax highlighting,
> >> etc. etc.  (Eclipse, and jEdit, with plugins both do for sure.  I
> >> believe gEdit can as well, but I haven't messed with it.)
> >
> > I seem to have seen a few occaisions where VI( or more likely VIM or
> > VI-Extended ) was definitely syntax aware for these languages.
>
> Eh, most editors have syntax highlighting these days.  I was referring
> the XML aware bit.  Like automatic tag closing, recognition, and
> first-order correctness checking.  Does Vim have that?  Would be lovely
> to have that in my Vim toolbelt, and for geek cred with a couple of
> friends.  :-)
>
> Kevin
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