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Posted by dorayme on 12/08/05 23:56
> From: Chris Beall <Chris_Beall@prodigy.net>
>
> (Was 'HTML editor for Mac?')
>
> I use Windows. My daughter has a Mac (OSX 10.2.8, I think). She is far away,
> so I can't look over her shoulder.
>
> She is trying to create a web page. She has used two programs, ..... snip
>
> Anybody know what the missing link is?
>
It seems that much advice I gave previously was rather more
geared to the way folk work in OS 9. I am now starting to use X
myself and can see things are considerably different.
I tried some experiments in TextEdit, the
not-as-basic-as-it-could-be-but-still-fairly-basic) editor prgm
that comes in the latest X (Tiger).
Your daughter might find the following helpful:
(1) Open TextEdit.
(2) Go to menu at top: TextEdit/preferences
(3) At top of the pref window there are 2 tabs. "New Document"
and "Open and Save". In the former, set to "plain text", "wrap
to page" and nothing else really. In the latter, tick the
"Ignore rich text commands in html files"
(4) Open a new window and type up some html, even the snippet
you mention! Now "file/save as" and give it a name and .html and
a folder where she wants to keep her website files.
When she double clicks this file it should (and does on my
machine in X) open as a website page. To edit it:
(1) Open this file
by first clicking keybard Control key and holding mouse down.
this brings up a contextual menu.
(2) Choose "Open
with" and textEdit will be one option ("other" allows her to
search for other text editors or word processors). This will now
open the html file and she can edit it at will.
(3) Simple "Save" now and the changes will show up on simple double click of
file in Safari or drag and drop over Safari window (and even probably
the pgm Icon instead). When editing is necessary, the important thing is
to remember to "Open with" the text editor.
That is the best i can do at the moment. I have tested this and
it works. It horrifies me, but I am stuck in old easy habits and
will doubtless learn easier new and more effortless tricks...
--
dorayme
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