Posted by xsxs on 03/03/07 15:36

shimmy,
thnx for the advice!

is there a free form editor floating around?


On 2 Mar 2007 16:37:04 -0800, "shimmyshack" <matt.farey@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 2 Mar, 17:09, "Steve" <no....@example.com> wrote:
>> "xsxs" <bertic...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1qjgu2hpvg7kjhdmgsbiicloblp0p9b18r@4ax.com...
>> | Is it capable? Or in anyway comparable to Dreamweaver of any of the
>> | big boys?
>>
>> by 'big boy' i assume you mean expensive, bloated, ineffective, yet still
>> highly-popular? hmmm...yeah...just like AOL. but i digress...
>>
>> | I am just getting interested in web design and I'm trying avoid
>> | dropping the cash so any tips or alternative programs would be
>> | appreciated.
>>
>> learn html and css. no matter the tool you use, your work will suffer if you
>> don't know what it's output is or how it is derived.
>>
>> i like crimson editor. it doesn't have intellisense or code folding but it
>> does have vertical editing (multi-line modification), and as i'm terribly
>> fussy about coding standards, this is a deal-breaker for me.
>>
>> eclispe is nice and has tons of other things besides vertical editing, but
>> damn if it ain't slow...hmmm...must be the fact it's written in java.
>>
>> any tool you use is up to your preference and budget. zend probably has the
>> best php ide on the market...and they know it - as seen in the price tag.
>>
>> most of the time though, i'd settle for notepad. ;^)
>
>NVU is mozilla based so it comes with addons just like firefox or
>thunderbird. It's quite nice. NVU is cross platform so if you ever
>install linux as you start to test your websites on other operating
>systems you can carry on your work there.
>
> There's something around called php_scite which is scintilla based,
>very lightweight fast supports many code highlights but has php
>functions built it code folding etc..
>
>But .... also try tsWebEditor, opesource and free, it's got some nice
>features and will only get better, you can work via webdav or ftp, and
>it supports remote debugging too via a php debugging dll. Again is
>lightweight and very fast, not wysiwyg, but to be honest its just as
>fast coding by hand once you've learned the basics - which you do by
>coding by hand. tsWebEditor has an SQL designer, and many options, it
>supports multibyte encoding very nicely - so you get to
>internationalise your website easily. It is my freebie recommendation
>until you can install Eclipse which will make your head ache - it's
>more powerful in so many ways that Dreaweaver. In fact Eclipse is THE
>editor IMHO, better than VS.net 2005 (which a freebie version exists
>if you have a desire to go microsoft for any reason)
>
>Both scite and tsWebEditor support sessions, kill the thing and
>restart where you were.
>
>*tsWebEditor* it has niggles but is my tip for the future.

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