Posted by shimmyshack on 03/03/07 18:29

On 3 Mar, 15:36, xsxs <bertic...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> shimmy,
> thnx for the advice!
>
> is there a free form editor floating around?
>
> On 2 Mar 2007 16:37:04 -0800, "shimmyshack" <matt.fa...@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.

sorry should have been
$objForm =
addTextInput('id','initial_value','lowercase','htmlescape');
makes more sense huh!
(That was just pseudo code to show how easy it would be to create a
W3C compliant form.)

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