Posted by Chris Beall on 12/04/05 00:42

On Windows, I use Notepad to create HTML from scratch.

Today my daughter asked me what to use on a Mac. Apparently she has
tried several tools, but has not been able to get any to work. As I
understand her problem, she can create text files, but they continue to
be recognized as only text files, even if given an .html extension. I
vaguely recall that Mac uses a 'signature' or something other than the
file extension to define the type of a file, but...

Can anyone identify a standard (part of an Apple iBook preload) editor
that can be used to create HTML files? If there's a trick to doing so,
please describe the details, as I have no system with which to experiment.

Thanks,
Chris Beall

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