Posted by Chris Beall on 12/09/05 21:55

dorayme wrote:

>>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,

OK, that sounds like the right procedure to use for an edit-test-edit
environment. I'll forward it on.

Thanks,
Chris Beall

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