Comments on: opensource html editor

Question: opensource html editor

yonation — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:58:59 -0800

what's a good open-source alternative to something like homesite?

i'm interested in something that'll make my coding easier - i don't need dreamweaver or frontpage WYSIWYG type stuff, just something that can automatically insert text, highlight syntax, etc. i realize that something like notepad++ does much of the syntax/text functions i need, but i want something that helps me with code snippets for CSS, and might automagically tag text with toolbar buttons, etc. Thanks!

By: drezdn

drezdn — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:31:34 -0800

Do you use linux?

By: nedpwolf

nedpwolf — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:33:11 -0800

Nvu is WYSIWYGish, but can do what you want.

PSPad is a text editor with an HTML emphasis and a webserver built-in.

It also has a number of extremely convenient tools such as HTML TiDy, a library for checking, formatting, cleaning HTML code. HTML TiDy can analyze HTML and report errors, it can upgrade HTML formatting to CSS styles, and it can convert HTML to XML and XHTML.

Other tools include the ability to import rtf files and to compress your html code. PSPad also fully integrates with TopStyle Lite, allowing you to edit your CSS with that application.

By: yonation

yonation — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:34:46 -0800

drezdn: sorry, i use vista. so something wincompatible

By: Ridge

Ridge — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:35:03 -0800

NVU.

On preview, nedpwolf beat me to it, but I'd add that since you don't mention your platform, NVU is available for Windows, Linux and Mac

By: amtho

amtho — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:16:56 -0800

I tried NVU a while ago, but it added a bunch of crud and formatting I didn't want. Any chance it's reformed?

By: notashroom

notashroom — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:10:26 -0800

It's not open source, but my favorite has for years been Kenn Nesbitt's WebEdit, which can still be found at http://hypo.ge.ch/athena/html/tools.html.

By: holloway

holloway — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:39:21 -0800

There was some drama about NVU and who was running the project (I think it was unmaintained or something), anyway, be sure to try this newer version of NVU called Kompozer too.

Daniel Glazman has announced the announcement of a successor to NVU but there's no info on what that'll be, or when.

(I haven't really been following this NVU stuff, so don't quote me on it)

By: advicepig

advicepig — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:35:38 -0800

I really like Eclipse. It's got a ton of great tools built in. If you use php, the pdt distribution is awesome.

http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/

It's open source, straight forward, and ready to grow into anything you'd ever need.

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:29:08 -0800

Seconding eclipse plus some extension for a webpage-rendering-language (I've used pdt, phpeclipse and cfeclipse). Even if you're only doing straight html with it, the fact that it's a web language extension means it will highlight your tags for you appropriately.

By: malevolent

malevolent — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:37:33 -0800

I know you said open source, but it might be worth trying out TopStyle in case you find it to be worth $80 (I certainly did, before I switched to a Mac).

By: i_am_a_Jedi

i_am_a_Jedi — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:49:47 -0800

I've always liked Crimson Editor

By: wzcx

wzcx — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:53:51 -0800

Please correct your tags (put spaces between them.) This'll help when you're writing HTML too. This question's a great reference... if it's easy to find.

By: yonation

yonation — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:05:55 -0800

tags updated