Old member who has been out of touch, My Crimson Editor is out of date :o) |
Old member who has been out of touch, My Crimson Editor is out of date :o) |
James |
Jan 26 2012, 05:53 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Western Australia Member No.: 269 |
I have been a member of this site for a number of years but note that my last post was circa 1009/2010. I used to design Web pages for customers, using Crimson Editor to write my HTML code and CSS style sheets. I have been doing other things for the last 2-3 years, so I am rusty on my HTML (or is it XHML these days?) and my CSS knowledge is probably from the CSS1 days.
What I need advice on is as follows: 1. what is a good text editor to use to write HTML and CSS code? - not a WYSIWYG one, or one that does it all for you, but one where you type in the code and perhaps it colour codes those bits it recognises as valid commands, values, and attributes so you know you are on the right track ... or, indeed, are text editors a thing of the past, like me ; I look forward to your advice and thanks in advance for it. James |
pandy |
Jan 26 2012, 08:32 AM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
I have been a member of this site for a number of years but note that my last post was circa 1009/2010. Shame on you! But welcome back. QUOTE I am rusty on my HTML (or is it XHML these days?) Don't worry. XHTML came and went. It has been discontinued. The next rave is HTML5. Note that one must write that without space, unlike HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 and so on. It shows how modern it is. HTML 4.01 still works just fine. QUOTE What I need advice on is as follows: [indent]1. what is a good text editor to use to write HTML and CSS code? - not a WYSIWYG one, or one that does it all for you, but one where you type in the code and perhaps it colour codes those bits it recognises as valid commands, values, and attributes so you know you are on the right track ... or, indeed, are text editors a thing of the past, like me ; Text editors will never go out of style. A lot have syntax highlighting, but I don't know about marking out not valid HTML. I don't have anything to recommend because I think the choice of editor is very personal. What's the best for me isn't necessarily the best for you or Darin. What's wrong with Crimson though? Why can't you continue to use it? |
Frederiek |
Jan 26 2012, 09:24 AM
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Programming Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 5,146 Joined: 23-August 06 From: Europe Member No.: 9 |
It looks like Crimson (which apparently is for Windows OS only) practically does the same thing as BBEdit or TextWrangler on Mac. So, that seems ok to me.
As for CSS, we are at CSS3 now, though only the latest modern standards compliant browsers support (some of) its features. Have a look at http://css3generator.com/ . For the rest, you can safely use CSS 2.1. |
Christian J |
Jan 26 2012, 09:57 AM
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XHTML came and went. It has been discontinued. The next rave is HTML5. Actually HTML5 lets you use both HTML and XHTML syntax. Seems you can even mix syntax in the same document (unless I missed something). QUOTE Note that one must write that without space, unlike HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 and so on. It shows how modern it is. |
pandy |
Jan 26 2012, 02:39 PM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
Actually HTML5 lets you use both HTML and XHTML syntax. Seems you can even mix syntax in the same document (unless I missed something). Yes, I've learnt the same, to my great disappointment. :missing_puke_smilie: QUOTE QUOTE Note that one must write that without space, unlike HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 and so on. It shows how modern it is. Yeah? Haven't you noticed? Silly and irritating. I think I'll call it HTML 5 just because. |
Darin McGrew |
Jan 27 2012, 04:46 PM
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WDG Member Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,365 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Mountain View, CA Member No.: 3 |
I like vim (vi improved), which has syntax highlighting and all sorts of other features. But choice of a text editor is a rather personal thing.
As pandy indicated, HTML 4.01 still works just fine. HTML5 looks interesting, and includes new functionality that could prove very useful. And it looks like it's getting more traction than HTML 3.0 (RIP) ever did. But unless you need HTML5 functionality and are prepared to deal with the quirks of early browser implementations, I see no reason to move on from HTML 4.01. CSS 2.1 essentially documented the status quo of browser support when it was created, and is reasonably safe. CSS 3 is a collection of projects, each extending a different "module" of CSS 2.1. Browser support varies from module to module. |
Christian J |
Jan 27 2012, 07:06 PM
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But unless you need HTML5 functionality and are prepared to deal with the quirks of early browser implementations, I see no reason to move on from HTML 4.01. Note that HTML5 doesn't replace HTML4.01, rather it builds on it, so there should be no problem using the much shorter HTML5 Doctype while still limiting yourself to the HTML4.01 (or XHTML1.0) elements. One case where HTML5 is not totally backwards compatible with HTML4.01 might be the definition of phrase elements like U, S, B and I. |
pandy |
Jan 27 2012, 07:09 PM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
Except there is no point in doing so.
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Darin McGrew |
Jan 27 2012, 07:47 PM
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WDG Member Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,365 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Mountain View, CA Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE Note that HTML5 doesn't replace HTML4.01, rather it builds on it, so there should be no problem using the much shorter HTML5 Doctype while still limiting yourself to the HTML4.01 (or XHTML1.0) elements. Well, first I'd need to figure out how to run an HTML5 validator on my Mac, but yes, I could switch the doctype declaration but limit myself to HTML 4.01 initially. |
Christian J |
Jan 27 2012, 10:22 PM
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Except there is no point in doing so. The short Doctype alone makes it worth the trouble to me. Just imagine the embarrasment when someone asks you to make a quick web page on their computer (where you don't have your own tools) and you need to google for the very first line of code already. (Skipping the Doctype is not an option, since the resulting quirksmode makes much of your CSS experience go out the window.) Well, first I'd need to figure out how to run an HTML5 validator on my Mac The WDG's online validator doesn't support HTML5 either (any plans for that, BTW?), which means everytime I recommend the HTML5 Doctype I must also include a note to use W3C's validator. Maybe I should stop recommending the HTML5 Doctype to save me all the typing... |
pandy |
Jan 28 2012, 09:49 AM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
So, for show-off reasons.
It has always been possible to type up a fake doctype to trigger Standards Mode. That's the reason the HTML5 one exists and looks like it does. |
James |
Feb 8 2012, 10:08 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Western Australia Member No.: 269 |
Pandy, Christian, Darin, and Frederiek
Thank you all so much for your advice and help. James |
pandy |
Feb 8 2012, 05:04 PM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,730 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
The WDG's online validator doesn't support HTML5 either (any plans for that, BTW?), which means everytime I recommend the HTML5 Doctype I must also include a note to use W3C's validator. Maybe I should stop recommending the HTML5 Doctype to save me all the typing... I suspect that adding support for HTML 5 isn't a simple task since there is no DTD. James, I'm curious about why you want a new editor. |
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