I'm looking for a half decent HTML5 editor, non-dynamic
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I think my needs are similar to yours. I use VS Code with the Live Server extension by Ritwick Dey. I have used fancier web editors before and I find this much more suitable for a developer who occasionally writes some HTML/CSS/J*$%Scr#?t/PHP.
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It is wysiwyg though? I'd like to know before I go track it down and install it.
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I want an HTML5 wysiwyg editor I can write articles in. My modem is dying and it might be replaced tomorrow but i'm sick of editing articles on this website with this editor, especially since my internet has been cutting out and causing it to lose my work when i submit. Mind you, aside from a couple of really glaring bugs that frustrate the heckin elephant outta me the online editor here is not actually that bad to use. Or wouldn't be if I didn't keep losing my work. The only reason I use it is I haven't found a replacement that doesn't frustrate me more than the current solution. I'm not a webdesigner, and I don't want something Adobe would have dreamed up. KISS.
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I use a 2003 version of FrontPage. :laugh: That said, I got really frustrated with the crap that's out there, including the plugins for VSCode, so I ended up writing my own.[^] At least that way I'm responsible for any bugs, lol. But I can also easily create the keyboard shortcuts that I want (with some limitations, sigh) and other behaviors, and the source is pretty small. I've used it to write a few articles, and I'm happy with it. Some of the keyboard shortcuts were created specifically for article writing, to create "pre" tags with the "lang" specifier. Annoyingly, because it's browser-based, saving means it downloads into the "downloads" folder. :rolleyes: If you end up liking it enough, or making changes to it, I think I can make you a co-author if you want to share the changes, or you could just write a new article improving it! :laugh: [edit]Oh, and it has a TOC generator![/edit]
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I use a 2003 version of FrontPage. :laugh: That said, I got really frustrated with the crap that's out there, including the plugins for VSCode, so I ended up writing my own.[^] At least that way I'm responsible for any bugs, lol. But I can also easily create the keyboard shortcuts that I want (with some limitations, sigh) and other behaviors, and the source is pretty small. I've used it to write a few articles, and I'm happy with it. Some of the keyboard shortcuts were created specifically for article writing, to create "pre" tags with the "lang" specifier. Annoyingly, because it's browser-based, saving means it downloads into the "downloads" folder. :rolleyes: If you end up liking it enough, or making changes to it, I think I can make you a co-author if you want to share the changes, or you could just write a new article improving it! :laugh: [edit]Oh, and it has a TOC generator![/edit]
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Thread Safe Quantized Temporal Frame Ring BufferThanks, and cool though I'm really looking for something that works offline. Particularly I fear losing my work when Comcast inevitably fails and brings down the Internet in my region.
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Thanks, and cool though I'm really looking for something that works offline. Particularly I fear losing my work when Comcast inevitably fails and brings down the Internet in my region.
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Well, of course it works offline because it's not hosted on a server. Just run the HTML index file in your browser, whether it's offline or not.
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Well, of course it works offline because it's not hosted on a server. Just run the HTML index file in your browser, whether it's offline or not.
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Thread Safe Quantized Temporal Frame Ring BufferOh, it's pure HTML with no back end? Cool. I'll give it a look.
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It is wysiwyg though? I'd like to know before I go track it down and install it.
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That's what the Live Server extension is for. It serves up the page you're editing so you see it rendered in a browser. I use Firefox but I think it also works with some other browsers. I usually work with the browser on another monitor so you can edit your HTML/CSS in VS Code and see the results alongside. It updates the browser display whenever you save in VS Code.
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Oh, it's pure HTML with no back end? Cool. I'll give it a look.
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Yup, and pure JavaScript too - no frameworks, no kruft, just raw metal. Actually the one and only file is just "editor.html" (I misspoke about "index" file.)
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I want an HTML5 wysiwyg editor I can write articles in. My modem is dying and it might be replaced tomorrow but i'm sick of editing articles on this website with this editor, especially since my internet has been cutting out and causing it to lose my work when i submit. Mind you, aside from a couple of really glaring bugs that frustrate the heckin elephant outta me the online editor here is not actually that bad to use. Or wouldn't be if I didn't keep losing my work. The only reason I use it is I haven't found a replacement that doesn't frustrate me more than the current solution. I'm not a webdesigner, and I don't want something Adobe would have dreamed up. KISS.
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Here's something i stumbled across, but I haven't downloaded it. Smit HTML Editor - CodePlex Archive[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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That's what the Live Server extension is for. It serves up the page you're editing so you see it rendered in a browser. I use Firefox but I think it also works with some other browsers. I usually work with the browser on another monitor so you can edit your HTML/CSS in VS Code and see the results alongside. It updates the browser display whenever you save in VS Code.
Phil
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Oh yeah that's not what I'm looking for. I want something offline, and wysiwyg.
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Here's something i stumbled across, but I haven't downloaded it. Smit HTML Editor - CodePlex Archive[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Oh yeah that's not what I'm looking for. I want something offline, and wysiwyg.
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It is offline and wysiwyg. You don't need an Internet connection. The live server makes your own PC a local web server just for the stuff you're working on. Using a browser makes it wysiwyg since the browser is rendering the same (local) code in the same way it would if it got the code from the web.
Phil
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It is offline and wysiwyg. You don't need an Internet connection. The live server makes your own PC a local web server just for the stuff you're working on. Using a browser makes it wysiwyg since the browser is rendering the same (local) code in the same way it would if it got the code from the web.
Phil
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Oh. Well thanks so much! I'll check it out. Huge win if this does what I need since I'm moving over to VS code for all my development. Bye bye visual studio!
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I'll give it a look. It's a UserControl unfortunately. Hopefully they have a demo app i can use :laugh:
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I could be talked into making an app around it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
I could be talked into making an app around it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Maybe I'll hit you up if this Live Server thing with VS Code doesn't work out for me. I hate writing GUI apps, especially WPF. :laugh:
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I want an HTML5 wysiwyg editor I can write articles in. My modem is dying and it might be replaced tomorrow but i'm sick of editing articles on this website with this editor, especially since my internet has been cutting out and causing it to lose my work when i submit. Mind you, aside from a couple of really glaring bugs that frustrate the heckin elephant outta me the online editor here is not actually that bad to use. Or wouldn't be if I didn't keep losing my work. The only reason I use it is I haven't found a replacement that doesn't frustrate me more than the current solution. I'm not a webdesigner, and I don't want something Adobe would have dreamed up. KISS.
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I have been and still use MS's Expression Web 4. For years. It has some auto-completion (it's not fully aware of the latest in HTML5/CSS3) but that really doesn't matter. Has wysiwyg for the HTML/CSS (that it understands) but it doesn't execute javascripts. Supposedly it would do php but, in my experience, connecting the engine to it hasn't worked out well. But it has color coding, fonts, and all that which are customizable and does autocomplete most javascript/php/CSS3) and that covers a lot of it. Drag-and-Drop elements and styles, &etc. available but I've gotten to just typing in what I want. Reliable . . . and free !
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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I have been and still use MS's Expression Web 4. For years. It has some auto-completion (it's not fully aware of the latest in HTML5/CSS3) but that really doesn't matter. Has wysiwyg for the HTML/CSS (that it understands) but it doesn't execute javascripts. Supposedly it would do php but, in my experience, connecting the engine to it hasn't worked out well. But it has color coding, fonts, and all that which are customizable and does autocomplete most javascript/php/CSS3) and that covers a lot of it. Drag-and-Drop elements and styles, &etc. available but I've gotten to just typing in what I want. Reliable . . . and free !
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
Thanks. I am downloading it now. Hopefully my modem doesn't kick me offline before it can finish. :sigh:
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Thanks. I am downloading it now. Hopefully my modem doesn't kick me offline before it can finish. :sigh:
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I almost forgot a useful feature: you can connect a folder (containing your website) as a website and it will work even better: searches across all files and folder, for example, within the website and it creates a "far left" tab that contains the website stuff automatically if it is declared as one. I've even had it take note of a change that affects other files in the declared website. My personal view, at this time, has no sidebars - I used them when I was first learning. Here's a thing I do - you may find it useful: When possible, I change the text context coding so strings are like this. It helps avoid mistakes like not terminating the strings or terminating with the wrong type of quote. Works for all the variants of php strings, too, including HEREDOC.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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I want an HTML5 wysiwyg editor I can write articles in. My modem is dying and it might be replaced tomorrow but i'm sick of editing articles on this website with this editor, especially since my internet has been cutting out and causing it to lose my work when i submit. Mind you, aside from a couple of really glaring bugs that frustrate the heckin elephant outta me the online editor here is not actually that bad to use. Or wouldn't be if I didn't keep losing my work. The only reason I use it is I haven't found a replacement that doesn't frustrate me more than the current solution. I'm not a webdesigner, and I don't want something Adobe would have dreamed up. KISS.
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I want an HTML5 wysiwyg editor I can write articles in. My modem is dying and it might be replaced tomorrow but i'm sick of editing articles on this website with this editor, especially since my internet has been cutting out and causing it to lose my work when i submit. Mind you, aside from a couple of really glaring bugs that frustrate the heckin elephant outta me the online editor here is not actually that bad to use. Or wouldn't be if I didn't keep losing my work. The only reason I use it is I haven't found a replacement that doesn't frustrate me more than the current solution. I'm not a webdesigner, and I don't want something Adobe would have dreamed up. KISS.
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Although my internet connection is pretty stable, I've been burned enough times (usually by remote servers going down) that it's my habit now when posting anything, anywhere, to do a Ctrl-A / Ctrl-C. If it all goes wrong I can just Win-V and access multiple fields' worth of text to paste back in and try again.
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Here's something i stumbled across, but I haven't downloaded it. Smit HTML Editor - CodePlex Archive[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Awesome thanks for the link. Writing an WPF app and have been looking for just such a beast.
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