I've been evaluating PrimalScript 3.1 and it looks like a winner. Sam Neff
has mentioned it numerous times so I figured I'd check it out. It does all
of what you are asking, and more. Also, the download is under 4MB, and it
uses a little over 10MB on disk. I just slapped a bunch of help files in a
separate directory (including CFMX ones from DWMX) and pointed PrimalScript
at them; very easy. This gives you context help via the F1 key when you are
within a CFMX tag or function. Also, "PrimalSense" is already configured to
give you the CFMX tag-insight popups you've come to know and love. The only
thing it lacks for me is CSS support, but I use TopStyle 3.1 for that and I
love it.
There are plenty of ways you can customize this tool. One I particularly
like is being able to have one of your "open documents" be an actual web
page, so you can keep a reference link on your toolbar handy to specific web
references and whatnot. Another thing I like is you can have the icon
associated with each file type you open display next to the tabbed filename,
so it's easy to tell at a glance what file types are without looking at the
extension.
I like DWMX a lot more than I used to, but it's still a little quirky for
me. One of the things Jim Davis pointed out is the file browser -- yech! I
always mis-read what level I am on. Also, I've found that DWMX always
freezes up for a minute every now and then when I work with a mapped drive
off my local server. I know this to be the exact cause because I can work
locally for hours on end and that never happens (this is with the 7.0.1
updater).
One thing I WILL say about DWMX is that it encompasses all of these features
and more, and I really like the built-in CSS support, but I still find
myself gravitating away from it time and again.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Damien McKenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:08 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Suggestion for Windows HTML editor
I'm looking for a HTML/CFML editor for Windows with the following
requirements:
1. A projects system for easily managing a limited directory structure
regarding an individual project. A simple file browser could suffice.
2. _Good_ syntax highlighting, i.e. able to highlight _javascript_ and
HTML and CSS in the same file.
3. Good basic features, similar to EditPlus (http://www.editplus.com/).
4. Some sort of snippets / clip-book feature, for often-used code
snippets. Ideally these should be programmable like NoteTab.
5. Small footprint as my laptop only has 64meg of RAM currently.
6. Code hinting, e.g. I enter <cfquery and it shows a tooltip of the
attributes.
I've gotten good enough with CFML and CSS that I really don't need
Dreamweaver's WYSIWYG facilities any longer and would like something
"light" enough to run on my new laptop at work (500Mhz P3).
In effect I'm looking for a cross between EditPlus (for its wonderful
basic functionality) and NotePad (for is programmability), with a few
extras.
Any suggestions?
I'm not interested in Eclipse as it is too big for me, and a little OTT
for basic text editing.
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