Samuel Richardson wrote:
I moved from Dreamweaver to hand coding because it was faster for CSS
layout based sites. For working on older table based sites then
Dreamweaver is handy for navigating around the nested layouts.
On a related note, can anyone suggest a text editor that features an
auto complete (for tags and attributes). Also, if it had Dreamweavers
ability to select blocks of tags (from open tag to close tag and
everything in between) that would be fantastic.
You might have a look at Karlis Blumenthals' excellent HTMLPad
[http://www.blumentals.net/htmlpad/] (US$25.85). I've been using it for
a couple of years now (having tried quite a few other free/low priced
editors) but this one just seemed the perfect bridge between a plain
text editor and a fully blown wysiwyg editor.
The latest version is called Webuilder
[http://www.blumentals.net/webuilder/] (US$39.85) but if cost is an
issue for you, I can't recommend HTMLPad highly enough.
Related note: I don't use Dreamweaver but I think you could easily
replicate the "ability to select blocks of tags" by adding these to your
"code library" and selecting from there each time.
If I had the spare funds I'd also be using Westciv's StyleMaster
[http://www.westciv.com/style_master/index.html] (US$59.99). Even though
I can easily edit css in HTMLPad, StyleMaster has enough bells &
whistles (the x-ray feature
http://www.westciv.com/style_master/product_info/index.html#xray to name
but one) to justify the extra cost.
You might also like to have a look at the css-discuss list of editors:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssEditors .
Daisy
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