BBEDit 10.5.13 is available and will run on 10.6.8. I have been using BBEdit for 23 years, originally on an SE/30. Before content management systems were a thing, BBEdit’s implementation of regex search and replace was an FSM-send for site maintainers.
You could use VIM with some plugins, but I agree that you might look at simple online editors. Cary > On May 16, 2015, at 2:20 PM, David Mayo <pobo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Actually, BBEdit doesn't support 10.6, so scratch that option. > > - Dave > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:18 PM, David Mayo <pobo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just a side note: I'd be very leery of using Textedit. No offense meant >> to Jason, but Textedit supports (and, unlss configured, defaults) to RTF >> for files it creates, which won't work for HTML/CSS. >> >> If you're on 10.6.8, Textwrangler's current version works, as does >> SublimeText 2. If you have money to throw at the problem, BBEdit does have >> substantial web-related stuff added on to TextWrangler, and may have an >> educational discount. >> >> - Dave >> >> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Joe Hourcle < >> onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 16 May 2015, Nathan Rogers wrote: >>> >>> If you do not need all the bells and whistles I would recommend >>>> TextWrangler. Free versions should still be available online and its bigger >>>> brother BBEdit is overkill for basic web editing. >>>> >>> >>> Actually, the significant difference between TextWrangler and BBEdit is >>> that BBEdits has a number of features that are specifically for web design, >>> that don't exist in TextWrangler. >>> >>> Looking at the version of BBEdit 9.1 that I have installed, the majority >>> of it is in the 'Markup' menu: >>> >>> * Close current tag / Balance tags >>> * Check syntax >>> * Check links >>> * Check accessibility >>> * Cleaners for GoLive/PageMill/HomePage/DreamWeaver >>> * Convert to HTML / XHTML >>> * Menu items to insert tags (which then give what attributes are allowed) >>> * Menu item to insert CSS >>> * Preview in ... (gives a list of installed web browsers) >>> >>> ... >>> >>> That said, TextWrangler is still a good free editor -- and I personally >>> rarely ever use the insert tags/CSS items (as I've been writing HTML for >>> ... crap ... I feel old ... 20+ years). >>> >>> But to say that BBEdit is overkill for web editing is just wrong -- the >>> majority of the feature differences are *specifically* for web editing. >>> >>> -Joe >>> >>> (disclaimer: for a decade or so, I was a beta tester for BareBones. I >>> haven't been using the latest-and-greatest version in a while, as I prefer >>> not to install newer version of MacOSX on my personal systems ... >>> basically, since Apple decided to bring all of the iOS annoyances into the >>> desktop. As such, I can't install BBEdit 10 or 11 to see what the >>> difference are in more recent versions) >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: "Sarles Patricia (18K500)" <psar...@schools.nyc.gov> >>>> Sent: ?5/?16/?2015 10:21 AM >>>> To: "CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU" <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> >>>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] free html editors >>>> >>>> I just this minute subscribed to this list after reading Andromeda >>>> Yelton's column in American Libraries from yesterday with great interest >>>> since I would like to teach coding in my high school library next year. >>>> >>>> I purchased Andy Harris' HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies for my >>>> summer reading and the free HTML editors he mentions in the book are either >>>> not really free or are not compatible with my lab's 2008 Macs. >>>> >>>> Can anyone recommend a free HTML editor for older Macs? >>>> >>>> Many thanks and happy to be on this list, >>>> Patricia >>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________ >>>> Patricia Sarles, MA (Anthropology), MLS >>>> Librarian >>>> Jerome Parker Campus Library >>>> 100 Essex Drive >>>> Staten Island, NY 10314 >>>> 718-370-6900 x1322 >>>> psar...@schools.nyc.gov >>>> http://jeromeparkercampus.libguides.com/home >>>> >>>> You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell >>>> whether a man is wise by his questions. - Naguib Mahfouz >>>> >>>> As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the >>>> best information. - Benjamin Disraeli >>>> >>>> >>
