Hei, > IBTD writing is mostly about content, but formatting can't be completely > ignored either, particularly where illustrations are concerned. HTML doesn't > even accomodate some of the most basic elements of formatting, like first > line indent! There is a need for a better system of web text notation, lets > call it HTML2 and a rewrite of all browsers to accomodate it. Also, there > needs to be tools for those of us who don't have either the time or > inclination to learn HTML coding, that is we are writers, NOT web designers.
It doesn't make much sense to talk about HTML without thinking about CSS and then to complain about lack of formatting possibilities. it has been the W3Cs goal over the last decade to erase all visual formatting from HTML and instead provide semantic formatting only - and improve those. By nature, semantic formatting doesn't say anything about how something looks, it rather says what something is. And this makes the combination of HTML and CSS indeed very powerfull. So powerfull, that i sometimes miss some of the possibities in Writer. But using a WYSIWYG editor you will never experience these powers. > Also there is the matter of most simple text editors lacking other features > that we take for granted with good word processors, like spell check, undo, > cut and paste, etc. Doing without these seriously hampers a writers ability > to do what they want. Huh? You need a word processor to get cut/copy and paste? And spell checking...undo? Where have you been the last ten years? Welcome to the 21st century where we have text editors that have builtin copy & paste. ;-) Sorry, couldn't resist - no offense. But seriously, take a look at the afore (indeed very very early in this thread) mentioned notepad++ [1]. It's opensource as well and one of the best editors you can get on windows. And be assured it has copy & paste. ;-) Even if you don't have to use it for HTML, you might enjoy having a better editor than crappy old windows builtin notepad. [1] http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm André.
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