Hi, To add to Erik's instructions, the file should have a .htm or .html extension and if it is going to be a web-page and you can tell TextEdit to always open those files as code instead of as the web-page itself. In TextEdit Prefs, in the Open/Save tab, make sure that the Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text checkbox is checked. As well, with Erik suggesting that you have both the TextEdit document open and Safari open simultaneously, you can press cmd-r in Safari after making and saving your changes in the TextEdit document to see instantly the changes on the web-page itself.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 5, 2017, at 12:03, Erik Burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: You press control option shift M (vo shift M) on the file in finder. Choose open with. Choose text edit. While editing, keep both text edit and safari open. If text edit doesn't appear where I said it would, do the following. Press control option shift M (vo shift M) on the file in finder. Choose open with. Choose choose program. A dialog opens. Choose text edit. Tab through the dialog and make sure the box that says "always use this program to open this type of file", is unchecked. This may or may not be a thing. I get my os' mixed up all the time. Hit OK. Text edit will open with your html source. Next time you need to open html source, text edit will be an option as per the first set of instructions. Hope this helps, Erik On October 5, 2017 1:53:14 PM Sharon Hooley <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I sent a message earlier asking how to open the context menu. I got the menu, but the option I wanted wasn’t there. I’m learning to use html. As you programmers probably know, once you save it and open it in Safari, it is no longer the code you see, but the results. I’m trying to revert back to the txt it came from. I saw the option to browse the types of documents, but when I accessed the context menu, I didn’t see a list to choose from. So, is there another menu to open, or do I open it at the wrong place? Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
