On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:00:23 -0600 anne-ology <[email protected]> wrote:
> I so agree. > > > > From: Virgil Arrington <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 7:44 AM > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML > To: [email protected] > > > On 11/14/2014 9:55 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > > It's interesting to see this thread has forked in 2 directions. There are > > these sorts of answers on how to write good, reliable code to be used > > directly and the other fork is about how to make it look pretty for print. > > > > > Perhaps the two directions are a reflection of the divergent ways that > writers now work. Back in the early days of personal computers, all writing > was still directed at the printed page. But, with the web and, now e-books, > writers must create content that looks proper on *both* paper and computer > screen. > > Problem is, few writing tools are good at both. > > Word processors (and even LaTeX) are still designed primarily for creating > documents for paper. When they are used to create HTML content, they load > the file with all sorts of complex (and probably unnecessary) code. > > MarkDown editors do a decent job of creating clean, simple HTML code for > onscreen viewing, but their print output can be iffy, and there are so many > MarkDown flavors that a document created by one editor doesn't parse well > in another. > > What is needed is a simple system where a writer can write and edit his > content once, then press something like "F1" for print (PDF) output and > "F2" for screen (HTML) output and get excellent and intended results with > both. So, far, my own obsessive search has failed to find it. > > Virgil > Well another vote for Bluefish here , I use it to build and maintain several web sites Very good at it's job I did at one time look into open office for html but very quickly moved on switched to Quanta but alas that got left behind switched to Bluefish doubt i will change again .... If you want instant visual check of changes then if you have dual displays i run bluefish on one monitor and Qupzilla on the other it updates as soon as you save the file no refresh needed .. Pete . -- Illegitimi non carborundum . ro for the purists out there Noli nothis permittere te terere. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
