What HTML editor do people use?

[Abdi110]

Hello. So I just switched web hosts and need to get back into redesigning my site. I was using dreamweaver before hand on XP. What do people use on Linux and why? I noticed that I've got three rather impressive (looking) apps installed all ready called Bluefish, NVU, and Scream. They all seem to be designed/layed out the same. Does one do some things better then the others? I could just start working with one app and see if I like it, but chances are I'll just continue working with that one and not trying any of the others. Let me know what you like. Thanks.

[tbroderick]

vim cause I hate wysiwyg editors.

[Elijah]

vim
geany

[Shay Stephens]

I use bluefish, it is just a fancy text editor, but works so nice.

[phidia]

I like nvu mostly because I can understand the interface-not because I think it's particularly better than other html editors. Like most software choices it often comes down to personal preferance.

[BillinDetroit]

I prefer Bluefish on Linux, CuteHTML Pro 6 on XP.

Bluefish is the reason I am trying to install Ubuntu into a VM on my XP laptop. (That, and I just plain miss Linux.) And my Bible search software (New World Translation) and Quickbooks / Quicken are the reasons I don't just kick XP off the HD and give it all to Ubuntu.

[freewill07]

Bluefish here. It's just my kind of program. lol

[Wijsneus]

* I'd love to use screem, but its just too buggy - out of the three it has code competion, a feature i love.
* I have tried bluefish and its ok-ish.
* NVU is of the list because it produces horrible code.

Right now i'm using gedit. because its simple, does the job and has a file-browser plugin which simply rocks.

... as soon as bluefish has code-completion...

[PWill]

Nano for the win!
http://www.nano-editor.org/

[Toadmund]

OK, I want a WYSIWYG editor, not good enough yet to use just code just yet without checking browser preview every time I edit.
Can't find Nvu and Mozilla composer anywhere on my computer, where'd they go?
They were in Synaptic. I had them with Edgy.

I used Komposer and Coffee Cup html editors in XP.
And this Amaya 9.53 crashes as soon as it opens.

Any suggestions for a WYSIWYG person?

[Shay Stephens]

Any suggestions for a WYSIWYG person?
Learn to code html, seriously, it opens a whole new world of freedom and creativity.

[NamShubCMX]

Quanta.

I wonder why you left out the best HTML editor from you options...

[Abdi110]

Quanta.

I wonder why you left out the best HTML editor from you options...

I didn't know about it. I'm not too impressed with a project when their project page isn't functioning/displaying correctly. Especially the screen shots section for an html editor application.

[Toadmund]

Learn to code html, seriously, it opens a whole new world of freedom and creativity.
Well, thanks, but, I like to see what I'm doing, so, no thanks, I know some HTML, but WYSIWYG I still need.

Trying out something called codetch, which is part of the Mozilla add-ons, seems alright so far.

As for FTP, I wish I could have my Coffee Cup FTP back :(
It allowed for easy editing right in the FTP itself for easy website tweaking, it also allowed drag and drop. It was really intuitive too.
So far the open source FTP's seem a bit confusing, but is it all not a bit confusing at first :confused:

Trying
gFTP
FileZilla
Going to test some others soon, I got to get back to my web stuff soon, too busy loinin' Linux :) .

[maddog39]

When I do use a WYSIWYG editor, which is very rare I use NVU usually. I dont really like Bluefish's interface at all. Other than that I usually use gedit or geany.

[23meg]

Any suggestions for a WYSIWYG person?

Amaya, definitely. Start a thread on your problem if you haven't and try to get it working.

[Toadmund]

I'll work on it 23meg, thanks, I have a feeling your right.

[Compyx]

I always use Vim, it gives me everything I need, especially a powerful regex engine. I've used WYSIWYG-editors, but I find them clumsy when combining html with php/mysql and such.
Since I also do a lot of programming in a lot of different languages, I'd rather just learn one editor and learn it wel.

Nowadays, when I'm using some other editor, I usually get ':wq' in the text when I'm done ;)

[Rob Alderson]

The best html editor I've ever used in Windows is Notepad, wysiwyg is for amateurs ;)
:lolflag:

[Toadmund]

See, if all I had on my site was the written word, a non-graphical editor would be somewhat fine, but I have pictures and comics and art that have to be positioned, (I do fine tune my .img positions by adjusting the numbers in the code itself, WYSIWYG is usually buggy).

See, If I knew exactly where line 1480 was on the page without looking I could go without graphical interface. I suppose you guys keep hitting the browser preview button quite frequently, otherwise you all must have pretty good 'script to brain to page imagery abilities', either that or just a lot of website experience. I've been at this for 9 month's now, and so far WYS is my editor type of choice, and I don't think I am alone, I need those training wheels.

WYSISOWYG
(What You See Is Sort Of What You Get)
Believe me, I know what you guys say about WYSIWYG buggyness!

[Abdi110]

Hi there, if I wanted a tiny text editor versus wysiwyg war, I would have posted that in the topic. The beauty of open source is people can use whatever they'd like to, so please be nice and don't bash.

I think wysiwyg editors are great for me, I dislike spending a bunch of time tabbing through different windows and having to press refresh every time I do an edit, then back track to another copy of the file I made to correct some issues which got saved over what I really wanted. Both styles of web authoring have their places for different people.

It sounds like the only wysiwyg editors out there are NVU, Amaya and Quanta Plus. Sadly NVU doesn't do site management the way I like it from Dreamweaver. Will look into Amaya and Quanta when I get home tonight.

[breals]

Ecplise with Aptana plugin

[CocoAUS]

Gedit ftw.

[lyceum]

Bluefish and Aptana

[p3net]

vim ftw

Or, occasionally, Bluefish.

[mcduck]

None of the ones in the poll. I use Gedit.

It does everything I need (syntax highlighting, auto-indent), a bit more (snippets) and I've never seen any reason to use WYSIWYG editor when I can have Firefox on another desktop so I only need couple of key presses to see what the page looks like..

[BrokeBody]

Well, I voted for Bluefish, but gedit will also do the trick. :mrgreen:

[rejser]

Zend for those big php-driven sites!
(my office pays).
Also use dreamweaver alot, those that complain that it is just a wysiwyg don't know the true power of dreamweaver.
It has real php/database power when you learn how to use it, and produces really good code. No frontpage junk. You never have to look at the wysiwyg part.
Don't really like using wysiwyg, but I'm not that stupid that I would like to sit and write 1500 lines that a program would create exactly the same. That's just a waste of time. (but you are not allowed to use it if you don't know the code ;) )

[proalan]

i like bluefish, but as a coder i tend to ignore all the wizard and code generators that come with wysiwyg editors. What i mostly get out of wysiwyg editors is it helps me structure and track my files particularly when i'm working with multiple files and languages php/mysql/css/xml etc...

Depends on your development style, whether your more of a coder or designer, i approach web development with the functionality aspects first, before dressing with css.

but in the end its all about how it looks and functions in firefox for me.

[mech7]

Eclipse :popcorn:

[kevinlyfellow]

vi

[earlycj5]

Quanta.

I wonder why you left out the best HTML editor from you options...

I'm afraid I have to agree, I was going to vote, but there's no option to vote for...

[Typhon]

I use Quanta Plus on Kubuntu.

[barmazal]

Aptana looks decent but still buggy as hell, wish them look and Eclipse at all.
If stable Aptana will come out, this app will turn Eclipse into real major tool for non Java related stuff. Looking forward for PHP Eclipse framework as well which in more advanced development step.

Some of apps you mention close to be as text editor which will make harder to create something advanced with, of course possible though.

[danboy]

Gedit is my favorite editor, awesome syntax highlighting, great snippets and powerful add ons, I use it for XHTML, CSS, RAILS, PHP and java all under ubuntu. It's really worth spending some time with.

Making the move to a text based editor will not only save you time and bandwidth in the long run but also help you insure your code works well symantically and accros different platforms/devices.

Of course WYSIWYG editors are great for beginners and non-expert users.

[conorobyrne]

Kate

[pizpot]

The least buggy WYSIWYG is mozilla-composer if you ask me. It just does basic HTML. You have to download it from mozilla.

[ALIENDUDE5300]

Bluefish 4 Lyfe!

[speeddemon8803]

i use nvu..but thats me.

[blackened]

Though they're not listed as choices, I use nano or gedit, depending on the mood I'm in. Easy projects I just code in nano as it's much lighter and faster. Larger projects I tend to use gedit since I'm required to mouse for previews all the time anyway (I know I know, I could use keyboard shortcuts, but I'm too lazy to bother).

[mech7]

Dreamweaver 8 seems to run good under Wine btw... CS 3 does not though :(

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/5994/screenshotqc3.th.png (http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotqc3.png)

[smartalecks]

Aptana (http://aptana.com/)
for the win :D

honestly, pretty darn good for html/css, as well as programming langs such as php and ruby.

[AJB2K3]

Nano on nix, notepad 2 on win ( i waste to much time fixing wysiwyg code.)

[factotum218]

quanta+

[factotum218]

If I had the $ for Dreamweaver 8 I would just hire someone else to do it for me.

[mech7]

If I had the $ for Dreamweaver 8 I would just hire someone else to do it for me.

If you are doing webdesign as a profession the software cost is really not that much..

[zeronet]

Bluefish +Firefox Web Developer Toolbar :p

[Rohen]

I've tried Screem and Bluefish, while I really do not want to use WYSIWIG editors, I just want to stick with plain old text editors to make it easy for error correction and to have more control of the site.

I stopped using Screem because I don't think it's being worked on right now.

When I had windows I used Dreamweaver... ANYONE know of something that at least resembles Dreamweaver's look and features?

[cleentrax]

Scribes is a really intriguing project, but it's young. Right now I use Bluefish and wish for something like what is available on the Mac... (BBEdit, Textmate, Smultron, Coda, Flow, etc.)

As for WYSIWYG, it doesn't make any sense if you're developing modern, compliant sites. But it's nice occasionally if you're making updates on an old table-based site.

[RedSquirrel]

I normally use vim.

I have been trying out scite just to see what it's like and it seems adequate. It might be a good replacement for those who don't want to bother with vim or gedit. (scite is a text editor, not a WYSIWYG tool)

[jrusso2]

CoffeeCup used to make a Linux HTML editor long time ago. It was GTK 1. Its still around. I found a link to it. It was free as in beer

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/CoffeeCup_HTML_Editor_for_Linux/946947205/2

[Hairy_Palms]

i use aptana, its possibly the most dreamweaver-like of the lot, and i just find it nice to work in

[Mars73]

Coming from Dreamweaver I tend to like/use Kompozer a lot.
My website was made with Dreamweaver and Kompozer has no problems with it and while I'm not a pro designer or programmer I can find my way easily in Kompozer.

[dennus]

I use bluefish, it is just a fancy text editor, but works so nice.

Hee Shay!

I like your website! Nice and clean...