Favorite HTML editors

[Patrick S]

I'm disgruntled with Homesite (using 4.5). I don't trust them to have done a good job with the new 5.0 since I thought the 3 -> 4.0 transition was just bloatware and bugs.

Anybody got a favorite (non-WYSIWYG) editor they would like to recommend?

[Charles Capps]

UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com/). ;)

[sheila]

Some HTML editors that have been mentioned in the past:

Arachnophilia (http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/)
CuteHTML (http://www.digitalimagedelights.com/internet_software/globalscape/index.htm)

[GregJ]

UltraEdit it is. :stardanc:

When you add in the installable syntax highlite modules it really is nice.


GregJ
--When everything turns grey, I know there's a quote missing

[sheila]

You know, lots of people here at FutureQuest rave about UltraEdit. I tried it out (it is shareware with trial period), and I also trialed TextPad (http://textpad.com/) and CONText. (http://www.fixedsys.com/context/) Personally, I preferred TextPad. I didn't mind that it was about half the price, either.

I guess, choosing an editor is a personal thing. It is nice that so many of them are either free or shareware, so that you can try them out, compare, and choose the one you like best.

[dank]

I also tried out UltraEdit a while back, to see how it compared to my favorite text editor, EditPlus, and I was left shaking my head as to how anyone could find it to be a top 10 choice, let alone a clear #1...

It seems to me that text/html editors are no different than most things -- people latch onto the first one they find that does what they were looking for and declare that one the best ever, even though the supporting claims they make are shared equally by nearly every competing product. :P

Dan

[Justin]

mcedit, or if that's not available, vi...

Or if for some reason I'm on Windows, Notepad is the choice... :)

[John Kennett]

I uninstalled HomeSite 4 and went back to version 3! I agree about the later versions being bloatware.

I also use UltraEdit and NoteTab Light www.notetab.com which has got some very cool macro facilities (really easy to set up!)

John

[Z28SS]

Try Html-Kit or NoteTab Pro.

HTML-Kit is probably the best I've ever used. It's free and it absolutely is wonderful.

chami.com (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/)

;) really, really good stuff.

[jmcmike]

UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com/) is my personal fav. And no, it's not the first editor I ever used, not by a long shot. Also very handy for Perl.

Justin

[manish]

XEmacs (www.xemacs.org)
It is not the best editor for writing html but it has cool indenting features combined with syntax coloring. Plus you can use it to write code in addition to html. Did I mention it is free? I have been using Xemacs for the last 4 years for writing code and it has never failed me...

Manish

[PaulKroll]

Like Dan, I'm a fan of EditPlus. I've not looked hard at UltraEdit, but EditPlus is more than "Good Enough" so UltraEdit would have to have some really, really cool features (and rock-solid stability) to sway me. On the list of features, I don't see the one I've been missing since TurboText on the Amiga: folding. (There are a fair number of folding editors, but they've all seemed to either be missing something I really need, or, in the case of Emacs, to not be missing enough to be actually usable... :) )

[Monty]

My favorite is Codewhiz (http://www.incatec.com/cgi-bin/Codewhiz.asp) and (ducking here) for working with form layouts, FP 98's editor. After I get it laid out in FP, I make it work with Codewhiz

Mont

[Mandi]

I also love my Homesite 3, but didn't care for 4 and up at all . . . bloatware describes it exactly!!

I like the color coding, the validator (although it can't handle my SSI code, so I have learned to ignore those "tips" for fixing) spellchecker (I get a lot of submissions that are pretty poorly written, nevermind my own typos) and link validator - particularly useful for pages that are nothing but links.

I like that while it is raw code (no WYSIWYG), it automates things so I can go faster . . . like, ctrl+b makes a set of open/close bold tags, and places the cursor in the middle of them.

[JoeRT]

One I've been trying for the last couple of weeks is the Coffee Cup HTML Editor (www.coffeecup.com). Does straight HTML editing and also has a preview screen. Or you can do split screen mode and see your changes as you make them. This isn't a solid recommendation since I haven't run it through all of MY paces yet. But with a 30-day free trial it's worth checking out.


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Joe Torsitano
www.weatherforyou.com

[Dunx]

I'm another text editor user - my choice is vim, because the syntax highlighting is pretty good, and it runs with (mostly) the same key bindings on every platform I use (which is the reason I started using it in the first place).

[tjlid]

NoteTab Pro (http://www.notetab.com)

Winner of the 1998, 1999 and 2001 "PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD" in the BEST WEB ENHANCEMENT category.

Winner of the 1999, 2000 and 2001 "SHAREWARE INDUSTRY AWARDS" in the BEST APPLICATION category.

Tom

[bturner]

Like Z28SS, my vote is for HTML-kit. The syntax highlighting is great, with support for almost every language, and the customization of the editor is wonderful. Whether it's Perl or HTML or JavaScript or whatever else, HTMLkit works great.

HTML-kit site (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/)

[Kara]

I use Arachnophilia (sp?). It is good enough for me. I like it because it color codes my code and I can easily work a few pages at the same time.

Kara

[roger]

gvim

http://www.vim.org

Roger
proproject.com