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Just a side note: I'd be very leery of using Textedit. No offense meant to Jason, but Textedit supports (and, unlss configured, defaults) to RTF for files it creates, which won't work for HTML/CSS. If you're on 10.6.8, Textwrangler's current version works, as does SublimeText 2. If you have money to throw at the problem, BBEdit does have substantial web-related stuff added on to TextWrangler, and may have an educational discount. - Dave On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Sat, 16 May 2015, Nathan Rogers wrote: > > If you do not need all the bells and whistles I would recommend >> TextWrangler. Free versions should still be available online and its bigger >> brother BBEdit is overkill for basic web editing. >> > > Actually, the significant difference between TextWrangler and BBEdit is > that BBEdits has a number of features that are specifically for web design, > that don't exist in TextWrangler. > > Looking at the version of BBEdit 9.1 that I have installed, the majority > of it is in the 'Markup' menu: > > * Close current tag / Balance tags > * Check syntax > * Check links > * Check accessibility > * Cleaners for GoLive/PageMill/HomePage/DreamWeaver > * Convert to HTML / XHTML > * Menu items to insert tags (which then give what attributes are allowed) > * Menu item to insert CSS > * Preview in ... (gives a list of installed web browsers) > > ... > > That said, TextWrangler is still a good free editor -- and I personally > rarely ever use the insert tags/CSS items (as I've been writing HTML for > ... crap ... I feel old ... 20+ years). > > But to say that BBEdit is overkill for web editing is just wrong -- the > majority of the feature differences are *specifically* for web editing. > > -Joe > > (disclaimer: for a decade or so, I was a beta tester for BareBones. I > haven't been using the latest-and-greatest version in a while, as I prefer > not to install newer version of MacOSX on my personal systems ... > basically, since Apple decided to bring all of the iOS annoyances into the > desktop. As such, I can't install BBEdit 10 or 11 to see what the > difference are in more recent versions) > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: "Sarles Patricia (18K500)" <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: ?5/?16/?2015 10:21 AM >> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: [CODE4LIB] free html editors >> >> I just this minute subscribed to this list after reading Andromeda >> Yelton's column in American Libraries from yesterday with great interest >> since I would like to teach coding in my high school library next year. >> >> I purchased Andy Harris' HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies for my >> summer reading and the free HTML editors he mentions in the book are either >> not really free or are not compatible with my lab's 2008 Macs. >> >> Can anyone recommend a free HTML editor for older Macs? >> >> Many thanks and happy to be on this list, >> Patricia >> >> >> ____________________________________________ >> Patricia Sarles, MA (Anthropology), MLS >> Librarian >> Jerome Parker Campus Library >> 100 Essex Drive >> Staten Island, NY 10314 >> 718-370-6900 x1322 >> [log in to unmask] >> http://jeromeparkercampus.libguides.com/home >> >> You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether >> a man is wise by his questions. - Naguib Mahfouz >> >> As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the >> best information. - Benjamin Disraeli >> >>