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Actually, BBEdit doesn't support 10.6, so scratch that option. - Dave On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:18 PM, David Mayo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >