As a bit of a left field alternative there’s always Vim. Ok it might not be the best introduction to text editors, but given it exists on pretty much every platform (including Android and iPhone/iPad - http://www.vim.org/download.php) there’d be no excuses for not doing the homework. The main Mac port (https://code.google.com/p/macvim/) has legacy versions back to 10.4. However, this might be more of an extra credit editor given that it takes *some* getting used to. There is a game (http://vim-adventures.com/) which can help with learning some of the basic Vim controls. Joe On 16/05/2015 15:20, "Sarles Patricia (18K500)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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