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vi On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Sarles Patricia (18K500) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you to everyone who weighed in on free HTML text editors for my old > Macs running 10.5.8. The only one that seemed to work is Thimble. My Macs > at school are just too old - even for cloud-based editors. I looked into > CodeAnywhere and Codio, which both worked on my Mac at home but not at work. > > Just in case anyone is interested in a compilation, I have compiled. I > really appreciate everyone's help and forgive me if I missed one or two > responses: > > > > There is no reason to install an editor for this purpose. Mozilla has a > > suite of free apps for this purpose at Webmaker: > > > https://webmaker.org > > > Thimble is the editor, and I think it's very nice for students that > > there is immediate feedback so you can see how your change affects the > > rendering: > > > https://thimble.webmaker.org/ > > > -- > > > 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. > > > -- > > > I used to use Smultron (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15114/smultron) > on > > my PowerBook G3. It's no Sublime text, but it does a pretty good job as far > > as GUI based text editors goes. > > > I think someone forked the project and it's known as Fraise now. Depending > > on your computer's capabilities, that might be better or worse to run. > > > -- > > > Well... you could see if SeaMonkey runs - it includes Composer which > > gives you both WYSIWIG and HTML source editing - or it's later > > derivatives NVU and Komposer. Since those are relatively old, they > > should run on a circa 2008 Mac. > > > Of course any text editor will let you edit HTML - and, assuming you're > > running OS X, you've got unix underneath. You've pretty much got your > > pick of anything that will run in a console window or an X-window. > > > Your real problem might be running a browser that's new enough to > > support HTML5 and CSS3. Otherwise, editing HTML isn't going to do you > > much good. > > > Apple won't let the most recent version of Safari run on 10.6.8 (you're > > stuck at 5.1.10), but Firefox (38.0.1) and Chrome (42.0.2311.152) are both > > fine. > > > -- > > > Another thing you might want to check out - my alma mater has a CS MOOC > > that's aimed at supporting middle/high school CS classes and teachers - > > http://www.muddx.com/courses/HMC/MyCS/Middle-years_Computer_Science/about > . > > > -- > > > You might want to check out > > https://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_Workshop_6/Friday/OSX_text_editor > > - Boston Python Workshop has spent a while coming up with bulletproof > > instructions for people with a wide range of experience. The links at that > > page no longer work but the files are still available at Sourceforge, so > > you can make an amended version easily enough. > > > -- > > > > 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. > > > -- > > > There is always the good old standby of emacs: http://aquamacs.org/ > > > -- > > > > The Macs are from 2008 and running I believe 10.6.8. > > > > > > I can double check that when I get to work, but I am right now working > on a 2007 Mac running 10.6.8 so the ones at work might be running a > slightly newer version, but they are definitely running OS 10 something. > > > > > > This eliminates Atom.io and Sublime Text 3 (emphases on 3 because it > > *may* work with Sublime Text 2). > > > I'm having a hard time calling those old ;-) but that's computing for > > you these days. > > > I'm thinking TextWrangler will be your best bet to be honest. > > > > ____________________________________________ > 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 >