Editing html files [Mac Applications]

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From: Jerry Friedman on 17 Feb 2010 01:16

I hope this is the right place for this question. I'm making a Web
site in the space my ISP provides. The user interface is "edit your
html files on your computer and upload them with FTP". So I'm running
into something I've run into before: if I save a file with the .html
extension, and I try to edit it in NeoOffice or TextEdit, I get a
preview, not the source. So I've been working on the source files
as .txt, and each time I'm ready to try a new version, I copy it,
rename the copy to .html, and upload it. Is there a better method?

I'm using 10.4.11 with Intel. Hey, when did I get this machine,
anyway?

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Jerry Friedman

From: Steven Fisher on 17 Feb 2010 01:19

From: Jerry Friedman on 17 Feb 2010 10:08

On Feb 17, 5:36 am, Michael Vilain <vil...(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article
> <f34b6cfa-b83c-4f68-b506-777531848...(a)k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> Jerry Friedman <jerry_fried...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I hope this is the right place for this question. I'm making a Web
> > site in the space my ISP provides. The user interface is "edit your
> > html files on your computer and upload them with FTP". So I'm running
> > into something I've run into before: if I save a file with the .html
> > extension, and I try to edit it in NeoOffice or TextEdit, I get a
> > preview, not the source. So I've been working on the source files
> > as .txt, and each time I'm ready to try a new version, I copy it,
> > rename the copy to .html, and upload it. Is there a better method?
>
> > I'm using 10.4.11 with Intel. Hey, when did I get this machine,
> > anyway?

> Don't know what version of MacOS you're running,

10.4.11

> but when I use TextEdit
> on a file with the name test.html, I don't get a preview. I get the
> actual file. Any preview requires a browser.

Huh. I have no idea what's going on there.

> How are you opening the file? Just double clicking or are you dragging
> the file to the open TextEdit application in the Dock?

Double-clicking opens it in a browser. (I use Firefox.) I open it
from the File menu of TextEdit.

> Have you tried editing the file with vi in the Terminal?

Yes, and it works, but I'd rather use a full-screen editor. I've also
forgotten a lot about vi from when I used it in the olden days.

> Have you tried using a HTML editor like TacoEdit?

No. Many thanks to you and Steven Fisher for the suggestions of
different editors. I'll try those.

> The only time I see a preview from within a text editor is when I select
> Preview in BBEdit's menus. But that's built into BBEdit.
>
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From: Jolly Roger on 17 Feb 2010 10:43

In article
<f34b6cfa-b83c-4f68-b506-777531848d90(a)k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> I hope this is the right place for this question. I'm making a Web
> site in the space my ISP provides. The user interface is "edit your
> html files on your computer and upload them with FTP". So I'm running
> into something I've run into before: if I save a file with the .html
> extension, and I try to edit it in NeoOffice or TextEdit, I get a
> preview, not the source. So I've been working on the source files
> as .txt, and each time I'm ready to try a new version, I copy it,
> rename the copy to .html, and upload it. Is there a better method?
>
> I'm using 10.4.11 with Intel. Hey, when did I get this machine,
> anyway?

Use a better editor, such as the free and very awesome TextWrangler.

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From: Chuck Reti on 17 Feb 2010 11:29

In article
<f34b6cfa-b83c-4f68-b506-777531848d90(a)k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> I hope this is the right place for this question. I'm making a Web
> site in the space my ISP provides. The user interface is "edit your
> html files on your computer and upload them with FTP". So I'm running
> into something I've run into before: if I save a file with the .html
> extension, and I try to edit it in NeoOffice or TextEdit, I get a
> preview, not the source. So I've been working on the source files
> as .txt, and each time I'm ready to try a new version, I copy it,
> rename the copy to .html, and upload it. Is there a better method?
>
> I'm using 10.4.11 with Intel. Hey, when did I get this machine,
> anyway?
>
> --
> Jerry Friedman

As suggested, try BareBones Software's free TextWrangler or their
powerful BBEdit, the Mac platform text editor of choice for serious work.

Simple solution for using TextEdit per original question:
TextEdit>Preferences>Open and Save tab,
Under the "When opening a file" heading,
CHECK the box "Ignore rich text commands in HTML files."
or,
Use TextEdit "Open" dialog to open an HTML file, and CHECK the box at
bottom "Ignore rich text commands."

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Chuck Reti
Detroit MI

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