Looking for a free Windows HTML editor

[Paul F. Johnson]

Hi,

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish
for Linux. This is for a local community project, so we can't afford
licences for Dreamweaver (etc) and part of the deal on the computers is
that they have to use Windows until 2005, then we can change the OS to
what we like.

Any pointers would be helpful.

TTFN

Paul

 

[kayodeok]

Hi,

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of
Bluefish for Linux.

I am currently playing with PSPad at the moment and I like it:
http://www.pspad.com/index_en.html

 

[Inger Helene Falch-Jacobsen]

...

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish
for Linux. This is for a local community project, so we can't afford
licences for Dreamweaver (etc)
Any pointers would be helpful.

Hm, I don't know what Bluefish is like, but you could check out
http://www.editplus.com/
I love it!
"EditPlus is distributed as Shareware. You can freely download and try it
for 30 days. If you find it useful and decide to keep it over 30-day
evaluation period, you should pay the registration fee "
But it is fully functional also after 30 days...

 

[David Dorward]

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish
for Linux. This is for a local community project, so we can't afford
licences for Dreamweaver (etc) and part of the deal on the computers is
that they have to use Windows until 2005, then we can change the OS to
what we like.

http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?HTML_editors

 

[Nicolai P. Zwar]

Hi,

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish
for Linux. This is for a local community project, so we can't afford
licences for Dreamweaver (etc) and part of the deal on the computers is
that they have to use Windows until 2005, then we can change the OS to
what we like.

Any pointers would be helpful.

As far as really "free" Windows HTML Editors go, 1st Page from Evrsoft
is quite useful, though it's not been updated in a while and if you also
need a useful CSS editor, you could try TopStyle Light to go along with
it. Not quite Bluefish, certainly not Dreamweaver, but free and for
smaller sites on a budget this combo is recommendable.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

Hm, I don't know what Bluefish is like,

http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/screenshots/create_project.png

After Nedit, Bluefish would probably be my first choice of HTML editor.

 

[Neo Geshel]

Hi,

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish
for Linux. This is for a local community project, so we can't afford
licences for Dreamweaver (etc) and part of the deal on the computers is
that they have to use Windows until 2005, then we can change the OS to
what we like.

Any pointers would be helpful.

HTML-Kit from Chami.com is a very powerful and extendable (through
plug-ins) HTML editor. Also does great W3C Compliant XHTML and CSS.
TopStyle Pro, while not free, is an excellent CSS editor. Its visual
editing format will help you avoid syntax errors in your CSS.

I hope this helps.

....Geshel
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[picayunish]

As far as really "free" Windows HTML Editors go, 1st Page from Evrsoft
is quite useful, though it's not been updated in a while and if you also
need a useful CSS editor, you could try TopStyle Light to go along with
it. Not quite Bluefish, certainly not Dreamweaver, but free and for
smaller sites on a budget this combo is recommendable.

I go for notepad, because it's the simplest editors what there is. )

 

[kayodeok]

http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/screenshots/create_project.png

After Nedit, Bluefish would probably be my first choice of HTML
editor.

It's hard to choose between Editors these days; the screenshot you
posted looks similar to this PSPad screenshot except Bluefish
interface looks a lot more polished (and I wish I could easily base
a project on a template):
http://www.pspad.com/pic/mainfull.png

More Screenshots: http://www.pspad.com/en/screenshot.htm

 

[Paul Furman]

Here's more info to confuse you:
http://www.edgehill.net/html/editors
-my notes looking for a php/html editor after learning VB with their
auto syntax goodies. I've been using 1st page but it's not real good for
other coding languages if you might be getting into those. I added some
from this discussion and there is another list for html/php editing
second to last on the bottom.

I don't hardly use any of 1st page's features. Line numbering is
critical, color coding is nice (only for html though) and the indent
button (arrow) is essential for moving blocks of code in & out. 1st page
has a preview pane that's real handy. For php, the folder pane refuses
to show anything with a php extension which is very annoying.

Search, find/replace are real important. It would be cool to have an ftp
sychronizer though I hate the way FrontPage sucks you into their twisted
little world with that kind of feature <g>.

 

[Leif K-Brooks]

After Nedit, Bluefish would probably be my first choice of HTML editor.

Is it available using something besides Motif, or are you just crazy
like that?

 

[Jason Henning]

Hi,

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish
for Linux. This is for a local community project, so we can't afford
licences for Dreamweaver (etc) and part of the deal on the computers is
that they have to use Windows until 2005, then we can change the OS to
what we like.

Any pointers would be helpful.

TTFN

Paul

I like Notepad.

Cheers,
Jason Henning

 

[Mark Parnell]

Hi,
G'day.


I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish

I haven't used Bluefish (yet - I've been meaning to!), but I agree with
Neo - HTMLKit is nice. I have just switched to that for my Windoze
editing.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

Is it available using something besides Motif, or are you just crazy
like that?

Which one? Bluefish isn't available in Motif to begin with. Nedit is, but
also works fine with Lesstif. But I am prepared to put up with a slightly
ugly toolkit if it gives me a nice, fast, full-featured editor.

 

[Nicolai P. Zwar]

I go for notepad, because it's the simplest editors what there is. )

I wouldn't want to edit anything in Notepad that's longer than five
lines. Ten at the most.

 

[Paul Furman]

BTW I downloaded PSPad shareware & it is OK. The automatic bracket
creation takes some getting used to, constant bracket matching helps.
The current line is screaming yellow (probably changeable... I changed
the other colors). I can only set it to PHP or HTML mode which is not
very helpful, I'd like both at once, and CSS. I had some weird
characters produced by php from a blank file created in the program
(some kind of hidden watermark?) Lots of unexplored features & pages of
settings for many languages. I had the chance to prove that the undo was
capable of moving back through an hour's worth of work (after copying a
backup). That made me happy!

 

[Wayne]

Hi,

I'm looking for a Windows based HTML editor along the lines of Bluefish
for Linux. This is for a local community project, so we can't afford
licences for Dreamweaver (etc) and part of the deal on the computers is
that they have to use Windows until 2005, then we can change the OS to
what we like.

Any pointers would be helpful.

TTFN

Paul

Have you tried installing Mozilla browser on your computer and using
Composer? It has WSIWYG and html source screens, and is free.

Wayne