What wysiwyg html/CSS editors do people recommend. I''m mainly interested in FOSS programs that I can run on WinXP. Sometimes you just have to create some mostly-static pages and make them look nice. I see that Guy Kawasaki is using Nvu, which is based on Mozilla composer. Any of you guys have any experience with that? Warren Fred -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060619/cf82795a/attachment-0001.html
I think you''ll find that most people like to get fairly close to the code in a text editor. A WYSIWYG is not really appropriate for developing rails when you need to be at the coldface of the code in your views. I guess you could use one to get you started in your view, get the look and such if that''s what your after... But I don''t think many here would use one. On 6/20/06, Warren Seltzer <warrens@actcom.net.il> wrote:> > What wysiwyg html/CSS editors do people recommend. I''m mainly interested > in FOSS programs that I can run on WinXP. Sometimes you just have to create > some mostly-static pages and make them look nice. I see that Guy Kawasaki > is using Nvu, which is based on Mozilla composer. Any of you guys have any > experience with that? > > Warren Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060620/74caf89c/attachment-0001.html
in my experience, you will not be able to get the WYSIWYG experience when using such editors for rails. the syntax used in rails is not recognised like html tags or even ASP/PHP/JSP code chunks. The more likely result would be mangled preview visuals. On 6/20/06, Daniel N <has.sox@gmail.com> wrote:> > I think you''ll find that most people like to get fairly close to the code > in a text editor. A WYSIWYG is not really appropriate for developing rails > when you need to be at the coldface of the code in your views. > > I guess you could use one to get you started in your view, get the look > and such if that''s what your after... But I don''t think many here would use > one. > > On 6/20/06, Warren Seltzer <warrens@actcom.net.il> wrote: > > > What wysiwyg html/CSS editors do people recommend. I''m mainly > > interested in FOSS programs that I can run on WinXP. Sometimes you just > > have to create some mostly-static pages and make them look nice. I see that > > Guy Kawasaki is using Nvu, which is based on Mozilla composer. Any of you > > guys have any experience with that? > > > > Warren Fred > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-- Practical_Guile::Clever_Tagline::Pending http://practicalguile.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060620/39c2eef0/attachment-0001.html
Like the other posters, I''m not using anything for the HTML. However, I am using StyleMaster as a CSS editor. It''s not free, but has increased my CSS-writing efficiency by a significant amount. Only downside is it doesn''t have sftp, only ftp. Douglas Tan wrote:> in my experience, you will not be able to get the WYSIWYG experience > when using such editors for rails. the syntax used in rails is not > recognised like html tags or even ASP/PHP/JSP code chunks. The more > likely result would be mangled preview visuals. > > On 6/20/06, *Daniel N* <has.sox@gmail.com <mailto:has.sox@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > I think you''ll find that most people like to get fairly close to > the code in a text editor. A WYSIWYG is not really appropriate > for developing rails when you need to be at the coldface of the > code in your views. > > I guess you could use one to get you started in your view, get > the look and such if that''s what your after... But I don''t think > many here would use one. > > On 6/20/06, *Warren Seltzer* < warrens@actcom.net.il > <mailto:warrens@actcom.net.il>> wrote: > > What wysiwyg html/CSS editors do people recommend. I''m mainly > interested in FOSS programs that I can run on WinXP. > Sometimes you just have to create some mostly-static pages and > make them look nice. I see that Guy Kawasaki is using Nvu, > which is based on Mozilla composer. Any of you guys have any > experience with that? > > Warren Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org <mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org <mailto:Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > -- > Practical_Guile::Clever_Tagline::Pending > http://practicalguile.com <http://practicalguile.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
I use scite and radrails and emacs for most of my work. But I''m not in love with CSS and all that and would like to layout big chunks of some pages in something that will put the boxes where they belong (ref to CSS box model). CSS has had great promise but even it''s experts agree it''s a royal pain. I keep telling my friends I''ll write a book "21st Century Web Page Layout with Tables". I''d be rich, except it''s too easy and nobody needs that book. Warren Daniel ----- wrote:> I think you''ll find that most people like to get fairly close to the > code in > a text editor. A WYSIWYG is not really appropriate for developing rails > when you need to be at the coldface of the code in your views. > > I guess you could use one to get you started in your view, get the look > and > such if that''s what your after... But I don''t think many here would use > one.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Daniel is correct in that standard rhtml is not that easy to edit with a WYSIWYG editor. (warning shameless plug ahead) However if you are interested in doing WYSIWYG editing then you might check out the MasterView plugin for rails which extends rails with an html friendly templating engine which can be edited nicely with a WYSIWYG editor without giving up all the power of layouts, partials, and rails helpers. Check out the website (http://masterview.org), rubyforge project ( http://rubyforge.org/projects/masterview) or the video to learn more ( http://masterview.org/videos/masterview_quick_start.html). The video demonstrates using NVU to edit your templates and how the changes instantly get reflected in the application. MasterView is open source (MIT license) and available now. I''d be happy to answer any questions that you have regarding the project and its uses. Jeff> Daniel ----- wrote: > > I think you''ll find that most people like to get fairly close to the > > code in > > a text editor. A WYSIWYG is not really appropriate for developing rails > > when you need to be at the coldface of the code in your views. > > > > I guess you could use one to get you started in your view, get the look > > and > > such if that''s what your after... But I don''t think many here would use > > one. > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060621/cfd02c14/attachment.html