HTML Editor from Home version ???

[Big Mac]

I guess Windows XP Home version comes without an HTML editor.

When I go into Internet Explorer's settings, I see the choice where it
says "HTML editor" is empty. If I press on the little arrow thingy, I
can choose to put notepad in the field. But notepad really isn't an
HTML editor, is it?

Do I need a HTML editor? What can I do with one rather than without
one? Isn't my email HTML (yes it is, I just looked), and therefore I
can edit HTML with it. (easily uploading html to it is a different
story).

Comments, anyone...

 

[Daniel H]

An HTML program would be used to edit or create website documents (HTML
files)

If you don't have one installed, like FrontPage, Dreamweaver, or even Word
with supported HTML editing, this field can be blank.

DH

 

[Daniel H]

Oh, and as far as Notepad if you can code in HTML language notepad or any
other plain text editor does work perfectly.

 

[Jack]

maybe....your welcome..

 

[Anne]

The option you are talking about is for you to tell IE
what program to use for that function.

These programs are not necessarilya part of the OS.

If you choose notepad as HTML editor, notepad will be
used to open code when you select view/source from IE
menu.

And yes, notepad is an excellent HTML editor.

-A.

 

[t.cruise]

Prior versions of Windows included FrontPage Express, a scaled down free
version of FrontPage, for creating and editing web pages. You can download
FrontPage Express, which runs fine with Windows XP at:

http://www.paulsxp.com/downloads.html

 

[Eric McG]

Any simple text editor can edit an HTML page, but it won't create it on its own.
The user must know the code.

There are other applications like Microsoft FrontPage that can be used to edit
HTML code AND create it using a graphic (WYSIWYG) format. Your HTML e-mail
messages are created in a similar manner.

IE's default editor for HTML code is notepad.exe. This is the application that
is called when you right-click on an HTML page and select "View Source".

As you can see, any need to edit or view HTML code usually requires some
knowledge of the code itself.

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

Prior versions of Windows included FrontPage Express, a scaled down free
version of FrontPage, for creating and editing web pages. You can download
FrontPage Express, which runs fine with Windows XP at:

http://www.paulsxp.com/downloads.html

Yes, and I'd really recommend that; it's what today's WordPad should
be! Very simple, sure, but it doesn't try to do a whole site or run
web servers underfoot as FP does, and it's one of the few MSware that
can simply be extracted and dropped into place.

Other good free HTML editors are those that ship as part of Netscape
(i.e. Netscape Composer). The one from Netscape 7.xx has a very
valuable clue; it not only understands that one can use font choices
like "Arial, Helvetica" (so MacOS with no Arial can use Helvetica
instead, etc.) but it offers this as a "front door" choice.

MSware still takes the Word mindset of "one font applied at a time",
forcing you to do Search and Replace at the ugly source-code level, as
if you were working with raw HTML in Notepad after all. Yuk.

FWIW, my own site is mainly done in FP Express

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[Jim Macklin]

Do a Google for "HTML editors" and you'll find all kinds of
free programs that will enter tags from menus, and generally
make the job quicker but still leave you in full control.

These are like Notepad but include a library of tags.


message | On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:37:47 -1000, "t.cruise"
|
| >Prior versions of Windows included FrontPage Express, a
scaled down free
| >version of FrontPage, for creating and editing web pages.
You can download
| >FrontPage Express, which runs fine with Windows XP at:
| >
| >http://www.paulsxp.com/downloads.html
|
| Yes, and I'd really recommend that; it's what today's
WordPad should
| be! Very simple, sure, but it doesn't try to do a whole
site or run
| web servers underfoot as FP does, and it's one of the few
MSware that
| can simply be extracted and dropped into place.
|
| Other good free HTML editors are those that ship as part
of Netscape
| (i.e. Netscape Composer). The one from Netscape 7.xx has
a very
| valuable clue; it not only understands that one can use
font choices
| like "Arial, Helvetica" (so MacOS with no Arial can use
Helvetica
| instead, etc.) but it offers this as a "front door"
choice.
|
| MSware still takes the Word mindset of "one font applied
at a time",
| forcing you to do Search and Replace at the ugly
source-code level, as
| if you were working with raw HTML in Notepad after all.
Yuk.
|
| FWIW, my own site is mainly done in FP Express
|
|
|
| >------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - -
| Our senses are our UI to reality
| >------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - -