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Kwrite - much easier to use than a program that dumbs down html / php / asp creation.

Learn it, then type it !

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Any WYSIWYG application??

The NVU thing is about as close as it is in *nix land... Most of us are the "text editor" kinds of people...

However, I think that Codeweaver's "Crossover Office" program will run Macromedia Dreamweaver for Windows in Linux. Not a native app, but if you like the point and click webpage building, that is probably your best solution..

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At first i thought i really had a need for WYSIWYG, but after a quick look at www.w3schools.org i realized that I was better off using a simple text editor.

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I'de recommend Quanta or Bluefish, although they aren't as good as Dreamweaver (especially when you use DW in source code editing mode, as it has intelligent suggestions and syntax information for PHP as you type (like Visual C/Basic) - something that hasn't been implemented in UNIX yet as it's so complex, programmers aren't willing to spend their time developing such a huge system, as I read (although Quanta does give you shortcuts to variable names as you type (i.e. if you typr '$' it'll list all the variables, and '$r' all the variable beginning in r - that saves loads of time)). I personally use DW on Windows with a Linux box as the server, as it really is the best IMO (and I never use the WYSIWYG elements), and I love the FTP integration which makes uploading a breeze. If you really want to run DW on Linux I've tried Crossover office, but it's about 3 times slower than with Windows, and this is on a decent machine with loads of RAM.

The bleeding edge quanta also has a very nice CSS editor but it's buggy as anything, and not ready for use on anything critical, this will be good when finished.

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At first i thought i really had a need for WYSIWYG, but after a quick look at www.w3schools.org i realized that I was better off using a simple text editor.

Intresting link. Thanks !!! :)

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I use jEdit for just about everything now. It's written in Java, so it's cross-platform, and it runs great. It has loads of extensions you can install as well.

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just compiled nvu to give it a try. looks... well... interresting :D

will try it out as i get time to play with it

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two words : vi + improved

Heh. Poor guy. MPH comes obviously looking for a WYSIWYG app and he gets a dozen responses saying "Vim!" Honestly, though, it really is that good.

:wq

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nvu is not usable yet except for the very simplest of wysiwyg jobs. I ditched it the first time I looked at an existing page in it and it reformatted all of my code and didn't even so syntax highlighting.

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Well I must say Quanta, I use it from my very first html coding experience and I now love it.

NOTE: Don't take the {SS} website as exemple, it's a website I took over, because one of our members, took a leave of absence for awhile. I'm working on the new Website right now.

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