HTML HELP IN MAC!!!!!

[pcproff]

I just started my HTML class and we are using windows notepad to edit and work on html. Now I have searched the past posts and it states that you can use text edit. I have typed a few things in text edit but when I go to save it only lets me save in either .rtf or .doc. I wanna be able to use my mac for this. I go into MS Word and save page as a webpage and when I open my work I get the HTML code as it was typed in MS Word not the page without the tags. Can anyone help me I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[michaelrjohnson]

If you open the preferences, and enable/disable the button to "Ignore Rich Text Commands in HTML Files" it will work just fine. I do all of my coding in TextEdit, and it works just fine.

EDIT: Edited to reflect proper setting

 

[bousozoku]

At any time when you're working in TextEdit, you may select the menu item Make Plain Text to clear out the RTF or MS Word extras you don't need.

 

[kgarner]

Or just use SubEthatEdit. I find the syntax highlighting to be very useful when working on code. And its free too.

 

[ExoticFish]

i use SubEthaEdit as well and i really enjoy it.

 

[sonofslim]

another vote for SubEthaEdit -- it's really quite useful. and did we mention that it's free?

 

[pcproff]

Is there a way to set the preference for text edit to show up everytime in plain text mode. Instead of rich text mode..

 

[arf]

subethaedit

One more vote! (and if you do apple-R keycombo it will even render the html for you!)

 

[Colonel Panik]

There's also BBEdit, which is the best text editor for the Mac, and essential is you want to truely hand code. It'll come in handy later when you want to do CSS sheets and PHP and so on. There used to be a BBEdit Lite, which was free, and provided a lot of the capability of the full application, but I'm not sure if they're still releasing it.

You can try BBEdit as a 30 day demo. It's well worth it for syntax highlighting and syntax correcting and for the ability to edit many many files at once. But if you do decide to get it, don't pay the full price. There are always offers available to get substantial discounts off the price.

 

[tomf87]

Is there a way to set the preference for text edit to show up everytime in plain text mode. Instead of rich text mode..

Sure, click TextEdit then Preferences. Under 'New Document Attributes' specify plain text instead of rich-text.

 

[michaelrjohnson]

One more vote! (and if you do apple-R keycombo it will even render the html for you!)

I downloaded SubEthaEdit and I do really like it, however, why on earth dont' they have the HTML rendering function as a toolbar icon? That was a bit irritating, but beyond that, it seems nice.

 

[bennetsaysargh]

i use hyperedit. i love it now. i've been using it since the beta versions.
http://www.tumultco.com/HyperEdit/

 

[ExoticFish]

I downloaded SubEthaEdit and I do really like it, however, why on earth dont' they have the HTML rendering function as a toolbar icon? That was a bit irritating, but beyond that, it seems nice.

i really like SubEthaEdit and i looked at HyperEdit and i love the preview options. too bad neither work with the Perl/MySQL/HTML/CSS stuff i've been doing.

oh well.