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Try subethaedit
Authored by: wgscott on Oct 21, '03 04:29:46PM

I used to use Jedit and Safari like that.

Then I found SubEthaEdit (formerly Hydra). It has its own web page renderer that auto-updates as soon as you make a change in the HTML code. You don't even have to save it.

After 5 minutes I never went back to jEdit, which I really liked. This is just much nicer, and OS X native.

http://wwwbruegge.in.tum.de/projects/hydra/subethaedit/



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Try subethaedit
Authored by: trekan on Oct 21, '03 04:44:39PM

Actually the HTML renderer is the same that Safari uses.

Before using SubEthaEdit I used the Snippet Editor in Safari to test HTML code, but it's just nicer in SubEthaEdit.



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Absolutely
Authored by: JoeHope on Oct 21, '03 07:26:39PM

Can't agree more. I used to use Alpha in the old days, jEdit more recently, but haven't looked back since SubEthaEdit. Very nice editor for programming and XML, and, oh, everything.

SubEthaEdit's unique feature, the ability to collaboratively edit files over Rendevous was also absolutely brilliant when I was writing our latest homepage. I shared all the files and got everyone in the department to add in their own content. No multiple versions, no cutting and pasting for me. They could preview the files straight out of the editor. You don't often need this feature, in which case SubEthaEdit is just the cleanest, best editor out there. When the sharing feature is appropriate, it's fantastic.



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Try subethaedit
Authored by: bromhead on Oct 21, '03 08:51:06PM
SubEthaEdit looks cool and I would love to use a cocoa based app. I like the built in browser and we should see more apps use this due to "webcore". Would love if you could flick between the page and the code (like Dreamweaver). Also I don't think it can look at the file through the web server (http:// vs file://) which means it's not much good for dynamic languages, only plain html. Looks great for collaboration.

It is missing a few things I like to use in jEdit:

  • Tabs - flick between the documents I'm working on (jEdit plugin "bufferTabs")
  • File Browser - instant access to all project files
  • Auto completion - when I type an opening tag it types the closing tag (TextExtras perhaps?) (jEdit plugin "XML")
  • Its Free! www.jedit.org
Dreamweaver MX is very close but is far too slow, still inserts "stuff" into my code (haven't tried new version yet)

Project Builder is almost perfect too - fast, file browser, but lacks auto completion and very limited support for PHP. Can use single window or multiple depending on taste

Homesite on the PC is about the best editor I have used however thats not much use now is it!

I'm just about to try "TextExtras" maybe that will add code completion to Cocoa apps...

Any other ideas/comments?

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Huh?
Authored by: stewby on Oct 21, '03 09:45:09PM

Would love if you could flick between the page and the code (like Dreamweaver)

How is toggling back and forth better than having both at once?

It is missing a few things I like to use in jEdit:
Its Free! www.jedit.org

You mean, free just like SubEthaEdit? It's not missing the "free" feature at all.



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Huh?
Authored by: bromhead on Oct 21, '03 10:22:02PM

Sorry I didn't mean to imply SubEthaEdit isn't free.

> How is toggling back and forth better than having both at once?

Sometimes it is great to have everything in one window, however other times it is good to have multiple windows. Some might like two windows if dual screening for instance. With one screen I would prefer to have 1 window allowing maximum screen real estate for my code.

Almost all apps that support tab systems also support separate windows. eg. jEdit, projectBuilder and Safari, thus letting users choose what they prefer.



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Huh?
Authored by: foobar104 on Oct 22, '03 01:01:57AM
With one screen I would prefer to have 1 window allowing maximum screen real estate for my code.

Exposé is going to change your life.

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Huh?
Authored by: suthercd on Oct 22, '03 08:59:48AM

foobar--

I've used 10.3 since the end of June, but mainly for testing for the ADC. Expose´ look great- could you go into a bit of detail abot how you use it in this instance to help your workflow.

Thx
Craig



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