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 Just another note on composer.
 I found that tables made in Composer for windows could not be read in Composer for Linux.
 Perhaps Composer for Linux is a lesser implementation that the one for Windows.

 wrote:

> John Lewis wrote:
>
> > Bostjan Müller wrote:
> > >
> > > Christophe Roux wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for a html editor for Linux and and did not find one in the 5.3
> > > > Suse distribution.
> > >
> > > Try the one that comes with Netscape - I beleave you have Netscape on your
> > > S.u.S.E. CD. Netscape composer is a quite good editor.
> > >
> > I have read however that Netscape writes 'bad' html which does not display
> > correctly in all browsers.
>
>  I'm not an html guru, but I have found that pages written in composer come out
> quite well in Netcape & IE.
>  Though, older browsers & others like Opera / Hotjava do not work well with pages
> from composer.
>  Composer is the best free wysiwyg editor imo.
>
> > I have up to now used a text editor and tried to write html to 3.2 standards as
> > set out in 'Instant HTML' published by Wrox Press. I was quite surprised
> > recently when I tried viewing one of my pages containing tables in IE to find it
> > did not display correctly although it did display OK in Netscape and SO.
>
>  Imho, IE has a really bad tables implementation, it's hard trying to get IE to read
> tables right.
>
> > I was using a friends machine to set up a website for him, had written the pages
> > on my linux system and sneaker-netted them to his system running windross95.
> > This was the first time ever that I had used IE.
>
>  Slow isn't it?
>
> > Since it is important for him, and his business, that people using IE can see
> > his  pages correctly I am concerned that the editor I use writes 'correct' html.
> > Obviously what I had thought to be correct, isn't so far as IE is concerned.
>
>  'Correct' html as far as IE is concerned, is html the way MS wants it.
>
> > So can anyone confirm whether or not Netscape's output conforms to html
> > standards
>
>  I can't, but see this plugin for composer:
>  <A HREF="ftp://ftp.netscape.com.au/pub/communicator/smartupdate/english/windows/windows95ornt/composer/composer.jar";><A HREF="ftp://ftp.netscape.com.au/pub/communicator/smartupdate/english/windows/windows95ornt/composer/composer.jar</A">ftp://ftp.netscape.com.au/pub/communicator/smartupdate/english/windows/windows95ornt/composer/composer.jar</A</A>>
>
>  I know it's in the windows area - but it's meant to be able to run on unix too.

 I tried out the plugin on Netscape for Linux - did nothing but crash. Pity.

>  See this too:
> <A HREF="http://developer.netscape.com/docs/examples/plugins/composer/index.html";><A HREF="http://developer.netscape.com/docs/examples/plugins/composer/index.html</A">http://developer.netscape.com/docs/examples/plugins/composer/index.html</A</A>>
>
>  The plugin will let you edit the html of a page by hand - within composer.
>
> > and what about StarOffice?
> >
> > -
>

Bye.

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