Gilles SICHE said the following on 02/12/2011 10:35 AM:

Thank you for your answer, you are right, I should have been more specific.

I use Notepad++ to create web pages, the lines are coloured according to their value/meaning, which is a common feature in many such text editors

Yes. Under Linux there are many tat have this capability, and more, like running scripts, recording keystrokes for replay .. The VIM family for editors, Kate. many others. Or perhaps rather than a syntax directed editor, which, as a side effect, colourizes the lines, what you want is a proper HTML editor. Again Linux has a number of those - WYSIWYG and raw and in between. http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmleditors/tp/Free-HTML-Editors-Linux-UNIX.ht... I've long since given up on editing HTML. Instead I use one of the markup languages that will generate correct and error free html from plain text input. I'm really not interested in the fiddly bits of HTML, rather in producing correct html as quickly and effortlessly as I can. HTML is the 'assembly code' of the web. I'd rather use a HLL. What you see a applying to all the pages I think of as DRY. My favourites in this area are Textile/Redcloth and Markdown, but you might also consider ReST See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lightweight_markup_languages for some others. There are also markup languages that generate correct CSS - try Sass, which not only saves all the syntactic hassle and potential errors, but adds constants and mixins to CSS. Ultimately, many of your items I never have to be concerned with because the CMS or site manager takes care of those details. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:35:04 +0100 Gilles SICHE wrote:

Thank you for your answer, you are right, I should have been more specific.

I use Notepad++ to create web pages, the lines are coloured according to their value/meaning, which is a common feature in many such text editors But what I like above all, is the possibility to make the same change in more than one page at the same time (ctrl+H : make changes in all opened pages), save all opened pages or close them in one click, and the possibility to open the browser directly from Notepad++ to see what the page looks like.

I am going to have a go at scite.

Thanks again,

Gilles Siche Hi I use medit, which I have built on OBS http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=medit&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.3&lang=en&exclude_debug=true For you enjoyment I have also built SciTE as well; http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=scite&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.3&lang=en&exclude_debug=true

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On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 20:43, Anders Johansson wrote:

On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 16:35 +0100, Gilles SICHE wrote:

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But what I like above all, is the possibility to make the same change in more than one page at the same time (ctrl+H : make changes in all opened pages), save all opened pages or close them in one click, and the possibility to open the browser directly from Notepad++ to see what the page looks like.

Syntax highlighting, Save All, Close All and open browser, those are features available in many editors. Most IDEs, and some editors such as kate have them.

I'm curious about the "make changes in all opened pages though". How would that work? Is it a regular expression that gets executed on all docs? If so, the feature is available in kate, where you also have the option to create "snipplets" to implement your own features.

If it's something else, I'd love to know how that works in notepad++

Another one to throw into the mix is JEdit. I use this one a lot for almost any text editing I need to do regardless of OS... Solaris and Linux at work... Linxu at home... Windows or OSX when I'm traveling etc. It has a lot of plugins that add all sort so interesting functionality. Also... I just fired up Notepad++ in Wine, and on initial testing... it seems to work just fine, so if you (the OP) prefer to keep using it because it has features you are used to, there should be nothing stopping you from just setting it up an using it in Wine. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 12 February 2011 21:00:54 Pete Connolly wrote:

I've just had a look in notepad++ (booted into Win 7 right now, excuse the outlook quoting). It seems ctrl-h give you a find/search and replace option that works in all open files, with options to work in a directory across files conforming to filter, e.g. *.txt, *.php and so on.

Well, kate can certainly do that for all open files in the ctrl-r dialog. Not sure about doing it for all files in a directory, it looks like you'll first have to search for the pattern, select the files in the search result and then do a find and replace But in kate there is an option to create your own scripts, it should be a one- liner sed command to do just that, so it doesn't strike me as a major obstacle. Or perhaps an IDE with a refactoring capability - I suspect this is what it's really about anyway. All in all, my vote would go to kate as the best option, if a native program is desired, and if an IDE is too much Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Gilles SICHE writes: Emacs can do all that, but it has a steep learning curve. However, the possibility with Emacs is infinite, it is infinitely customizable and is cross-platform.

I use Notepad++ to create web pages, the lines are coloured according to their value/meaning, which is a common feature in many such text editors

There are quite a few major-modes for Emacs to suite your liking.

But what I like above all, is the possibility to make the same change in more than one page at the same time (ctrl+H : make changes in all opened pages),

In Emacs use "moccur-edit".

save all opened pages

The equivalent keys in Emacs is C-x s.

and the possibility to open the browser directly from Notepad++ to see what the page looks like.

No problem in all the html modes. You can also open any url with "browse-url". Charles -- "Are [Linux users] lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of reliable, well-engineered commercial software?" (By Matt Welsh)