Comments on: E TextEditor - Good enough to abandon Dreamweaver? http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:37:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Debugging CSS the Fast Way | Joshua Clanton - Design for the WEB http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Debugging CSS the Fast Way | Joshua Clanton - Design for the WEB Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:49:29 +0000 http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/#comment-972 [...] are you could have avoided it if you’d been using an editor with code highlighting (such as E - TextEditor) instead of editing in a content management system’s non-highlighted stylesheet [...] [...] are you could have avoided it if you’d been using an editor with code highlighting (such as E - TextEditor) instead of editing in a content management system’s non-highlighted stylesheet [...]

]]> By: Deron Sizemore http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Deron Sizemore Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:21:27 +0000 http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/#comment-296 Just as a follow-up, I've been using NotePad++ and love it. I've actually figured out how to change all the shortcut keys to something that I'm used to and all is well in the neighborhood. :) I never even saw information about the bundles for E. I guess I overlooked that info. Yeah, as far as working with a CMS, I know what you mean. I usually design locally first and then transfer over to ExpressionEngine, which cannot be viewed either unless you save changes and view it live. It's a great system though and I'm not worried about it to much. Just as a follow-up, I’ve been using NotePad++ and love it. I’ve actually figured out how to change all the shortcut keys to something that I’m used to and all is well in the neighborhood. :)

I never even saw information about the bundles for E. I guess I overlooked that info.

Yeah, as far as working with a CMS, I know what you mean. I usually design locally first and then transfer over to ExpressionEngine, which cannot be viewed either unless you save changes and view it live. It’s a great system though and I’m not worried about it to much.

]]> By: Joshua http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Joshua Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:03:46 +0000 http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/#comment-110 Deron, I think the real strength of E is that it is compatible with TextMate bundles, so if you want to add some functionality to the editor, there is more than likely someone who's already written a bundle for it. For instance, there are shortcuts for web page previews and refreshes available in the HTML bundle that comes packaged with E. I'll admit that I don't use those much at the moment, however, as I've been mostly working with Wordpress and Shopify, and they can't be previewed with any editor I've worked with so far. Deron, I think the real strength of E is that it is compatible with TextMate bundles, so if you want to add some functionality to the editor, there is more than likely someone who’s already written a bundle for it. For instance, there are shortcuts for web page previews and refreshes available in the HTML bundle that comes packaged with E.

I’ll admit that I don’t use those much at the moment, however, as I’ve been mostly working with Wordpress and Shopify, and they can’t be previewed with any editor I’ve worked with so far.

]]> By: Deron Sizemore http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Deron Sizemore Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:51:33 +0000 http://joshuaclanton.com/blog/2007/12/03/e-texteditor-good-enough-to-abandon-dreamweaver/#comment-102 I actually downloaded E TextEditor last week to give is a trial run. I guess my impression of it was that it was so-so. I wasn't overly impressed with it to be honest, but it wasn't bad either. I currently use Edit+ and it is super lightweight, only 2.5MB install I believe. Edit+ has everything that I like and use too. One main feature that I love Edit+ for is the ability to edit HTML/CSS and then simply hit Ctrl+B and it will save the document for me and then open my changes in my default web browser. I love this feature because I'm obsessive compulsive when I code. Every single change I make, I have to check to make sure it didn't break something else. I'm not the type that will develop a whole layout before looking at it, so this shortcut for checking my changes is wonderful. Unless I'm mistaken, E TextEditor didn't have this functionality? I also took a test drive of NotePad++ the other day and it was really good too. I probably liked it a little more than E TextEditor although I think they have a lot of the same features as far as being able to collapse code and stuff. There again, NotePad++ doesn't have the short cut keys to pop open a web browser and view your changes. I would have to save the document, open it in the web browser and then hit F5 when I wanted to view changes. Not really hard to do I know, but I'm just so used to clicking Ctrl+B that it would be hard to change. :) I actually downloaded E TextEditor last week to give is a trial run. I guess my impression of it was that it was so-so. I wasn’t overly impressed with it to be honest, but it wasn’t bad either. I currently use Edit+ and it is super lightweight, only 2.5MB install I believe. Edit+ has everything that I like and use too. One main feature that I love Edit+ for is the ability to edit HTML/CSS and then simply hit Ctrl+B and it will save the document for me and then open my changes in my default web browser. I love this feature because I’m obsessive compulsive when I code. Every single change I make, I have to check to make sure it didn’t break something else. I’m not the type that will develop a whole layout before looking at it, so this shortcut for checking my changes is wonderful. Unless I’m mistaken, E TextEditor didn’t have this functionality? I also took a test drive of NotePad++ the other day and it was really good too. I probably liked it a little more than E TextEditor although I think they have a lot of the same features as far as being able to collapse code and stuff. There again, NotePad++ doesn’t have the short cut keys to pop open a web browser and view your changes. I would have to save the document, open it in the web browser and then hit F5 when I wanted to view changes. Not really hard to do I know, but I’m just so used to clicking Ctrl+B that it would be hard to change. :)

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