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Re: Need Suggestions for a Basic (Free or Inexpensive) HTML Editor
Subject:Re: Need Suggestions for a Basic (Free or Inexpensive) HTML Editor From:"Henry J. Wicko II" <henry -dot- wicko -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Mike Starr" <mikestarr-techwr-l -at- writestarr -dot- com> Date:Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:50:33 -0400
Another option is Text Pad. After looking at Kompozer, I might just have to
switch!!!
It's a decent tool, the only problem I have with it is that we are
unlicesned and it asks to purchase the software every three saves or so.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Mike Starr <
mikestarr-techwr-l -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:
> I've been using Kompozer (http://kompozer.net/). It's a free,
> open-source HTML editor. You can use it as a WYSIWYG editor or edit the
> raw HTML.
>
> Mike
>
> Roger Bell wrote:
> > I am looking for a bare bones HTML editor (other than Notepad) that we
> > might license and make available to our users. The goal is to allow our
> > users, who likely do not know HTML code, to easily customize the text of
> > HTML Help files. In a previous job, I used HTML Search and Replace, with
> > which I performed quick editing on multiple files at once.
> >
> > We only want to support a single editor for users to customize the Help
> > files. This way we may prevent them from opening the files in Word and
> > adding proprietary code that does who knows what to the overall Help
> > system. However, we want a WYSIWYG interface that does not expose or
> > break the HTML code.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any ideas. I am on Digest, so no need to write me
> > separately. We have plenty of time to decide.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Roger Bell
> > Technical Writer
> > 770-246-2300 x1181
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