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Subject:Re: a beginner's html-editor? From:Westbrook <westbrook -at- FLEX -dot- NET> Date:Sun, 14 Feb 1999 01:29:10 GMT
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:25:07 -0800, Steven Anderson
<Steven -dot- Anderson -at- BRIGHTWARE -dot- COM> wrote:
>HTML, as well as it's (many) limitations. On top of all that, it helps you
>understand what is going on when something breaks (or misbehaves) allowing
>you to fix the problem quickly and easily.
Also, GUI editors tend to produce really sloppy code. (I have yet to
see one that doesn't insist on meta tagging a credit for itself.) You
may not care about your HTML code, but other people will look at it
and pass judgments about you and your skill based upon it.
From a troubleshooting standpoint, GUI is a nightmare. I spend most
of my time using a GUI SGML program (the government's choice, not
mine). I spend a large percentage of that time trying to figure out
why my files want convert. Many times, the errors are not even
visible in the GUI.
