Comments on: The Benefits of Using Plain Text http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:38:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Jake http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5392 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:46:17 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5392 Another small Notepad like text editor is <a href="http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/" rel="nofollow">Metapad</a>. Another small Notepad like text editor is Metapad.

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5318 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:13:06 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5318 Or you could use Vim. :mrgreen: Or Emacs. There is also a registry hack somewhere that will make Vim the default windows text editor (it will make it the editor that opens when you do View Source in IE and etc..) Or you could use Vim. mrgreen Or Emacs.

There is also a registry hack somewhere that will make Vim the default windows text editor (it will make it the editor that opens when you do View Source in IE and etc..)

]]> by: Starhawk http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5317 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:05:09 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5317 Notepad replacements there are a ton of them, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad_Plus_Plus" rel="nofollow">Notepad++</a> is the last one i played with. It is similar to Notepad2 but supports tabs and has a few more features. Naturally it probably doesn't have as small a footprint, but I never checked just assuming. Notepad replacements there are a ton of them, Notepad++ is the last one i played with. It is similar to Notepad2 but supports tabs and has a few more features. Naturally it probably doesn’t have as small a footprint, but I never checked just assuming.

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5313 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:18:44 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5313 <strong>Matt`</strong>, if you like Notepad, you should look into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad2" rel="nofollow">Notepad2</a>. It is similar load times, similar look and feel, and similar memory footprint - but it does have syntax highlighting, and doesn't mind opening really big text files. You can actually swap notepad.exe with the it's executable so that it acts like a seamless drop in replacement. Matt`, if you like Notepad, you should look into Notepad2. It is similar load times, similar look and feel, and similar memory footprint - but it does have syntax highlighting, and doesn’t mind opening really big text files.

You can actually swap notepad.exe with the it’s executable so that it acts like a seamless drop in replacement.

]]> by: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5311 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:10:25 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5311 Nothing wrong with plain text - I have notepad pinned to my start menu for when I want to make a quick note of something. MS Word or OOo Writer take too long to load up when all I want to do is write 3 lines of stuff to remind myself of something later. Although from the sound of it, if I ever want to use plain text for anything "serious" like coding or suchlike then I'd want to get a better text editor than notepad :wink: Nothing wrong with plain text - I have notepad pinned to my start menu for when I want to make a quick note of something. MS Word or OOo Writer take too long to load up when all I want to do is write 3 lines of stuff to remind myself of something later.

Although from the sound of it, if I ever want to use plain text for anything “serious” like coding or suchlike then I’d want to get a better text editor than notepad wink

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5307 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:37:39 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5307 I do use Firebug, and yes - it is pretty sweet. Then again, a lot of my work happens on the back end so I don't use it all that much. I do use Firebug, and yes - it is pretty sweet. Then again, a lot of my work happens on the back end so I don’t use it all that much.

]]> by: Starhawk http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5304 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:30:15 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5304 I agree<strong> vacri </strong>Firebug is a great FF extension, I've used it tho I'm not using it now. I'm not really a web developer tho I set up a web site for a local business and for a friend of mine selling organic cookies. That was for free and for fun tho :) And ah yeah while we are on the topic of firefox add-ons, another cool one for web developers is the<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60" rel="nofollow"> Web Developer toolbar</a>. It's very popular and i suppose needs no introduction. And Luke I haven't used Komodo Edit yet, I was planning on trying it out when ya first blogged about it but kinda spaced it out. Kinda too busy right now to play with it but it certainly looks cool. I agree vacri Firebug is a great FF extension, I’ve used it tho I’m not using it now. I’m not really a web developer tho I set up a web site for a local business and for a friend of mine selling organic cookies. That was for free and for fun tho )

And ah yeah while we are on the topic of firefox add-ons, another cool one for web developers is the Web Developer toolbar. It’s very popular and i suppose needs no introduction.

And Luke I haven’t used Komodo Edit yet, I was planning on trying it out when ya first blogged about it but kinda spaced it out. Kinda too busy right now to play with it but it certainly looks cool.

]]> by: vacri http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5301 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:09:46 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5301 For coding html - if you're a web developer and you're not using the Firefox extension <a href="http://www.getfirebug.com/" rel="nofollow">Firebug</a>, you should slap yourself. Dynamically update any code and see immediately what it does, mousing over code highlights the parts of the page that code applies to, stuff and more stuff, and then a few more goodies. It does this dynamically for any page you visit, not just your own. Nice. I'm not a web developer myself, but friends of mine use it, and it's a very sexy piece of software. For coding html - if you’re a web developer and you’re not using the Firefox extension Firebug, you should slap yourself.

Dynamically update any code and see immediately what it does, mousing over code highlights the parts of the page that code applies to, stuff and more stuff, and then a few more goodies. It does this dynamically for any page you visit, not just your own. Nice. I’m not a web developer myself, but friends of mine use it, and it’s a very sexy piece of software.

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5296 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:23:46 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5296 Yup - this is one of the reasons I don't use Dreamweaver. Too damn expensive. For my HTML, PHP and Perl coding needs I currently use <a href="http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/05/23/komodo-edit-14/" rel="nofollow">Komodo Edit</a>. :) Yup - this is one of the reasons I don’t use Dreamweaver. Too damn expensive. For my HTML, PHP and Perl coding needs I currently use Komodo Edit. )

]]> by: Starhawk http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5293 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:34:57 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-benefits-of-using-plain-text/#comment-5293 Yeah lots of people love Dreamweaver but it costs $400 which is simply unacceptable to me. If I decided I must USE it it would have to be a pirated copy. Pricing software at prices like that FORCES the poor and "the working class" to either piracy or doing without or using other perhaps inferior tools. But anyway I've never saw a WYSIWYG html editor that produced good clean pretty code. Not really opposed to people using them tho just if you truly are trying to learn how to <strong>code</strong> in html a tool like that is not really going to help you. And if you care about standards a tool like that might even hurt you. Yeah lots of people love Dreamweaver but it costs $400 which is simply unacceptable to me. If I decided I must USE it it would have to be a pirated copy. Pricing software at prices like that FORCES the poor and “the working class” to either piracy or doing without or using other perhaps inferior tools. But anyway I’ve never saw a WYSIWYG html editor that produced good clean pretty code. Not really opposed to people using them tho just if you truly are trying to learn how to code in html a tool like that is not really going to help you. And if you care about standards a tool like that might even hurt you.

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