Need Help Choosing an Editor

[eaglepi]

I have used several html editors and have always gone back to Microsoft Frontpage for one simple reason, I can see the page as it looks in the "Normal view" and click on any part of that view then switch back to "HTML mode" and the spot you clicked on in "normal mode" is highlighted in the "html mode" it makes it very easy to find what you're editing.
Now here is my problem, I'm editing some scripts that have problems with WYSIWYG editors. I need a plain text editor to use, I'd love to find one that does the same thing I explained about Frontpage.

Can anyone offer me any suggestion of plain text editors that have that feature?

Thanks in advance

[pageoneresults]

I'm editing some scripts that have problems with WYSIWYG editors. I need a plain text editor to use, I'd love to find one that does the same thing I explained about Frontpage.

Do Ctrl + / which will Reveal Tags. Locate your script tag (it will be a yellow icon with a J in it). You can then double click it to bring up the built in text editor in FP.

Does that solve your issue?

[eaglepi]

I guess I don't understand your response, maybe I better explain better. I don't want to use Frontpage anymore, I'd like to find a plain text editor which shows how my code will look as a webpage and then be able to identify which code needs editing without having to search thru all my html code to find it. When I said I was editing scripts that was a bit misleading (not my intent) the code I am editing is html with php scripts. The scripts don't like editors like Fontpage

[HughMungus]

Homesite. I'm still using Homesite 4 from over 5 (?) years ago.

[pageoneresults]

I am editing is html with php scripts. The scripts don't like editors like Fontpage.

I'm not sure why you would want to leave FrontPage if that is where you feel comfortable working. When you use the Ctrl + / (Reveal Tags) command, you can now see where those scripts are in normal view. Select the yellow icon with the J and go to html view. It is the same as if you were to select a block of text and switch to html view. When you select that block of javascript, FP will highlight the entire block in the html view.

If you are working with PHP in FrontPage, you will need an FP add-on called PHP Rocket. This will allow you to seamlessly integrate PHP into the FP interface and have it function the way it should. I've not used PHP Rocket myself but have seen user reviews that lead me to believe it is a sound product.

FP is a powerhouse. A little bit of digging and you'll find all sorts of neat stuff that it is capable of doing. ;)

[eaglepi]

Frontpage is a powerful application BUT...the author of the scripts I am using reccomends not useing WYSIWYG editors. I don't doubt the quality of Frontpage, it just adds things to the code that the scripts doesn't work well with...

[pageoneresults]

It just adds things to the code that the scripts doesn't work well with.

IT only does what you tell it to do, nothing more, nothing less. I've worked with thousands of scripts in various FP environments and they have all performed without fail.

Have you tried using the script yet? If not, I might suggest testing first to see what the end result is. FP is not going to add and/or take away anything from the scripts. In fact, if there is one thing FP won't modify, it is scripts. ;)

[eaglepi]

OK OK, I am bending on my needs bowing to you..........lol I tried ctrl + / and wow!

thanks so much for sticking to your guns and making me see what I was missing.

Thank you very much