Free, simple HTML editor

TriedandTested · 17 Nov 2010 at 10:33

Is there anything out there that can be used to edit small parts of a website's code? By that I mean there are lots of other elements (js, images etc) that won't need to be touched - just a couple of lines I am handing over responsibility to someone else.

Thanks

Van Hellseek · 17 Nov 2010 at 10:35

Notepad.

daman2k · 17 Nov 2010 at 10:36

^ what he said

You could also use Notepad++

TriedandTested · 17 Nov 2010 at 10:37

oh.

Is that really sufficient? Will it retain mark-ups etc?

gord · 17 Nov 2010 at 11:16

Retaining proper mark-up is the responsibility of the editor, not the tool used to edit.

TriedandTested · 17 Nov 2010 at 11:17

gord said:
Retaining proper mark-up is the responsibility of the editor, not the tool used to edit.

I don't mean updating/maintaining it. I mean, if it's opened in Notepad, will all the mark-up/formatting etc be lost?

Inquisitor · 17 Nov 2010 at 11:40

Why do people always suggest notepad as a text editor? It's hands down the worst text editor in existence. It barely supports editing history and can't even handle non-CRLF line endings. :confused:

Notepad++ is one of the best traditional text editors out there.

Van Hellseek · 17 Nov 2010 at 11:50

Inquisitor said:
Why do people always suggest notepad as a text editor? It's hands down the worst text editor in existence. It barely supports editing history and can't even handle non-CRLF line endings.

The OP specified 2 lines.

TWO.

V4NT0M · 17 Nov 2010 at 12:29

Inquisitor said:
Why do people always suggest notepad as a text editor? It's hands down the worst text editor in existence. It barely supports editing history and can't even handle non-CRLF line endings.

Notepad++ is one of the best traditional text editors out there.

I use notepad 50% of the time

Tilluss · 17 Nov 2010 at 13:00

WeOwnTheSky said:
I don't mean updating/maintaining it. I mean, if it's opened in Notepad, will all the mark-up/formatting etc be lost?

No, all of the formatting and markup is plain text, there is nothing special about it.

K.C. Leblanc · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:53

Inquisitor said:
Why do people always suggest notepad as a text editor? It's hands down the worst text editor in existence. It barely supports editing history and can't even handle non-CRLF line endings.

Notepad++ is one of the best traditional text editors out there.

Have you ever tried using vi? I think it's probably the least user friendly piece of technology ever made.

kae2 · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:55

I use Notepad++, much, much better than Notepad.

Inquisitor · 17 Nov 2010 at 21:05

K.C. Leblanc said:
Have you ever tried using vi? I think it's probably the least user friendly piece of technology ever made.

Vim is my editor of choice

It certainly has a steep learning curve, but that's not really surprising as it's designed for power users rather than regular users, and so doesn't compromise on efficiency for the sake of user friendliness. Once you've mastered it it's pretty much second to none in terms of productivity. Not to mention that it can be run on a remote server with no need for a GUI

I didn't mention it in my post precisely because it's so difficult to learn, though

Benihana · 17 Nov 2010 at 21:13

http://www.editplus.com/

Not free as such, just prompts you a few times, like winrar, very good in my opinion though.

Teq · 17 Nov 2010 at 22:10

Nice and simple

http://www.contexteditor.org/

or if you are not a Windows man...

http://www.jedit.org/

Obviously there are simpler options but I thought this might be of benefit to anyone scanning this post for advice.