On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 02:10:45AM -0400, lists1 wrote: > On Monday 09 June 2003 14:03, Kevin Griffis wrote: > > I would like to eventually do all my web development on my Linux laptop and > > ditch FrontPage altogether. I am planning to build a site on a LAMP > > machine and was wondering what Open Source web design tools are out there > > for Debian. Does anyone have any recommendations? > > > > Kevin Griffis > > I'd concur with recommending gvim for basic and fast editing, with the point > and click ability, and you can practice your vim commands as well.
This post is about choosing an editor. In trying to find a comfortable way to work with multiple PHP & HTML files I tried: 1) stacked xterm windows with a vim session in each 2) a konsole with multiple tabs with a vim session in each (better than #1 because of larger viewing space, IMHO) 3) bluefish / quanta 4) gvim I don't like #1 because it limits how much of each file I can see and you can't highlight past the bottom of the screen (it won't scroll). I found #4 to be the best choice because * I like the power of vi * You can maximize the gvim window to see as much context as possible * You can detach the buffer list and float it to the side to make switching files easier. * Good syntax highlighting * I would rather work with HTML instead of using a WYSIWYG editor because I have more control and I want the HTML to look nice. * You can split the window horizontally or vertically if you want to. * Copying & pasting between files is easy. * gvim has friendly menus and buttons if you don't know vi well enough. - Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
