Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Robert Scott
Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? Thanks! -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the BBEdit Talk discussion group on

Creating a new site in BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread dhani
Hi I am VERY new to bbedit. My dreamweaver is very slow and erroneous so i'm trying to switch to bbedit as it is meant for the mac os x. MY QUESTION IS THIS: I run an external server (called MAMP) on my computer. I'm trying to create a new site (as in dreamweaver) where i can run my

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Morbus Iff
I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? When I'm on Windows, I prefer Notepad++: http://notepad-plus-plus.org -- Morbus Iff ( notice how he deftly

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread François Schiettecatte
Just did a google search for Windows Text Editors: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/6-powerful-text-editors-for-windows.html Looks like Notepad++ and UltraEdit are it. Best regards François On Aug 28, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Robert Scott scottr...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all,

Re: Creating a new site in BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread April Mains
If you didn't change any of your MAMP settings your new site will be at http://localhost:/_yourfoldername_/_yourpagename_ April On 2012-08-29, at 5:45 AM, dhani dh...@i-nnovative.net wrote: Hi I am VERY new to bbedit. My dreamweaver is very slow and erroneous so i'm trying to switch to

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Steve deRosier
When I was forced into the same situation, I found that SlickEdit worked best for me. NP++ is fine for quick and dirty stuff, but for real work, spend a little money. I happen to use Araxis Merge because it's fully x-platform. One key thing: If SlickEdit is being used by other people, you're

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 17:33 -0700 on 08/28/2012, Robert Scott wrote about Windows alternative to BBEdit: Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? Thanks! Interesting I

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Micky Hulse
I'd suggest Dreamweaver. -- Sent from my Macbook Wheel -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the BBEdit Talk discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Lee Hinde
On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Robert Scott scottr...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? Thanks! http://www.sublimetext.com/

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Clark Goble
On Aug 28, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Robert Scott scottr...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? Everyone I know stuck on Windows uses

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Steve Nicholson
On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Robert Scott wrote: Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? Thanks! When I was a Windows programmer in the previous

Re: Creating a new site in BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Ken Lanxner
Hi. If you are using MAMP then your sites will actually be stored in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/ . Within htdocs create a folder for each site. That folder will be the site's root. When configuring the Site setup in BBEdit, the server URL will be localhost: . The path on server will be

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Phil Dobbin
Steve Nicholson wrote: On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Robert Scott wrote: Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? Thanks! When I was a Windows

Re: Creating a new site in BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Miers David
The site root can actually be anywhere. Mamps preferences under apache allow you to define the site root location. htdocs is just the default, but I change this sometimes several times a day as if you use relative to root link the server must be targeting the root of that particular site, not

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Bucky Junior
On Aug 28, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Robert Scott wrote: Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a Windows shop, They are using TextPad... Can anyone recommend an alternative, something closer to BBEdit or Coda? Thanks! Robert, Congratulations on the job.

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Robert Minor
We use Ultra-Edit for our windows services. A great editor for all sorts of programming. On Aug 29, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Bucky Junior buckyjunior...@googlemail.com wrote: On Aug 28, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Robert Scott wrote: Hey all, I'm a BBEdit user, but I just got a job as a Developer at a

Re: Creating a new site in BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread dhani
Hi You're right about the URL. But i want to be able to edit my pages and create new ones. This is where i'm stuck. Where on BBedit can i find these pages that i added to the newly created site? Thanks On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:31:11 PM UTC+3, April Mains wrote: If you didn't change

Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Nello Lucchesi
My favorite Windows HTML editor was HomeSite: http://www.adobe.com/products/homesite/ Apparently, TopStyle4 is considered its successor: http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2009/06/homesite-discontinued.html Take a look: http://www.topstyle4.com/ - nello Nello Lucchesi -- -- You

Re: formatting or indentation of code block

2012-08-29 Thread BK
The way I interpreted this question was how to quickly indent or unindent a block - like option+command+[ or ] in dreamweaver. The feature you mention is almost like a clean up style function and apply formats But for a quick block indent there is a preference in the preferences | keyboard

[admin] Re: Windows alternative to BBEdit

2012-08-29 Thread Patrick Woolsey
Good evening all, As this thread started somewhat far afield and is now way off down the road :-), I'd appreciate if you could take any further discussion to direct mail. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. http://www.barebones.com P.O. Box 1048,