On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:46:17 UTC, The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:

> A.N. Onymous Esq wrote:
> > What would people recommend as the best free WYSIWYG HTML Editor?
> 
> The very nature of HTML means that what you see is never what you get.
> 
> 
> My advice is to use a simple text editor (e.g. Context) , and a 
> selection of browsers to test against, or sling some money at e.g. 
> Dreamweaver. However I spend nearly as long taking randomly generated 
> HTML statements out of my wife's Dreamweaver output as she does putting 
> them in.
> 
> In the end HTML is a programming language, and should be learnt as such.

No, it's not. It's a markup language.

It has no control constructs.
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Bob Eager wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:46:17 UTC, The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> 
>> A.N. Onymous Esq wrote:
>>> What would people recommend as the best free WYSIWYG HTML Editor?
>> The very nature of HTML means that what you see is never what you get.
>>
>>
>> My advice is to use a simple text editor (e.g. Context) , and a 
>> selection of browsers to test against, or sling some money at e.g. 
>> Dreamweaver. However I spend nearly as long taking randomly generated 
>> HTML statements out of my wife's Dreamweaver output as she does putting 
>> them in.
>>
>> In the end HTML is a programming language, and should be learnt as such.
> 
> No, it's not. It's a markup language.
> 
> It has no control constructs.
Hmm. <pedant> ;-)

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:50:25 UTC, The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:

> Bob Eager wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:46:17 UTC, The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> > 
> >> A.N. Onymous Esq wrote:
> >>> What would people recommend as the best free WYSIWYG HTML Editor?
> >> The very nature of HTML means that what you see is never what you get.
> >>
> >>
> >> My advice is to use a simple text editor (e.g. Context) , and a 
> >> selection of browsers to test against, or sling some money at e.g. 
> >> Dreamweaver. However I spend nearly as long taking randomly generated 
> >> HTML statements out of my wife's Dreamweaver output as she does putting 
> >> them in.
> >>
> >> In the end HTML is a programming language, and should be learnt as such.
> > 
> > No, it's not. It's a markup language.
> > 
> > It has no control constructs.
> Hmm. <pedant> ;-)

Wrong! That should either be:

<pedant></pedant>

or, for XHTML:

<pedant />

Just so happens that I often have to explain to students the 
difference....

But I do agree...a text editor and a few browsers, and you learn a lot 
more...and produce better stuff.
-- 
Bob Eager
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