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In <peterk.1323@combo.ganesha.com>, peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel) wrote:
> What else does one need than C:Ed? Ok, our web designer likes luxury,
> he used CygnusEd for our pages :-).

Lest we forget, HTML is a STRUCTURED language. How about an editor
that knows this, and takes advantage of it? For example:

	- autocompletion of tags legal at this point
	- a "close current tag" command
	- auto indent & newline insertion to reflect nesting level
	- the ability to highlight tags/comments/etc. in some way
	- the ability to list the currently open tags
	- an "edit attributes of current tag" command that:
		+ lists all legal attributes
		+ lists the legal values for those that take a specific token
		+ adds correct quotes to those that take a string
	- the ability to invoke a validator or viewer
	- the ability to be invoked from inside a viewer

psgml in emacs does this; you need to be able to run emacs v19 or
better, though. I can't. Sob.

> Those "WYSIWYG Web editors" just give their users the false impression
> that WYSIWYG were possible on the Web. It's not, and thus I think it's
> only half as critical what tools you use to do it.

Yup, the web is at best WYSISOWYG. However, good tools (*especially*
validators) can still make life a lot easier.

	<mike

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