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22,283 PointsText Edit
I'm using textedit on my mac. When I saved a basic page with a doctype, head, body, and some content, the webpage pulled up the raw html instead of using the tags I'm implementing per the instruction of "Global Structure: Part 2"
Is there something I need to do in the textedit settings or browser (Chrome) settings to change this? Also, in the videos Nick's version of textedit is distinguishing tags from content with colors, and I believe I saw auto-completion as well (similar to the more robust Workspace). Mine, on the other hand, is just reacting like a word processor.
Thanks, Taylor
5 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsTextEdit is a basic word processor, instead of a traditional text editor (contrary to it's name) so there are a few small things you need to setup to use TextEdit with HTML.
Check out this quick tip on how to configure TextEdit for coding HTML.
Taylor Plante
22,283 PointsThank you both! It is a .html file, which still doesn't resolve my original question as to why the raw code is coming up in the browser, but I will try out Sublime Text and see if I have the same problem.
Christopher Hall
9,052 PointsI also recommend a program like Sublime Text. I believe that the reason why TextEdit was not working properly is that it inserts fancy quotes and apostrophes by default, not the ASCII ones that are required for HTML. So the browser was seeing them as special characters, thus messing up the HTML.
Caroline Hagan
12,612 PointsTaylor Plante without looking at the video (currently in bed lol) sounds like Nick is using something like Sublime Text for his coding - does that look like what you see on screen?
Jacob Miller
12,466 PointsWhat did you save your file as? Did you save it as a .html file? Just fwi, you can download a free version of Sublime Text 2 on their website. It's a great text editor.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsJames Barnett
39,199 PointsTo make your life easier on yourself you want to consider getting a programming text editor