To view in external editors, you should hate Opera for not giving you So just as I hate the browsers mentioned for not giving me an option >The only browser I use that brings up an external editor, which 90% of >the time is just another program to chew up memory, is Opera on >Windows. Like a read-only browser view source, surely that's *copy* and paste? Oh, and to bring up a purely pedantic, irrelevant point, given you Hmm, which of those is quicker and easier? To copy, command tab until the editor is frontmost, command shift Nįor New Window with Selection (or command N, command V if you have an
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>You've forgotten how to use cut-and-paste?Ĭommand E to view source in external editor.Ĭommand option V to view source, command A to select all, command C > I hate Mac OS X, and the way it's encouraged apps to remove features > that used to mean I worked well. Select "File -> Edit Page" and it'll toss you intoĬomposer which is one of the better HTML editors I've ever used. If you want to open in anĮditor, use Mozilla. > Point is, though, that it's really unnatural to switch to the editor > to view source Of the fact that I *am* only looking at a snapshot and make changes to "View Source" browser lets me do everything I need, without losing track Save it to some worthless randomly-named file I can't keep track of. Why bring up an editor on a document that I can't modify, or Time is just another program to chew up memory, is Opera on Windows. The only browser I use that brings up an external editor, which 90% of the You've forgotten how to use cut-and-paste? I can easily view source in my > favourite text editor, and steal or modify bits of HTML, CSS and > Javascript. ICab allows using an arbitrary external editor, FWIW. >Mac OS X obviously has more (and better) browsers, except for the >fact that none of them offer the choice of viewing source in an >external editor.
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Subject: Re: Mac OS X browser view sourceĪt 11:32 +0100 2003.08.22, Paul Mison wrote: I hate Mac OS X, and the way it's encouraged apps to remove features (but then you have to mouse your way into it). You couldīind a global key combo (if you buy shareware) or us the script menu To view source that's what the browser should do for you. Point is, though, that it's really unnatural to switch to the editor This isn't a new rant, and thus there are workarounds using AppleScript: I'm not sure about the other browsers, but I hate them IE 5 used to offer external editor support on the Mac OS,īut now it just dumps the file to the desktop without opening it in Which also uses a horrible italic in some places.
Camino pops open a new tab -Įven if you don't like tabs - which does have syntax colouring, but Safari pops up a crappy, small window with no choice Mac OS X obviously has more (and better) browsers, except for theįact that none of them offer the choice of viewing source in anĮxternal editor. I can easily view source in myįavourite text editor, and steal or modify bits of HTML, CSS and Blech hates software: Mac OS X browser view source blech hates software: Mac OS X browser view source