[TxMt] HTML Bundles (newbie question)

Thomas Aylott (subtleGradient) oblivious at subtlegradient.com
Tue Jul 31 21:42:38 UTC 2007


On Jul 31, 2007, at 1:37 PM, desmondo wrote:
> Thanks for your reply and help subtlegradient...
>
> In answer to your q's:
>
>> Do you think you'd really use html code completion like in  
>> Dreamweaver?
> Yes, absolutely. If it were sophisticated enough to know what type  
> of tag
> you are closing. So for instance, if it were an input tag for  
> example, you
> don't want an extra closing tag, just /> at the end. I guess that  
> could be
> the rule, if you close it already using />, then don't add a closing  
> tag.
> Unfortunately, the bundle syntax is a bit above me right now for  
> figuring it
> out!

> I have done what you said though and changed the shortcut for adding  
> an
> open/close tag to SHIFT + >. This works well actually, but it must  
> interfere
> with another shortcut, as the ends of the tags are highlighted and I  
> can't
> seem to get rid of it. Is there a way to find out if your shortcut is
> conflicting with another command?

Your best bet is to just use the keybindings asis. Any time you change  
them it become a pain to manage everything.

>> There are tons of code coloring themes. Most of them look OK with  
>> HTML
> There are some good ones there, I am still a bit shy of using the  
> black
> background though, so trying to find one to match the way Homesite/ 
> DW did it
> with the white background. I have tried to create my own, but can't
> understand how to make specific colouring for an individual tag in  
> the "Code
> Coloring Elements". Do you know how I would specifically target  
> every anchor
> tag

Currently you can't actually target a specific type of html tag in the  
themes.
I recommend you read the whole manual before fiddling with it. It  
actually helps

	thomas Aylott — subtleGradient — CrazyEgg — sixteenColors





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