From time to time I spend what seems like an inordinate amount of time
creating multi-page forms. I create them by hand-coding HTML and Perl
using CGI.pm. Because they are multi-form, I code the Perl to write the
HTML "on the fly" as in Lincoln Stein's CGI.pm book. But I typically want
to use tables to align things.
In fact, I find that I spend a lot of time switching between my code and my
browser getting everything aligned well, sync'ing names and other values,
etc. And fixing typos and "think-o's" in my Perl. I think I would spend
a lot less time (or satisfice less) if I had a WYSIWYG tool that allowed
HTML elements to be dropped onto a canvas and then configured (named, given
properties, etc.; like Window's Delphi and VB, if you are familiar). And
then this ideal tool would write out proper Perl CGI.pm syntax. If it
added javascript verification, that would be cool too.
Anyone heard of such a beast? It seems like all the tools I'm familiar
with (and I just put down a typically mediocre PC Magazine article about
HTML generators) either focus exclusively on generating HTML or are not
WYSIWYG. Obviously, I would VERY MUCH PREFER that I use it in a Linux/X11
environment. I looked through the rpmfind site and couldn't see anything
like this; in fact, I couldn't find any WYSIWYG HTML editor except
Communicator and Amaya (which crashed within seconds of launching).
-Alan
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