a RAD tool for html, php3, shtml for Linux, FreeBSD etc is BlueFish.
It will never match the "features" of Dreamweaver, Golive Cyberstudio.
Checkout BlueFish from freshmeat.net or whatever and get the RPMs for it.
On Sat, 13 May 2000, Tanner, Robby wrote:
> For getting things lined up, you could consider Microsoft FrontPage. Once
> you get things formatted, open your HTML in Linux and add the other stuff
> from there.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Mead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:10 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [OT] RAD cgi-form development
> >
> >
> > 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
> > ---
> > Alan Mead, Ph.D. / Research Scientist / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Institute for Personality and Ability Testing
> > 1801 Woodfield Dr / Savoy IL 61874 USA
> > 217-352-4739 (v) / 217-352-9674 (f)
> >
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