Please email any comments or problems you find with this version to the author at
murray.altheim@nttc.edu
+++ NOTES ON HTML.edit 1.6:
Feedback
I do appreciate and attempt to respond to all feedback and comments. If there is a feature you'd like to see, please let me know…
Preview Document
The new button found at the right end of the tool palette is the Preview button. This opens your favorite WWW browser and loads the current HTML document. If you have problems previewing documents, have your browser open in the background before previewing. (HTML.edit sends an "openURL" appleEvent to your browser: if your machine doesn't support AppleEvents this feature won't work)
Application Window
Note that you can option-drag on the document (not window) zoom box, which brings up a popup menu to resize the application window.
HTML Comments
Historically there has been some confusion as to what constitutes an HTML comment. The draft HTML 2.0 DTD calls for comments to be tagged <!-- comment --> while some browsers seemed to require <!-- comment >, missing the closing "--". Previous versions of HTML.edit supported a checkbox option, which is no longer available. HTML.edit now follows the HTML 2.0 DTD.
Footers
The Help documentation of several earlier versions erroneously states that the Footer text follows the closing </BODY> tag. In actuality, nothing except the final </HTML> tag can follow the closing body tag. See the Help section on Document Structure for clarification. As no definition of a footer exists in HTML, this editor defines a footer as any text following the <!--FOOT--> tag used as a separator, regardless of whether this tag occurs in the Body or Footer text areas of the editor. The separator is an HTML comment, which should be ignored by WWW browsers, and can be modified from the Preferences card. I use this feature to automatically cue HTML.edit to separate out the footer text on imported documents. Then, modifying the "footer" of many documents is simplified.
Help
HTML.edit Help no longer requires a separate Help file. If you are upgrading from a previous version, please check the "Installing HTML.edit" section in Help, especially if you notice any anomalies with the Futura display font. Note that previous versions included A Beginner's Guide to HTML within the hypertext Help. This is now included as an HTML document, as well as a document describing HTML and SGML.
Miscellaneous
Check the "New Features" Help section as well as the Change History below for details on new features.
+++ Change History
(1.6d54/1.6 5/02/95)
- now maintains selection after adding HTML tags while Info window is visible
- fixed bug in choosing "Go to Document" from the Go menu on prefs card
- removed option on deprecated HTML comment closing tag
- fixed Text Conversion Table's scrolling problem
- fixed bug in handling of Sort by Hand buttons on Index card. Now only sorts if necessary.
- fixed bug in moving existing <TITLE> from Body field into middle of <HE<TITLE>AD>
(1.6d48/1.6b3 4/05/95)
- SRC popUp menu button on Image Utility was lost and now is found
- Add to Image Library menu item added to SRC popup on Image Utility
- fixed bug on Footer Utility display (where do these things come from???)
- improved checking on parser for <TITLE> and fixed minor bug
(1.6d46/1.6b2 4/4/95)
- fixed handling of HTML Returns
- fixed Convert ¶ to <P> for compatibility with HTML 2.0
- fixed bug in import on drag-and-drop: not setting Indexed flag as false.
- menus on Index and Prefs now set appropriately
- Add This URL to HotList command added to HREF popUp on Anchor Utility
(1.6d45/1.6b2 4/3/95 unreleased)
- now restores original selection on Undo
- support for <BASE> elements using new Base Utility
- fixed minor problems in Anchor Utility and added Select Location… to HREF popUp
to allow for selection of a folder
- changed changePath and renameDocument to handle cdID so Index can send list from File menu
- fixed mailbox icon on Master Footers Utility
- fixed glitch in Delete Forward when there is a current selection
- fixed problem with Show Path in Index
(1.6d29/1.6b1 3/24/95)
- fixed bug in NAME text box on Anchor Utility
- improved tag and attribute scanning code; faster and generic
- faster scan on NAME attributes in Anchors
- support for <BASE> (including scanning for base ids) on Image Utility
- checkbox control on Preferences card over showing mh/f in index
- maintain selection after adding Footer tag
- fixed bug in HTML menu on Horiz and ISINDEX
(1.6d29/1.6b1 3/24/95)
- fixed problems with navigation buttons and graphic card title on minimized windows
- horizontal size of label area on Index now dragable
- added Sort by Path on Index popUp menu
- fixed problems with Master Headers/Footers on Index card Label menu and Anchor Utility
- silly floating "To Do" replaced by "Note" button on Index
- import command no longer begins at existing document with erroneous overwrite query
- optionKey on import allows for selection of non-TEXT documents
- fixed setInfoText problems with Index card displays
- fixed import on Master Footers
- added popUp menu on prefs for SGML Prologue: general, HTML Levels 0, 1, 2.
- fixed <TITLE> tag: now scanned and transferred to Header on either import or TITLE command
- fixed <BR> instead of <P> on lines in <ADDRESS>
- fixed problem with missing initial "/" on relative URL HREFs on Anchor Utility
- anchor utility sample now has font popUp menu by clicking and dragging on sample area
- Text Library gone the way of the dinosaur
- prefs Default Settings button now sets all prefs
(1.6d15 3/10/95)
- Added Last Saved and Path displays to Master Headers and Footers
- Master Headers and Footers now treated as documents on Index; able
to import and export either from Index or from page.
- Set/Clear Path of Selected Documents on Index
- Started using Rinaldi's FullSFPack XFCN instead of Apple's FolderPath, as FolderPath
often didn't enable the "Select" button.
- Fixed font change handler on prefs
- Master headers and footers now shows up in selectFromIndex dialog
- Added option to show master headers and footers in Index
(1.6d10 3/01/95)
- Separated "HTML Preferences" from general "Editor" preferences.
- Changed placement of Return characters on HTML Returns; added HTML 2.0 </P> support,
and improved Prefs buttons.
- Updated email, mail and copyright date info.
- Master Footers are now broken out into their own cards
(1.6d3 12/04/94)
- began adding features for HTML forms and tables (including new buttons on palette)
