[ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi Mike,

I've followed this thread with great interest as a good friend of mine who
issues e-pubs for a linux group and is also involved with the monthly
magazine for ubuntu has also been bashing his head against a wall. He
discounted Kompozer in the end & decided to bite the bullet and use a
Microsoft one whilst he learned (x)html and CSS. Next time I see him
on-line, I'll ask how he is getting on and if he can give you some advice
from his personal perspective of e-publishing in linux.

Regards,

Phill.

On 6 January 2013 21:07, Mike Hingley <computa_mike at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Thanks everyone -
>
> I've decided to go with Kompozer.
>
> Here's what I'm doing.  I'm in the process of writing a Quickly template
> for writing ebooks.  My idea is that you can use quickly to create an ebook
> project, that when it is 'compiled' produces an epub file.   So far it's
> working really quite well.
>
> So far the template can create an ebook project, add a chapter to it, set
> up metadata.  You also get version control 'for free'.
>
> At the moment if you issue a quickly edit - it launches gedit for each
> page, but I figured it might be nicer for authors to use something like
> Kompozer to paste their text.  The plan is to suggest kompozer in the
> package.
>
> As a future development I also hope to create audio books (using
> festival), mening that an author can release the book for sighted and blind
> users.
>
> thanks everyone.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 03:45:44 +0000
> From: will at bcslichfield.com
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list but after reading your query I thought I
> could lend you my opinion: kompozer is the only real option in my opinion.
> I've tried others and they prove (even more) useless. In the end
> all WYSIWYG editors are awful - you will just keep having trouble, as well
> as horrible and bloated code.
>
> Like others previously, I suggest learning XHTML and using gedit if you
> are looking to move forward. Gedit is a brilliant little program, really
> simple to use. If you are looking for some XHTML tutorials try
> w3schools.com. Another quick tip before I go: try Zen-coding (
> http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/) it is an absolutely brilliant
> add-on to gedit to help you code! It saves an awful lot of time.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> If you need a hand feel free to ping me on Twitter or GitHub
> (@ivebeenlinuxed)
>
> Will
>
> On Thursday, January 3, 2013, Mike Hingley wrote:
>
> Hello people...
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a wysiwyg editor for
> ubuntu?  Ideally I was looking for something like kompozer, but without the
> KDE requirement (it does have a KDE requirement right?)
>
> cheers!
>
> Mike Hingley
>
>
>
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