"Philipp Lenssen" <in**@outer-court.com> wrote in message
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CJM wrote:
But that's exactly the point. I often hear the argument "this or that
editor will now leave your code intact". Duh. I don't need an editor to
do that. I can just leave the file on the hard-disk and throw the
computer out of the window if I don't want to change my files. The
point is that "marginally better than Notepad" would still mean they
leave _every_ little thing intact, plus some color hilights, plus the
same start-up time. Sorry, but they change things like © to (c)
(as character) and so on, and the start-up time is also not the same.
Personally I use Netpadd which I consider to be "marginally better than
Notepad" (e.g. color highlighting, auto-completion, and _definitely_
leaves the code intact).
OK, now I think you are taking this a little too seriously...
The point was, for all it's faults.. FP doesnt *have* to generate crap
code... It *can* be turned off.
I'm not sure what you are on about with © - My version of 2002 doesnt
do that. This the appropriate options set, my code is never changed.
If you want to use another editor (or Notepad) feel free... You use Netpadd,
whereas I would recommend HTML-Kit. Horses for courses...
Ironically, FP will have a few features that Netpadd (and others) don't...
but this thread wasn't about comparing editors - the fact is that many
editors can do naughty things, not just FP.
And I'm not sure where start time comes in... another editor comparison
perhaps?
Look, I'm not going to advocate people rushing out to buy Office/FP... but
it's just too easy a target. Microsoft is crap, FP is crap etc... Yes, we
know... but 95% of everything is crap...
Chris