N++ is a text editor that has syntax highlighting. It is not an HTML editor. The difference is that HTML editors understand the semantics of the language whereas N++ only recognises keywords. It can also recognise blocks of information and brackets. These are special functions that are language independent.
There is an open source HTML editor but the name escapes me at the moment.
You might ask, What's the point of syntax highlighting? Well when you are writing in a language such as HTML, the highlighting will make the file content much more readable, and make it easier to manually check that tags are properly closed.
I may not be such a benefit for HTML when there are HTML editors, but in computer languages it's a great benefit.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for an interesting answer. N++ is giving me some highlighting but it appears random. ;-) As such it is not helpful. I thought N++ would be more useful in an HTML context.
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One last thought. The file you open must have an htm or html tag for the syntax highlighter to work. N++ looks at the file extension and chooses a 'style' to apply to the current file.
(Tip: If you start with a new file, simply Save it with a .htm extension and you will then see the syntax highlighting as you type.)
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Hi. I thought if I chose 'html' as language, Notepad++ would help me out with framework, close tags automatically, etc. Any way to do that?
Can't find any way to insert graphic with all properties, width, height, etc.
Tried to search help before writing and can't find anything specific. Appreciate your help. Thanks!
N++ is a text editor that has syntax highlighting. It is not an HTML editor. The difference is that HTML editors understand the semantics of the language whereas N++ only recognises keywords. It can also recognise blocks of information and brackets. These are special functions that are language independent.
There is an open source HTML editor but the name escapes me at the moment.
You might ask, What's the point of syntax highlighting? Well when you are writing in a language such as HTML, the highlighting will make the file content much more readable, and make it easier to manually check that tags are properly closed.
I may not be such a benefit for HTML when there are HTML editors, but in computer languages it's a great benefit.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for an interesting answer. N++ is giving me some highlighting but it appears random. ;-) As such it is not helpful. I thought N++ would be more useful in an HTML context.
One last thought. The file you open must have an htm or html tag for the syntax highlighter to work. N++ looks at the file extension and chooses a 'style' to apply to the current file.
(Tip: If you start with a new file, simply Save it with a .htm extension and you will then see the syntax highlighting as you type.)
Will have to fiddle with it some.
Was looking for a lightweight html text editor to use on my laptop while desktop is being repaired. Accustomed to Homesite 5.
Thanks again for your comments.