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| Figure 1. Screen shot of LaEdittm |
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Uninstall any previous version of
LaEdittm
before installing LaEdittm 1.05.
Current Version: 1.05 - Version History
LaEdittm HTML Editor version 1.05 is free for individual, private, noncommercial at home use by people under 18 years of age, but you have to register to use it by supplying your full (real) name, city and country where you live, and a valid email address. All others must pay a licensing fee of US$10 to continue using LaEdittm after thirty (30) days.
Schools, camps, and all other organizations of any and all types must license LaEdittm. Bulk discounts are available. Please read the licensing information.
(This file is included in the download.)
LaEdittm is a Windows 95/98/NT/2000 HTML editor for you to use with HTMLementarytm while you learn HTML. (Of course, you can use it to edit any other text files, too.) See below for some background information.
LaEdittm makes it easy to enter and learn HTML tags. Notice in Figure 1 that the menu bar groups tags by what they do. Choosing a menu item inserts the tag into your file.
New in LaEdittm 1.05 are the HTML 4 Listboxes. These boxes contain the tags, attributes and values specified by the HTML 4.01 standard. Clicking a tag in the top listbox causes a list of allowed attributes to be displayed in the second listbox. Clicking one of these attributes causes a list of allowed values to be displayed in the bottom listbox. Using the HTML 4 Listboxes lets you write Web pages that are fully compliant with HTML 4.01 without having to look anything up. LaEdit does the lookup for you, automatically. You will learn HTML 4 while writing Web pages! Double clicking on any item inserts it into your Web page.
Also new in LaEdittm 1.05 are the List Maker and Table Maker dialog boxes.
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| Figure 1. Screen shot of LaEdittm |
Other features of LaEdittm are the Quick Pick dialogs. They list tags, attributes, values and special items such as entities and colors in tabbed dialogs that can be left open while you work. Just scroll to an item, click it and LaEdittm inserts it into your document. Figure 2 shows the Quick Pick List, which contains commonly used items.
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| Figure 2. LaEdit'stm Quick Pick List. |
The HTML 4 Listboxes have all the tags, attributes and values that are part of HTML 4.01. Use them to construct Web pages that are fully compliant with HTML 4.01.
The Table Maker Dialog helps you set up a table quickly. You enter the number of rows and columns, and pick commonly used attributes. Then you fill in the table.
The List Maker Dialog help you set up lists quickly. You select the kind of list you want and LaEdit displays the allowed common attributes.
Using the Quick Pick List makes it easy to insert
a tag with an attribute and value.
As an example, consider creating a heading.
From the Tags tab of the Quick Pick List click
on <H1></H1>
and type in the heading text.
Next, position the cursor in the starting tag
(<H1|>), click
the Attributes tab and click ALIGN.
Then click center
from the Values tab.
The insertion point is positioned correctly
to for clicking the next item.
Special characters like <, >, &, entities
and standard colors are listed under the
Specials tag.
The Big Pick List is similar to the Quick Pick List. It lists all HTML 4.01 tags, attributes and values, and some nonstandard tags that are popular with Navigator, Internet Explorer and WebTV.
LaEdit'stm image picker lets you insert an image by selecting its file name from a list. Click Images>Pick Image..., navigate to an image and double click it. LaEdittm calculates the path, width and height, and inserts them into an image tag for you automatically.
LaEdittm has a standard color picker that lets you pick a color visually and insert the corresponding hex triple into your document.
LaEdittm automates frequently done tasks. For example, you can add the tags for regular or frameset Web pages to the current file with a single click.
Extract the zip file into a temporary directory called LaEdittm.
Double click the file setup.exe to start in installation.
OR
Pick Start>Settings>Control Panel and double click Add/Remove Programs. Click the Install button. Navigate to the temporary LaEdittm folder, click Setup and then Open.
Follow the InstallShield(r) Wizard. For the most part you can just keep clicking the Next button.
A shortcut to LaEdittm is placed on the start menu. To run LaEdittm, click the Start button and then click the LaEdit shortcut.
c:\Program Files\LaBrocca\LaEdit\To run LaEdittm double click the desktop icon.
To have LaEdittm start in a specific folder, right click on a shortcut to LaEdittm and pick Properties. In the Properties dialog box click the Shortcut tab. Change the path in the Start in: box to another folder.
To uninstall LaEdittm use Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel.
LaEdittm is a typical Windows program, so you know how to use its common features. Below are brief descriptions to get you started.
The usual stuff.
The usual stuff plus
A selection of commonly used tags. Many of these items have tool bar
buttons too.
List of heading tags. Clicking a menu item inserts
the tag.
List of list tags. Clicking a menu item inserts
the tag.
The top group inserts the tags for inline images.
The middle group inserts the tags for floating images.
You have to add the image's file name (and dimensions).
The top group manipulates the font. The bottom group
changes font styles.
List of links tags. Clicking a menu item inserts
the tag.
List of tables tags. Clicking a menu item inserts
the tag.
Tags for setting up a frameset document.
Use HTMLementary.
LaEdittm
was written to be
used while learning HTML with HTMLementary.
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| Figure 3. LaEdit'stm tool bar. |
The first six buttons open a file, save a file, undo the last edit, cut selected text to clipboard, copy selected text to clipboard and paste from clipboard, in that order.
Add Web page tags to current file. The same as Tags|Add Web Page Tags.
Display or hide the Quick Pick List. The same as Tags|Quick Pick List ....
Display Color Picker. The same as Tags|Color Picker ....
Inserts paragraph and break tags. The same as Tags|Paragraph <P></P> and Tags|Break <BR>.
Inserts bold-tags. The same as Tags|Bold <B></B> and Tags|Italic <i></i>.
Inserts <div align="center"><div>. The same as
Tags|Center <div align="center"></div>.
Inserts a non breaking space, .
Inserts empty start tags, <>, end tags, <>,
and quotation marks, "".
Toggle the HTML 4 Listboxes on and off. The same as Tags|HTML 4 Tags
Background
LaEdittm is designed for people who want to learn HTML and Web page development. It is not offered as a production tool, although it could be used as one. I wrote it because I could not find an editor that suited the needs of my students. LaEdittm does. I wanted an editor that stressed HTML tags. I also wanted the tags to appear in menus and dialogs as close to complete as possible. To that end I include <, >, and opening and closing tags; occasionally I'll use ellipses when the complete tag is too long. So LaEdittm has lots of tags, attributes, values and special characters, but not many fancy editor-type features (although I plan to add a few).
LaEdittm HTML Editor version 1.05 is free for individual, private, noncommercial at home use by people under 18 years of age, but you have to register to use it by supplying your full (real) name, city and country where you live, and a valid email address. All others must pay a licensing fee of US$10 to continue using LaEdittm after thirty (30) days.
Schools, camps, and all other organizations of any and all types must license LaEdittm. A classroom license allows up to thirty (30) copies of LaEditTM to be used in any one room for $150 (that's a 50% discount). Contact us for volume discount and site license information.
LaEdittm may not be included in or with other works in any form, without a printed license from the copyright owner.
August 30, 2000
Copyright © 1999, 2000 P.J. LaBrocca. All rights reserved.
LaEdit is a trademark of P.J. LaBrocca.
http://labrocca.com/