Re: 2Re: a Couple of questions!

Making a table is so much easier with the mouse

With a decent editor¹, this is simply not true. A few lines of lisp in your configuration go a *long* way toward reducing the amount of typing you have to do. In cperl-mode (with my custom enhancements in the hook), I hit one keystroke for my insert-tag function, type in table, hit Enter, and the following is inserted:

   <table width=\"100%\"><thead>
     <tr><th></th></tr>
   </thead><tbody>
     <tr><td></td></tr>
   </tbody></table>
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And it leaves my cursor positioned inside the th. Similar shortcuts exist for other common tasks. My fingers never have to leave the keyboard.

1 -- By <q>a decent editor</q> I of course mean Emacs, but this is not intended to start an editor war; feel free to customise your editor of choice in a similar fashion, if it provides the facilities for you to do so.

$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}}
split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/
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4Re: a Couple of questions! by jeffa (Bishop) on Sep 26, 2003 at 15:17 UTC
I think we are comparing apples and oranges here ... I recently designed a web site that used some pretty complex table arrangements for the layout of certain 'widgets'. I used Macromedia Fireworks to design the graphic first, then i "sliced" the graphic into pieces, keeping some elements as graphics while replacing others with modifiable text. Emacs may be a nice editor, but it won't do that, as it really only deals with text. If i have time, i can recreate an example, but can't show you the one i made ... contract. :( jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply]

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4Re: a Couple of questions!
by jeffa (Bishop) on Sep 26, 2003 at 15:17 UTC

I think we are comparing apples and oranges here ... I recently designed a web site that used some pretty complex table arrangements for the layout of certain 'widgets'. I used Macromedia Fireworks to design the graphic first, then i "sliced" the graphic into pieces, keeping some elements as graphics while replacing others with modifiable text.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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