Currently, I make use of Notepad++ to work on my HTML/CSS coding. This bit of freeware is good with color-coding elements and allows tabbed editing. I also make heavy use of includes to help manage my projects.
However, there are times when I need to look at the source code as a final product, when it is all assembled together, so that I can get a view of the "big picture". Normally, I'd have to upload all my files to the server, fire up the browser, navigate to the page, and bring up the source code to see it all working in one spot.
But what happens if I also want to edit it on-the-spot without having to try to dig through my include files to find out which one has the bit of code I want to edit?
I'm wondering if there's a notepad/code-editing solution that can combine the contents of multiple include files into one view? For example, instead of viewing all include files in 3 or 4 different notepad documents (and having to tab over to a different one to make a change), each file would be open in a single application window, divided by horizontal borders (no tabs), and would allow you to see/manipulate the code all at once...
Try the text editor vim. It's got a very steep learning curve, but it has multiple-file editing features like you want, and its syntax highlighting is very powerful.
Currently, I make use of Notepad++ to work on my HTML/CSS coding. This bit of freeware is good with color-coding elements and allows tabbed editing. I also make heavy use of includes to help manage my projects.
However, there are times when I need to look at the source code as a final product, when it is all assembled together, so that I can get a view of the "big picture". Normally, I'd have to upload all my files to the server, fire up the browser, navigate to the page, and bring up the source code to see it all working in one spot.
But what happens if I also want to edit it on-the-spot without having to try to dig through my include files to find out which one has the bit of code I want to edit?
I'm wondering if there's a notepad/code-editing solution that can combine the contents of multiple include files into one view? For example, instead of viewing all include files in 3 or 4 different notepad documents (and having to tab over to a different one to make a change), each file would be open in a single application window, divided by horizontal borders (no tabs), and would allow you to see/manipulate the code all at once...
See anything like that out there?