CFEclipse and HTML

[Greg Bullough]

Okay, this may be a dumb newbie question that's been asked before, but I
have browsed through the archives and haven't found a definitive answer.

I'm trying to convert from my beloved Homesite 5.5+ to CFEclipse. I'm
finding it okay for CFML, but very wanting as regards the HTML tags
which are pretty much part of the game and which are given equal
treatment in HomeSite. Seems like I have to remember the syntax
of the HTML tags, getting no help from CFEclipse.

Am I missing something obvious or not so obvious?

Greg

[Stephen Moretti]

CFEclipse is a ColdFusion plugin, so only covers ColdFusion tags.
You'll be wanting something like the Aptana plugin http://www.aptana.com/ for html etc.

I think there are a number of discussions on the group regarding the eclipse plug-ins that people are using, but a quick list of suggested plug-ins is :

• Aptana
• XMLBuddy
• Subclipse/Subversive for Subversion
• Mylyn for ticket and task management

Hope that helps

Stephen

[Priest, James (NIH/NIEHS) [C]]

> which are pretty much part of the game and which are given equal
> treatment in HomeSite. Seems like I have to remember the syntax
> of the HTML tags, getting no help from CFEclipse.

If I type something like "<table >"

While editing a CFM file - I get a popup for the table attributes
(cellspacing, etc) ... Are there any tags in particular you are having
issues with??

Jim

[Ray Champagne]

Aptana rox. Great for HTML/CSS/JS development.

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[Greg Bullough]

Thanks, all. I think I'll check out Aptana.

Greg

On Nov 19, 10:10 am, "Ray Champagne" <raychampa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Aptana rox. Great for HTML/CSS/JS development.
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> On Nov 19, 2007 8:52 AM, Stephen Moretti <stephen.more...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> > On 19/11/2007, Greg Bullough <g...@bullough.org> wrote:
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> > > Okay, this may be a dumb newbie question that's been asked before, but I
> > > have browsed through the archives and haven't found a definitive answer.
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> > > I'm trying to convert from my beloved Homesite 5.5+ to CFEclipse. I'm
> > > finding it okay for CFML, but very wanting as regards the HTML tags
> > > which are pretty much part of the game and which are given equal
> > > treatment in HomeSite. Seems like I have to remember the syntax
> > > of the HTML tags, getting no help from CFEclipse.
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> > > Am I missing something obvious or not so obvious?
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> > CFEclipse is a ColdFusion plugin, so only covers ColdFusion tags.

> > You'll be wanting something like the Aptana pluginhttp://www.aptana.com/

> > for html etc.
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> > I think there are a number of discussions on the group regarding the eclipse
> > plug-ins that people are using, but a quick list of suggested plug-ins is :
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> > Aptana
> > XMLBuddy
> > Subclipse/Subversive for Subversion
> > Mylyn for ticket and task managementHope that helps
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> > Stephen
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[Mark Drew]

Actually, I am not hapy with just saying "use Aptana"

We put a lot of effort into creating all the HTML tags, are some
missing? what is the real issue here?

are the attributes wrong or anything?
MD

[Mike Henke]

I think some people mistake Aptana/CFEclipse functionality. From my
understanding even if you have Aptana installed, it doesn't do
anything with cfm files unless you "open with" or set the default file
to open ColdFusion files with Aptana. Please correct me if I am
wrong :-) Opened a cfm file with Aptana HTML editor and it doesn't
recognize cfm tags, the colorization and coding help is difference.

[Stephen Moretti]

On 19/11/2007, Mark Drew <mark...@gmail.com> wrote:

Actually, I am not hapy with just saying "use Aptana"

We put a lot of effort into creating all the HTML tags, are some
missing? what is the real issue here?

You learn something new every day....  Never realised that there was an HTML dictionary in cfeclipse - apologies for that Mark!

Regards

Stephen

[Paul Hastings]

> We put a lot of effort into creating all the HTML tags, are some
> missing? what is the real issue here?

a toolbar for slugs like me who can't remember syntax ;-)

in any case, isn't aptana a standalone editor? i've grown to like eclipse
because of it's one stop shopping (cf,flex,java). well that & all the love mark
pours into cfeclipse ;-) moving everything over to another eclipse install just
to get some fancy pants html editing doesn't seem worth the effort.

[Stephen Moretti]

On 20/11/2007, Paul Hastings <pa...@sustainablegis.com> wrote:

>     We put a lot of effort into creating all the HTML tags, are some
>     missing? what is the real issue here?

a toolbar for slugs like me who can't remember syntax ;-)

in any case, isn't aptana a standalone editor?

no, well yes, but it also comes in eclipse plug-in flavour as well.

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[Mike Henke]

Aptana can be installed as a Eclipse plugin. It provides HTML, CSS,
JS, and XML editors. ColdFusion tags aren't recognized by the Aptana
HTML editor. Also CFEclipse editor gains no benefits from installing
Aptana. What is useful is Aptana's views and Aptana's editors if you
are coding HTML, JS, or CSS files. (Nothing against editing those
files in CFEclipse editor) I posted a blog about this with snapshots
of a cfm file opened with Aptana HTML Editor verses CFEclipse.
http://tinyurl.com/2yqqa4

[Rich Kroll]

> in any case, isn't aptana a standalone editor? i've grown to like eclipse
> because of it's one stop shopping (cf,flex,java). well that & all the love mark
> pours into cfeclipse ;-) moving everything over to another eclipse install just
> to get some fancy pants html editing doesn't seem worth the effort.

Nope, it will work alongside CFE. I do all my service / model
development in CFE, and then switch over to aptana for my view tier
work. I really love the code assist as it shows browser support in
(x)html / JavaScript / CSS. You can open a .cfm file by default with
CFE and then right-click to open in Aptana HTML editor for other work.

HTH,

Rich