Using An External Html Editor With Dreamweaver - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004-USING DREAMWEAVER Use Manual

Using an external HTML editor with Dreamweaver

You can start an external HTML or text editor from Dreamweaver to edit the source code for the
current document and then switch back to Dreamweaver to continue editing graphically.
Dreamweaver detects any changes that have been saved to the document externally and prompts
you to reload the document upon returning.
You can use the following integrated HTML editors: Macromedia HomeSite (Windows only) or
BBEdit (Macintosh only). You can also use any other text editor, such as Notepad, WordPad,
TextPad, TextEdit, SimpleText, vi, or emacs.
Using an integrated HTML editor
When you install Dreamweaver, you can install HomeSite in Windows or a trial version of
BBEdit on the Macintosh. Dreamweaver is tightly integrated with both of these products.
Because of this integration, you can edit a document in both Dreamweaver and HomeSite/
BBEdit, switching from one application to the other, and the document is kept in sync
automatically in both applications. In addition, both applications track the current selection; for
example, if you select text in Dreamweaver and switch to BBEdit, the same element is selected
in BBEdit.
You can open other external editors (besides HomeSite or BBEdit) from Dreamweaver, but the
document is not kept in sync in both applications as it is with HomeSite or BBEdit. When you
are finished making changes in an external editor other than HomeSite or BBEdit, you must
manually refresh the document in Dreamweaver.
Using HomeSite (Windows only)
You don't need to enable integration for HomeSite; it's integrated automatically when both
applications are installed.
To use HomeSite:
Select Edit > Edit with HomeSite.
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Edit the document in HomeSite and save your changes.
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To return to Dreamweaver, click Dreamweaver in the Editor toolbar.
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Using BBEdit (Macintosh only)
You can disable BBEdit integration if you prefer not to use BBEdit. Selections are not tracked
between Dreamweaver and BBEdit if BBEdit integration is disabled. However, editing in
Dreamweaver may be faster if BBEdit integration is disabled.
To use BBEdit with Dreamweaver:
Select Edit > Edit with BBEdit.
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Edit the document in BBEdit.
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Click the Dreamweaver button on the HTML Tools palette in BBEdit to return
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to Dreamweaver.
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