Roo — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:17:58 +0000

Ditto, copy and paste! There is no way that I can remember all of that! However I can spot when someone has something missing from it.

demonhale — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:46:35 +0000

add me to the list...

I do have a txt file with all the type of doctypes....

Kufr — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:26:50 +0000

They make it so difficult to remember.

(I also copy-and-paste.)

pr0gr4mm3r — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:19:10 +0000

Megan;222944 wrote: Yes, I do that too. Doesn't Bluefish have a whole new page template tool that lets you choose which meta tags and other bits you want to put in? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else...

Yes, it has that as well.

Megan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:09:32 +0000

pr0gr4mm3r;222922 wrote: Your editor doesn't do this for you?

Yes, I do that too. Doesn't Bluefish have a whole new page template tool that lets you choose which meta tags and other bits you want to put in? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else...

Abhishek Reddy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:35:57 +0000

pr0gr4mm3r;222922 wrote: Your editor doesn't do this for you?

Mine does (nxhtml-mode for Emacs), but I don't use the feature much.

If I'm starting from scratch, I prefer to have a full template rather than just the doctype. If I'm working on code I've written before, it always has a doctype anyway.

If I'm working on someone else's code, it usually has a doctype too. If it doesn't, I probably don't want to insert one, as adding a doctype to invalid code messes up highlighting and such, which I'd rather have on than off.

I think I've only used the feature once, when I needed to change an existing doctype.

greg — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:32:25 +0000

^^^^
that's pretty neat

I use notepad++, and have to say, it may well have that somewhere, but it has taken me 2 months to pick up the basic options and helpful functions

there are enough drop down options to keep me learning for a year I think

suppose I should spend some more time browsing through them
there is also a plugin menu I have never looked into, I can only presume it has many helpful add-ons available I could (and perhaps should) use

still, copying and pasting the doc type is the last of my worries. coding all my sites to xhtml strict gives enough headaches what with the most simple, and importantly 'useful', things being a violation and rendering a file invalid

what IS w3c's problem with the odd line break and link plonked here and there?

pr0gr4mm3r — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:11:38 +0000

Your editor doesn't do this for you?

JeevesBond — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:08:54 +0000

andy206uk wrote: I can't remember EVER typing the doctype manually... I first copied it from the W3 site, and I've been copying it ever since!

Same here! I always copy from the last site I created (things are always subtly changing and I can't be arsed to keep a template up-to-date!)

andy206uk — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:46:58 +0000

Same here... I have a template that I always start with which basically includes the doctype, html, head, title and body tags and a stylesheet link.

I can't remember EVER typing the doctype manually... I first copied it from the W3 site, and I've been copying it ever since!