Suggestions for formatting code so it's easy to read

I use the DW code view about half of the time. I like to indent with the
spacebar so it's easier to read. When I open the file later in, say, notepad,
my formatting is pretty much gone. I'm not asking for color, but is there a way
to keep the spacing or are there other ways to make my file easier to read?
Also, perhaps some formatting conventions that will help with this? I open
source code on some sites and it's so clean looking. How do they do it? Thanks
in advance! Anne

Unforunately, I don't know how to get Notepad to format documents. But I do
know that if you open the file in other editors it should show the proper
formatting. Programs like Notepad are nothing like Web page editors which is
why they interpret the data differently and like I said before I don't think
there is anyway to change this.

Any formatting you do to any document will be 'erased' once you drop it into
Notepad. If you're looking for a Web Page editor to work on your code,
other than Dreamweaver, the only one I can think of at the moment is TextPad
(http://www.textpad.com/) .

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Heather

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"sammymocha" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I use the DW code view about half of the time. I like to indent with the
spacebar so it's easier to read. When I open the file later in, say,
notepad,
my formatting is pretty much gone. I'm not asking for color, but is there
a way
to keep the spacing or are there other ways to make my file easier to
read?
Also, perhaps some formatting conventions that will help with this? I open
source code on some sites and it's so clean looking. How do they do it?
Thanks
in advance! Anne

Edit Pad is great too. http://www.editpadpro.com/ There is even a free lite
edition.
/Lars

"Heather" <starlet5743 (AT) yahoo (DOT) ca> skrev i meddelandet
news:cnvton$5e5$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...

Any formatting you do to any document will be 'erased' once you drop it
into Notepad. If you're looking for a Web Page editor to work on your
code, other than Dreamweaver, the only one I can think of at the moment is
TextPad (http://www.textpad.com/) .

--
Heather

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"sammymocha" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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I use the DW code view about half of the time. I like to indent with the
spacebar so it's easier to read. When I open the file later in, say,
notepad,
my formatting is pretty much gone. I'm not asking for color, but is there
a way
to keep the spacing or are there other ways to make my file easier to
read?
Also, perhaps some formatting conventions that will help with this? I
open
source code on some sites and it's so clean looking. How do they do it?
Thanks
in advance! Anne

Have you looked at COMMANDS>Apply source formatting option. Also, somewhere
in the preference you can change the way the source is formatted (not sure
right now - not at my own pc).

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"sammymocha" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I use the DW code view about half of the time. I like to indent with the
spacebar so it's easier to read. When I open the file later in, say,
notepad,
my formatting is pretty much gone. I'm not asking for color, but is there
a way
to keep the spacing or are there other ways to make my file easier to
read?
Also, perhaps some formatting conventions that will help with this? I open
source code on some sites and it's so clean looking. How do they do it?
Thanks
in advance! Anne

" Nadia *TMM*" <nadia@no-junk=dreamweaverresources.com> wrote

Have you looked at COMMANDS>Apply source formatting option. Also,
somewhere in the preference you can change the way the source is formatted
(not sure right now - not at my own pc).

You can set the default indentations in DM under Preferences. (You can set a
number of other options there, too, such as forcing wrap, break on table
defs, and soforth.)

Preferences is your friend.

Unfortunately that doesn't work on formating ASP code in the pages.

" Nadia *TMM*" <nadia@no-junk=dreamweaverresources.com> wrote

Have you looked at COMMANDS>Apply source formatting option. Also,
somewhere
in the preference you can change the way the source is formatted (not sure
right now - not at my own pc).

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"sammymocha" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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I use the DW code view about half of the time. I like to indent with the
spacebar so it's easier to read. When I open the file later in, say,
notepad,
my formatting is pretty much gone. I'm not asking for color, but is
there
a way
to keep the spacing or are there other ways to make my file easier to
read?
Also, perhaps some formatting conventions that will help with this? I
open
source code on some sites and it's so clean looking. How do they do it?
Thanks
in advance! Anne

Is there any way for me to control code formatting when source code is viewed
from a browser? For example, nested tables staying indented. Besides being
easier to read when I work on it, I'm realizing that all the work I do will be
examined by potential employers, so I want to do it right. Thanks so much!

As far as I know, there isn't any way to do that in IE, but with FF and
Netscape, the code is colour-coded and usually (not always, in my
experiences) the formatting stays in place. I never use IE to view the
source anymore. It's much easier in FF and Netscape.

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"sammymocha" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Is there any way for me to control code formatting when source code is
viewed
from a browser? For example, nested tables staying indented. Besides being
easier to read when I work on it, I'm realizing that all the work I do
will be
examined by potential employers, so I want to do it right. Thanks so much!

For example, this forum page - the one we're using. Or any mainstream site -
apple, amazon, etc. If you 'view source' you see nice code with indents all
lined up neatly. I don't think it's controlled by which browser you are in,
they all have some way of making their code line up. I have a feeling this is
probably a no-brainer kind of thing, since everybody does it. Am I looking for
a complicated answer to an easy question? Such as when you indent with a
spacebar, is that simply the way they all do it? I think the DW code editor is
great - I sure hope I don't have to change. Thanks so much!