No matter how much you love Dreamweaver, there may be times when you want to use a different text editor. There are many possible editors you might use, but the two most common are Macromedia HomeSite (on Windows) and BBEdit from Bare Bones (on the Mac).
1. | In Dreamweaver's preferences, go to the File Types / Editors category. You'll see a dialog that looks like either Figure 15.46 (Windows) or Figure 15.47 (Mac). |
2. | If you're on a Mac and you want to use BBEdit as your external editor, click the Enable BBEdit Integration button, and you're done. Otherwise (on either platform), click the Browse button next to the External Code Editor text field, navigate to your application of choice, and click Open . Next , decide when you want to reload modified files, and when you want to save on launch. The choices for both are Always, Never, or Prompt. |
3. | Click OK to accept your changes. |
4. | To switch to your chosen editor, select Edit > Edit with HomeSite+ from Dreamweaver's menu (Windows) ( Figure 15.48 ) or Edit > Edit with BBEdit (Mac) ( Figure 15.49 ). If the application was closed, it will now launch, and the current page will open in the text editor and come to the front ( Figures 15.50 and 15.51 ). |
5. | If you're in your chosen editor, and you want to switch back to Dreamweaver: - In HomeSite: Click the Dreamweaver icon in the Editing toolbar ( Figure 15.52 ).
- In BBEdit: Choose Markup > Misc > Dreamweaver ( Figure 15.53 ).
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