Do you use the wysiwyg editor?

[ses5909]

Most blog software comes with a wysiwyg text editor. Do you use yours? It is one of the first things I turn off.

[BPartch]

Me too, I hate it, it does not allow for easy editing.

[GnomeyNewt]

I turn it off too. I don't like them at all because it messes it up more than makes it nice. For those that don't know html/xhtml I can see it being helpful tho.

[samwoodfin]

If you're talking about the WordPress WYSIWYG editor, that thing sucks, massively. The one in TypePad's useful, though. I switch back and forth between "Compose" and "Edit HTML" a lot, because I haven't figured out how to center in WYS... mode. Other than that, it's a HUGE time-saver.

[Jeremy]

I leave it on, but switch between the standard and code version regularly. I never do anything fancy with my writing to really need anything else. I just type a few paragraphs, add a link or two, and maybe make some words bold, so the wysiwyg doesn't have an opportunity to mess anything up.

[pbradish]

I turn it off and tend to enter most of my markup code by hand (probably a control issue).

[rodaniel]

Yup, I'm a hand-coder too. I mostly use Notepad & Google Notebook. Sometimes I'll use DreamWeaver, but it's massively overkill...

[kingjacob]

I leave it on cause its styled the way I like it though everynow and then Ill have to switch to the code to get the posts look right.

[pbradish]

Yup, I'm a hand-coder too. I mostly use Notepad & Google Notebook. Sometimes I'll use DreamWeaver, but it's massively overkill...

DreamWeaver is such overkill but I do the same exact thing. Generally I'll open up dreamweaver if I'm having some sort of problem hand coding something myself (I get stuck with tables especially).

[HAWK]

I tend to just use the editor. But I used hosted WP...

[Jelena]

Mine is switched off, too. I hate that thing. I want to be in control over the code.

[rodaniel]

Wacky thing is, my wife does Intranet/Internet dev for the company she works for and the whole HTML coding thing is purely a hobby kinda thing for me - yet I'm many times more proficient at raw HTML than she is. She prefers WYSIWYG editing. But I'm working on her!

[davemcnally]

I don't like them in general so won't be using it when I install WP.

[goldfries]

i use wordpress. i disable the WYSIWIG.

i tried it before. my entire post got screwed up, all DIV become P and arrrgh it was nightmare.

[malique]

i use the wysiwyg, but fine tune it further by clicking the 'code' tab.

[Michael Martin]

I use the WYSIWYG because I use a fair bit of formatting in my posts, so the WYSIWYG saves me a tonne of time. I still use the code editor for the extra formatting, but the WYSIWYG is my main tool.

The code editor infuriates me though. If it's supposed to be a code editor, why does Wordpress insist on playing with my code? :(

If I disable the WYSIWYG editor, will I get a plain code editor? (Where I write everything, including the <p> tags...)

[ses5909]

If I disable the WYSIWYG editor, will I get a plain code editor? (Where I write everything, including the <p> tags...)

Yep!

[Michael Martin]

Yep!

:eek:

Now I'm tempted!


EDIT - I installed Windows Live Writer earlier, and I absolutely loved it! It has every option, it's effortless to use, it has a real code editor, and I love how you can type right onto your blog's design. Much, much better than having to constantly preview. :D

The only thing I didn't like was how it handled images. I don't want it ruining the quality of them... Will have to see how they look tomorrow. :(