(ANN] Webpage Editor for Linux

[Bob Warren]

Hello again Linux fans!

Quite a few years ago I produced a WYSIWYG Webpage Editor for Windows, 
using LC. Subsequently, I used it to set up my entire web site 
(howsoft.com). [See the following link if you are interested in the 
Windows version:

http://www.howsoft.com/webed2/  ].

I wanted to produce a similar Editor for Linux, but I was unable to 
because LC did not provide the essential embedded browser required for 
the program. I tried a number of workarounds using WINE, but they were 
never entirely acceptable. Finally, I solved the problem for Linux (and 
also Windows or Mac) users by programming a similar JQuery online editor 
("WebEd 4"). This can be found at:

  http://www.howsoft.com/browserapps/ .

Eventually, I discovered a way of providing an auxiliary browser for 
LC/Linux using Python. You have probably seen this before, and it can be 
seen at:

http://www.howsoft.com/runrev/extensions/ .

Now, recently, after being frustrated for many years in my attempts to 
produce an offline Webpage Editor for Linux, I decided to have another 
go using the Python browser I had come up with. It worked! It is 
functionally identical to the Windows version, and you can find it at:

http://www.howsoft.com/linux/webed2/ .

[Note also that the web pages it produces are entirely compatible with 
the Windows version, so you can interchange files freely between Linux 
and Windows.]

The only difficulties I had in employing the Python browser to make 
WebEd/Linux was the fact that of course it is not "embedded" in LC. This 
means that it was not always easy to manage the different rendering 
layers between LC and Python. But manage it I did, and I am happy with 
the result. I can now die in peace!

Of course, when a truly embedded LC WebKit browser for Linux is up and 
running reliably, there will probably be no such little problems with 
the management of layers that I had with the Python browser. I look 
forward to that time, which is hopefully soon.

Regards to all.

Bob Warren