I recently created a .html file in TextEdit on my Mac (Mac OS X 10.5.8). I then opened that .html file in my browser and it showed the page I created just fine. I closed the .html file and TextEdit and refreshed the page. It still worked fine. Then I opened up the .html file in TextEdit again and all the text was gone (the page in the browser still works fine though). Where did all the text go?
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Try selecting "Ignore rich text commands in HTML files" in the Open/Save section of TextEdit's preferences window. Edit: after making sure this option is set, you'll likely need to re-open the file. |
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TextEdit was trying to render the page and present it rather than letting you edit the source. You should consider using a real editor. |
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TextEdit is converting the HTML to rich text and displaying it as it is marked up by the tags. TextEdit is considered a rich text editor and not suitable for HTML or coding use. You should use a raw text editor like TextWrangler or TextMate if you plan on doing coding or html work. |
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