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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.
Tom
Posted 2010-02-26T21:17:17.547
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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.
Jeremy L
Posted 2010-02-26T21:17:17.547
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textEdit is a Rich Text editor and will not always display the plain text output. An editor like TextWrangler might be better suited. – jweede – 2010-02-26T22:38:53.000
@jweede: TextEdit can be used as a plain text editor. However as you mentioned TextWrangler is much better suited. – Chealion – 2010-03-18T17:28:21.617
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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.
Josh K
Posted 2010-02-26T21:17:17.547
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This isn't really a programming question. Try http://superuser.com/
– Mike Atlas – 2010-02-26T21:18:28.010Agree with Mike. – Amy – 2010-02-26T21:19:41.953