Force change of document type ?

[gordonisnz]

Hi,

I'm wondering -  Is this an existing feature - If not, i'll like to suggest it...


Basically, If I have an HTML page, & use HippoEdit - It tidies up the code & correctly indents all the LISTS (OL / LI / UL etc )

HOWEVER,

I usually have *.txt files as templates, used in PHP scripts - The PHP scripts get the template files, & inserts them into the screen.


I'm wondering, with HippoEdit, can I open up the *.txt files & FORCE it (in a single instant) to  treat the file as HTML..

Ie there may be opening HTML tags in another file - (& so the whole file may not validate) - But any code within the file - will be indented accordingly..

Does that make sense ?

Ps, re above - I dont want *EVERY*  *.txt file to be treated as HTMl, but if i want to, can I press 1 or 2 keys, & treat the file i've opened as HTML instead of plain text

Hopefully this makes sense

[gordonisnz]

Sorry folks,

Found it...

View >> Syntax >> HTML

(I hate it after finding things 5 minutes after asking how to find etc... )

[Stefan]

(I hate it after finding things 5 minutes after asking how to find etc... )

Yes, every time the same, me too

Note, you can also use
Right-click > context menu >> Syntax >> HTML

or just click on the syntax name in the status bar.

For those didn't know:
with menu "Tools > Options... > [ + ] Syntax Settings"
you can disable syntaxes you doesn't need often, to shrink the list of available syntaxes, make it easier to choose the right one ;-)

[gordonisnz]

Just curious..

If I double click the status bar - I can change the line number - But i can't change anything else....

No worries - Just advising

[alex]

anything else is changeable by single click Then you would get a context menu or it would be chnage directly.
Double clck was in previous versions of HE