Macromedia dreamweaver 8-using dreamweaver User Manual

Using an external HTML editor with Dreamweaver

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Importing JRun tags

If you use Macromedia JRun, you can import your JRun tags into Dreamweaver. 

To import JRun tags into Dreamweaver:

1.

Open a JSP page in Dreamweaver.

2.

Open the Tag Library editor (Edit > Tag Libraries).

3.

In the Tag Library editor, click the Plus (+) button and select JSP > Import JRun Server 
Tags from Folder. 

4.

Enter a folder name, a URI, and a prefix.

For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.

5.

Click OK.

Using an external HTML editor with 
Dreamweaver 

You can start an external HTML or text editor from Dreamweaver to edit the source code for 
the current document and then switch back to Dreamweaver to continue editing graphically. 
Dreamweaver detects any changes that have been saved to the document externally and 
prompts you to reload the document upon returning.

 

You can use the following integrated HTML editors: Macromedia HomeSite (Windows only) 
or BBEdit (Macintosh only). You can also use any other text editor, such as Notepad, 
WordPad, TextPad, TextEdit, SimpleText, vi, or emacs.

Using an integrated HTML editor

When you install Dreamweaver, you can install HomeSite in Windows or a trial version of 
BBEdit on the Macintosh. Dreamweaver is tightly integrated with both of these products.

Because of this integration, you can edit a document in both Dreamweaver and HomeSite/
BBEdit, switching from one application to the other, and the document is kept in sync 
automatically in both applications. In addition, both applications track the current selection; 
for example, if you select text in Dreamweaver and switch to BBEdit, the same element is 
selected in BBEdit.