KompoZer
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KompoZer is an open source
WYSIWYG
HTML editor based on a rewritten version of the now-discontinued Nvu
editor. KompoZer is maintained as a community-driven fork
and is a project on Sourceforge
.
The current release, KompoZer 0.8 beta 3, has been updated to Gecko
1.8.1.
KompoZer's WYSIWYG editing capabilities are one of the main attractions of the software. In addition, KompoZer allows direct code editing as well as a split code-graphic view.
's web standards. By default, pages are created in accordance to HTML
4.01 Strict and use Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) for styling, but the user can change the settings and choose between:
The application can call on the W3C HTML validator
, which uploads pages to the W3C Markup Validation Service
and checks for compliance.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
HTML editor based on a rewritten version of the now-discontinued Nvu
Nvu
Nvu is a WYSIWYG HTML editor, based on the Composer component of Mozilla Application Suite and Gecko 1.7. It is a common WYSIWYG editor for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, intended to be an open source equivalent to proprietary software like Microsoft Expression Web and Adobe Dreamweaver...
editor. KompoZer is maintained as a community-driven fork
Fork (software development)
In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a legal copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software...
and is a project on Sourceforge
SourceForge
SourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...
.
The current release, KompoZer 0.8 beta 3, has been updated to Gecko
Gecko (layout engine)
Gecko is a free and open source layout engine used in many applications developed by Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation , as well as in many other open source software projects....
1.8.1.
KompoZer's WYSIWYG editing capabilities are one of the main attractions of the software. In addition, KompoZer allows direct code editing as well as a split code-graphic view.
Standards compliance
KompoZer complies with the W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web .Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the...
's web standards. By default, pages are created in accordance to HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
4.01 Strict and use Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...
(CSS) for styling, but the user can change the settings and choose between:
- Strict and transitional DTDDocument Type DefinitionDocument Type Definition is a set of markup declarations that define a document type for SGML-family markup languages...
's - HTML 4.01 and XHTMLXHTMLXHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
1.0 - CSS styling or the old
<font>based styling.
The application can call on the W3C HTML validator
Validator
A validator is a computer program used to check the validity or syntactical correctness of a fragment of code or document. The term is commonly used in the context of validating HTML, CSS and XML documents or RSS feeds though it can be used for any defined format or language.-HTML validator:In the...
, which uploads pages to the W3C Markup Validation Service
W3C Markup Validation Service
The Markup Validation Service is a validator by the World Wide Web Consortium that allows Internet users to check HTML and XHTML documents for well-formed markup...
and checks for compliance.
See also
- BlueGriffonBlueGriffonBlueGriffon is a free open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. It replaces Nvu, an earlier program that was also written by Daniel Glazman. It is based on Gecko, the rendering engine inside Firefox, and uses XULRunner, the runtime environment for Gecko. It runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.BlueGriffon...
(replaces NvuNvuNvu is a WYSIWYG HTML editor, based on the Composer component of Mozilla Application Suite and Gecko 1.7. It is a common WYSIWYG editor for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, intended to be an open source equivalent to proprietary software like Microsoft Expression Web and Adobe Dreamweaver...
) - Comparison of HTML editorsComparison of HTML editorsThe following tables compare general and technical information for a number of HTML editors.This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date...