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Build my own CSS GUI?

#1

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/GRITS187/Sublime%20Text%202/ScreenShot2012-02-06at34228AM.png http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/GRITS187/Sublime%20Text%202/ScreenShot2012-02-06at92258PM.png http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/GRITS187/Sublime%20Text%202/ScreenShot2012-02-06at92306PM.png

Is it already there and I am too stupid to see it?

I love the Espresso .css GUI. It allows me to implement code without having to memorize the various functions and modifiers and whatnot. I would like to add a similar GUI to Sublime Text 2. Seeing as Sublime is built on Python I do not see how it wouldn’t be possible, but I was just wondering if there were any caveats that I should be aware of. For example, to implement such a feature would necessitate hacking of source code and I believe that this project is proprietary??

Two options: Build it. Man the fuck up and learn CSS3.

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#2

I think you may need to elaborate on the context of your post first :smile:

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#3

Who wants a GUI for CSS? CODE IS POETRY (Thanks Wordpress :wink: )

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#4

If you desperately need a GUI for CSS3 you should try css3generator.com/

Personally you shouldn’t be using a text editor if all you’re looking for is a series of fancy dropdowns and buttons. To be honest, I compare tools like this in web development to be much like Microsoft Frontpage. It was a terrible program and is partly responsible for the disgusting state of web development in the late 90s/early 00s.

Regardless, I’d be rather impressed to see a plugin for this though…

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#5

I think the context is: http://macrabbit.com/espresso/

Building it would require knowledge a lot more complicated than learning CSS. So, yeah, if you want to use Sublime Text, man up.

My workflow is switching (and copy-pasting) between CSS file(s) in Sublime Text, where I can create a well-documented stylesheet, and Firefox with the Firebug extension, where I can play with live styling. This works for me, but YMMV.

And, finally, if you are happy with Espresso, why not keep using it?

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#6

It’s cool. I knew what Mazer was talking about after he edited the post :smile:

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#7

I see the extendability of Sublime as being invaluable in the future. I am just a wee programmer at the moment but I eat, sleep, and breathe different languages I want to be the best there ever was, Ash Ketchum status. The fact that I can access the API of the program to create Macros isn’t very different from Espresso, but given the ones that have already been created for Sublime I see it as potentially being far more powerful down the line. I really do not mind learning CSS3 and committing it to memory.

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