I recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu. I have Libre Office installed and want to give this new OS and software every chance of working, but I’m frustrated at every turn. I have looked at a number of youtube films explaining how to do things, but the menus they mention are either not there or do not work as they say.
Here is one thing I want to do. I write many HTML files and need to edit them. In Windows, I always used NotePad, a simple no nonsense program that worked very well. I thought I’d try Libre Writer, but it opens the html file as a page not the source information. I do not want to change my filenames from *.html to *.txt to accomplish this. And I want it to be global, so that any html file, anywhere (I use a NAS for all my data files) will open in Libre Writer as plain text. Also I do not want any highlighting, no code colors. So far I tried a few things and have gotten nowhere. So I’m still editing my html stuff in Windows.
Checkout the libreoffice documentation..
Then in Linux you want to use nano, mousepad, geany, kate, maybe even bluefish, or code, etc. Depending on which desktop you are using, they may have their own simple editor. Do some searches at Ubuntu website, forums, and its’ repositories. Also visit your desktop’s website (gnome, kde, xfce, etc) to find the right tool for the job.
Like in Windows this is not a setting of the used program, but in the desktop of the OS. Unlike Windows you can choose this, so you have to find out, what you use: Gnome, Kde (in Kubuntu) or xfce (Lubuntu) are the most common ones.
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But as it was said above: You don’t need an Office-suite, but a editor for plain text. And there’s plenty available. I use LibreOffice forva lot of stuff, but not as a editor for code (Notepad++ ).
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If you don’t like syntax highlighting you will need to switch it off (at least for html). Even small Editors like nano have it today.
I’ve tried gedit, nano, notepad++ wine, simple notepad and Libre Writer. I would have thought that there would have been some settings to change that would provide what I wanted, but so far I have not been able to find them. It would be nice to have some detailed documentation for these programs. I will look at the link your provided. I’ll have to keep looking, thanks for the help, Mike
I’ve been using MicroSoft OS from the beginning and know it pretty well. My linux exposure has been short. I am reading some linux books, but so far I only have seen command line stuff. I have Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS on my machine. I have a lot to learn and will most likely ask more questions, thanks, Mike
Well… I installed LeafPad. Although it can not see my NAS, it does not have the code coloring (highlights?). Then I noticed that if I select a html file from the file manger and click ‘open with’, this will work. It’s a little off center, but will work. Maybe I can find a better text editor later. I also looked at the Libre documents. Been reading the Writer Guide and have ordered the paper book. My ‘old’ eyes like paper better than the screen. Thanks for the help. Mike