Tidybot 1.6.1 review
DownloadTidybot is a cross-platform batch (X)HTML syntax-checker and report-generator
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Tidybot is a cross-platform batch (X)HTML syntax-checker and report-generator. It traverses a directory tree of (X)HTML files on your hard disk, and generates a web page listing all the errors and warnings it encounters.
Tidybot can be used in two ways: from the command-line, or through a user-friendly GUI application. The output will be identical in either case.
On Unix platforms, the GUI version of Tidybot is installed as tidybot_gui, and can be executed directly from the command line.
On MS Windows, the installer will have installed the GUI version as the program Tidybot GUI, which can be executed from the Start Menu: Start > Programs > Tidybot > Tidybot GUI.
In addition (depending on what you instructed the installer to do) you may also have a Tidybot GUI icon on your Desktop, and/or in the "Quick Launch" area of your Taskbar, that you can use to start the program.
The GUI version of Tidybot allows you to specify exactly the same options as the command-line version, just in a more convenient point-and-click fashion. The GUI version also has some functionality the command-line version lacks:
- The less often-used options are initially hidden. They can be made visible by choosing the Show Advanced Options menu item from the Options menu.
- If the Display results in browser checkbox is checked, Tidybot will send the results of the Tidybot run to your default browser.
- Settings and values are saved when you quit the application, and restored the next time you start it up. Some fields maintain a history of previously entered values, which can be selected from a drop-down menu.
Requirements:
Python
What's New in This Release:
This version fixes the Tidybot command-line version, which was fatally broken in 1.6.
The Windows and Unix GUI versions were not affected and are not changed in 1.6.1.
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