[wp-hackers] Any tip about syntax highlight for worpress theme editor?

[Rafael Ehlers]

There are some situations where a client calls and ask for a little change
in CSS, like some link color adjust or something like that, and im not home
or have access to a pc with ftp blablabla... So if I have access to a PC
with Internet, im totally able to fix it quickly.

It would be very handy if we have such syntax highlight or/and line numbers.

The question remains, if anyone have a solution for that, please help me!!

Best regards,

Rafael Ehlers

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Jeremy Clarke <jer at simianuprising.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Rafael Ehlers <rafaehlers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I can´t find a syntax highlighter for the WordPress theme editor, only
> for
> > inserting code (PHP, CSS, ...) in posts.
> >
> > Any tip on a plugin?
> >
>
> At one point there was a pretty elaborate JS editor-enhancement added to
> the
> theme editor in core, but it was removed because it caused a lot of
> problems
> for a lot of people. The problem with enhancing the wp-admin editor screens
> is that if someone is actually using them then they are probably working on
> a live site, and in that situation any issues can become nightmares.
> Whatever is making someone use the theme editor instead of FTP+real editor
> has a decent chance of also stopping them from being able to fix the site
> if
> they break it using the theme editor.
>
> Ideally the theme editor should never be used. It is an emergency tool
> included because sometimes people get stuck with WP configured in an
> inconvenient way. Rather than improve it you should fix your setup so you
> don't have to use it at all.
>
> Whatever your situation is that requires detailed edits to the theme, you
> need to find another way to accomplish your goal. Most likely a local
> installation using Mamp/xamp to run a copy of the site for development is
> the best idea, that way you can use proper code editing tools and avoid
> taking down the live site with a PHP syntax error. When you are happy with
> how the theme works you can just paste in the results once.
>
> Alternately, if you have a part of your theme that needs regular edits, you
> should add some widget areas and control the content form the admin that
> way. Much cleaner than editing the theme itself.
>
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