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Originally Posted by KevinH
Can you use Microsoft Expression Web with Sigil's OpenWith or does it need access to all files in the epub at the same time?
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It works fine with Open With, since Sigil passes the file from the "workspace" directory, which allows it to see all the files. This means the CSS file is available, which allows Expression to show a preview if you need it.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
For what it may be worth, Microsoft Expression Web was discontinued over a decade ago. I vaguely remember some of the web devs using it for web page development before they moved on to better tools with fewer oddities.
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It is not good for building a whole website, and editing in the WYSIWYG "Design" view can lead to bad formatting. PHP is the most "modern" server-side language it understands.
But, as a standalone HTML and CSS editor, it has better features than the more recent MS releases (Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code). In particular, it is
much better at not needing a "project" to have features like HTML/CSS linking. This makes it much better for touch-ups of ePub.
I use the Calibre editor, Microsoft Expression Web ("Unpack Book" from within Calibre), and Sigil. All have their strengths and weaknesses, but if I had to stop using any one of them, it would be a pain for my editing chain.