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Hypertext Markup Language, the simple computer code that forms the basis of creating pages for sites on the World-Wide Web.

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Why does backslash work for file or folder names, but question mark less so?

I created a HTML file as this name on Sierra 10.12.6: test\55.html and it showed up in the address bar of Firefox as: Users/MYNAME/Desktop/test\55.html I then made a duplicate as test?\55.html and it ...
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What date format was this file I downloaded in?

I downloaded a HTML template as a ZIP a few years ago and one of the files was in this form: 20160822105352-testing-1.html What sort of date format is that in, UNIX or some other?
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Apple IpadOS / ios HTML editor which will sync with Amazon AWS S3 buckets

Hi so I'm looking for an Apple IpadOS / IOS app that'll edit a HTML file stored in an Amazon S3 bucket, and update, and upload it back. I could only find "Code Editor" by Panic for Ipados, but there ...
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Links in HTML files opened with qlmanage don't work

I'm attempting to open HTML files using qlmanage. They open and render correctly, but whenever I try to click on a link, it takes me to Safari and then nothing happens. No new tab, no webpage. If I ...
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Render html in quick look to display MathJax equations

I am grading homework assignments for a stat class. The students knit rmd files to html. For expedience, I want to use quick view to read the files so I wouldn't have to open each of them. ...
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Lightweight HTML viewer

I'd like to write an HTML app for my own use that works offline. I'll edit my source code in Sublime Text 3. I don't have a lightweight app to render and show it. I do know I can open HTML files in a ...
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Apple Script - append text to note with new line

I am having a little trouble appending Text to a Apple Note. set AppendedText to (the clipboard) ################################### tell application "Notes" tell account "iCloud" tell ...
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How do I open .html files and have them work with my external CSS and Javascript files on iPad? (iPad Mini 2, iOS 12.4.3)

I am really frustrated here. I really would like this to work on my iPad, because it's for an important project, but no matter what I do, my html files refuse to connect to my .css files, my .js files,...
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How Can I view My local/offline Html file on Ipad

I have My HTML file saved in many locations on IPAD to try to launch it. In files. When i click on the html file, it shows a preview ( with an empty white page) since this step is not calling any ...
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iPad Pencil touch triggers immediate screen movement instead of a click

On our new iPads using Pencil, whenever our users touch the browser window, the screen starts to scroll/move. But what we expect is that it triggers a click the same way as if you had used your finger....
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AppleScript Get HTML of Chrome Active Tab

Is there a way to get the actual HTML of a current active tab in Chrome? Some websites use the position on the page to induce an AJAX call to expand the page further. So working with a URL only won'...
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View email source in iOS Gmail app

Is there a way to view the email source HTML in the iOS Gmail.app? Show original is available on desktop browsers. I haven't been able to find it on the app.
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iPad 10 locked up trying to open HTML file from dropbox

My iPad 10 on iOS 12.0.1 locked up when opening an html file from Dropbox. Flashing sign: “Leaving Dropbox This file is trying to open another app. CANCEL CONTINUE.” Cancel or continue buttons are ...
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Save and upload PDF files with browser with iPad Pro

I wonder if there is a simple way to download and save a pdf from a website and then upload the same file to another website through an HTML5 form.
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Downloading HTML Entities guide on TextWrangler for Mac

TextWrangler for Mac does not have an HTML Entities palette built in to easily put special characters and symbols into your code. Is there a way to download one and integrate it into the program?
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Can man pages be converted to html and/or pdf format?

The command man bash produces a lot of output. What I desire would be to either search the results or print the results to paper. So, is there a way to convert a man page to a html and/or pdf document....
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How does the Touch-Bar interact with HTML5 videos, and other media on the web?

How does the Touch-Bar control an HTML5 video? When a video or other media plays a slider comes up with a slider that can control the timing of the video. How does the touchbar interact with an html5 ...
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How can I pipe HTML content to Safari via the command line?

I have a situation in which I'm getting HTML content via a pipe. I'd like to display it in a browser window. But the obvious step, somethingThatProducesHTMLonStdout | open -f -a "Safari" does not ...
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How to convert an HTML file with referenced images on the command line to a webarchive?

Under macOS I want to convert HTML files with referenced images on the command line/programatically to webarchives. Given a sample file sample.html containing: <html><body> <h1>...
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automate file text edits

I have an online website that I'd like to move to a new URL. Therefore I need to edit all website html files (100+ files) to update the URL links inside each file of this website. I'm thinking of ...
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Outlook 2016 HTML Signature

I'm trying to add an HTML E-Mail signature to Outlook 2016 for macOS. The method that got me closest to my goal is documented here: http://mydesignpad.com/how-to-create-an-attractive-html-email-...
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How do I view the page source in Safari just like I can in Windows Internet Explorer?

I'm experienced with Windows, not so much with Mac. In Windows Internet Explorer I can go to the View menu and select Source as in to “view source”. This opens a window showing me the html code of the ...
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How to do a complete refresh in Safari 10.1.1 on MacOS Sierra

I'm developing a website and there's a text input in my website's top menu and what bothering me is: I loaded the site in Safari before my style.css file was edited and after that I edited my style....
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AppleScript: How to modify HTML and RTF data on the clipboard?

I am writing an AppleScript .scpt file, triggered system-wide by key combination assigned in FastScripts.app, that adds parentheses around the selected editable text. If the selected text happens to ...
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Applescript / Javascript : click button with getElementsByClass

Here is the button I would like AppleScript to click : <button class="btn btn-primary" autofocus="" ng-click="ok()" tabindex="0">OK</button> Here is my code : tell application "Google ...
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Does HTML5 offline webapp still work in Safari / iPad / iPhone?

When I search Google about HTML5 offline features I can only find some answers dated 2010 / 2011. Nothing recent appears. Besides the web app behaves erratic on iOS: sometimes it will work, even when ...
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What's the easy way to convert all man pages to html?

Sixteen years into the 21st century I remain baffled that we still have to go out of our way if we want to see a man page rendered in a proportional font (that is, not Courier or similar) with links ...
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Add Touch Icon/WebClip for Blogger

I use Blogger to run my blog, and I would like to use Apple's Touch icons. However, I'm currently having trouble and I'm not sure if it's because of the limitations of Blogger or something I'm doing. ...
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How to embed an Image in Mac OS Sierra Mail Application

Me and a co-worker are trying to embed an image in our email signature in the default apple mail application with an url. For example we have this image https://www.kieran.pw/unnamed.jpg and want this ...
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Safari displays wrong color according to Digital Color Meter

I have the following HTML snippet open in Safari. Digital Color Meter reports the color as #FEDC53. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Broken Colors?</title> </...
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Youtube's HTML 5 player freezes all the time, how do I disable that and force flash on Safari

I hate Flash but Youtube's HTML5 player stinks on Safari. See this video it freezes all the time on Safari (El Cap). I watch movies from this guy, almost every movie he posts freezes on Safari. It is ...
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Keynote HTML export

I am thinking about buying Keynote Version 6. I want to make a presentation and then export it to HTML, which I will upload to my website. Does the HTML export retain all animations, transitions, and ...
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Run Python Script on any Mac computer

Is there a way to create an executable Python script that will be able to run on any Mac via terminal, similar to a Bash script. I need any user to be able to just double click the file, and it should ...
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Bash script to click button on an HTML page

I'm trying to write a Bash script that opens a browser, clicks an HTML button on a webpage, and closes the browser after getting response. I need this script to be executable from within Terminal. If ...
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Layout broken across all websites in Safari

Every websites layout is messed up. An example of BBC News can be seen above. I have attempted multiple troubleshooting methods recommended online such as uninstalling AdBlock however none of these ...
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HTML files not displaying correctly iOS

I am trying to email an html file with some charts in it and it doesn't show any of the content if I open in the Mail app on iOS except a bulleted point, whereas it is fine in a browser or any other ...
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Mac Software to Search / Replace within a Project [duplicate]

0 down vote I haven't been able to find what I need. For me. A project is a client. Their entire html / css / js website. I need to maintain various search / replace values at a project level. ...
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Can .html files sent as attachments be opened and run on iPhone5 (OS9.2)

I write a simple front-end web page. Fully self-contained in the usual CSS3/JS/HTML5 format. It works in XCode simulation. I e-mail it as an attachment to a (long suffering) relative with an iPhone5 (...
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HTML5 in Safari 9.0.1 (11601.2.7.2) - `html5test.com

According to html5test.com, Safari now supports HTML5. I am specifically interested in the HTML5 tag parameter required. However, when I add the required parameter to my form, Safari ignores it. I ...
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Where is Safari Reader CSS or HTML in El Capitan?

In OS X El Capitan, Safari Reader View file for modifying the CSS is no longer found in Safari application and in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Safari.framework/Versions/A/Resources/. Where is it ...
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How to get the hex color of a cell in Excel 2011

I'm trying to write a script to automatically generate an excel sheet. To keep the coloring of cells/rows consistent, I want to get the html color code from Excel to use in my script. I found this ...
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Podcast sounds to iTunes [closed]

I need to upload our sounds to iTunes using rss feed.Created rss feed,i don't know how can work this with iTunes. Thanks in advance.
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Printing a html file to PDF loses HTML formatting

I have this standalone report in html. CSS styles are all embedded within the html itself. When I tried to print to a pdf file, the pdf output becomes I basically lost all the formatting in the html....
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Disabling QuickType into my html form fields

I'm creating several html forms. People asked me to remove the QuickType functionality introduced with iOS 8 for some of those forms fields cause sometime it's irrevelant and use screen place for ...
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How do I extract the contents of a specified text field within a webpage using applescript?

How can I use Applescript And Safari to extract the answer from this site: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=whats+the+meaning+to+life%3F I'm attempting to extract the answer in copyable ...
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files are being downloaded with .html suffix [closed]

Every time I download a file from my school site, it gets .html suffix. For example, if I download a file called file.docx from my school site through the safari, it is saved in my downloads directory ...
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How to embedded apple script in a link in HTML?

I tried to embedded apple script in a link in HTML, but all it does is brought up the Apple Script Editor Application with profiled script in it. I want it to execute after I click on the link - so ...
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Updating to OS X 10.10.2 broke Quick Look previews for HTML files

After updating to OS X 10.10.2, I can no longer use Quick Look on HTML files – I just get a blank preview window, and the issue persists through a reboot. But all other files types work fine. Is ...
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I Would Like To Host an HTML Website Without Using Server.app

I am somewhat a novice when it comes to the Apache web server. I currently host Ruby on Rails applications on my Mac Mini Server (Mavericks) using Phusion Passenger. I know that some of the config ...
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Website music playable on iOS?

just a quick question. I want to make a website that has an embeded HTML5/flash audio player in with auto-play enabled, now I know there has been some talk that Apple blocks that on all iOS devices, ...

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