I’m trying out an offline blogging client that runs on Linux (these things are not that easy to come by). It’s called Drivel, and it seems to work OK, as long as you tell it that your WordPress installation is actually Movable Type.
Oh, and it looks like it only supports one category per post, and no native tags. Not very impressive, really.
Since I tend to draft in jEdit, I’ve often thought that what I need is a blogging plugin for that, and been surprised that it doesn’t exist. One of these days I’ll have to write it…
(ETA: tags added later via the web interface. Far from satisfactory, really.)
(E further TA: damn, it looks like this theme isn’t showing native WordPress tags, anyway.)
Um . . . what’s wrong with coding your own html? It’s not rocket science.
A doesn’t take long to type. But then again, I was always a hand-on kind of guy .
Hope all is well!
Hmm. Dropped the html “p” mark in “A — doesn’t take long to type.”
I begin to see your problem 8’).
Hi Hal,
Nothing wrong with handcoding HTML. Also I have this blog configured to accept Textile lightweight markup. But the point of using a desktop client is that you reduce the risk of losing a post in a web-posting accident.
I tend to write longer posts in a text editor and copy-and-past, of course, but it would be nice to just hit a key combination and have the editor post it automatically.