Dreamweaver replacement for Ubuntu Linux?

I’ve been trying Ubuntu (Xubuntu) Linux on a dual-boot system, and as I mentioned here, have been looking for a great replacement for Dreamweaver. Quanta Plus is one of the alternatives to consider, and I’ve got some first impressions, having used it for a few hours.

1) It’s not Dreamweaver. But it does support “projects” which remind me of the Sites used in Dreamweaver. It was a bit disorienting at first… was looking all over the GUI for an FTP or site setup dialog. Clicking on Projects brought up a window that seemed promising.

2) With the project set up, I noticed what should be a file tree in left side of the window, but it was empty, except for the root of the GMAT website. Where’s the files? There should be a GET button here somewhere. Hmmm. Here we go: right-click the root and select “Rescan Project” and you see this…

This took quite a while, but then the site has a lot of files… and my cable ISP (Charter, ahem) has been very intermittent for the past 5 years. 10Meg down my arse. Oh well. After it scans, the dialog fills with a directory structure, and you can choose which files to add to your project.

3) Success! Files “added” appear in the left column.

First impressions? It’s usable and promising, but the code view renders a bit unpolished IMO. What’s interesting, and a bit scary, is that as I work on a file, it updates on the server via FTP. Normally, I would set up a local mirror of a site in Dreamweaver… and then send tested and approved files to the sky. Will dig around for a way to do this tomorrow.