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Re: Visual editing
- To: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Visual editing
- From: Ringo De Smet <ringods at yahoo dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:02:09 +0100 (BST)
- Reply-to: Ringo dot DeSmet dot atwork at bigfoot dot com
Hello Chris,
> Are there any things that
> you would like to see in an editor,
> you think are great in the one you use,
> or really irritate you?
What I like in XML Spy:
- the project approach where you bring multiple XML files, XSL
files, schemas and entities together.
- the enhanced grid view, which hides the XML tags from a user.
This way, you can put more time into content instead of
structure.
- XSL processors can be invoked from within the editor.
At the sime time, what I hate about the enhanced grid view: the
fact that the width of the view always changes whenever I
expand/collapse a block. The "Optimal widths" function must
always be invoked manually.
Another idea: why write an XML editor from scratch? I think a
tool like KDevelop can be extended to support an XML/XSL editing
mode with hooks to several tools to process the XML/XSL files.
The basic KDevelop application structure is already available...
Just my $0.02,
Ringo
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