At 8:27 AM -0400 4/8/04, Mark Schmeets wrote:
>Well yes, maybe. I think it depends a lot on what *kind* of XML you
>are working with. Certainly when there is a lot more text than
>structure you want something closer to a text editor. When there is
>a lot more structure than text you want something closer to a form
>based editor. The fact that there is this range of application makes
>producing a good *general purpose* XML editor very difficult.
Yes, but I don't think most XML-specific tools go far enough. I'm a
man of extremes. I either want to edit my XML by hand in a text
editor (with maybe a little help from syntax coloring and tag
completion, though I won't miss it if it isn't there; and I certainly
wouldn't accept poor performance in order to have these features.) or
I want an application specific editor such as Word or Adobe
Illustrator that completely shields me from the native XML. I
encounter little need for anything in between these two positions.
--
Elliotte Rusty Harold
Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA
