Re: [xml-dev] XML-appropriate editing data structures

From
Jeff Rafter <>
To
Bob Foster <>, Elliotte Rusty Harold <>
Date
2004-04-08T23:28:18Z
ID
<011a01c41dc1$2cd8b5f0$6403a8c0@ARIMATHEA>
Thread
Re: [xml-dev] XML-appropriate editing data structures
>Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> Editors that try this stuff are actively crippling. Even if
> they were wicked fast (which they aren't), this feature would still
> get in my way and stop me from doing what I need to do. Features like
> this are harmful by their very nature, irrespective of performance
> issues.

Man of extremes is right. Again I find myself on (what I assume will be) the
losing side of an argument : ) How can it possibly be argued that they are
harmful by nature?

All the best
Jeff Rafter