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XML spy is currently the best XML editor, BUT it's not so far ahead of a combination of free products like XED, XSV, VIM, Amaya and others. What really would make the difference would be functionalities like: - selecting, cut-copy-paste, and advance cursor to node lists selected by XPath strings - edit through an XPath selection: hide all the rest not selected by the XPath (of course remember those XPath associated to the Schema) - highlight ALL non-valid items (with respect to Schema or DTD) and advance the cursor to next non-valid item, with hint and error explanation displayed - scripting scriptable by XML scripts: all GUI menus can be accessible by script, and conversely new GUI menus can be created by script, callbacks available for editing events like focus - edit through a XSLT stylesheet: see the transformed document, but modify the underlying source document (just like an HTML editor does for HTML) - manage XSLT transforms : several transforms, save or copy_paste or reuse results - compose composite documents by droping parts - multi-view (MVC design pattern) like Amaya - pluggable editor : available as a Java Bean with a setDocument() method Other ideas in http://wwbota.free.fr/XMLDesign.htm#superBrowser What about free software projects ? @ --------------------------------------- @ Jean-Marc Vanel 12 avenue de Verdun 92250 LA GARENNE COLOMBES France Tél. 01 46 49 25 43 Fax. 01 46 49 25 35 mailto:jmvanel@i... http://www.industrysuppliers.com @ --------------------------------------- @
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