• To: "Kirkham, Pete (UK)" <pete.kirkham@b...>
• Subject: RE: XML-appropriate editing data structures
• From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:08:26 -0400
• Cc: "Xml-Dev (E-mail)" <xml-dev@l...>
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At 12:19 PM +0100 4/8/04, Kirkham, Pete (UK) wrote:

>I'd guess that what is desirable in an 'XML editor' will depend more 
>strongly on the domain of application than anything inherent in XML 
>itself.


I think so, but then one really wants an application specific editor 
after all. For instance, I'd much rather draw SVG in Adobe 
Illustrator than in any text or XML editor. I would rather write 
books by hand in jEdit than use a word processor, but I'm weird. Most 
people would prefer something like Word or OpenOffice Writer.

I haven't heard of anyone doing it yet, (though NetBeans might in 
4.0) but the Ant use case is probably better served by an specific 
ant editor.
-- 

   Elliotte Rusty Harold
   elharo@m...
   Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
   http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA

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