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Re: xml editors

• To: "Howard Katz" <howardk@f...>
• Subject: Re: xml editors
• From: "Ed Day" <eday@o...>
• Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:23:38 -0400
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
• References: <IKEOLCDFPBBPPAHGNKKOCEICEKAA.howardk@f...>

> Sorry Dave, "in the windows world" was the kicker for me. (But hey, maybe
> there's a version of EMacs running in DarkLand? Is that possible?)

For sure Emacs exists in the Windows world!  Have a look.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html

Regards ,

Ed Day
Objective Systems, Inc.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Katz" <howardk@f...>
To: "Dave Pawson" <dpawson@n...>; <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 9:18 AM
Subject: RE:  xml editors


> Sorry Dave, "in the windows world" was the kicker for me. (But hey, maybe
> there's a version of EMacs running in DarkLand? Is that possible?)
>
> Thanks everybody btw for all your editor recommendations. I'm having fun
> going down the list.
> Howard
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Pawson [mailto:dpawson@n...]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:13 AM
> > To: Howard Katz; xml-dev@l...
> > Subject: RE:  xml editors
> >
> >
> > At 01:19 15/04/2004, Howard Katz wrote:
> > >I'm coming in late on this discussion, so apologies if this is
> > covering old
> > >ground.
> > >
> > >I have a need for a very simple and lightweight editor in the
> > windows world
> > >to do xhtml (and possibly other xml) authoring. My main need to
> > be able to
> > >type freeform text, select it with the mouse, and then be able to type
a
> > >pre-assigned keyboard combo (eg, ALT-someKey) to automatically
> > enclose the
> > >selected text with a start and end tag corresponding to that
> > keyboard combo.
> > >(Second choice would be a popup of all defined tag alternatives,
> > the choice
> > >*not* being based on current context.) Similarly if I selected a block
of
> > >tag-enclosed text (ie, element content), I'd like to be able to
> > auto-enclose
> > >that block with tags of my own choosing as well.
> > >
> > >Anyone have any recommendations in that department?
> >
> > EMacs? Bit of a learning curve, made really simple with the O'Reilly
book.
> > And it does heaps more Howard!
> > C-c r tags a region (selected text) with a valid option.
> >
> > HTH DaveP
> >
> >
> >
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