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Re: xml editors

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• Subject: Re: xml editors
• From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:56:55 -0700
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Emmanuil Batsis (Manos) wrote:

> 
> 
> Robert Koberg wrote:
> 
>> Which do you think would be more interested in using a WYSIWYG editor, 
>> the IE user or the mozilla user?
> 
> 
> I dont see your reasoning here, can you please explain?

I meant that the typical Mozilla user is more technical and I would bet 
be less inclined toward a WYSIWYG editor.


> 
>> The thing is contentEditable came out a long time ago in IE and 
>> mozilla has yet to support it (yes, I know the workarounds).
> 
> 
> But that's what many Mozilla users actually appreciate; the ability to 
> easily extend the browser for their needs, hence the mozile and xopus 
> contentEditable "addons". There is no need for Mozilla to support 
> anything like that if your application easily adds that on runtime.
> 
> 
>  > Other things you
> 
>> can do in IE but not Mozilla:
>>
>> - cache xsl transformers in the browser
> 
> 
> AFAIK the XSLTProcessor[1] class does exactly that. The importStylesheet 
> method imports and "compiles" an XSLT file that can be reused with the 
> transformToXXXX methods.

I guess I did not spend enough time looking for this when I tried.

> 
> 
>> - use MSXML's Schema Object Model (SOM) for client side valdiation 
>> needs, showing what elements are available at the focus, etc
> 
> 
> Right.
> 
>> That being said, I would love it if mozilla had its own SOM for RNG. 
>> The SOM is the main thing keeping me with IE.
> 
> 
> True, RNG support would be a great alternative.
> 
>> One last thing, do you know about the Bitflux editor 
>> (http://bitflux.org). It is similar and works in mozilla
> 
> 
> Lately I've been playing with Kupu (former name: Epoz), see [2].

I had tried this out in the past, it does not allow a user defined 
schema, right?

Personally, I am thinking of going to a java or c# app instead of 
relying on the browser. Don't know though...

best,
-Rob

> 
> [1] 
> http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/content/xsl/public/nsIXSLTProcessor.idl 
> 
> [2] http://kupu.oscom.org/
> 
> 

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