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Re: A proposal for simplify XML text editing andsubsequent pro

• From: rjelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>
• To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:08:42 +1000

 On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:40:45 +0100, Philip Fearon 
 <pgfearo@googlemail.com> wrote:


     The Claim The claim is that eliminating the need for redundant 
 leading whitespace characters in the editor results in a lower risk that 
 whitespace characters significant to content are accidentally modified


 Seems a reasonable approach for a GUI for new data.

 What about XML that was already indented? You couldn't strip out the 
 indenting text (unlress you had some awarenesss of the structure, such 
 as a schema) so you would get double indents or mixed indents?  Or does 
 the editor operate line-by line to know which lines are diplayed 
 indented and which use the incoming XML whitespace indentation?

 Cheers
 Rick Jelliffe

• References:
  • A proposal for simplify XML text editing and subsequent processing
    • From: Philip Fearon <pgfearo@googlemail.com>