RE: [xml-dev] Re: XML and a text editor, barefoot in the winter, uphill both ways [...]

[<Ari.Nordstrom@sorman.com>]

Thanks. I'll certainly give it a go. And you're quite right about the task model being the deciding factor. I write most of the stuff I write at work in XMetaL and I'd love to use it at home, too, but it doesn't have a Linux port and won't run using wine.

Best,

/Ari



Rick Jelliffe wrote...

> Ari.Nordstrom@sorman.com wrote:
> 
> >And while we're discussing the topic, does anyone know if 
> there's a decent XML editor available for Linux (and I don't 
> mean emacs)?
> >
> >  
> >
> Topologi 1.1.6 works fine on Linux (I run Linux now) and we 
> use Kunstoff LAF
>      http://www.topologi.com
> 
> Of course, like every program, it is based on a particular task model
> of how people approach their job: in our case placing a premium
> on progressive markup and progressive validation rather than
> assuming "always correct, start at the beginning, work 
> through to the end".
> 
> The "best" editor for you will be (all other things being 
> equal) the one
> whose implicit task model matches yours. And, if you in fact have
> several very different sets of tasks, it is quite possible 
> that the "best"
> editor for one set of tasks is different from the "best" for 
> a different
> set of tasks.  
> 
> Cheers
> Rick Jelliffe
> (Topologi Pty. Ltd.)
> 
>