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No they are not, Elliotte. They just don't need to be
turned on without recourse. When working with large
document types that have complex content editing
requirements, cascading menus that change state at
points in the tree are very helpful. I've done
quite a bit of that kind of work for IETM production
shops, and those kinds of features were critical
in the crunches.
Too far over the top.
len
From: Elliotte Rusty Harold [mailto:elharo@metalab.unc.edu]
I suppose I could use a preview or validate button. I specifically do
not want constant validation. That is, I want the editor to not
validate the document I am writing. I do not want it to complain or
even notice if I'm producing invalid markup. I should also not that
when it comes to code completion, I do not want anything based on
some notion of which tags are and are not valid at a particular
point. Editors that try this stuff are actively crippling. Even if
they were wicked fast (which they aren't), this feature would still
get in my way and stop me from doing what I need to do. Features like
this are harmful by their very nature, irrespective of performance
issues.
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