Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:40:30 -0600
From: David Mitchell <dmitchell4(_at_)kc(_dot_)rr(_dot_)com>
Subject: Useful open-source XML/XSLT editor (was Re: [xsl] Attempting *not* to
copy certain nodes)
FWIW, I've found Treebeard ( http://treebeard.sourceforge.net/ ) a very
useful tool, easy to install and start using. So far I've also made some
use of Cooktop ( http://www.xmlcooktop.com/ ) though I'd prefer to use
an open source editor. If anyone has one they find as useful, please
post (I've checked Sourceforge, list archives, usenet...).
I use jEdit with the XML and XSLT plug-ins. jEdit is a text editor
written in Java and released under the GPL. The XSLT plug-in includes a
an XPath tool for ad-hoc queries and provices a GUI to Xalan transforms.
The online help is good (even for most plug-ins) and you can see the
source for that as well (it is in DocBook XML).
It is very configurable, maybe too much so for casual users. I've also
used TreeBeard and Cooktop at different times.
Thank you for the recommendation. I've downloaded it a number of times
but always found it too configurable for my needs. I like the idea of
being a non-casual user. I'll definitely give it another shot.
Thanks, too, for the TextPad recommendation. I've heard wonderful things
about it and will give it a shot if I don't feel comformtable with open
source options.
Brett
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