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Robert Dailey
Hi,
I've gone through tons of XML editors:
- XML Spy
- Oxygen
- UltraEdit
- PSPad
- Many others I can't think of...
They have all failed to impress me. So far, Visual Studio 2005 is the
best XML editor. It has the perfect XML code completion (In other
words, it completes closing angle brackets in a unique way, etc). Most
of the larger editors like XML Spy and Oxygen are really slow. The
other ones are fancy "Notepad" programs that really don't offer any
code completion or other nice features.
I don't really care about XML validation using DTD's or schemas, nor
do I care about special tree views for XML or anything else advanced.
I just care about ease of typing XML code. I want the same nice XML
completion features that Visual Studio 2005 offers.
With the SP1 patch released for Visual Studio 2005, the XML completion
broke terribly. Typing <ElementName> and pressing ENTER puts the </
ElementName> on the wrong tab. It's just totally messed up.
Here's what I want in an editor:
- Lightweight. Nothing overly bloated, something that has at the very
most (if possible) the features I want and nothing more. Since I
probably can't have that, something responsive would be ideal. Nothing
coded in JAVA please; JAVA is slow as dirt.
- Configurable syntax highlighting. I want to be able to specify
colors for attribute values, names, operators, elements, text, etc.
- Configurable code completion. Type XML for a bit using Visual Studio
2005 (before SP1) and you'll see what I mean. Code completion is my
biggest concern.
- Must target Windows XP. I want something easy to install.
If anyone can suggest something like this, please do so. I would
greatly appreciate it.
I've gone through tons of XML editors:
- XML Spy
- Oxygen
- UltraEdit
- PSPad
- Many others I can't think of...
They have all failed to impress me. So far, Visual Studio 2005 is the
best XML editor. It has the perfect XML code completion (In other
words, it completes closing angle brackets in a unique way, etc). Most
of the larger editors like XML Spy and Oxygen are really slow. The
other ones are fancy "Notepad" programs that really don't offer any
code completion or other nice features.
I don't really care about XML validation using DTD's or schemas, nor
do I care about special tree views for XML or anything else advanced.
I just care about ease of typing XML code. I want the same nice XML
completion features that Visual Studio 2005 offers.
With the SP1 patch released for Visual Studio 2005, the XML completion
broke terribly. Typing <ElementName> and pressing ENTER puts the </
ElementName> on the wrong tab. It's just totally messed up.
Here's what I want in an editor:
- Lightweight. Nothing overly bloated, something that has at the very
most (if possible) the features I want and nothing more. Since I
probably can't have that, something responsive would be ideal. Nothing
coded in JAVA please; JAVA is slow as dirt.
- Configurable syntax highlighting. I want to be able to specify
colors for attribute values, names, operators, elements, text, etc.
- Configurable code completion. Type XML for a bit using Visual Studio
2005 (before SP1) and you'll see what I mean. Code completion is my
biggest concern.
- Must target Windows XP. I want something easy to install.
If anyone can suggest something like this, please do so. I would
greatly appreciate it.