[Gimp-docs] editors

[Marco Ciampa]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 12:11:48PM -0400, Sally C. Barry wrote:
> Hi All -
> 
> I have a question about what editors can be used with Gimp docs.
> 
> My main system is Windows ME.  Since none of the MS editors (Notepad,
> Wordpad, MW Word) are suitable for our files, Julien suggested that
> I download the freeware program, Notepad++.  It does the job, but it
> doesn't really work well with Windows ME.  I have to keep re-booting
> the system, Windows Explorer keeps dying, etc.
> 
> Does anyone else use something different that works better?
> 
> I run GIMP from a Live Linux CD (Knoppix), although that's not the system
> I normally have running on my PC.
> 
> My preferred editor on Linux is vi (vim).  Does anyone know if this
> works on our XML files?  Are there any things to watch out for?  Any
> tips?
> 
> Thanks again for your help!
> 
> Sally
> 
Sorry, I do not want to start a vi-emacs war but I use emacs (particulary
emacs-snapshot) with the nxml-mode package under Linux (but there are
working versions for Windoze, working perfectly under win9x) and I find it
GREAT to work with xml files. It do a validation process _during_ text
tiping and it is able to mark syntax errors with red underlines in real
time.

I know of a great GPL java editor: jedit. Full featured but perhaps a bit
heavy...

Or scite: a wonderful lightweight python programmers editor (no xml validation)

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Marco Ciampa

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