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editing XML with vi clones (Re: "Abbreviated" DocBook)
- From: "Matt G." <matt_g_ at hotmail dot com>
- To: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:54:36 +0000
- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: editing XML with vi clones (Re: "Abbreviated" DocBook)
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>From: Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com>
>Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: "Abbreviated" DocBook
>Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 08:39:56 -0200
>
>>especially since I write all my XML with vi, however I'm
>>convinced it's worth the effort.
>
>Oh... That's why you suffer a little. Not starting a war, but Emacs has a
>lot of facilities to handle both SGML and XML. And
>these work very fine with DocBook.
Yeah, for all the benefits I espouse of XML-aware editors, I'm sure a long
way from using one. I'd even consider using Emacs + PSGML mode, but my
fingers know vi, and editing XML the way I do is still surprisingly
efficient. I just wish I could get better auto indentation (I don't like
the mode that came with VIM 6.0), and maybe element/attribute name
tab-completion.
If anyone has any suggestions (besides switching to Emacs :) I'd be very
grateful.
(As a matter of fact, I keep struggling with the idea of writing yet another
vi clone that has the mode/programming capabilities of Emacs, and the
efficiency of a vi-style command language. Oh, and the behavior of its
command language would be *consistent*, which is a word Bill Joy apparently
didn't know very well, when he wrote it.)
Matt
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