[plug] Whats a good xml editor for linux?

[Derek Fountain]

> The point that James was trying to make was, Openoffice actually
> understands the semantics of the XML that it produces so it can hide the
> underlying XML from you.

That, as far as I am concerned, is what defines an XML editor.

> Your generic XML editor isn't any different to Emacs (or Vim - I wasn't 
> aware that it had an XML mode but James seems
> to think it does so I'll take his word for it...), except that it looks
> different and uses a hideous inefficient rat to control it rather than a
> nice keyboard like a real editor does :-)

I'm obviously having trouble getting across my view that there's a difference 
between a text editor which will help fill in the angle brackets etc., and an 
XML editor which will take your data and edit/arrange/save it in an XML 
format.

Also, FWIW, when I was previously describing the XMLSpy GUI, I was hugely 
simplifying for the purpose of discussion. In fact it is a highly efficient 
interface usable from keyboard or rodent. Altova claim over a million users 
and I don't think they could do that if their product was cumbersome or 
difficult to use.

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