On Sunday 13 January 2019 22:24:24 Chris Albertson wrote: > For editing XML, I just use Eclipse. It's default HTML editor will > color hi light XML. But if you are not doing software development > then Eclipse will not be something you already have. But other > editors have language plug-ins will certainly have one for XML that > will do colored syntax hi lighting and flags errors as you type. > > As for not loosing work. Are you using any kind of version control > system?
No, but I am now running the current version that works so far thru xmlindent to an increased version#, and then continueing to work on the new file that creates. > You should be committing changes after some new improvement > works, commit the change and write a note. Then you have a record of > every file version and why you changed it. Put the data on Github of > some other cloud service and if an asteroid lands on your house the > data is still there. > > Onto of thatchy not set up abackupsystemthat runs every hound save the > changes. There are any number that run on Linux. > > I keep filesI can't re-create on at least three redundant back backup > locations. That is the minimum of the data is to survive some kind > ofacizent like a lightening strike or a house fire or theft of the > equipment. The version control stuff protects yo against yourself > accidentally saving file after electing every line and then not > noticing the error until the backup system have overwritten you good > copies. and 1,000 other common user errors. I think almost all > people doing software have moved housing Git from other version > control systems. I just found that the same file/function on the G0704 has the missing tally leds for the alignment stuff, so once I'm well into my 2nd cuppa, and have my lady coffee'd and fed, I should be able to transfer that stuff into the next version of this file. [...] Thanks Chris. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
