Re: [m2] xml editors - little off topic
Ashley Williams wrote: I've mentioned in a previous post that I'm slightly fed up with editing xml files, even with a fancy editor. I though I might knock up a stylesheet that will enable me to write a short hand for example: project modelVersion 4.0.0 groupId com.acme dependencies dependency groupId servletapi dependency groupId ejbapi In other words tabs are important and should map nicely to begin and end tags. With a little magic the one-one map would mean I don't even need to keep a separate file since it's just a view on an existing xml file. Question is: has anyone had this idea before and where can I download it? Thanks AW Ashley, way off topic dude! ;-) AFAIK are many efforts at producing markup more minimal than XML. I remember reading an article some years ago that listed between 4 and 6 different candidates, with a short discussion concerning each. Just looked for and couldn't identify or locate anything that looked similar, but try googling for YAML and then stand back. There are parsers and integrations for at least perl, python and ruby. This is not a recommendation, just a suggestion about a starting point. Good luck - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [m2] xml editors - little off topic
the apt documentation mechanism is an implemention of this basic idea I think... http://maven.apache.org/maven2/apt-format.html jesse On 9/7/05, Andy Glick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ashley Williams wrote: > > I've mentioned in a previous post that I'm slightly fed up with editing > > xml files, even with a fancy editor. I though I might knock up a > > stylesheet that will enable me to write a short hand for example: > > > > project > > modelVersion 4.0.0 > > groupId com.acme > > dependencies > > dependency > > groupId servletapi > > dependency > > groupId ejbapi > > > > > > In other words tabs are important and should map nicely to begin and > > end tags. With a little magic the one-one map would mean I don't even > > need to keep a separate file since it's just a view on an existing xml > > file. > > > > Question is: has anyone had this idea before and where can I download > it? > > > > Thanks > > AW > > Ashley, way off topic dude! ;-) > > AFAIK are many efforts at producing markup more minimal than XML. I > remember reading an article some years ago that listed between 4 and 6 > different candidates, with a short discussion concerning each. Just looked > for and couldn't identify or locate anything that looked similar, but try > googling for YAML and then stand back. There are parsers and integrations > for at least perl, python and ruby. This is not a recommendation, just a > suggestion about a starting point. > > Good luck > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- jesse mcconnell
Re: [m2] xml editors - little off topic
Good pointer - look forward to reading the docs when I get a moment. Had a quick scan, but I don't think it will help me xmlwise, but it will take the drudgery out of a few other tasks. On 7 Sep 2005, at 21:00, Jesse McConnell wrote: the apt documentation mechanism is an implemention of this basic idea I think... http://maven.apache.org/maven2/apt-format.html jesse On 9/7/05, Andy Glick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ashley Williams wrote: I've mentioned in a previous post that I'm slightly fed up with editing xml files, even with a fancy editor. I though I might knock up a stylesheet that will enable me to write a short hand for example: project modelVersion 4.0.0 groupId com.acme dependencies dependency groupId servletapi dependency groupId ejbapi In other words tabs are important and should map nicely to begin and end tags. With a little magic the one-one map would mean I don't even need to keep a separate file since it's just a view on an existing xml file. Question is: has anyone had this idea before and where can I download it? Thanks AW Ashley, way off topic dude! ;-) AFAIK are many efforts at producing markup more minimal than XML. I remember reading an article some years ago that listed between 4 and 6 different candidates, with a short discussion concerning each. Just looked for and couldn't identify or locate anything that looked similar, but try googling for YAML and then stand back. There are parsers and integrations for at least perl, python and ruby. This is not a recommendation, just a suggestion about a starting point. Good luck - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jesse mcconnell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [m2] xml editors - little off topic
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 05:23:22PM +0100, Ashley Williams wrote: > I've mentioned in a previous post that I'm slightly fed up with > editing xml files, even with a fancy editor. I though I might knock > up a stylesheet that will enable me to write a short hand for example: > > project > modelVersion 4.0.0 > groupId com.acme > dependencies > dependency > groupId servletapi > dependency > groupId ejbapi > > > In other words tabs are important and should map nicely to begin and > end tags. With a little magic the one-one map would mean I don't even > need to keep a separate file since it's just a view on an existing > xml file. A alternative solution to this is to use the very rich metadata we have about the Maven model and generate Swing forms and then create a pretty simple tool to mix this all together. We already generate XML readers and writers for the model so marshalling and unmarshalling the objects is already taken care of. With a little more glue the Maven project builder and validator could be put into the mix aswell. Note that the MevenIDE guys might have similar thoughs as they already have a visual editor for the Maven model. If this is of interest to anyone speak up and we can talk about the details. -- Trygve signature.asc Description: Digital signature
