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
