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=== Exchanger XML Lite === * environment: Java * homepage: http://www.freexmleditor.com/ * install: http://www.freexmleditor.com/ * community: http://exchangerxml.com/phpBB2/ * comments: ~+not+~ Open Source, free to use but restricted * free lite version with pro version available * haven't tried it yet |
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* once I got the hang of the XML plugins and debug functions, I think this is my favorite XML editor so far === Vex === * environment: Java / Eclipse * component: Eclipse * homepage: http://vex.sourceforge.net/ * install: http://vex.sourceforge.net/install.html * community: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=41623 * comments: doesn't support Xinclude, other than that a very nice editor interface based on Eclipse 3.0 * can also be used as a plugin for Eclipse, but works best with 1.4 JVM and Eclipse 3.0 * I couldn't get it to work with 1.5 JVM and Eclipse 3.1.2 * interesting whitepaper from IBM http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Authoring-With-Eclipse/AuthoringWithEclipse.html |
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These programs require you to pay money for a license, but usually included in that price is professional support from the program vendor. | These programs require you to pay money for a license, but usually included in that price is professional support from the program vendor. Several of these programs also have a Lite version with several features disabled. Lite versions are usually free for personal use but restricted. === Exchanger XML Editor (EXE) === * environment: Java * homepage: http://www.exchangerxml.com/ * lite: http://www.freexmleditor.com/ * community: http://exchangerxml.com/phpBB2/ * comments: ~+not+~ Open Source, free to use but restricted * haven't tried it yet === XMLmind XML Editor (XXE) === * environment: Java * homepage: http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/ * lite: http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/stdedition.html * community: http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support * comments: ~+not+~ Open Source, free to use but restricted * very nice interface nearly WYSIWYG, I think this is my 2nd favorite * supports Xincludes and can inline content including most graphics * sometimes adds blank lines or messes up indents when you look at the raw XML |
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* oxygen http://www.oxygenxml.com/ * stylus / pilot ? * adobe pagemaker ? |
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Goals
The goals of this page are...
to be a comprehensive list of DocBook-aware editor programs
- to distinguish which programs are included in Ubuntu
- to present this information in a consistent format
please try to stick to the format thank you
The questions that I am trying to help you to answer for yourself are...
- How easy or hard is it going to be for me to get this program?
- How easy or hard is it going to be for me to install this program?
- How much help am I going to need and will I be able to get it?
- Will the look and feel of the app be comfortable to me?
Format
program (+ plugin1 / plugin2 ...)
- repository: main / universe
- environment: Gnome / KDE / Java / command-line / ?
component: Scintilla / GtkSourceView / ?
- homepage: project homepage
- install: apt-get install ...
- community: program community resources link
- comments: comment 1
- comment 2
Test Suite
You can find many sample documents in the DocBook SourceForge CVS Repository which may be useful to exercise program features:
Supported
These programs are available from the Ubuntu package repositories. Packages in the "main" repository should be well supported by the Ubuntu community. Packages in the "universe" repository are contributed by smaller groups or individuals and may not be as well-supported.
abiword
- repository: main
- environment: GTK2 / Gnome2
homepage: http://www.abisource.com/
- install: apt-get install abiword abiword-common abiword-plugins
community: http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/
comments: I'm having problems importing DocBook, but it should work, I need to RTFM
bluefish
- repository: universe
- environment: Gnome
homepage: http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html
- install: apt-get install bluefish
community: http://bfwiki.tellefsen.net/
- comments: bluefish is an HTML editor, not totally adept as an XML editor
conglomerate
- repository: universe
- environment: Gnome
homepage: http://www.conglomerate.org/index.html
- install: apt-get install conglomerate
community: http://www.conglomerate.org/getting_involved.html
- comments: boxes don't display right on dapper with default settings
- some very interesting concepts for organizing the display vs. other editors
emacs + nxml
- repository: main / universe
- environment: emacs
homepage: http://www.thaiopensource.com/nxml-mode/
- install: apt-get install nxml-mode
- comments: if you love emacs, this is the thing
kate
- repository: main
- environment: KDE
homepage: http://kate.kde.org/
- install: apt-get install kate kate-plugins
community: http://kate.kde.org/contact.php
- comments: installed by default with Kubuntu
- great option for kate, use it for all my editing
- code folding / unfolding is handled very nicely
lyx
- repository: universe
- environment: Qt / xforms
homepage: http://www.lyx.org
- install: apt-get install lyx
community: http://www.lyx.org/internet/
comments: LaTeX oriented but can import / export DocBook
- What You See Is What You Mean (WYSIWYM) works beautifully
- templates seem to be broken at the moment
mlview
- repository: universe
- environment: Gnome
- install: apt-get install mlview
community: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mlview-list
- comments: looks promising, haven't thoroughly tested it yet
OpenOffice.org Writer
- repository: main
- environment: (originally Java, but now ?)
homepage: http://www.openoffice.org
- install: apt-get install openoffice.org
community: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html
comments: I have not been able to get OOo to work with DocBook on Linux
WritingDocbookWithOpenOffice describes procedure to use OOo to edit DocBook
Quanta+
- repository: main
- environment: KDE
homepage: http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/
- install: apt-get install quanta
community: http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/bugs.php
- comments: looks similar to kate, but has some nice tools for validation etc.
doesn't have the DocBook 4.3 XML DTD out of the box
- no missing dependencies in Kubuntu dapper
- in Ubuntu dapper, a few dependency problems
- a few needed packages are not installed by "apt-get quanta"
- installing kubuntu-desktop is one easy way to fix it
- I should try to find out what extra packages I needed to install
- then I should report it as a bug!
- on Ubuntu dapper, sometimes it freezes for me
excellent tutorial http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/tutorials/quanta-docbook/quanta.html
SciTE
- repository: universe
- environment: Scintilla
homepage: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
- install: apt-get install scite
community: http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
- comments: on dapper SciTE crashes for me, maybe OK on breezy?
- scriptable and extensible through Python
vim + xmledit
- repository: main
- environment: vim
homepage: http://www.vim.org/
- install: console vim comes installed by default, gtk frontend is vim-gtk
community: http://www.vim.org/community.php
- comments:
[http://www.pinkjuice.com/howto/vimxml/tasks.xml Vim as an XML Editor]
[http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=583 Vim Tip 583 (see comments)]
Vim also supports many features like code folding, spell checking, <your favourite feature>
Unsupported
These programs are not available in the Ubuntu package repositories. Some packages may not be included due to licensing restrictions. Perhaps you would like to volunteer to package one of these programs for Ubuntu? There is certainly nothing wrong with using these programs, but you may need to turn to their own user community if you need assistance.
Butterfly XML
- environment: Java
homepage: http://www.butterflyxml.org/
install: http://www.butterflyxml.org/modules.php?name=Downloads
community: http://www.butterflyxml.org/modules.php?name=Forums
- comments: screenshots look intriguing, haven't tried it yet
Geany
- environment: GTK2
homepage: http://geany.uvena.de/
community: http://geany.uvena.de/support.html
- comments: must be built form source code, haven't tried it yet
jEdit + XML / XmlIndenter / XQuery / XSLT / JTidyPlugin
- environment: Java
homepage: http://www.jedit.org/
community: http://community.jedit.org/
- comments: nice if you use both Linux and Windows
- once I got the hang of the XML plugins and debug functions, I think this is my favorite XML editor so far
Vex
- environment: Java / Eclipse
- component: Eclipse
homepage: http://vex.sourceforge.net/
community: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=41623
- comments: doesn't support Xinclude, other than that a very nice editor interface based on Eclipse 3.0
- can also be used as a plugin for Eclipse, but works best with 1.4 JVM and Eclipse 3.0
- I couldn't get it to work with 1.5 JVM and Eclipse 3.1.2
interesting whitepaper from IBM http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Authoring-With-Eclipse/AuthoringWithEclipse.html
Commercial Applications
These programs require you to pay money for a license, but usually included in that price is professional support from the program vendor. Several of these programs also have a Lite version with several features disabled. Lite versions are usually free for personal use but restricted.
Exchanger XML Editor (EXE)
- environment: Java
homepage: http://www.exchangerxml.com/
community: http://exchangerxml.com/phpBB2/
comments: not Open Source, free to use but restricted
- haven't tried it yet
XMLmind XML Editor (XXE)
- environment: Java
homepage: http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/
community: http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
comments: not Open Source, free to use but restricted
- very nice interface nearly WYSIWYG, I think this is my 2nd favorite
- supports Xincludes and can inline content including most graphics
- sometimes adds blank lines or messes up indents when you look at the raw XML
Dead Projects
These are programs which appear to be abandoned by the author. I have included them here to answer the question, "But what about program <X>?" If you are a developer and you really like the program, perhaps you could contact the author to ask about resuming development or creating a fork.
moleskine
- environment: Gnome
- component: Scintilla
homepage: http://micampe.it/things/moleskine
install: http://micampe.it/things/moleskine
- community:
- comments:
Editor Components
Peeking at the source code, I found there is similarity between many of the programs because they are based on the same widget set or editor component. For example SciTE and Geany are both based on the Scintilla code editor component, while bluefish and gedit are based on the GtkSourceView component. The component that is used controls how the editor displays and manages code folding and syntax highlighting for example. I think it would be a useful exercise to identify the editor component used by each application.
Related Pages
To Do List
Programs to add
nice list on http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/tools-edit.html
check programs listed on http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/ScintillaRelated.html
- PyPE
- any other editor components akin to Scintilla?
Jext http://www.jext.org/
Code Browser http://code-browser.sourceforge.net/
GtkEditor component http://gtkeditor.sourceforge.net/
oxygen http://www.oxygenxml.com/
- stylus / pilot ?
- adobe pagemaker ?