Re: WYSIWYG XSL Editors

[Martin Stricker <shugal at gmx dot de>]

Wendell Piez schrieb:
> 
> Text editors are a good example of software dependencies work as
> "adaptive peaks". Once you get familiar with one, it takes effort to
> retool yourself. The e-macs peak is very high, but a bit steep.
> Sitting where I am, I can see it over there, but I'd have to go down
> before I could climb up again.

I, too, use TextPad whenever I don't want to look up my emacs
shortscuts... I tend to forget them - maybe I should code more often...
 
> On the other hand, I've talked to students that have complained about
> using vi command-key sequences in their sleep.

vi's the fourth editor I use, always when I just have to make some
simple changes. The third editor is Uli Meybohm's HTML-Editor (obviously
only for my HTML pages for which it is perfect), you can find it at
http://www.meybohm.de/htmledit/ (there should be an english user
interface, too).
 
> As for UltraEdit, Textpad, PFE, I haven't seen anything that has
> convinced me that one is significantly better than another. (Doesn't
> mean others haven't.) It's just what you know, you know.

That's much like my approach: I use different editors for different
tasks. I prefer to use the (in my personal opinion) best tool for a
given task. Of course that means I have to install much software
(happily I own some really *big* hard drives ;-) ) and try them out to
find a good one, but I've always enjoyed testing new software (and of
course alter it to make it fit my expectations. So I really like open
source or really flexible software).

Best regards,
Martin Stricker


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