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Simplistic XML Text Editor [message #230031]

Sat, 04 April 2009 08:02

Kai Schlamp
Messages: 344
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hello.

I installed the "WST XML Editors and Tools" in the hope that I get
highlighting and some other features (like automatic indention,
automatic text completion on end tags, and so on) in the normal text
editor. The XML Editor is quite nice, but I still prefer looking at the
text.
Does someone know of a plugin or a way to enable such a XML text editor
within Eclipse?

Cheers,
Kai

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Re: Simplistic XML Text Editor [message #230046 is a reply to message #230031]

Sat, 04 April 2009 14:17

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: david_williams.linux.vnet.ibm.com

Kai Schlamp wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I installed the "WST XML Editors and Tools" in the hope that I get
> highlighting and some other features (like automatic indention,
> automatic text completion on end tags, and so on) in the normal text
> editor. The XML Editor is quite nice, but I still prefer looking at
> the text.
> Does someone know of a plugin or a way to enable such a XML text
> editor within Eclipse?
>
> Cheers,
> Kai
You may already have it. When you see the xml editor opened, is it a
"design view" ... tree and columns? If so, look a the bottom and you'll
likely see a "source" tab.

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Re: Simplistic XML Text Editor [message #230060 is a reply to message #230046]

Sat, 04 April 2009 14:23

Kai Schlamp
Messages: 344
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

That was a dumb question. It really is there (computer screens are so
big today ;-). And a very good source editor, too.

Thanks.

> You may already have it. When you see the xml editor opened, is it a
> "design view" ... tree and columns? If so, look a the bottom and you'll
> likely see a "source" tab.

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Re: Simplistic XML Text Editor [message #230067 is a reply to message #230060]

Sat, 04 April 2009 15:45

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: david_williams.linux.vnet.ibm.com

> That was a dumb question. ...
Not at all. It's been asked several times on this list, and for each
time asked, I'm sure there's 20 people who wasted time finding it before
they did.

We used to have 'source' as the default, but some people didn't like
that ... It'd be nice to find some way to make it more obvious there
were multiple pages ... but no one has thought of a way so far.

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Re: Simplistic XML Text Editor [message #230090 is a reply to message #230067]

Mon, 06 April 2009 09:56

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dcarver.starstandard.org

Move the tabs to the top of the screen instead of along the bottom. ECF
does this with their IRC Client. I know traditionaly editor tabs have
been in the bottom of eclipse Multipage editors, but people tend to miss
them.

Dave

David Williams wrote:
>
>> That was a dumb question. ...
> Not at all. It's been asked several times on this list, and for each
> time asked, I'm sure there's 20 people who wasted time finding it before
> they did.
>
> We used to have 'source' as the default, but some people didn't like
> that ... It'd be nice to find some way to make it more obvious there
> were multiple pages ... but no one has thought of a way so far.
>

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