Xml Editor suggestions

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Frank Rizzo

I am looking for a light-weight Xml editor. The only features I really
want is tag autocompletion (i.e. I type in <blah> and it auto completes
the </blah>), syntax coloring and validation for correctness (don't care
about validating against schemas).

It must be fast to start and have a simple interface.
I tried out XmlSpy, but it is too bulky and takes a while to start.
VS.NET is a dog as well, as we all know.

XmlPad did everything I wanted but it only accepts files with a certain
extention (.xml, .xsl and some others). I need it to accept a file with
any extention as long as the content inside is XML. This is because I
work with NAnt files a lot which typically have .build extention.

Any suggestions?
Thanks
 
Try EditPlus, it will do more then XML. Very fast load speed and very easy
to use.
Great utility if you ask me.
 
PrimalScript will do tag completion and syntax coloring, but not
validation (on the request list, I hope they implement it soon). It
does however do tag insight for any XML based on a DTD (no XSD support
for insight). You can configure any extesion as being XML content and
can associate a DTD with an extension (so no DTD declaration in the
XML file itself is needed for insight to work).

Validation can be performed with an external validator and linked to a
project command or tool for easy access within the IDE.

It also supports lots of other languages and has a version that also
supports .NET languages called PrimalCode. It's very small and very
fast.

http://www.sapien.com

I've been using it for about 2 years for XML, CFML, and ActionScript
and our company has purchased about 20 licenses.

Best regards,

Sam


I am looking for a light-weight Xml editor. The only features I really
want is tag autocompletion (i.e. I type in <blah> and it auto completes
the </blah>), syntax coloring and validation for correctness (don't care
about validating against schemas).

It must be fast to start and have a simple interface.
I tried out XmlSpy, but it is too bulky and takes a while to start.
VS.NET is a dog as well, as we all know.

XmlPad did everything I wanted but it only accepts files with a certain
extention (.xml, .xsl and some others). I need it to accept a file with
any extention as long as the content inside is XML. This is because I
work with NAnt files a lot which typically have .build extention.

Any suggestions?
Thanks
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