Xml Editor suggestions

[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

 

[Landi]

Try EditPlus, it will do more then XML. Very fast load speed and very easy
to use.
Great utility if you ask me.

 

[Samuel R. Neff]

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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sam_blinex_com.

 

[qushui]

UltraEdit,it is an excellent editor for c# xml php vb c