Recent changes to feature-requests

Tab width definition

Glen Seiler — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:54:03 -0000

Hi, great program. Was looking for a OSS, lightweight
alternative to XMLspy...I think I found it.

I opened a generated file from xmlspy and it uses
tabs....in butterfly XML it looks nearly unreadable
because all the tabs are about 10 characters wide. Can
we get an option set set how big that is?

Thanks for the project.
Glen

graph representation and editing?

Gábor Lipták — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:51:50 -0000

Please consider adding graphical representation and
editing capabilities (similar to what is provided by
XMLSpy or Stylus).

Thanks

Vertical Selection (Cut, Copy, Paste)

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:42:33 -0000

A very handy feature I have found in some text editors
that is particularly handy in an XML editor, is vertical
selection for cut, copy and paste. This is normally
accomplished by holding down the ALT key while
selecting a column (or multiple columns). Where I find it
most useful is in conjunction with the Tidy XML feature
so that columns can be lined up for editing, as shown
below

<id>name = "blah" number = "100##"</id>
<id>name = "blah" number = "100##"</id>
<id>name = "blah" number = "100##"</id>
<id>name = "blah" number = "100##"</id>
<id>name = "blah" number = "100##"</id>

I would like to be able to copy, and paste this column
below in the ## column above without having to edit
each one-at-a-time:
01
02
03
04
05

Options - Formatting Options

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:32:31 -0000

I would dearly love to be able to set formatting options
for use with the Tidy XML feature. The more options
here the merrier. "Must haves" might include:

Retain/Remove empty lines
Preserve empty lines between Elements
Number of spaces/tabs to indent

Currently, the Tidy XML feature created a line break
after ' (apstrophes), which creates javascript errors in
embedded javascript sections. For instance (sample
Tidy XML output):

movieFrame.document.write('

find - find/replace output window

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:23:01 -0000

One feature I find lacking in many text editors is a
window (either popup or docked) that displays a list of
ALL found/replaced items when a search is run.

I am editing xml files that have up to 10,000 lines.
When I do a "find", it is quite time consuming to "find
next" until I get to the item I am looking for.

The addition of an output window of some sort, would
allow one to jump directly without having to step
through the file.

In the event of a global find and replace, this feature is
very handy when used to peruse all of the replacements
that have been made at-a-glance in order to verify
intent.

Font setting

Ali Bolourian — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:36:11 -0000

The font used for xml editing is too hard to develop. It's
nice if user can change the font at least for text xml
editor.

XSL:FO Support

Jules White — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:10:12 -0000

Add xsl formatting objects support and pdf generation
support.

Docbook Support

Jules White — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:08:55 -0000

Add support for the docbook dtd and stylesheets.

XML Diff Support

Jules White — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:07:59 -0000

Enable users to do a diff of the document showing what
DOM nodes have changed since it has been opened for
editing.

Support for User-Defined Color Schemes

Jules White — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:06:41 -0000

Allow users to choose their own coloring schemes for
elements.