Stefan Bodewig wrote:
>
> >>>>> "SM" == Stefano Mazzocchi <stefano@apache.org> writes:
>
> SM> Stefan Bodewig wrote
>
> >> While I think full validation is of low priority checking whether
> >> buld.xml is at least well formed and providing better error
> >> messages would be helpfull.
>
> SM> +1, this is already in the todo list
>
> Maybe Xerces would provide more usable error messages and thus just
> switching the parser would help? I know you are involved with
> xml.apache.org projects so maybe you could comment on this?
yes, xerces is much better at error codes than projectX, for what I've
seen, but maybe it's a problem with Ant that doesn't print that
information passed on the SAXExceptions...
> >> It took me a rather long time to see that the parser shipped with
> >> Ant chokes on comments inside elements
> >>
> >> nsgmls didn't complain at all
>
> SM> nsgmls is not exactly the bext xml editor available...
>
> OK, http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#sec-comments quite
> clearly says nsgmls was wrong.
>
> It (nsgmls) was the one I had on my disk as I'm using DocBook - the
> SGML version - to document my code (design documents, user manuals all
> the boring stuff you're forced to do).
>
> SM> unfortunately, it's one of the best you get for free
>
> Other recommendations?
The best XML editor around is, by far, XMetaL (www.xmetal.com)... but
way too expensive for what gives you, IMVHO.
--
Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be
able to give birth to a dancing star.
<stefano@apache.org> Friedrich Nietzsche
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