RE: WYSIWYG Eclipse Editor using batik

[Randy George]

Hi Daryle,               This is an interesting area. The nature of svg, at the juncture of text and graphics, has some very intriguing possibilities. Many of us here have gotten used to manipulating svg in text mode but combining an xml editor and a graphics editor as an Eclipse plugin converges both tools into the same framework that we use for developing _javascript_, backend Java services, and sql database queries. Again, SVG has the potential of significantly changing the way engineering design is accomplished. By engineering I mean graphic oriented design like Civil, Mechanical, Architectural, etc.  Expressing these types of designs in xml allows design practices in the IT world to cross over into this other realm.   For example CVS becomes a simple outgrowth of a WYSIWIG editor in the Eclipse platform. Large dispersed projects and design chains can easily be connected in the same manner that large enterprise IT projects are currently developed. Something as simple as CVS would be quite useful for design projects and collaborative design chains. Also design graphics is slowly evolving into something more complex and dynamic with view links, database linkage, parametric rules etc based on event listeners. These are better handled in an IDE framework like Eclipse than in a standalone graphic editing environment. Modern CAD/GIS functions would benefit greatly by migrating from isolated proprietary platforms to an open environment like Eclipse.   Using the Eclipse IDE as a base, xml designs can be checked out of a standard CVS and shown with an SVG plugin viewer as either text or graphics. The WYSIWIG editor can highlight synchronization issues or apply parametric rules as well as normal editing functions. Once an engineer resolves discrepancies in the design he can then recommit the design to the CVS where it is available for use by engineers across the design domain and once deployed available via internet across the world. CVS practices also make design iterations a permanent part of the design record (perhaps a not so pleasant thought, unless you’re a lawyer).   Should be an opportunity for someone.     Randy   From: Burnside, Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 3:29 PM To: batik-users@xml.apache.org Subject: WYSIWYG Eclipse Editor using batik   My first post so be gentle...   a question if I may...    The company that I work for is interested in creating a WYSIWYG style of editor for Eclipse 3.0.*   We currently have an internal Java Web start application based on Batik/Swing and are looking to move this to a Batik/SWT-Eclipse Framework (still to be delivered over Web start....) Is anyone aware of any such attempts at this sort of Eclipse editor? or is this impractical / impossible? (I'm aware of Dirk Lemmermann's plugin) Thanks for your thoughts... Regards Daryle Burnside. ********************************************************************** This email and any attached files are confidential. They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email, and delete the original. All outgoing emails and attached files are virus scanned, but we do not represent that this email and any attached files are free from computer viruses or other defects. Further, we do not accept any liability for any damage caused by this email or attachments.