On 2017-06-27 Jaroslav Tulach wrote: > On 2017-06-26 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > On 2017-06-25 Sven Reimers wrote: > > > On 2017-06-24 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > > > > > > > can you imagine using NetBeans API for building something like > > > > https://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/DocBook_Editing_Support.html ? > > > > > > the source code ... enabling some support for docbook is > > > http://hg.netbeans.org/main/contrib/file/tip/docbook and > > > http://hg.netbeans.org/main/contrib/file/tip/docbook.project > > > > Wow this looks as a promising starting point. > > > > Btw. the main author of the module is Tim. I've just used it (modified > it) to write my [Practical API Design](http://practical.apidesign.org) book.
Ok, I've finally compiled it and tested. I was hoping to see something like http://www.eclipse.org/vex/ at least ;-) (kidding) As there is no visual XML editing tool for NetBeans yet, we can unleash the imagination how to build a new one. (1) web based (JavaScript + CSS, theoretically independent on NetBeans) (2) utilizing JavaFX, especially https://github.com/TomasMikula/RichTextFX (3) utilizing NetBeans platform (4) ? In (1) I am afraid of browser incompatibilities and low performance. (2) is promising, but not mature nor offering lexer/parsers OOTB. (3) has many functions already in place, but unsure if Swing based solution is sustainable in a long term. Jan
