Sorry, Shmuel, but this is incorrect on a couple of levels.
First of all, it's simply impossible for MIF to have been *based on* XML. MIF
has existed since the very beginning of FrameMaker in 1986. XML, on the other
hand, was initially defined (XML 1.0 first edition) in 1998, 12 years after MIF
was first included in a released product.
Second, the syntax may look similar, but the similarity extends no deeper than
the use of angle brackets as delimiters.
In MIF, both the property/parameter name and its value or values (which may
themselves be bracket-delimited properties) are contained inside the brackets.
The end of each element is marked by a simple right angle-bracket. This is not
a problem in simple, single-value elements that begin and end on the same line;
but to accommodate multi-line elements have multiple properties nested within
it, it is necessary to include a commentary string that identifies what element
is closed by the immediately preceding bracket since all brackets have
identical appearance.
In XML, on the other hand, the angle brackets only contain the name of the
element type. The content (e.g., the value of the property or parameter) is
*outside* the angle brackets, delimited by a bracketed start tag (e.g.,
<elementX>) and a corresponding explicitly named end tag (e.g., </elementX>) .
When your text editor highlights it as XML, it would highlight the opening
angle bracket and parameter name string as if they were XML start tags. But the
parameter values would not be highlighted because they appear in a location
where XML does not allow text. Depending on your editor, numerical parameter
values might be highlighted just because they are numerical. This degree of
highlighting might be useful, but it is essentially accidental rather than by
design.
-Fred Ridder
> From: shmue...@gmail.com
> To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: What free Windows text editor should I use to look at MIF files?
>
> MIF is based on XML, so select XML highlighting in the text editor. I
> just tried it in SciTE and it looks good after selecting XML. It may
> also work in NotePad++ but I didn't try it.
>
> --
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
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