Karr, David writes: > On a matter somewhat related to JDEE, I happened to notice the XAE package > (that you wrote) associated with EIEIO. I hope you don't mind a direct > question about this, but the mailing list seemed decidely inactive (I see > more spam than real notes). It looks like this was developed quite a while > ago (in web time). The information page about it doesn't actually say what > it does.
Actually, it does. It says it allows you to use Emacs to create, transform, and display XML documents, which is exactly what it does. The XAE website also explains my motivation for creating the XAE, which is to help others avoid the hassle of downloading and integrating all the tools one needs to create, transform, and display XML documents, using Emacs. The XAE download includes psgml, Docbook (the DTD and style sheets most widely used to create software doc), and Saxon, a stylesheet processor. psgml turns Emacs into a context-sensitive XML editor that ensures that you create a valid XML document. The XAE provides a menu of commands for applying style sheets to the xml document in the current buffer (for example, to generate PDF, HTML, or tex output), and for displaying the XML document in the current buffer in an XML-capable browser, such as Internet Explorer, or, for Docbook docs, that converts the XML document in the current buffer to HTML, using Saxon and an XML->HTML stylesheet, and displays it in an HTML browser. >I noticed that when I tried to install it, it fails to find "psgml-maint" >(executing the byte-compile step). I'm guessing it was most recently updated >with a version of psgml prior to what's installed in my XEmacs (1.3.1, >apparently). The latest available version of XAE appears to be labeled a >"beta" version. Do you believe this package is still viable? I believe the XAE is viable. I use it regularly to maintain the doc for the JDEE. There haven't been any changes because I haven't found it necessary to make any changes. It works great for me as it is. > Do you know what the "psgml-maint" problem is? No. Paul
