Roberto Rosselli Del Turco wrote: > > 1. is it possible to load an XML file with no validation?
Yes but the document must not reference a grammar constraining it (<!DOCTYPE> for DTDs or xsi:schemaLocation and xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation attributes on root element for XML-Schemas). Note that XXE is not very nice to use without the guidance of a DTD or XML-Schema. > I have lots of files that are modules of a bigger project, and as such lack > any pointer > to dtd, entities etc. XXE refuses to load them with messages like > "entity not supported", is it possible to avoid this? Not being able to load an entity (DTD or general entities) is a fatal error. But XXE can be configured to automatically associate a DTD to a document without a <!DOCTYPE> (there is a similar mechanism for XML-Schemas). For example, the bundled configurations allow to create and edit a DTD-less DocBook <section> which is intended to be a module of a larger DocBook document. This is explained in the Power User's Guide. See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/docs/poweruser/ar01s01s01.html > 2. how hard is it to add a different dtd to XXE? It takes 5 minutes once you have taken the time to read the Power User's Guide (available on-line http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/docs/poweruser/index.html but also included in the distribution). > is it enough to add it to catalog.xml? No. See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/docs/poweruser/ar01s01s01.html Adding a DTD to XXE means in fact writing a *configuration for a document type*: * The easy part: adding the DTD. * The not so easy part: writing a CSS style sheet for your document type. (Using XXE without a style sheet is possible but not very comfortable.) > 3. how hard would it be to add an entity tab similar to the Characters > one? It is currently not possible to add a Tool tab to XXE (though it is a good idea!) but what is a much deeper problem for you is that *XXE does not manage entities at all*. See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/features.html#nonfeatures Note that it is possible to add a custom menu and/or a custom toolbar which invokes custom commands. > and, in general, to expand the program with plugins? (I'm thinking > about NoteTab and its .clb files, if you know this program). Customizing XXE by writing configuration is described in the Power User's Guide. Specializing XXE by writing Java[TM] code or scripts is described in the Developer's Guide. Available online http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/docs/dev/index.html and can be freely downloaded from http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/download.shtml (example xxe-devdocs-21.zip). The Developer's Guide is not included in the distribution.
