Jean Jordaan wrote: > > I see that the editing of an element in a helper application works > differently from editing the whole document. > > The aspect that bugs me is that includes are expanded (and thus lost > upon saving) when editing an element. > > But the nice thing about editing an element is that the edit can be > undone, unlike editing the whole document. > > Any chance of getting the best of both worlds? :-)
I'm sorry but the answer is no. * Editing the selected element in a helper application has been designed to allow using specialized editors such as MathML editors and SVG Editors, and not text editors. * Editing the document in a helper application has been designed to allow using text editors to modify an XML document at the physical level (something seldom needed when one takes the time to learn XXE). First feature is really useful[*]. Second feature is not really useful, but is an acceptable answer to the FAQ: "How can I view in the XML source of my document?" -- http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/how_to.html#source_view --- [*] *Will* *be* really useful, when the users will switch to DocBook 5, which allows embedding MathML and SVG.
