XML editor

CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄ƷDer Millionendorf- Icrontian
edited April 2008 in Nerdery
I need a freeware program that color codes XML files.

I'm learning more about how to edit these files, but it's too jumbled and hard to see what's going on without some automatic coloring for the tags and such.

Any suggestions?

Comments

  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Other than all the crap it adds....doesn't M$ word color code html/xml?

    Also...suprisingly, this looks free CB: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=72D6AA49-787D-4118-BA5F-4F30FE913628&displaylang=en

    Talks about color customization through options panel.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    You need a copy of Notepad++.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Notepad++ is full of win when it comes to hand-coding just about anything.

    With XML it automatically color codes tags and allows for expansion and hiding of the tree.
  • ZanthianZanthian Mitey Worrier Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    I highly recommend Notepad2.
    http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
  • ZanthianZanthian Mitey Worrier Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    If you can get a copy of it somehow because it isn't free, XML Spy is an awesome tool for working with XML.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    RyderOCZ wrote:
    Other than all the crap it adds....doesn't M$ word color code html/xml?
    Talks about color customization through options panel.

    I thought it did, so I tried opening a couple of these XMLs in Word. One of them looked like unmodified XML code, and the other looked like gobbldegook.

    I also tried saving a word document as an XML, and it came out as garbage when I tried to read it with FG.


    I like the idea of an upgraded notepad. Are Notepad++ and Notepad 2 the same thing?
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Notepad++ and Notepad2 are not the same, but they're similar in functionality and both well-respected editors. Either will do what you're looking to do.
  • ZanthianZanthian Mitey Worrier Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Notepad2 is the editor you are looking for (waves hand in a Jedi mind trick way)
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Zanthian wrote:
    Notepad2 is the editor you are looking for (waves hand in a Jedi mind trick way)

    GH seems to think there isn't much difference, what do you see in Notepad2?

    ...or are you just practicing your Jedi tricks?
  • ZanthianZanthian Mitey Worrier Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Really there isn't a world of difference, it mainly boils down to which you are more comfortable working in. Just get them both and do a quick import of some code to test.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Thanks guys. :)
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    CB Droege wrote:
    I thought it did, so I tried opening a couple of these XMLs in Word. One of them looked like unmodified XML code, and the other looked like gobbldegook.

    I also tried saving a word document as an XML, and it came out as garbage when I tried to read it with FG.


    I like the idea of an upgraded notepad. Are Notepad++ and Notepad 2 the same thing?
    Yea...I should have left that out about Word...I was referring to the download link about that App being free and it talked about color coding things too.
  • sharkydartsharkydart KY Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Altova XMLSpy compared to just notepad++ (or notepad2) is excellent for providing an easy way to make sure new XML documents are well-formed and valid compared to another file containing the schema you are going by. I haven't needed to use XMLSpy in quite a while, but it is very nice compared to just notepad++ or notepad2 when there is more than a rote amount of complexity involved.
    ...otherwise, i'd just use notepad++ :D
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