> We are using xmlMind for editing files for DocBook and wanted to know if > it is possible to keep the source files in TextPad with the same > formatting, i.e. elements in nested tags. When we make any changes to > the files in xmlMind, all of this formatting is lost and the tags run > one after the other in streams. Our developers are used to seeing xml > files with indented nested tags. We have tried every option on the > options menu, but cannot seem to stop this from happening. Please help.
You can enable indented formatting from the Options->Options dialog by checking the Indent box on the Save tab. This generates pretty reasonable output whenever the DTD or schema for the document is available. If it is not (or the document is not valid per the DTD/schema) it may not work too well. There are other limitations; indentation within elements that may contain #PCDATA text (such as <para>) will not nest further sub-elements. This is generally right (you don't really want a line break and indent every time you throw in an <emphasis>) but if you are using lists inside of paragraphs, it gets messy. Usually, you can just move the <itemizedlist> or whatever to follow the <para> instead of being inside it (the formatted display is essentially the same in most cases, but this is not always possible. If the output of XXE isn't sufficiently pretty for your needs, you may wish to look at automating use of a tool like xmlindent (http://freshmeat.net/projects/xmlindent/). @alex -- mailto:dupuy at sysd.com
