Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> Update to my own post ... Tried TextMate and was impressed enough
In what ways do you consider it is better than emacs+nxml ?
Wouldn't say it was better per se. The original post looked for advice setting up a docbook toolchain on Mac OS X. TextMate, because it's a native OS X app, integrates nicely into that environment ("When in Rome, ..."). There are Emacs/nxml-mode features that I already miss in TextMate, notably the continual doc validation, either because the feature does not exist or I've yet to find it. For myself, I may switch back to Emacs after a few weeks, or I may implement the missing features, or I may decide the look-n-feel is more important then the feature. Dunno yet.
I do like TextMate's approach to the plugins -- it simply execs a script (bash, python, ruby) -- as opposed to having to write lisp. I know Python so that's how I've modified what TextMate calls "Bundles". I modify my emacs usually via Google :)
For the Mac OS X readers on the thread, particularly those who are not familiar/intimate with Emacs, it's an alternative worth evaluating. It's commercial software, but has a 30-day-or-something eval period.
