Amaya as XML Editor

Hi,

I found Amaya 9.3 does a fine work as a general XML editor when using the
Structure View. I have a few sugestions to improve this aspect.

1) Parental information showed in the state line at the bottom of the screen
for complex (in depth) XML docs can be confusing:

    summary \ system \ file \ dir \ dir \ dir \ doc

is fine, but: what concret file and dir in ... file \ dir \ dir \ dir ... we
are working in?

Having information on values of some element's attributes (eg: name) should
be of great help:

    summary \ system \ file(zap.html) \ dir(things) \ dir(basic) \ dir(home)
\ doc

A solution could be a configuration option to associate elements' names with
preferred attributes' values to show (in order):

    doc:name ; dir:name,id ; file:fileLocalName ;

If a <doc name="critical">...</doc> element is found, name's value will be
showed as | ... \ doc(critical) | in the bottom line. If a <dir
id="galley">...</dir> element is found (note: no name attribute, but id)  |
... \ dir(galley) ... | will be showed. No listed attribute, no additional
information (<dir locked="yes">...</dir>  --> | ... \ dir \ ... | ).

2) Alphabetical order in XML element type selection list at Tools Window.

3) No Formatted View as an option: it's useless when working with xml docs'
structure and contents.

I know you have a long long wish list. Please, add mines to it. And thanks
for the fine work. -Fidel Mato-

Received on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 09:19:14 UTC