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Most teachers of [[TEI]] and [[EpiDoc]] courses or workshops use the Syncrosoft [[Oxygen]] XML editor, on the grounds that:
==Free or open source editors==


*the developers [http://www.sync.ro/ Syncrosoft] are known to be responsive, especially to the DH community;
The tendency in the digital humanities is toward the use of free and open source software, especially in teaching, leads to the need for a list of fully free and open alternatives to Oxygen XML Editor (see below). This page is the beginnings of such a list (installation and configuration notes will be added or linked where available).  
*it has a very good balance of functionality (XPath and XSLT transformation as well as predictive and customizable editing modes);
*it is very easy for students to learn to use, cross-platform, and the free 30-day trial is adequate for short workshops;
*the full academic license ($99) is very reasonable for this kind of tool;
*it is what many of us use in our day-to-day work, so teaching it is natural.


However, the tendency in the digital humanities toward the use of free and open source software, especially in teaching, leads to the need for a list of fully free and open alternatives to this popular XML editor. The below is the beginnings of such a list (installation and configuration notes will be added or linked where available).
* [[Atom (editor)]] - https://atom.io/ (hackable text editor; includes [https://atom.io/packages/linter-autocomplete-jing RelaxNG validation], [https://atom.io/packages/xml-tools XML] and [https://atom.io/packages/atom-xsltransform XSLT] plugins)
 
* [[Easymacs]] (configuration by Peter Heslin)
==Open source editors==
* [[jEdit]] (open source code editor)
 
* [[Sublime Text]] 3 (free evaluation version; license required for continued use)
* [[Easymacs]] - https://github.com/pjheslin/easymacs (configuration by Peter Heslin)
* [[jEdit]] - http://www.jedit.org/ ([http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?XML XML] and [http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?XSLT XSLT] plugins available) (other [http://plugins.jedit.org/list.php?category=4 HTML/XML plugins])
* [[Vex]] = http://www.eclipse.org/vex/ (Visual Editor for XML from Eclipse)
* [[Vex]] = http://www.eclipse.org/vex/ (Visual Editor for XML from Eclipse)


==Other free editors==
==Oxygen==


* ...
Despite the tendency in the digital humanities toward the use of free and open source software, most teachers of [[Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)|TEI]] and [[EpiDoc]] courses or workshops use the popular Syncrosoft [[Oxygen]] XML editor, on the grounds that:


* the developers [http://www.sync.ro/ Syncrosoft] are known to be responsive, especially to the DH community;
* it has a very good balance of functionality (XPath and XSLT transformation as well as predictive and customizable editing modes);
* it is very easy for students to learn to use, cross-platform, and the free 30-day trial is adequate for short workshops;
* the full academic license ($137) is very reasonable for this kind of tool (and official TEI workshops can obtain a 20% discount for students);
* it is what many of us use in our day-to-day work, so teaching it is natural.


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Latest revision as of 17:47, 20 July 2023

Free or open source editors

The tendency in the digital humanities is toward the use of free and open source software, especially in teaching, leads to the need for a list of fully free and open alternatives to Oxygen XML Editor (see below). This page is the beginnings of such a list (installation and configuration notes will be added or linked where available).

Oxygen

Despite the tendency in the digital humanities toward the use of free and open source software, most teachers of TEI and EpiDoc courses or workshops use the popular Syncrosoft Oxygen XML editor, on the grounds that:

  • the developers Syncrosoft are known to be responsive, especially to the DH community;
  • it has a very good balance of functionality (XPath and XSLT transformation as well as predictive and customizable editing modes);
  • it is very easy for students to learn to use, cross-platform, and the free 30-day trial is adequate for short workshops;
  • the full academic license ($137) is very reasonable for this kind of tool (and official TEI workshops can obtain a 20% discount for students);
  • it is what many of us use in our day-to-day work, so teaching it is natural.