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How to: Software for editing XML #answer #development #computers

Software for editing XML

I need a piece of software to allow me to create XML from a DTD. I don’t want to have to see the actually XML at all though. I would like something that generates a GUI based on the DTD and allows me to edit from there. Is there anything like this out there?

Answer [by Michael]: Software for editing XML

You might find what you’re looking for in a related StackOverflow…

How-to: How can I edit multiple text files as one virtual document? #programming #dev #development

How can I edit multiple text files as one virtual document?

My main goal is to be able to constantly keep track of individual text fragment word and character counts while simultaneously being able to read the entire long document as a whole.

Answer [by Breakthrough]: How can I edit multiple text files as one virtual document?

If you’re willing to consider a bitmore than plain-text, then this…

Resolved: Alternatives to Altaris/Symantec SVS #fix #answer #solution

Alternatives to Altaris/Symantec SVS

I use an old copy of Altaris SVS(link to lifehacker – Symantec gutted the old Altaris website) for testing applications – it lets me capture the changes one executable makes, or changes to a whole system into a bundle, and remove the whole bundle once I’m done. However Symantec bought over Altaris and apparently killed off the product, or merged it into some…

How to: Please recommend a tool to draw structs / classes and pointers #it #dev #solution

Please recommend a tool to draw structs / classes and pointers

Possible Duplicate: Application to help build diagrams

I know the paper and a pen answer, but I truly need a PC solution.

I made the example below by Word, so please recommend others more suitable and convenient.

By suitable and convenient, I mean I can edit more easily – for example, in Word, if I add something, I have to scale and…

Fix: How do I help somebody that asks me how to fix a PC with a virus? #development #computers #programming

How do I help somebody that asks me how to fix a PC with a virus?

As a developer, I’m always asked this by friends, family, family members of friends, friends of family members, friends who are in families of friends, and enemies. Because you know, I’m the guy that “does computers.”

But I’m a Mac user, haven’t done much on a PC of my own in years (I am proud to say I’ve never even used Windows…

Answer: 3D phase diagram #programming #it #dev

3D phase diagram

This question is halfway between physics and “computer software”. I decided to start asking here.

I’d like to create a 3d phase diagram similar to this one:

For the moment, my only choice is tikz-3dplot but I’m quite frightened by that way!

Maybe you’ve some other ideas or a (Linux) tool to suggest me?

Answer [by Eelvex]: 3D phase diagram

I would use

most probably Asymptote

or…

How-to: Rolling desktop recorder? #development #computers #it

Rolling desktop recorder?

I want a piece of Windows software that will constantly record what I’m doing on my desktop, discarding footage that’s over [30] seconds old. Its recording would be a rolling one.

The idea is that I can somehow hit a button and see “what just happened”.

I don’t want to have to babysit it. That is, I don’t want a piece of software designed for screencasting (which I’m…

How-to: How can I sync my clipboard across multiple computers? #it #programming #computers

How can I sync my clipboard across multiple computers?

What’s the easiest way to sync a clipboard between multiple computers? I would prefer a cross-platform solution but anything is better then nothing.

I do want to be on a different network and still be able to sync.

I am not looking for something like:

Dropbox (unless it uses the Dropbox API)

Evernote

Onenote

Tomboy

Answer [by Andy]: How can…