A configuration to assist editing xml2rfc-format documents using XMLMind XML Editor.

See Installation for how to install. Super-brief installation instructions: drag the .xxe_addon file from the right column of this page to your addon preferences and use the xxe addon manager.

Make sure you download and install XMLMind XML Editor first. This configuration works with both Personal and Professional editions. Some features (e.g., format using XSLT) only work with Professional edition.

This is a WYSIKN (What You See Is Kinda Neat) addon for the very configurable XMLMind XML Editor (“xxe”). The personal version of xxe is free and very capable. It's also written in java, so one addon works on many platforms (I've tested it on MacOS, Windows 2000 and FreeBSD).

The addon is capable of graphical editing of sections, anchors, lists, cross-references, etc. and allows word processor-like behavior of "enter" to create a new paragraph or list item. It can use a locally-installed xml2rfc to format the document for preview or conversion, or use xxe's built-in XSL transform or submit the document to the xml.resource.org web form. It provides easy hooks to validate the references to other IETF documents in your document to make sure they're up to date.