William Tracy <wtr### [at] calpolyedu> wrote:
> It wouldn't surprise me if Windows Notepad would decide to screw up XML 
> in some way.

  I don't think it does, but notepad sux in many other ways.

  In fact, I hate all text editors which try to be too "smart" and modify
the edited files in ways not expressly requested by the user. The worst
text editors are those where you open a file and immediately save it and
the result is different than the original. Most don't do that, but they
still add unrequested modifications automatically when you edit the file.

  I like emacs because it doesn't modify files in any way, unless
specifically instructed to do so. It will not add extra newlines unless
you tell it to, it will not add or remove tabs/whitespaces unless you
explicitly tell it to, it will not remove nor change any characters in
the file no matter how "undisplayable" they are, unless explicitly
requested. In fact, you can add almost any "undisplayable" character
easily with it, a functionality which most text editors lack. Of course
this makes it more a hacker tool than anything else, but that suits me
just fine. More than just fine.

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                                                          - Warp

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