VEX is a Java Swing application that provides a word processor-like interface for editing XML documents. It is targeted toward users of XML schemas like DocBook and XHTML that represent human-readable documents.
Follow these steps to give Vex a try.
Install Java on your computer. For details see Sun's Java web site.
Download Vex from Sourceforge.
Unpack the .zip or .tar.gz into a directory.
From the command line, run java
-jar vex-app.jar
. Alternatively, in Windows, double
click on vex-app.jar
from
Windows Explorer.
Click File > New > Article
(Simplified DocBook)
. Simplified DocBook is an XML
language for short, general documents.
See the Vex User's Guide for more information.
Please let me know if you have questions, bug reports,
feature requests, patches, or just general encouragement. My email
address is john at krasnay dot ca
.