"defdingo" <defdingojust@d...> wrote in
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> "Rhino" <rhino1@N...> wrote in message
> news:dajFd.37243$TN6.1239884@n......
>> Can anyone recommend a good *free* XML editor? I tried a demo of
>> Altova XMLSpy and thought it was pretty neat but I just can't afford
>> it right now. I'd like to get something free that does a decent job,
>> even if it isn't as slick as XMLSpy.
>>
>> -- 
>> Rhino
>> ---
>> rhino1 AT sympatico DOT ca
>> "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
>> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the
>> other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
>> deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoare
>>
>>
> 
> I've been using ... cooktop v2.5
> Excerpt from their website ... http://xmlcooktop.com
>   "Cooktop is an editor and development environment for XML, DTD, and
>   XSLT documents 
>    Cooktop is a Windows application
>    Best of all, it's free!"

I also like Cooktop.  Even thought we have a license for XMLSpy and I have 
it installed on my system I still end up using Cooktop more often.  Even 
better than the fact that it's free is that it has a small footprint.  It 
loads and runs very fast.