Editing mapfiles

[Xin]

Thanks for the suggestion Eduardo. I've got scite installed now and it works 
pretty well!

Any further suggestions on this topic are welcome.

Xin

On 02/09/05, Eduardo Patto Kanegae <lists at webmapit.com.br> wrote:
> 
> If you use SciTE ( http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html ) with its Ruby 
> lexer, it fits very well for MapFile editing.
> 
> best
> 
> Eduardo Patto Kanegae
> http://www.webmapit.com.br
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 17:05:58 +0100, Xin <crazygecko at GMAIL.COM> escreveu:
> 
> > De: Xin <crazygecko at GMAIL.COM>
> > Data: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 17:05:58 +0100
> > Para: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > Assunto: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Editing mapfiles
> >
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I've only recently started to work with MapServer, after learning the 
> basics
> > of it and setting it up, I am now ready to start creating maps! very
> > exciting.
> >
> > My question would be what editor should I use and how should I use it to
> > create/edit mapfiles. I'm currently using Vim with mapfile syntax
> > highlighting installed from the user utilities part of the mapserver
> > website. This is working well. But it is hard navigating the whole file.
> >
> > There isn't an overview window which UltraEdit seems to have. I'd have 
> to
> > manually scroll to the area of interest rather than doubling clicking on 
> a
> > side bar listing of layer objects. I'm not explaining this very well, 
> but
> > are you with me?
> >
> > How is everyone else editing mapfiles? Any advice would be greatly
> > appreciated. Oh, my platform is Debian Sarge.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Xin
> >
> >
>
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