Editing mapfiles

[Eduardo Patto Kanegae]

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
> 
>