Re: [OT] Plist editor?
Re: [OT] Plist editor?
- Subject: Re: [OT] Plist editor?
- From: Abhi Beckert <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:37:23 +1000
I only saw this email as I just subscribed to cocoa-dev again after
being on holiday. But since I've actually been thinking of writing an
open source plist editor, I thought I'd drop in.
My idea is that instead of an outline view, it would convert the plist
into a more simple language than xml for editing, you make your change
and it seemlessly converts it back to xml before saving. So rather
than:
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>Internet Connect</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>1.4</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>NetworkConnect.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.internetconnect</string>
you'd have:
CFBundleExecutable: Internet Connect
CFBundleGetInfoString: 1.4
CFBundleIconFile: NetworkConnect.icns
CFBundleIdentifier: com.apple.internetconnect
I haven't decieded exactly what the syntax would be or anything, but
you get the idea. Would anyone else like an app like that, or is it
just be me?
- Abhi
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:00:17 +0100, PA <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:29:34 -0500, Ken Tozier <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I use BBEdit.
>
> I use TextEdit :P
>
> > Once you understand the plist format,
>
> I'm somewhat familiar with the format:
>
> http://alt.textdrive.com/pl/3/pl-the-format
> http://alt.textdrive.com/assets/public/PL-ABNF.txt
>
> > the PList editor UI just gets in the way.
>
> Well... yes... and no... it depends of what one is doing... in my case
> I'm (ab)using plist to write API documentation...
>
> http://alt.textdrive.com/dydoc/
>
> So having a full blown editor would be appreciated :))
>
> In any case, Brian Webster (of PlistEdit Pro fame) mentioned that his
> editor might very well provide such an editor "very soon now" :))
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/bwebster/plisteditpro.html
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> PA
> http://alt.textdrive.com/
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