XSL Editor

[rane500]

Odd question, but it's been something bugging me for a while.

Can anyone recommend any good (and preferably free) XSL/XSLT/X-Path editor/syntax checker/validator? I was trying to convert an existing project into using PHP-generated XML with XSL templates to do the actual page rendering, and debugging just using a browser was almost impossible - every single browser had the most cryptic error messages I've ever seen for XML/XSL issues.

I've seen several commercial editors and plugins for Eclipse, but nearly nothing on the open source and/or free software side of the fence...and to add insult to injury quite a few of the commercial ones didn't even have a demo to examine.

[EPJS]

I use XRay XML Editor because of the built-in validator.

It validates using either DTD or Schema

It's free and it validates as you use it. Background is green when everything is valid, and red when something is invalid.

[visualAd]

For XSL I use vim. It highlights the markup well, auto indents and marks markup errors in red. It doesn't val;idate or check the syntax however. I actually use PHP's XSLT (http://uk2.php.net/xslt) processor to vlaidate it as the error information it returns is quite comprehensive.

[rane500]

Wow, thank you both for the great answers.

EPJS - XRay looks excellent...it sucks that it requires a Windows machine, although I'll gladly pull out and dust off the ancient Win2k laptop if it means quick and easy syntax checking.

visualAd - I can safely say I simply did not think to use that module in that manner. (No...honestly I'm guilty of not reading up on it.) I'll install it on the web server and give it a shot as well.

Thank you both!