XML Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.25, by Herong Yang
Archived: Downloading and Installing Notepad++ 6.8
This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install Notepad++ 6.8 on Windows system; and how to add the XML Tools Plugin in Notepad++.
Downloading and installing Notepad++ 6.8 is easy. See steps below:
1. Go to https://notepad-plus-plus.org/, and click "Download". You see a list of Notepad++ versions and download options.
2. Click "Notepad++ Installer" to start downloading the installer file "npp.6.8.8.Installer.exe". Save it to the desktop.
3. Double-click "npp.6.8.8.Installer.exe" on the desktop. You see "Notepad++ v.6.8.8 Setup" window showing up.
4. Follow the setup instruction to finish installation.
5. Click "Start" button, then "All programs" > "Notepad++" > "Notepad++" to start the program.
"XML Tools Plugin" is not included in the default installation of Notepad++. You need to follow these steps to add it:
1. Run Notepad++ and click menu "Plugins" > "Plugin Manager" > "Show plugin manager" You see the "Plugin Manager" window showing up.
2. Find "XML Tools" in the "Available" list and make it checked. Then click "Install" to finish adding "XML Tools" to Notepad++.
3. Click menu "Plugins" > "XML Tools". You see a list of XML Tools commands showing up.
Now you are ready to play with the XML Tools Plugin in Notepad++.
In case your version of Notepad++ comes with no Plugin Manager, you need to following these steps to install the Plugin Manager (Thanks to SilverM-A, who provided these steps as comment in the Web version):
1. Download the Plugin Manager ZIP file from https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases
2. Unzip the ZIP file and place the PluginManager.dll file in the Notepad++ plugins directory.
3. Place the gpup.exe in the updater directory under your Notepad++ program directory (e.g. "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater").
4. Restart Notepad++.
Table of Contents
Introduction of XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
DOM (Document Object Model) Programming Interface
SAX (Simple API for XML) Programming Interface
DTD (Document Type Definition) Introduction
Validating an XML Document against the Specified DTD Document Type
XSD (XML Schema Definition) Introduction
Validating XML Documents Against Specified XML Schemas
XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Introduction
XSLT (XSL Transformations) Introduction
XSLT Elements as Programming Statements
Control and Generate XML Element in the Result
PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation
Processing XML with Python Scripts
XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++
XML Plugin Packages for Atom Editor
XML 1.1 Changes and Parsing Examples
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