The current xml view is all black text on white background. For a number of reasons I would like to see xml syntax marking. (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_highlighting for more info and reasons)
- Easy to scan the message for tags, parameters and values.
- Escaped messages (<message>) can be quickly distinguished.
- Als the pwetty colors!
In my opinion it doesn't really matter what colors Hermes should use or even if users can change the colors. That would only mean more non-functional options. (I like Notepad++'s colors though)
Because HermesJMS is built on Java, maybe this link could be helpful:
http://ostermiller.org/syntax/
It has the benefit of being able to change the colours via a set of property files. I've not tested with escaped messages yet but it looks pwretty good so far.