How on earth do i....? (open XML)

[grooveattack]

...Open an .XML file? i have downloaded wikipedia (yes all of it! ) but its in a .XML file format and cant open it. what program do i use??
cheers

 

[robbieduncan]

...Open an .XML file? i have downloaded wikipedia (yes all of it! ) but its in a .XML file format and cant open it. what program do i use??
cheers

A .xml file is not directly openable (in the sense you mean). XML is eXtensible Markup Language. It is a language for creating new languages in. You need to find some specific software for the XML language being used in the file.

XML files are simply text: you could open it in Text Edit, but it'd be useless to you.

 

[grooveattack]

does anyone of that software i could download????

 

[Consultant]

search on macupdate.com or versiontracker.com

 

[stomer]

If you simply want to view the contents of the file then just open Textedit, and drag the xml file onto the Textedit icon in the dock.

 

[BullBoyKennels]

You can view it in Dashcode.

 

[cbrain]

You can view it in Dashcode.

And XCode aswell I think, not sure though.

 

[robbieduncan]

It's just text. You can open it in anything that will open text, but that will not help the OP.

He is expecting a local Wikipedia, not a whole tag soup of XML.