John Krasnay has released Vex 1.2, an open source (LGPL) XML editor that features a word processor-like interface. Vex is based on the Eclipse platform. It supports DocBook 4.1.2, 4.2, 4.3, Simplified DocBook 1.0, and XHTML 1.0 Strict and can be configured for other DTDs. 1.2.0 allows new document types to be added as plug-ins, and supports DITA.