February 2009 - oXygen-user - www.oxygenxml.com

set an XML Schema for a directory?
by Robert Koberg 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hi, I haven't used project mode much, but I just created a new project and imported a directory structure into it. One of the folders contains content files that are supposed to adhere to one XML Schema. I see the 'validate selection with...' which allows me to validate the entire directory -- which is great. However, when I bring up an invalid file I would like to have the editor know which schema to use (the one I validated the dir against) so the editor will give the element/attribute options without having to assign the schema each time. Make sense? Is this possible? best, -Rob

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using catalogs
by Steven_Carmody＠brown.edu 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

I'm trying to use Oxygen to edit the set of XML-based config files that come with the Shibboleth package. The package is typically installed on linux, as a plugin into a web server such as apache. The package comes with a set of .xsd files, and an accompanying set of xml catalog files. Here's what a typical supplied catalog file looks like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <catalog xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog"> <system systemId="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:assertion" uri="/opt/local/shibboleth-sp/share/xml/opensaml/cs-sstc-schema-assertion-1.1.xsd"/> <system systemId="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:protocol" uri="/opt/local/shibboleth-sp/share/xml/opensaml/cs-sstc-schema-protocol-1.1.xsd"/> </catalog> I've tried the following steps: -- downloaded all of the xsd and catalog files to my desktop Mac -- edited the catalog files, changing the file system path in all the uri attributes - launched Oxygen, went to Preferences/XML Catalog, and added the five catalog files that come with the package. - quit Oxygen, re-launched (to have the new Preferences take effect) -- open a Shibboleth xml file, and attempt to validate it I'm presented with an error -- "There is no schema or DTD associated with the document. You can create an association either with the Associate Schema action or from the Options men Preferences/Editor/Default Schema Association." does anyone have a suggestion on a way to get validation to work, using catalog files? Rather than adding everything to the Default Schema Association?

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XSLStyle and oXygen
by Florent Georges 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi, I posted a few thoughts about integrating Ken Holman's XSLStyle <http://www.cranesoftwrights.com/resources/xslstyle/> in oXygen. Hope you'll find them interesting: http://fgeorges.blogspot.com/2009/02/xslstyle-and-oxygen.html BTW, I think it would be useful to have, in the various "Generate Documentation" actions, to have the ability to select the currently edited file instead of having to select it explicitly on the file system. Or maybe to have it as default if it is of the same type as the action. Regards, -- Flroent Georges http://www.fgeorges.org/

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Format and Indent Problem
by Jeff Sese 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi, As I have read on previous posts, oXygen classifies mixed content based on the current contents of an element, is this correct? If so, is it possible for oXygen to classify elements based on the declarations made in the DTD or Schema it is associated to? I know that the work around for this is to specify the pattern of elements that you want to preserve the whitespace in the preferences or to manually insert an xml:space="preserve" attributes for these elements, but if an XML is associated with a DTD or a Schema then you can tell whether whitespace in that element is ignorable or not. Currently what I've been doing is for every project I have to specify in the pattern listing all the mixed content elements that are defined in the DTD/Schema so that when I do a pretty print the whitespace is preserved and this method is very troublesome. Is there anymore workaround for this other than the ones I mentioned above? Or can this be considered as an added feature for a future version of the product? Thanks, Jeff

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Context menus
by Dylan Dawson 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Is there a way for developers to add to the right click context menu in Author Mode? I would like to be able to right click a node or some text and have a context menu give me choices based on what I have right clicked. Of course, I would also need to be able to handle the event generated when a user makes their selection from the context menu. Thanks Dylan Dawson Programmer/Analyst Electronic Publishing Procurement and Supply Services Office: (250) 387-3449 Fax: (250) 356-6070 E-Mail: dylan.dawson(a)qp.gov.bc.ca<mailto:dylan.dawson@qp.gov.bc.ca> Visit us online at: www.pss.gov.bc.ca<http://www.pss.gov.bc.ca/>

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New XSLT outline comments
by Florent Georges 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

Hi, About the new outline for XSLT modules, there are two columns, one for the name of the component and one for the mode (if the component is a template rule and has a mode name.) The mode column takes a lot of place, even for a module within which you only have functions! Two ideas to improve its readability: 1/ have the mode column only for template rows (I am not sure that "conditional columns" depending on the row are neither possible or usable) or, even better, 2/ group all template rules in the same mode into their own node: + variables - var1 - var2 + functions - fun1 - fun2 + templates - template-name - match-pattern + templates (mode: my-more) - match-pattern - other-one I think that has the double advantage of having the layout more clear and also the grouping of template rules itself (as usually a mode groups logically related rules.) Two other notes: 1/ the group names in the outline are singular while I think they should be plural (variable vs. variables) and 2/ template rules with a name are rendered as "name match-pattern". I agree that having a single "group of words" for both is more clear because more concise, but we should have a way to distinguish both (for instance a slightly different color, or one in italic...) Hope that helps, -- Florent Georges http://www.fgeorges.org/

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Filtering in Outline view
by Christian Kosmowski 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

On the feature List i found the following Point: You can easily focus on a subset of components using the new Outline view filtering feature. Just type a text fragment in the filter box and only the components matching that will be presented. For advanced usage you can use wildcards (*, ?) and separate multiple patterns with commas. This is a feature i requested and i'm very happy to hear, that its implemented but somehow i can't find the filter box. Thanks! Christian QuinScape GmbH Christian.Kosmowski(a)QuinScape.de Wittekindstraße 30 44139 Dortmund http://www.QuinScape.de http://www.docscape.de Geschäftsführer: Thomas Biskup Sitz Dortmund Dr. Norbert Jesse HRB 14740 Dr. Gero Presser Amtsgericht Dortmund

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Track Changes Functionality - 10.2 beta
by Dylan Dawson 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Hi there, I am currently developing a plug-in for oXygen , and 'track changes' is one of our major priorities. With the release of oXygen 10.1, I thought now would be a good time to ask if there is any support for tracking changes in oXygen 10.2 beta. Since 10.2 will likely be released AFTER we release our plug-in, we are looking at implementing this ourselves. To that end, I was also wondering if it is possible to bind to and handle events for individual keystrokes instead of CTRL commands. Your release notes for 10.1 say (from the website): "[API] Author extensions can receive document change notifications The API for developing Author extensions provides support to receive notifications when the XML document is changed." Does this mean that there is now a way to handle events as the document is being edited? This would greatly affect our implementation of track changes. Of course, if you already DO have track changes in 10.2 beta, I would be interested to get a test build as soon as possible. Thank you, Dylan Dawson Programmer/Analyst Electronic Publishing Procurement and Supply Services Office: (250) 387-3449 Fax: (250) 356-6070 E-Mail: dylan.dawson(a)qp.gov.bc.ca<mailto:alex.strudwick@qp.gov.bc.ca> Visit us online at: www.pss.gov.bc.ca<http://www.pss.gov.bc.ca/>

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Referencing external files in relationship table topicrefs
by Gabrielle Burns 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

I recently created a topicref in a relationship table to an external file. During trial and error in compiling, I learned that the externally referenced file had to be in the "out" folder to be compiled. If this is the only method, I will need to copy hundreds of external files to a subfolder in the "out" folder. Is there an alternative way to reference external files other than this approach? My original assumption was that an external file could be located outside the "out" folder, and that the topicrefs would include the path to a different location, using "../" at the beginning of the path. I have not found information in Help about this issue. Thank you. Regards, Gabrielle Burns Lead Information Products Developer BRO Software Applications Breault Research Organization, Inc. gburns(a)breault.com

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RelaxNG Inclusion
by Christian Kosmowski 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Hi, I'm trying to start a RelaxNG Schema and in some tutorials i found that i can make RelaxNG Grammars without a start Element. Oxygen always complains about such files and makes it impossible to use such files. That can be very usefull because i want to have one file with a start element including many other files without a start element but with defines in it. any suggestions? Christian -- QuinScape GmbH Christian.Kosmowski(a)QuinScape.de Wittekindstraße 30 44139 Dortmund http://www.QuinScape.de http://www.docscape.de

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