October 2013 - oXygen-user - www.oxygenxml.com

feature request for syncing filesystem with webdav
by Jakob Fix 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Hi, we're using OxygenXML Enterprise for MarkLogic development, and it works really well (just wanted to say this). Here is a feature request of the "nice to have" category: Right now we're developing and running our Xquery modules from the filesystem. However, at some stage we want to run them from within a modules database. So we have to load them into the modules database probably using WebDAV or mlcp which is quite cumbersome. The temptation will be great to work directly in the modules database, via OxygenXML's WebDAV connectivity. If we did this we'd lose versioning via SVN as this requires the changes to be visible in the filesystem. If OxygenXML could watch a filesystem folder and sync it with a remote WebDAV resource (in the upload direction) whenever a change occurred, that would solve our conundrum. Until then we can of course use an external tool such as node.js + grunt.js (and its webdav-sync plugin [1]). While writing this, I'm wondering whether the "External Tools" in OxygenXML could provide a hook for grunt.js? Are there other ways of achieving this change-based synchronisation that we could use instead? thanks, Jakob. [1] https://npmjs.org/package/webdav-sync

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Character Map feature requests
by Wendell Piez 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hi again, In reference to the same project with the embedded Hebrew text, I and my user (and his users) have a couple of thoughts on extending the Character Map functionality even a bit more: * Make the Character Map available as a (dockable) View, not only from a toolbar button * Allow filtering by Unicode block * Support a user- or project-defined set of favorite characters I know the chances that these can already be done (only I haven't figured out how) are not zero.... Thanks! Wendell Wendell Piez | http://www.wendellpiez.com XML | XSLT | electronic publishing Eat Your Vegetables _____oo_________o_o___ooooo____ooooooo_^

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Bidirectional support
by Wendell Piez 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Hi, I am helping a user set up oXygen Author for use with Hebrew, in which I am regrettably illiterate. (But I know something about oXygen and CSS.) These documents are not entirely or primarily Hebrew; they only have occasional bits of Hebrew in paragraph or mixed content. The support for bidirectional text in oXygen is getting really impressive. But I have one request that I don't know how to address, and don't know if it's possible. The users would like to be able to see the locations of the Unicode control characters for right-to-left, left-to-right, and 'pop', if not actually to color the text between them. Since CSS doesn't support character-level controls (tmk) I don't believe this can be done. Am I right? If I am, does anyone have ideas for possible approaches or workarounds? My user is aware that (a) in bidirectional mode, oXygen indicates with its cursor when there is a change in direction, and (b) that more functionality is possible if his users are willing to use XML markup and not only the Unicode control characters. BTW, it looks to me as though oXygen automatically inserts the Unicode controls when I insert characters from the Hebrew Unicode block. Is this correct? Will it happen even when I'm in a place already configured (using CSS on an element) that right-to-left is the direction? Thanks! Wendell Wendell Piez | http://www.wendellpiez.com XML | XSLT | electronic publishing Eat Your Vegetables _____oo_________o_o___ooooo____ooooooo_^

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DITA Map Metrics Report Enhancement Request: More About Conrefs
by Eliot Kimber 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

I really like the new map metrics report. But of course, I want moreŠ It reports the number of re-used elements (con refs) but it would be very nice to know, for each reused element, how many times it is reused. For example, I have a content set where I think every re-used element is used exactly once, which kind of calls into question the utility of re-use in this case (I think it¹s a side effect of how the original data was converted into DITA). Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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authormode css, first-child pseudo class
by Andreas Wagner 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Dear list, I am currently putting together a framework for our (TEI-xml) project. In this project, we are dealing with texts where every new line is marked by a <lb/> tag. With an author mode css stylesheet, I am reflecting this with a linebreak '\A' and a newline char ('?') inserted via the lb:before pseudo-class. Now I would like to suppress this mechanism for the first occurrence in a containing <p>, <head> or <item> element and have it executed only for the second and subsequent line beginnings. Without success, I have tried various things like this one: lb{ display:inline; -oxy-display-tags:none; } p lb:before, item lb:before, head lb:before{ content:"\A? "; } p:first-child:before, item:first-child:before, head:first-child:before{ content:"? "; } The suppression part mentioned above does not work. Can anyone shed some light on this, please? Thank you and best regards, Andreas PS. Here is a sample document: <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <teiHeader> <fileDesc> <titleStmt> <title>Title</title> </titleStmt> <publicationStmt> <p>Publication Information</p> </publicationStmt> <sourceDesc> <p>Information about the source</p> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div> <head> <lb/>CAPUT I.</head> <list> <head> <lb/>De intentione et partitione huius libri.</head> <item> <lb/>Declaratur intentio operis, ut haec pars Theolo<lb break="no"/>giae practicae sit de fine hominis, et de medijs ne<lb break="no"/>cessarijs.</item> </list> </div> </body> </text> </TEI>

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Adding company-specific words to the dictionary for a team
by Echlin, Robert 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi I want to add a set of company-specific words to our English dictionaries for all the members of our team. I want to share them with everyone, and allow anyone to update them, possibly using SVN or Git for sharing the files, preferably using Ixiasoft DITA CMS to share them. We are using the Eclipse version of oXygen. What files do I need to share? I probably need to ask Ixiasoft how to go about sharing them most easily. Thanks, -- Rob Echlin, Documentation Systems Architect, Wind River +1.613.270.5796 | Skype: rob.echlin.wr

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[ann] Webinar - How Merck Advanced Their Global Content Collaboration
by Mihai Ionescu 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

A reminder that our next partner webinar is being held on Tuesday 29 October 2013: "How Merck Advanced Their Global Content Collaboration" Since 1899, Merck & Co. has been publishing medical information for physicians, pharmacists, veterinarians, and people interested in medical care who did not have a medical degree. Today, these publications, known as The Merck Manuals, require hundreds of writers from around the world to contribute and revise content on an ongoing basis. With such a large and dispersed team, Merck experienced many challenges in the technologies needed to coordinate and maintain publishing schedules as well as in the varied technical skill levels of team members. Join this webinar, hosted by Vasont Systems and Syncro Soft/oXygen XML Editor, to hear how Merck has advanced their content management and collaboration processes with this global team to overcome these challenges. Please register for this interesting webinar at the following link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/550235945 We look forward to you joining us tomorrow! Syncro Soft Team -- <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com

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Re: [oXygen-user] Preview of Illustrator EPS graphics in oXygen [SOLVED]
by Yves Barbion 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi Adrian, yes copying the jre folder solved the problem. Thanks. Hi Matthew, no, converting EPS to SVG is not an option. On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Oxygen XML Editor Support < support(a)oxygenxml.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Please note that 'jai_imageio-1_1-lib-windows-i586-jre.exe' is a 32-bit > installer and on 64-bit systems it insists on installing itself in > "C:\Program Files (x86)\" (32-bit program files) even after you've > explicitly pointed it to install in "C:\Program Files\" (64-bit program > files). Unfortunately there is no 64-bit Windows installer of the JAI Image > I/O Tools plug-in. > > So, if you are running a 64-bit edition of Windows and 64-bit edition of > Oxygen, after installing 'jai_imageio' in c:\program files\oxygen xml > editor 15.1\jre, check the corresponding x86 folder C:\Program Files > (x86)\Oxygen XML Editor 15.1\jre. You will most likely find there the files > that the 'jai_imageio' installer has deployed. You can simply copy the > contents of the 'jre' folder from there to the 'jre' folder from the Oxygen > installation folder. > > I'll submit an issue to check if there is a better solution for 64-bit > systems and we'll document it in the user manual for future reference. > > Regards, > Adrian > > Adrian Buza > oXygen XML Editor and Author Support > > Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 > Fax: +40-251-461482support@oxygenxml.comhttp://www.oxygenxml.com > > > On 25.10.2013 15:28, Yves Barbion wrote: > > Hi group > > I've got Illustrator EPS graphics in my DITA topics. > > I followed the instructions in this Help topic to install the Java > Advanced Imaging(JAI) Image I/O Tools plug-in: > > > http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-editor/tasks/author-image-rendering-jai.htm… > > However, I don't see a preview yet, even though my EPS file does have an > 8-bit TIFF preview. > > My java.runtime.name is "Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment", so I > downloaded jai_imageio-1_1-lib-windows-i586-jre.exe > > And I installed it in the folder which is specified in my java.home, > namely: c:\program files\oxygen xml editor 15.1\jre > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks > > -- > Yves Barbion > www.scripto.nu > > > _______________________________________________ > oXygen-user mailing listoXygen-user@oxygenxml.comhttp://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user > > > > > _______________________________________________ > oXygen-user mailing list > oXygen-user(a)oxygenxml.com > http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user > > -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu

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Autocorrect smart quotes in editor mode? Or only author mode?
by Robert Nagle 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi, there, I was happy to notice that in version 15 you now have Autocorrect Preferences for autocorrecting smart quotes. But I'm not sure how to use it properly. First, does this autocorrect option only work in Author Mode? When you go in Author Mode, will it automatically change all existing quotes appearing in rendered text (as opposed to elements) into smart quotes? Second, a more basic question. Can I assume that whenever I am editing an attribute of an element that this Autocorrect option will not change it? Actually, a third question which is even more elementary. If I were to do a global substitution which resulted in attribute quotes as having smart quotes instead of normal quotes, would the parser still process it normally? I publish a lot of fiction by myself and others. I often do a lot of writing and editing both in editor mode as well as author mode. (I often don't notice what mode I am in). Thanks for your help. -- Robert Nagle 6121 Winsome Ln #56C, Houston TX 77057-5581 (H) 713 893 3424/ (W) 832-251-7522 Carbon Neutral Since Jan 2010 http://www.robertnagle.info

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Output from an XSLT transform - other editor formats?
by Steven Anderson 27 Oct '13

27 Oct '13

I'm transforming some content from XML to JSON. Oxygen has a nice JSON editor, but my transform output options, when opening in the editor, are limited to XHTML, XML, or SVG. Is it possible to open another editor variant from the transform? -- Steve

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