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Displaying non breaking spaces in Author view
by Jirka Kosek 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

Hi, is there some way how to make Author to visually differentiate between normal spaces and non-breaking ones? For example in MS Word you can turn on displaying of such characters and non-breaking spaces then show small circle in their area. I know that Unicode code of character under the cursor is displayed in a status bar, but customer wants this feature and so far I haven't found anything in oXygen that would allow for this. I have found only partial solution -- if non-breaking spaces will be entered as entity   then I can use something like oxy|entity[name='nbsp'] { ... } in CSS to make visual distinction. However this wouldn't work if non-breaking space is directly entered as Unicode character. Any hints more then welcomed. Jirka -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jirka Kosek e-mail: jirka(a)kosek.cz http://xmlguru.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------ Professional XML and Web consulting and training services DocBook/DITA customization, custom XSLT/XSL-FO document processing ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bringing you XML Prague conference http://xmlprague.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fast create topics with specific topic types and templates?
by Yves Barbion 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Hi group I really like the fast create topic feature in oXygen XML Author to add empty topics ("stub files") to a ditamap. What would be even nicer, however, is the option to specify different topic types for the new topics, for example: - topic 1 = concept topic [my_concept_topic_template.dita] - topic 2 = task topic [my_task_topic_template.dita] - topic 3 = task topic [my_task_topic_template.dita] - topic 4 = reference topic [my_reference_topic_template.dita] - topic 5 = concept topic [some_other_concept_topic_template.dita] The new topics currently use the "default" topic templates, so it would also be nice to use specific topic templates (which are referenced in the square brackets in the example above). I know you can "convert" the topic types afterwards, but this may be not so easy with task topics. And sometimes, we use different prefixes for file names of given topics (co_ for concept, ta_ for task, re_ for reference...). Maybe some ideas for oxygen XML Author 20.2? ;-) Cheers Yves

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[ann] oXygen XML Editor version 20.1
by George Bina 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

Hi all, A new release of Oxygen XML Editor is available, version 20.1 bringing some interesting new features that I will try to highlight below. Along with the Editor product we also updated the other related products: Author, Developer, Web Author, WebHelp, Chemistry and we officially announce the release of Oxygen Content Fusion - our online collaboration platform. oXygen XML Editor highlights * add-on to connect to Content Fusion, thus enabling you to share XML content like DITA, DocBook, TEI, XHTML, etc. with anyone, in a few seconds, have them access that only using their browser and then you can retrieve and merge their changes back in oXygen XML Editor For a quick video tour, please see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/Content_Fusion.html * unified customization of WebHelp and PDF output from DITA using CSS - because the DITA to PDF transformation using Oxygen PDF Chemistry engine is based on CSS, we updated the corresponding plugin to use XHTML as the input to Chemistry instead of using the DITA content directly, and thus the CSS rules can be shared between the HTML/WebHelp and the Chemistry-based PDF transformation. * accessibility support for the Responsive WebHelp ouptut, that is compliant with the Section 508 accessibility standard. * JSON validation support and support for JSON Schema For a quick video overview of JSON support please see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/json_validation.html For the complete list of release notes please see https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whatisnew20.1.html Best Regards, George -- George Cristian Bina <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com

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author framework, ${selection} variable in ${ask} dialogue
by Andreas Wagner 21 Jun '18

21 Jun '18

Hi list, I have another question regarding the definitions I am using in my author framework: In a SurroundWithFragmentOperation I have the following Fragment argument: <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr></abbr> <expan resp="${svsal-user}" cert="${ask('Wie gewiss ist die Richtigkeit dieser Expansion?', combobox, ('high':'hoch';'medium':'mittel';'low':'niedrig';'unknown':'unbekannt'), 'high')}"> ${ask('Wie lautet die Expansion?', generic, ${selection})} </expan> </choice> This expands local editor variables such as ${svsal-user} correctly and works fine with the dialogues, but it seems to ignore the ${selection} variable that I want to use as default value in the last dialogue. The textfield that this dialogue displays is empty all the time. Is it not supposed to work this way? Thanks in advance and best regards, Andreas -- Dr. Andreas Wagner Project "The School of Salamanca" Academy of Sciences and of Literature, Mainz and Institute of Philosophy Goethe University Frankfurt/Main http://salamanca.adwmainz.de Grüneburgplatz 1 (Pf 116, R. 2.455) 60629 Frankfurt am Mainz Tel. +49 (0)69/798-32774 Fax +49 (0)69/798-32794

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Consolidate framework definition from two places
by Andreas Wagner 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

Dear all, Some time ago I have configured a document type framework with actions, menus, styles etc. I have packed it as an extension and installed it. Developing it further, I now have the impression that my subsequent edits have been stored in my project options file (proj.xpr) in a format that diverges significantly from that in which the framework is defined (doctype.framework). To be able to re-distribute my changes as before, do I need to move them from one to the other file somehow? I think it would be possible to just distribute the framework plus the project options file in my extension, but it looks more orderly to have all the framework information in one file and not rely on some ex-post patching that oxygen does when merging settings from the two files. I am not sure I have made myself clear. In short, the question is: When I have patched my document type framework extension per project-specific options, can I move those changes back to the original framework definition? Thanks and best regards, Andreas -- Dr. Andreas Wagner Project "The School of Salamanca" Academy of Sciences and of Literature, Mainz and Institute of Philosophy Goethe University Frankfurt/Main http://salamanca.adwmainz.de Grüneburgplatz 1 (Pf 116, R. 2.455) 60629 Frankfurt am Mainz Tel. +49 (0)69/798-32774 Fax +49 (0)69/798-32794

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Generating XSD from DITA DTDs using Trang
by Kristen James Eberlein 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

I've been generating XSDs from DITA DTDs using Trang, as covered in https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/20.0/ug-editor/topics/converting-bet… Rather than a monolithic XSD file, I get many XSD files -- one for each module and more. Most of these will validate will test files, but I am concerned with performance if such XSDs are used in SDL Content Editor/Xopus. Is there a way to use Trang in oXygen to generate monolithic XSDs? -- Best, Kris Kristen James Eberlein Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting www.eberleinconsulting.com +1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

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Oxygen Editor 20 - Cursor and Underscore Line Thickness
by Raymond Lillibridge 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Oxygen Editor Users, What is the proper way to make the cursor and underscore lines thicker when running Oxygen Editor 20 (text mode)? (Using a Dell XPS 15 notebook.) Cheers, Raymond Lillibridge

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OxygenXml Editor Linux 20 MD5 Sum
by Marco Vittorini Orgeas 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Hello list, I've suffered some filesystem corruption on some machine, I need to re-install OxygenXml Editor on different machines, could someone please post the MD5 checksum of the OxygenXml Editor Linux 32/64 Bit installation file version 20 build 2018032903 ? Thank you in advance. -- Marco

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