February 2019 - oXygen-user - www.oxygenxml.com

[Ann] Oxygen XML Editor version 21 released
by Radu Coravu 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

Hello, We are pleased to announce the release of Oxygen XML Editor version 21.0. See the complete list of new features here: http://www.oxygenxml.com/#new-version New in Oxygen XML Editor 21.0 ============================ The release of version 21 of Oxygen XML Editor adds numerous new features, updates, and improvements to the already robust, industry-leading XML editing application. The primary focus for this major release was to evaluate user requests for improvements and additions, implement as many of them as possible, while preserving the reliability, stability, and performance requirements that the XML community has come to expect from the Oxygen suite of products. Some of the highlights of the additions and improvements in version 21 include numerous new features and enhancements for DITA authors. For example, the DITA Reusable Components view was further enhanced with a new tiles layout and new filtering/sorting options, you now have the ability to preview images before inserting them, support for profiling attribute groups was added to make it possible to filter and flag content using values organized with hierarchical subcategories, DITA maps are now automatically re-indexed when opening them, submaps can now be validated while keys are gathered in the context of the root map, the application now comes bundled with the latest version of DITA-OT (3.2.1), and many other DITA improvements. Collaboration for your XML documentation review process is now readily available since the Oxygen Content Fusion connector add-on is already installed in Oxygen XML Editor. The CSS-based PDF Publishing support and the Oxygen PDF Chemistry engine also received numerous improvements and new features. For example, you now have the ability to add an Edit link in the PDF output and clicking the link will open the particular topic in Oxygen XML Web Author, comments and tracked changes can be displayed in the PDF output, both directly in the document and in the Comments or Annotations panel in PDF readers, support was added for various CSS properties, various transformation parameters were added or fixed, and many other feature requests were implemented. You also now have access to a new transformation scenario type to transform any XML document to PDF using CSS styling. A major effort was put into making the JSON support as robust as other document types. The Outline view was redesigned. It is automatically synchronized with the main editor, it presents validation errors, and the internal model was enhanced so that the document structure is displayed even if the JSON content is not well formed. Another major improvement was the addition of an intelligent Content Completion Assistant that is driven by an associated JSON Schema. You can define your own code templates that will appear in the content completion list, XPath expressions can be executed over multiple JSON files, you can transform or query JSON documents using XSLT or XQuery, various actions were added, and many other JSON features were implemented. The support for XSLT 3.0 and XQuery 3.0 was improved. For example, the content completion now offers more proposals for parameter values in functions, new XPath 3.1 functions are now proposed in the content completion, including documentation in a side window. The Compile XSL Stylesheet for Saxon tool also was improved to provide the option to use a Saxon configuration file to control the compiling operation. This major version includes numerous other new features and improvements, new API entry points or extensions, updates to various add-ons, component updates, and performance improvements. Download ======== The new kits can be found at http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html Please note that the new version 21.0 can upgrade a previous Oxygen XML Editor installation or can be installed side-by-side. Upcoming Events =============== Join us for the following upcoming events: February, 28 – March, 1, 2019, Bangalore, India - tcworld India 2019 [https://tcworld-india.com] April 15-19, 2019, Durham, North Carolina, USA - DITA North America 2019 [https://www.oxygenxml.com/events/2019/cmsdita_north_america.html] May 5-8, 2019, Washington DC, USA - STC Summit 2019 [https://summit.stc.org/] June 7-9, 2019, London, United Kingdom - Markup UK [http://markupuk.org/] July 30 - August 2, 2019, Rockville, Maryland, USA - Balisage 2019 - The Markup Conference [http://www.balisage.net/] October 27-30, 2019, Portland, Oregon, USA - LavaCon 2019 [https://lavacon.org/2019/] Support Channels ================ Just a reminder, we have an online discussion forum and a mailing list for Oxygen XML Editor users where you can request new features, post bug reports or discuss ways in which Oxygen XML Editor can solve your problems http://www.oxygenxml.com/support.html As always, your comments and suggestions are appreciated. Best regards, Oxygen XML Editor Development Team -- Syncro Soft SRL www.oxygenxml.com support(a)oxygenxml.com +1 650-352-1250

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'Restart' item in 'File' menu to restart oXygen?
by Tony Graham 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

The oXygen 21.0 Help lists 69 documents containing 'restart': https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/21.0/ug-editor/search.html?searchQue… Considering how often oXygen tells me that something won't take effect until I restart, it would be useful to have a 'Restart' item in the 'File' menu that makes it easy to do. It would be even more useful if the 'To apply these changes, you must restart the application.' dialog box included a button for immediately restarting the application. Regards, Tony Graham. -- Senior Architect XML Division Antenna House, Inc. ---- Skerries, Ireland tgraham(a)antenna.co.jp

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'Change log' element in add-on descriptor file?
by Tony Graham 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

I would like the ability to include a change log in an add-on descriptor file (initially for the 'focheck' add-on). A change log would let a user see what has changed and work out whether or not they really want the update. Since I can't do it yet, I'm not sure if the contents would be the first section or the full contents of the change log at: https://github.com/AntennaHouse/focheck/blob/master/ChangeLog.md I could, of course, put the change log in the <xt:description> element, but I see the description as being different from a change log, just as many projects have a ReadMe file and a ChangeLog file. (If it was a separate element, it would also be that little bit easier to automatically update the change log before making a release.) Regards, Tony Graham. -- Senior Architect XML Division Antenna House, Inc. ---- Skerries, Ireland tgraham(a)antenna.co.jp

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Show license in 'Manage add-ons' dialog box?
by Tony Graham 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

It would be useful if the 'Manage add-ons' dialog box included a tab for the license of the currently-selected add-on. For example, the only times when I am sure of the license for the 'Git Support' add-on is the five seconds either side of the moments when I update it. Regards, Tony Graham. -- Senior Architect XML Division Antenna House, Inc. ---- Skerries, Ireland tgraham(a)antenna.co.jp

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Set the start screen in output pdf
by Bernhard Kleine 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Hi, I want the pdf display of my book from the beginning to 50 % and two pages. Is it possible to set these parameters in the xml/xslt? I do not find any indication for this in docbook xls or in the internet. docbook xml 5.1 -> pdf via oxygens inbuilt transforming plus customized xls file. Any hints are welcome. Thanks Bernhard -- spitzhalde9 D-79853 lenzkirch bernhard.kleine(a)gmx.net www.b-kleine.com, www.urseetal.net Ich darf auch auf mein neues Buch "Falter in Lenzkirch" aufmerksam machen (Infos bei mir) - thunderbird mit enigmail GPG schlüssel: D5257409 fingerprint: 08 B7 F8 70 22 7A FC C1 15 49 CA A6 C7 6F A0 2E D5 25 74 09

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Re: [oXygen-user] oXygen-user Digest, Vol 100, Issue 3
by Mike Temple 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

"not" released or "now" released?

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${ask} not working properly in Web Author
by Jirka Kosek 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hi, I'm creating Author action that should allow user to browse for an image file and then insert appropriate DocBook fragment: <figure xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> <title>${caret}</title> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="${ask('Choose image file', relative_url, '')}"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> </figure> I'm using ro.sync.ecss.extensions.commons.operations.InsertFragmentOperation action for this. This works as expected in desktop Autor. However in Web Author URL chooser appears, I can choose file, filename shows in input box. But when I press OK button to accept chosen filename, input box is cleared and nothing happens. I can close URL chooser only by using Cancel button. Many thanks in advance, 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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Re: [oXygen-user] Set the start screen in output pdf
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu) 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Hi Bernhard, Bob, I don't see anything in Apache FOP supporting this feature. Indeed Adobe Pro seems to support setting such properties to a PDF, you can google for "open pdf zoom". Also the commercial RenderX XEP PDF processor (which can be be used with DocBook content) seems to support this by setting some custom processing instructions: http://www.renderx.com/reference.html#Initial_Zoom Regards, Radu Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor http://www.oxygenxml.com On 2/14/2019 9:39 AM, Bernhard Kleine wrote: > Hi Radu, > > obviously I explained it wrongly: What I want: Opening the PDF in > Acrobat Reader, I always arrange the display to 50 % and "double page". > I wonder whether that can be predefined using a to me unknown switch in > oxygen (or xslt). > > Regards > Bernhard > > Am 14.02.2019 um 07:11 schrieb Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu): >> Hi Bernhard, >> >> I do not quite understand, do you want to create some kind of a PDF >> preview with half of the PDF contents missing? >> Once you have the full PDF available there are various PDF split >> utilities which may be useful (maybe you can google for "PDF split" or >> "pdf remove pages"). >> >> Regards, >> Radu >> >> Radu Coravu >> <oXygen/> XML Editor >> http://www.oxygenxml.com >> >> On 2/13/2019 1:25 PM, Bernhard Kleine wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want the pdf display of my book from the beginning to 50 % and two >>> pages. Is it possible to set these parameters in the xml/xslt? I do not >>> find any indication for this in docbook xls or in the internet. >>> >>> docbook xml 5.1 -> pdf via oxygens inbuilt transforming plus customized >>> xls file. >>> >>> Any hints are welcome. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Bernhard >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> oXygen-user mailing list >>> oXygen-user(a)oxygenxml.com >>> https://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> oXygen-user mailing list >> oXygen-user(a)oxygenxml.com >> https://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user >

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Floating windows problem
by Karl Stubsjoen 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Oxygen: When windows are not attached to the main oxygen window, things like search and xpath dialogue do not work for that window. Here I will demonstrate in 2 pictures the problem I am experiencing. 1. Snapshot of separate window and the xpath toolbar floating above it. Notice the TMPLT.xml window is not selected (title isn't bold) [image: image.png] 2. In this snapshot, the xpath dialogue is gone. It disappears as soon as I select the detached oxygen window (title is bold) [image: image.png] Thoughts? Karl..

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