January 2021 - oXygen-user - www.oxygenxml.com

How to get the location of "invalid UTF-8 characters"?
by Roger L Costello 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

Hi Folks, I have a large XHTML file. Apparently, somewhere in the file is an invalid Unicode character because when I drag-and-drop the file into Oxygen I get the error message: Cannot open the specified file: Got a character encoding exception. File encoding (UTF-8) does not support all characters from the current file. The problem is this: Where is the invalid UTF-8 character? Is there a way to get Oxygen to tell me where -- what character position -- it detected the invalid Unicode character? /Roger

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[Ann] Webinar: Working with DITA in Oxygen - Advanced Profiling and Reuse Strategies (3 February)
by Alin Belu 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Hello, If becoming advanced in profiling and reusing DITA content is one of this year’s resolutions, then you're in luck! Next Wednesday (February 3), make time for the third installment of the “Working with DITA in Oxygen” webinar series. In this live event titled “Advanced Profiling and Reuse Strategies”, Sorin Carbunaru (software developer at Syncro Soft) returns to help you achieve mastery in more advanced DITA concepts, such as: * Conref ranges – easily create content references to ranges of adjacent (sibling) elements. * Conref push - an alternate way of creating content references by injecting element values from the source element into a topic where it is to be re-used. * Subject scheme maps - create custom controlled values and manage metadata attribute values for an organization or a project without having to write a DITA specialization. * Profiling attribute groups - used to support situations where an attribute applies to multiple specialized subcategories. * Key scopes - specify different sets of key definitions for different map branches. * Branch filtering - set filtering conditions for specific branches of a map. This is a free event and you can register at http://www.oxygenxml.com/evs2021-3.html Make sure to check the full list of our upcoming events: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events_programme.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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View images in DITA Reusable Components in a different order: most recent files first?
by Yves Barbion 28 Jan '21

28 Jan '21

Hi group, I see that the images in the DITA Reusable Components are arranged in alphabetical order. I guess there is no way to change this order, for example to see the most recent files first? Kind regards Yves

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Re: [oXygen-user] Regular expression search regarding your product
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu) 28 Jan '21

28 Jan '21

Hi Masamitsu, I'm afraid I do not have a good idea about how to do this. Indeed with a regexp expression you can select the entire text: (1), (2), and (3)terminal but I have no solution for the situation in which you want the Find Next to find sequentially (1), (2) and (3). Regards, Radu Radu Coravu Oxygen XML Editor On 1/28/21 05:39, 一木雅光 wrote: > Dear Radu Coravu, > > I do apologize for my unclear explanation. > Naoki Hirai has corrected my regular expressions, but reached a > conclusion that what I wanted to find was not realistic. > > But if you have any idea, please let me know. > > *Corrected regular expression: * > $[\d|a-z|A-Z]+?$|\)[\d|a-z|A-Z] > > *What I wanted to find: * > Example sentence: (1), (2), and (3)terminal > Find "(1)" "(2)" "(3)" and ")t" everytime pressing [next]. > > Thank you. > Regards, > Masamitsu Ichiki > > ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ > クボタエイトサービス株式会社オフィス情報サービス本部 > 堺CAEセンター　一木雅光　 masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com > <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com> > 〒590-0806 大阪府堺市堺区緑ヶ丘北町1-1-36 ｸﾎﾞﾀｻｰﾋﾞｽｾﾝﾀｰ > ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ > > > 2021年1月28日(木) 9:24 一木雅光 <masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com > <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com>>: > > Dear Radu Coravu, > > Thank you so much for helping us all the time. > > Today, I am writing an email to ask you for any solutions > regarding Find/Replace. > > Question: > If I would like to find these sets at a time (not separately), how > will the search settings be? > > * Numbers with brackets on both sides, such as (1), (2)... (99) > image.png > By using "$\d.?$", I could highlight what I wanted. > > * No spacing after ")", such as "(3)terminal" > image.png > By using "\)[0-9a-zA-Z]", I could highlight what I wanted. > > * Numbers with brackets and missing a space after closing > brackets, such as "(1), (2) and (3)terminal" > image.png > (1), (2) and (3) are highlighted but not ")t". > > Thank you for helping us and we await your response. > > Yours sincerely, > Masamitsu Ichiki > > > ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ > クボタエイトサービス株式会社オフィス情報サービス本部 > 堺CAEセンター　一木雅光　 masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com > <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com> > 〒590-0806 大阪府堺市堺区緑ヶ丘北町1-1-36 ｸﾎﾞﾀｻｰﾋﾞｽｾﾝﾀｰ > ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ > > > 2020年11月17日(火) 16:13 一木雅光 <masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com > <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com>>: > > Dear Radu Coravu, > > Thank you so much for your reply. > Your clear explanation helped me understand how it works and > what to do to find things or letters at the beginning and the > end of block elements (same as external tags?). > > image.png > > Once again, thank you for your help. > > Regards, > Masamitsu Ichiki > > > ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ > クボタエイトサービス株式会社オフィス情報サービス本部 > 堺CAEセンター　一木雅光　 masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com > <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com> > 〒590-0806 大阪府堺市堺区緑ヶ丘北町1-1-36 ｸﾎﾞﾀｻｰﾋﾞｽｾﾝﾀｰ > ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ > > > 2020年11月17日(火) 14:34 Radu Coravu <support(a)oxygenxml.com > <mailto:support@oxygenxml.com>>: > > Dear Masamitsu Ichiki, > > Thank you for contacting us. > > I searched for your initial email but could not find it in > our email system, sorry about this, it probably got lost > somehow. So I'm glad you wrote to us again. > > In a document opened in the Author visual editing mode > there are inline elements like the DITA and and > block elements like . When you search content the > inline elements are transparent and their text is > considered to be part of the parent paragraph. But block > elements contribute special hidden characters with the > digital value "0" corresponding to their start and end. > > So for what you want you can search using this regexp > "\00-\00", it means find a "-" between two "0" special > characters which mark a block element. You can also use > the "XPath" filter with an expression like "//p" to focus > only on DITA elements. > > I added an internal issue to see if we can make the > original expression you tried "^-$" work also for such > situation. > > Regards, > > Radu > > Radu Coravu > Oxygen XML Editor > > On 11/17/20 6:15 AM, 一木雅光 wrote: > >> Dear Sir or Madam, >> >> My name is Masamitsu Ichiki and I am writing to you again >> (to a different email address) since there has been no >> reply from you for days. >> >> Would you please help me find "a text which contains only >> '-' between a pair of tags? " >> Please refer to my previous email for more information. >> >> I look forward to hearing from you soon. >> Yours sincerely, >> >> Masamitsu Ichiki >> ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ >> クボタエイトサービス株式会社オフィス情報サービス本部 >> 堺CAEセンター　一木雅光　 masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com >> <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com> >> 〒590-0806 大阪府堺市堺区緑ヶ丘北町1-1-36 ｸﾎﾞﾀｻｰﾋﾞｽｾﾝﾀｰ >> ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ >> >> >> 2020年11月13日(金) 13:41 一木雅光 >> <masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com >> <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com>>: >> >> Dear Sir or Madam, >> >> My name is Masamitsu Ichiki and I am writing to you >> from Japan. >> >> I have a question about regular expression search >> regarding your product, Oxygen. >> *How can I find a text which contains only "-" >> between a pair of tags? >> * >> image.png >> >> I have tried these regular expressions as follows, >> but none of them could hit for the search. >> >> * ^\-$ >> * ^-$ >> * ^\- >> * \-$ >> >> Search settings are shown as below. >> image.png >> >> As either "-" or "\-" hits the search, it seems start >> (^) and end ($) are not working properly. >> >> For your information, I am searching the hyphen on a >> Author mode, not Text mode, and I would like to know >> the way to find - on the Author mode. >> image.png >> >> I look forward to hearing from you soon. >> Yours sincerely, >> >> Masamitsu Ichiki >> ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ >> クボタエイトサービス株式会社オフィス情報サービス本部 >> 堺CAEセンター　一木雅光　 >> masamitsu.ichiki(a)kubota.com >> <mailto:masamitsu.ichiki@kubota.com> >> 〒590-0806 大阪府堺市堺区緑ヶ丘北町1-1-36 ｸﾎﾞﾀｻｰﾋﾞｽｾﾝﾀｰ >> ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ >>

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[Ann] Webinar: Engage everyone in the technical documentation process (27 January)
by Alin Belu 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

Hello, Don't forget to register for tomorrow's Oxygen live event! On January 27, during the “Engage everyone in the technical documentation process” live webinar, Bogdan Dumitru, software developer at Syncro Soft, will show you how Oxygen Content Fusion is a platform for all, not just for technical writers. You will see firsthand how it can positively impact the activity of each person involved in the technical documentation process: * Technical writers who have full control over the content - the gate keepers of the documentation source. * Subject matter experts (SMEs) who can create and push documentation drafts to technical writers. * Users that can now propose changes just by following a link in the published output. Along with the presented use-cases, this live event will also highlight DITA-specific features as well as some of the new additions brought to Content Fusion 4.0, in particular the concurrent editing support that allows you and your team to edit and review the same document simultaneously. This is a free event and you can register at http://www.oxygenxml.com/evs2021-5.html Make sure to check the full list of our upcoming events: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events_programme.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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[Ann] Webinar: Engage everyone in the technical documentation process (27 January)
by Alin Belu 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Hello, We at Oxygen XML strongly think that anyone can contribute to the technical documentation with the proper collaboration tools! And next Wednesday (January 27), during the “Engage everyone in the technical documentation process” live webinar, Bogdan Dumitru, software developer at Syncro Soft, will show you how Oxygen Content Fusion is a platform for all, not just for technical writers. You will see firsthand how it can positively impact the activity of each person involved in the technical documentation process: * Technical writers who have full control over the content - the gate keepers of the documentation source. * Subject matter experts (SMEs) who can create and push documentation drafts to technical writers. * Users that can now propose changes just by following a link in the published output. Along with the presented use-cases, this live event will also highlight DITA-specific features as well as some of the new additions brought to Content Fusion 4, in particular the concurrent editing support, allowing unrestricted access to edited files. This is a free event and you can register at http://www.oxygenxml.com/evs2021-5.html Make sure to check the full list of our upcoming events: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events_programme.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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[Ann] Webinar: Transforming DITA documents to PDF using CSS, Part 1 - Page Definitions, Cover Page and PDF Metadata
by Alin Belu 19 Jan '21

19 Jan '21

Hello, Don't forget to join us tomorrow (January 20th) for the debut of our new live instructional webinar series titled “Transforming DITA documents to PDF using CSS”! The first entry of this series, “Page Definitions, Cover Page and PDF Metadata”, was created for the people who want to publish their DITA books and maps in PDF but are struggling with the process. Understanding the not-so-easy path that a complete novice needs to take, during this 1-hour webinar, Julien Lacour (software developer at Syncro Soft) will teach you step-by-step how to customize your PDF publications using CSS to make them compliant with all your company’s documentation requirements. Quick, easy, and fun! At the end of this crash-course, you will be able to: * Define specific pages (frontmatter/backmatter, chapters, indexes, etc.). * Set page sizes and page margins. * Place fixed content in headers/footers. * Create a cover page with little to no effort. * Add metadata into the final PDF to apply searchable keywords into your document and so much more. This is a free event and you can register at http://www.oxygenxml.com/evs2021-2.html Make sure to check the full list of our upcoming events: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events_programme.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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[Ann] Webinar: Transforming DITA documents to PDF, Part 1 - Page Definitions, Cover Page and PDF Metadata (January 20)
by Alin Belu 15 Jan '21

15 Jan '21

Hello, Next Wednesday, on January 20th, join us for the debut of our new live instructional webinar series titled “Transforming DITA documents to PDF”! The first entry of this series, “Page Definitions, Cover Page and PDF Metadata”, was created for the people who want to publish their DITA books and maps in PDF but are struggling with the process. Understanding the not-so-easy path that a complete novice needs to take, during this 1-hour webinar, Julien Lacour (software developer at Syncro Soft) will teach you step-by-step how to customize your PDF publications and make them compliant with all your company’s documentation requirements. Quick, easy, and fun! At the end of this crash-course, you will be able to: * Define specific pages (frontmatter/backmatter, chapters, indexes, etc.). * Set page sizes and page margins. * Place fixed content in headers/footers. * Create a cover page with little to no effort. * Add metadata into the final PDF to apply searchable keywords into your document and so much more. This is a free event and you can register at http://www.oxygenxml.com/evs2021-2.html Make sure to check the full list of our upcoming events: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events_programme.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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[Ann] Oxygen Git Client add-on v2.4 has been released!
by Alin Belu 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Hello, We are excited to announce the release of Oxygen Git Client add-on version 2.4! One of the most important features found in the newest version of the add-on is the addition of the "Abort merge" action for when conflicts result after a Pull (merge) operation. This allows you to abort the current conflict resolution process. Other improvements added in version 2.4 of the Oxygen Git Client add-on that expand its functionality even further include: * The addition of a quick find filter to the Git History view. * A new set of options in the Git Client preferences page that can be used to decide whether to always switch to a newly detected working copy from a project, to never switch, or to always ask. * The "Preferences" action was added in the Settings menu that acts as a shortcut to the Git Client preferences page. * An issue was fixed where pushing to a remote branch with a different name than the one of the local branches did not work. * Numerous other bug fixes were integrated, along with UI improvements, and speed improvements. * The JGit component included in the Git Client was updated to version 5.10.0. Also, make sure to check the README page for the Git Client add-on on GitHub: https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygen-git-plugin/blob/master/README.md We hope that you will enjoy using the latest release of the Oxygen Git Client add-on as much as we enjoyed developing it! Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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[Ann] Webinar: DITA Publishing and Feedback with Oxygen Tools (January 13)
by Alin Belu 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Hello, New year, new learning opportunities! Due to your rising interest in our live events, we decided to not let you wait any longer: the 2021 Oxygen XML webinar series debuts on January 13 with the “DITA Publishing and Feedback with Oxygen Tools” webinar! As you might know, DITA content can be published to modern WebHelp Responsive online help format (based on HTML5) featuring indexing and search, breadcrumb navigation, table of contents, responsive adaptive layout, and accessible content. With this in mind, Alin Balasa (software developer at Syncro Soft) will take an in-depth look at the WebHelp Responsive output and at the process that allows you to update content continuously by embedding a commenting component to collect your customers’ feedback. Some of the topics covered in this webinar will include: * How to publish DITA content to WebHelp Responsive output (pages and layout components, search engine, and publishing templates). * Customizing the output using a publishing templates package. * How to embed the Oxygen Feedback Comments Component to collect customers’ feedback. * Updating DITA topics by integrating community feedback with the use of the Oxygen Feedback Plugin. This is a free event and you can register at http://www.oxygenxml.com/evs2021-1.html Make sure to check the full list of our upcoming events: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events_programme.html Best regards, Alin -- Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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