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CSS editor frustrating, needs improvements
by Hedley Finger 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

I am incorporating copyright class definitions for CSS-only cascading menus. It would be nice to set it off the copyrighted block with extra empty lines above and below, but <oXygen/> reduces all separator lines between CLASSES to one line, and all COMMENTS are abutted with NO empty lines between them. The other editors have a Preference to "[ ] Preserve empty lines", but not the CSS editor. It would also be nice to select a block of text and wrap it in comment opening /* and closing */ in one operation. And a fancy shortcut to select an entire class block by inserting cursor in selector/class name and using a key shortcut would be good. Some attributes/properties can take either a numeric unit of measure or a text token, such as "auto". It would be nice if the autocompletion drop-down showed placeholders (perhaps italicized) for allowable units which, when selected, would insert the unit of measure preceded by the cursor ready to type in the value. This would considerably improve the function of the autocompleter as a learning tool for the inexperience like me and perhaps save the odd keystroke, invalid input, etc. For example, ---------------- width: | 99px << this one selected | 99pt | 99pc | 99em | 99mm | 99cm | 99in | auto | inherit etc. which completes the property thus: width: |px; // where | represents the cursor Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger(a)handholding.com.au>

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Re: [oXygen-user] Validation log file
by Jing, Jenny 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Hi, Wendell: Thank you for your suggestion. I use Perl to do that. But it would be nice if Oxygen can provide that function. Jenny

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soft link to the java app stub to easily open a file
by Robert Koberg 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, I am looking for a simple way to open a file in a running oxygen app. have found that I can open a file in a running instance of oxygen like so: $ /Applications/oxygen/Oxygen.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub / path/to/file.xml I tried to create a soft link the JavaApplicationStub in my home dir, but the system does not recognize it as a file. Is there some way I can alias the longish path so I can do something like (while in my home dir): $ oxy /path/to/file.xml Is there a better/easier way? thanks for any tips, -Rob

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XSL-FO Docbook Transformation failing
by Mark Wilson 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

In an attempt to render PDF via FO, I am reading the Oxygen Users Manual (pages 314-333) and am trying the Docbook PDF transformation described on pages 326-327. However, this transformation fails with an Error Msg 1 which appears to be a FOP command line usage error. Since I cannot see the actual call to FOP from Ozygen, I have no idea how to fix this. I should also add that my FO and XSLT files run when I invoke FOP from the command line. Mark

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DITA Feature Request -- Insert href to files
by Seraphim Larsen 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

It would be nice to have a better method for inserting the hrefs for <xref>, <link>, <conref>, and <image>. As far as I can tell, the current feature set allows you to insert these elements, but then you need to hand-code the href. Would be nice to have a dialog box that allows you to select the target file -- for example, something like the way you can currently insert conrefs. Even nicer, it would be great to be able to drag-and-drop from the Project pane. For example, drag a topic file, and drop into an open DITA file (in Text or Author view), and an xref is inserted. Ctrl-drag, and a Related Link is inserted. Drag a graphic, and an <image> element is inserted, with the href already correctly defined. To get an xref to a particular element, it would be nice to have a feature something like this: - Select the target element - Select menu item "Create xref to target element", which results in the following: - If the selected element has no id attribute, an id attribute is created, or a dialog box opens, telling the user to specify the id attribute - The clipboard is then populated with the <xref> element with the href already correctly defined. - An optional dialog box could appear, telling the user that the xref has been formed and is on the clipboard - You then go to the place where you want to put the xref, and just paste it in. - Oxygen should adjust the syntax of the href, depending on where the user pastes it in. This would not just be a simple copy-paste, but would require some additional intelligence from Oxygen: - If the xref is pointing to content in the same file, the following syntax is used (as per the DITA Language Spec<http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.1/OS/langspec/langref/xref.html#xref__at…> ): href="#topicID" href="#topicID/elemID - If the xref target is in a different file: href="filename.dita#topicID" href="fname.dita#topicID/elemID" It would be nice to have similar copy/paste functionality for conrefs. Much easier than navigating through a dialog box. Thanks, Seraphim On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Radu Coravu <radu_coravu(a)sync.ro> wrote: > Hi, > > We will study implementing this request for a future version. > > Regards, > Radu > > -- > Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger > http://www.oxygenxml.com > > > Eliot Kimber wrote: > >> On 6/2/08 3:23 PM, "Seraphim Larsen" <seraphim37(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> It would also be nice if the dialog box for inserting topicrefs would >>> stay >>> open after inserting each ref. That way you can keep inserting refs till >>> you're done, rather than needing to open the dialog box every single time >>> you add a new ref. Serna has this behavior and it's much easier to work >>> with, in my opinion. >>> >>> >> >> I agree--it's quite nice for organizing a set of existing topics into a >> new >> navigation hierarchy. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Eliot >> >> >> > > >

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Re: [oXygen-user] Validation log file
by Wendell Piez 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Jenny, At 03:45 PM 8/26/2008, you wrote: >I use the "validate with" function in Project to validate multiple >files by our schema. >But I don't know how to format the validation log to save it in one >file, with the format like this: >File name, description, location in one line. > >Now I copied what in the Batch Validation error and paste in Excel, >but for one record there are four line of the error message: > >Does anyone know how to set up the format of the log file? While I haven't done this (and don't know how it can be done) I have successfully post-processed oXygen log files using XSLT 2.0. This isn't beginner-level code, but it is capable of making your logs into pretty much whatever you like. I think I remember suggesting that oXygen export its reports in an XML format, which could then be post-processed much more easily, but if so that feature request is still in the pipeline. (And if not, I hereby make the suggestion.) Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@mulberrytech.com Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================

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Validation log file
by Jing, Jenny 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hi, All: I use the "validate with" function in Project to validate multiple files by our schema. But I don't know how to format the validation log to save it in one file, with the format like this: File name, description, location in one line. Now I copied what in the Batch Validation error and paste in Excel, but for one record there are four line of the error message: Does anyone know how to set up the format of the log file? Thanks. Jenny

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Re: [oXygen-user] DITA Feature Request -- Insert href to files
by Seraphim Larsen 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

How do you trigger the file chooser? I don't see any options for doing that. Thanks! Seraphim On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Eliot Kimber <ekimber(a)reallysi.com> wrote: > On 8/22/08 3:34 PM, "Seraphim Larsen" <seraphim37(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > It would be nice to have a better method for inserting the hrefs for > <xref>, > > <link>, <conref>, and <image>. > > From the attribute editor you can use a file chooser to choose the target > for the href and Oxygen will automatically create the appropriate relative > path. > > Not quite as convenient as you're asking for, but better than typing by > hand. > > Cheers, > > Eliot > > ---- > Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc. > email: ekimber(a)reallysi.com <mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com> > office: 610.631.6770 | cell: 512.554.9368 > 2570 Boulevard of the Generals | Suite 213 | Audubon, PA 19403 > www.reallysi.com <http://www.reallysi.com> | http://blog.reallysi.com > <http://blog.reallysi.com> | www.rsuitecms.com <http://www.rsuitecms.com> > >

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RFE: Ability to select browser for previewing x/html files
by Hedley Finger 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

I have mainly been using <oXygen/> for DITA work but have recently started developing some web pages. It is surprising that you can only specify one browser for previewing x/html files. Most editors allow you to specify several browser which are automatically added to a "View in Browser >>" cascading menu item. Can we expect this improvement soon as it seems to me to be a trivial enhancement? Regards, Hedley -- Hedley Finger 28 Regent Street Camberwell VIC 3124 Australia Tel. +61 3 9809 1229 Fax. (call phone first) Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 Email. "Hedley Finger" <hfinger(a)handholding.com.au>

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entering unicode characters
by Philipp Steinkrüger 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hello, trying to find out whether Oxygen is capable of inserting unicode characters the same way Word does (i.e. giving the character code directly, without using any visual character map or something...) I found a reply from Sorin to the same question asked by someone in September 2006. Sorin then said: You cannot enter the code of the character, for example \uB031 because that is not supported in the current version of <oXygen/> but it is planned for a future version. Two years later, the manual of the current version still shows no sign of this functionality being added, but maybe it has been added silently (because it's really a shame that the only way to enter unicode characters is the character map and code-templates), which I hope. Maybe someone can give me more information on this? Thanks, Philipp -- Philipp Steinkrüger M.A. Philosophisches Seminar der Universität zu Köln - Thomas-Institut - Universitätsstraße 22 50923 Köln Fon +49 221 4702394 Fax +49 221 4705011 philipp.steinkrueger(a)uni-koeln.de http://www.philosophie.uni-koeln.de http://www.thomasinstitut.uni-koeln.de UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN GUTE IDEEN. SEIT 1388.

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