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New Member asking about accessibility to blind users via a screen reader
by Daniel Creasy 22 May '20

22 May '20

Hello everyone. Some of you may not be aware of what a “screen reader” is or that blind developers can use onee to develop software. Most of you probably are. I’ve done a lot of work with XML, mostly using a text editor and have tried Oxygen XML in the past. I’m interested in learning about the current state of accessibility and would love to find some docs or articles about it. I’m considering purchasing a personal license but don’t want to invest that much money into something I can’t use fully. Any comments or references would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Keith Creasy

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[Ann] Oxygen XML Suite Version 22.1 Release
by alin_belu＠sync.ro 20 May '20

20 May '20

Hi everyone, We are happy to announce that Oxygen XML Author/Editor version 22.1 was released! New features and improvements added in Oxygen XML Editor/Author/Developer version 22.1 include: *Improved productivity for DITA users with CTRL+click navigation on links and topic references, automatic key generation for new topics, faster new map creation, and making the DITA References view plugin discoverable with installation-on-first-use. *Using CSS to customize the PDF output is used more and more, and the CSS-based DITA to PDF output reflects this with many updates, including support for change bars and the possibility to bring the changed content into sticky annotation notes, support for using CSS to style embedded SVG, better handling of white space, hyphenation, and line wrapping, as well as improved error reporting to help you troubleshoot issues. *Copying content from the Author visual mode and pasting it into HTML or word processing documents will preserve similar HTML formatting whenever possible. *When working with documents, comparing files in the visual Author mode is a huge productivity boost and usability improvement, and while this was available in the standalone version, it was missing in the Eclipse plugin version. Not anymore! The visual diff and merge support can now also be used inside Eclipse. *The professional-grade JSON and HTML support was further improved, with a focus on the latter, extending the Schematron validation support to work on HTML documents, a new action allows you to make HTML as XML well-formed to enable further processing with XML tools, and you can format and indent specific HTML elements *Sometimes a new functionality is introduced through plugins to allow for a faster development and immediate availability. To make these plugins easier to discover and install, we implemented an install-on-first-use support. The user interface that triggers the plugin looks as if the plugin is installed, but when you try to use it, it will first trigger the plugin installation. This is the case for existing plugins such as the Git client, Batch converter, XSD to JSON Schema, and Oxygen Emmet Plugin, as well as for new plugins such as the Generate Java Classes from XSD or the DITA References View. *Other user interfaces and productivity improvements make the Results view dockable in any position for more flexible layouts, find/replace in files also presents matches in the visual Author mode, better search functionality will understand adjacent words on separate lines, you can hide almost everything, including the editor tabs for a presentation mode. Also, an external MathML editor can be configured, allowing you to easily edit MathML with tools such as Libre Office. *New APIs allow for finding the names of pseudo-classes for elements, customization of the tooltip text when editing in Author mode, using the Author API directly on content without opening the content in the editor, running validation scenarios from custom Author actions, and contributions of new code templates. *Many components were updated, including the DITA Open Toolkit, DITA Open Toolkit Plugin for DITA-to-Word, Everit, Saxon, TEI Schemas and Stylesheets, Xerces, focheck, Log4j, Rhino, and XSpec. For the complete list of features, see: https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html We hope you will enjoy Oxygen 22.1! As always, any feedback on it is welcomed. Best regards, Alin

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[Ann] Recordings of the latest Oxygen webinars are available
by alin_belu＠sync.ro 08 May '20

08 May '20

Hello, For the last two weeks, we organized and held two exciting webinars for the Oxygen community! We want to let you know that we made the recordings of these webinars available for free on our website. They are as follows: What's New in Oxygen 22.0 In this webinar, Steven Higgs explores some of the most requested and significant features that were added in version 22.0 of the Oxygen XML suite of products. Access it here: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events/2020/webinar_what_is_new_in_Oxygen_22.html Extending the Functionality of Oxygen Using Add-ons During the webinar, Sorin Carbunaru takes a closer look at some of the most popular add-ons that are available for Oxygen XML Editor. You will get to see what benefits they provide, and some ideas for how they can be integrated into your particular authoring workflow. Access it here: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events/2020/webinar_extending_the_functionality_o… Best regards from the Oxygen team! Alin Belu Oxygen XML Editor

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Code templates Xml / Xsl
by Karl Stubsjoen 07 May '20

07 May '20

I commonly use the same code templates in Xml and Xsl documents. Beside duplicating and besides setting the association to All Editors is there a way to define a code template for Xml and Xsl editors? I rarely author html pages directly, but I suppose these html code snippets, specifically Twitter Bootstrap code snippets, should have the same consideration. Karl.. Karl Stubsjoen

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[Ann] Webinar: Extending the Functionality of Oxygen Using Add-ons
by Radu Coravu 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Hi everyone, We are excited to announce the "Extending the Functionality of Oxygen Using Add-ons" webinar on May 6, 2020. During the webinar, my colleague Sorin Carbunaru will take a deeper look at some of the most popular add-ons that are available for Oxygen XML Editor. You will get to see what benefits they provide, and some ideas for how they can be integrated into your particular authoring workflow. Some of the add-ons that will be featured include: • The Git Client add-on that contributes a Git client directly in the Oxygen interface. • The Batch Converter add-on that can be used to convert multiple files from one type to another. • The DITA Outgoing References add-on that contributes a side view where you can see all the outgoing references for the current topic. You can register for free at https://www.oxygenxml.com/events/2020/webinar_extending_the_functionality_o… This webinar will be recorded and made available on our website a few days following the event. Please join us to discover how you can extend the functionality of Oxygen XML Editor! Regards, Radu Radu Coravu Oxygen XML Editor

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Using http-client extension module in Oxygen
by Christian Wittern 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Dear Oxygen users, I know this question has been asked before and answered (The most recent exchange I could find is here[1]). However, it seems things changed a bit since then, and I wonder what would be updated instruction to make it possible to make a POST request from a XSLT script running in oXygen. I found the most recent expath-http-client-java-http-client-1.2.4.zip here [2], but am at a loss at how to use it. All the best, Christian [1] https://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/post34427.html [2] https://codeload.github.com/expath/expath-http-client-java/zip/http-client-…

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Ann: Discover the new features in Oxygen XML Editor 22.0
by Radu Coravu 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hello, We are excited to announce the /What's New in Oxygen 22.0/ webinar on April 29, 2020. During the webinar, Steven Higgs will explore some of the most requested and significant features that were added in Version 22.0 of the Oxygen XML suite of products. The subjects that will be discussed include: ·New features and improvements for DITA authors. ·New possibilities for DITA Publishing, particular for CSS-based PDF output. ·The benefits of the newly added support for the DITA-OT Project configuration file. ·The most significant improvements added in Web Author and Content Fusion. ·A glimpse of various updates for JSON, HTML, and Markdown users. You can register for free athttps://www.oxygenxml.com/events/2020/webinar_what_is_new_in_Oxygen_22.ht… This webinar will be recorded and made available on our website a few days following the event. Please join us to discover some of the most exciting features and improvements in Oxygen 22.0! Regards, Radu Radu Coravu Oxygen XML Editor

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[Ann] New maintenance build available for oXygen 22.0 (2020030607)
by Adrian Buza 12 Mar '20

12 Mar '20

Dear oXygen users, We announce the release of a new maintenance build (2020030607) for oXygen 22.0 (XML Editor, XML Developer, XML Author, XML WebHelp, PDF Chemistry, Publishing Engine). The build number can be verified in the Help -> About dialog box from the application (next to the version number). You can download the new installation kits from our web site: http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html Here you can find the complete list of bug-fixes: http://www.oxygenxml.com/build_history.html#2020030607 You can follow our oXygen release/build RSS feed here: http://www.oxygenxml.com/rssBuildID.xml Please let us know if you encounter any problems with this new build. Regards, Adrian -- Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author Support

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Specifying multiple CSS files in an HTML5 transformation scenario
by Kristen James Eberlein 28 Feb '20

28 Feb '20

What is the best way to specify multiple files in a DITA-OT transformation scenario for HTML5? I can specify multiple CSS in a template descriptor file for oXygen WebHelp, but I'm not sure how best to accomplish this in an HTML5 transformation scenario. Currently: args.copycss=yes args.css=bronto_responsive.css args.cssroot=${homeDir/Documents/helpdocs/web-help/css I have two other CSS files that should be used in the transformation ... -- Best, Kris Kristen James Eberlein Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee OASIS Distinguished Contributor Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting LLC www.eberleinconsulting.com +1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

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[Ann] Oxygen XML Suite Version 22.0 Release
by Radu Coravu 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Hi everyone, We are proud to announce the immediate availability of version 22 of the industry-leading XML editing suite of products, Oxygen XML Editor, Author, Developer, Web Author, WebHelp, PDF Chemistry, and version 2.0 of Oxygen Content Fusion. https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html Simultaneously, Oxygen Feedback, a new comments management platform, has progressed through the Beta phase and it is now available for commercial use, while the new Oxygen Publishing Engine offers automation support for transforming DITA content into WebHelp, PDF, EPUB, and plain HTML output from your integration scripts. This release offers an incredibly robust set of new features and improvements and the seamless synthesis of all the products makes Oxygen the most comprehensive solution available for XML authoring, development, publishing, and collaboration. The latest additions and enhancements focus on productivity, performance, security, cost-efficiency, and simplicity. ================================================================= New features and improvements added in Oxygen XML Editor/Author/Developer version 22.0 include: * DITA authoring enhancements include a new DITA Perspective that provides an optimal UI environment for working with DITA projects, media resources are now presented in the DITA Reusable Components View, various improvements to search and refactoring operations, and much more. * Support was added for the DITA-OT project file, used to define all the contexts and deliverables for a DITA publication project. Some of its benefits include simplified publishing using a single configuration file, the possibility to share and reuse project configurations, project-level validation support, and enhanced authoring. * DITA publishing to PDF using CSS was updated with various new parameters and styling features, and it is now possible to transform a single DITA topic to CSS-based PDF output. * The HTML5 editing support was enhanced to be as robust as with XHTML. You can now edit HTML documents in the Author visual mode even if they are not XML well-formed. Support was also added for content completion in CSS or JS code embedded in HTML, code templates, formatting, XPath queries, and much more. * The built-in Markdown editor is more powerful than ever. You can now apply business rule checks using real-time Schematron validation, and the editor now has synchronized scrolling between the source pane and preview pane, which offers the possibility of previewing the Markdown content as HTML, DITA, or Lightweight DITA, with the latter two facilitating the use of Markdown in the DITA ecosystem. * State-of-the-art JSON tools were added for converting XSD to JSON Schema and generating JSON Schema from sample JSON files. Further improvements refined the content completion assistant, validation, and syntax highlighting features for JSON documents. * The user interface is now also available in the Chinese language. * As always, this release includes numerous other requested features, API additions, bug fixes, and component updates. ================================================================= New features added in Oxygen XML Web Author version 22.0.0 include: * Structured auto-correct, to automatically expand text patterns to corresponding XML markup. For example, prefixing some text with "*" or "-" in DITA will generate a list item. * Easier and more efficient way to insert content references or cross references directly from the target document preview. * DITA users will benefit from improvements to the behavior of certain keyboard shortcuts, a new CSS style, and a new action for defining DITA variables. * Toolbar actions were added to the Markdown editor to make it easier to insert syntax and real-time validation of Markdown documents against a custom Schematron file is now possible. * It is now easier to reuse content in DocBook documents with new toolbar actions for XInclude and inserting links. * The user interface is available also in the Chinese language. * Various new APIs, performance and stability improvements, and more. ================================================================= New features added in Oxygen Content Fusion version 2.0 include: * Subject Matter Experts can now create new Content Fusion tasks directly in the browser interface and then share them with the documentation team to be integrated into their projects. * A DITAVAL file can now be attached to a task so that content is filtered based upon its defined conditional profiling attribute values. * Resources (such as images or CSS files) referenced in XML files are detected and optionally can be automatically included in new Content Fusion tasks. * The built-in visual editor (Oxygen XML Web Author) was updated to its latest version. * Various security improvements and interface enhancements were added. ================================================================= Improvements and updates added for Oxygen PDF Chemistry version 22.0 include: * The overall performance of the Chemistry processor was improved up to 20%. * It is now possible to display change bars to mark some revised elements in the content. * Hyphenated words are now searchable, and can be copied from a PDF reader and pasted in their original form, without the hyphen. * Fallback fonts were added for CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) languages. * Support was added for various CSS properties, functions, fonts, and more. ================================================================= As mentioned, version 22 also marks the initial release of a new product called Oxygen Feedback. It provides a way for your community to interact and offer feedback by embedding a stylish comments area into any HTML-based website. It is particularly designed for published WebHelp Responsive output and an add-on is available that contributes a side view where you can see all the comments from your output directly in Oxygen XML Editor/Author, matched to the corresponding DITA topics. Users with an already existing valid license for Oxygen XML Editor/Author can request a free one-year license at https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_feedback/special_offer.html. The goal of the Oxygen Publishing Engine is to make deployments outside of Oxygen XML Editor/Author more efficient. For example, you can automate publishing from a continuous integration server by offering the same configuration that you use when you publish from Oxygen XML Editor/Author. This initial version provides the DITA Open Toolkit with integrated Oxygen publishing plugins, including the responsive Oxygen WebHelp and the CSS-based PDF Chemistry engine as a cost-effective bundle. More details can be found at https://www.oxygenxml.com/publishing_engine.html. Regards, Radu Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor http://www.oxygenxml.com

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