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SynchroSVN unable to connect to repository - error Malformed Network Data
by Jeff Gaer 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

I can open a repository connection and see the url appear in the repository pane, but can no longer browse the repository or commit. The error I get is malformed network data. There is no other useful information that I can find. we are running svn 1.4.4 on linux 4 using java 1.6.0.3_02 I have the problem both with the 2.6 and 3.0 versions of synchro Jeff Gaer

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Poll question about file type associations in the Windows installer
by Sorin Ristache 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hello everyone, We try to get some opinions from oXygen users on the topic of file type associations with the oXygen application in the Windows installer. Currently in the Windows installer of oXygen the file associations are enabled by default (the checkboxes are checked by default in the Select File Associations panel). For example an .xml file is opened with oXygen automatically on double clicking the file in Windows Explorer which is exactly what the association should do. But due to the way file associations work in Windows an XML file cannot be opened in the Internet Explorer browser any more as an XML file, that is instead of opening and parsing the XML file (and halting the parse on a parse error) and displaying it in colors the file open operation is delegated to the application associated with that file type, which is oXygen in our case. This can be annoying for some users. Also you can cast your vote on the poll opened on the oXygen forum: http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/ftopic2728.html Thank you for your input, Sorin

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Ant Setup for Generating Schema Documentation?
by Eliot Kimber 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Has anyone done the work to use Ant to run the Oxygen XSD schema generator? I'm looking at the script provided with Oxygen and it's just complicated enough that I thought I see if anyone else had replicated it in Ant. I'm scripting the generation of docs for a number of doctypes at once. Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Entering Paragraphs in DITA Content
by Eliot Kimber 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

I'm using OxygenXML for some heads-down authoring of DITA-based content. I had gotten used to being able to do enter/enter to get a <p> element in body content. However, after I entered a few <pre> elements, pre started coming to the top of the list, which broke my conditioning. I think it's important that double enter always result in paragraph, as that's the way most people are conditioned, both by word processors and by other XML editors. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Strange Results from XSD Documentation Generator
by Eliot Kimber 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

I'm trying to use the XSD Documentation Generator on a flattened XSD generated using the NekoDTD tool from a DITA specialization (in this a slightly modified version of the element_ref topic type from the element_ref plug-in). I'm generating the documentation chunked but not processing included or imported schemas (because there aren't any). I'm also turning JavaScript off. However, in my generated HTML I see two things: 1. All the textual links to used element types look like this: <a title=""titlealts" element declaration could not be found." href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="alert('"titlealts" element declaration could not be found.');"> 2. For some elements (e.g., element_ref) the area map for the schema diagram is empty but it is correctly generated for other types. I have not specified a links file because it shouldn't be need since I'm only processing one flattened schema. Any idea what might be going on? I can provide the XSD I'm processing. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Configuring Document Templates
by Eliot Kimber 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

I need to add templates for a number of different document types (in this case, a large number of DITA map and topic specializations). It looks like the "Additional templates directory" just takes a single value: I would expect it to be a list of directories. The way I have my templates organized, each distinct map and topic type is in its own directory and has a templates/ directory beneath it. Have I missed something? Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Scripting a set of search and replace actions
by Eliot Kimber 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

This is probably RTFM but I'm lazy so sue me. I'm using Oxygen to do quick-and-dirty data conversion that requires applying the same set of search and replace actions to different files. What I'm doing is too ad-hoc to really warrant creating a full-on script or transform but I'm repeating the process enough times that I'd like to capture part of it. What I'd like to be able to do is save a sequence of search and replace actions that I can then easily load and re-apply. Is there a way to do that today? Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Is this a good place to post feature requests?
by Francois Jordaan 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

I know oXygen's support page has a "Feature request" contact option, but posting it in a public forum makes it easier for people to share their agreement or disagreement, or point out if the feature or equivalent already exists. And I noticed several feature requests on the list already. Of course, if oXygen staff won't read them here, then there's little point. f -- francois(a)isotoma.com / Isotoma, Open Source Software Consulting Tel: 01904 567349 / Mobile: 07872 394273 / Fax: 020 79006980 Skype: fjordaan / http://www.isotoma.com Postal Address: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA, UK Registered in England. Company No 5171172. VAT GB843570325. Registered Office: 19a Goodge Street, London, W1T 2PH

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How To Apply Saxon XQuery to Input Document of Transformation Scenario
by Eliot Kimber 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

I wanted to apply an XQuery to the input document specified in a Saxon transformation scenario but it wasn't immediately obvious how this would work. I figured out that this works: let $doc := . As the first statement in the query (or the first that doesn't reset the context value). I think this works because Saxon uses the value of the -s parameter as the value of the query's context node (which is accessed using "."). It would be useful to have an example of this in the online help for running XQueries using Saxon. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Can't Apply XQuery Scenario From Document Window
by Eliot Kimber 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

It appears that from a document's window you can only apply XSLT transforms, not XQuery transforms. Is that correct? And if so, why? I tried creating an XQuery scenario that took the current doc as input but when I apply it it's trying to process it as XSLT. I realize this is probably not the normal way to use XQuery, but in this case I wrote a query that analyzes a single document and just want to apply it to a doc without having to re-edit the scenario. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Feature Request: Remember parameters to trang converter
by Eliot Kimber 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

I've been using the trang converter to do some iterative development (generate XSD, test result, fix DTD, generate XSD, try different options, etc.) and found it annoying that the converter dialog didn't remember at least the directories I had used for the input and output, if not the specific files. Would it be possible to have the dialog remember the last values used or default to the directories used for input and output? Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Drag to oXygen Dock icon (OS X) doesn't work
by Francois Jordaan 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

I'd appreciate some help from Mac users of oXygen. Why can I not drag .html files onto the oXygen Dock icon? I can drag .css files to it (possibly only since the 9.1 update), but not .html. francois -- francois(a)isotoma.com / Isotoma, Open Source Software Consulting Tel: 01904 567349 / Mobile: 07872 394273 / Fax: 020 79006980 Skype: fjordaan / http://www.isotoma.com Postal Address: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA, UK Registered in England. Company No 5171172. VAT GB843570325. Registered Office: 19a Goodge Street, London, W1T 2PH

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Feature Request: Refactor: Create New Document
by Eliot Kimber 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

It would be handy to have a "create document from element" refactor, as well as a "create document and replace with {xref|conref|xinclude}" depending on your document type context. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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XFC Processor Problems with Leopard
by Raymond 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

os/x-10.5.1 docbook-xsl-1.73.2 xfc-4.2 oxygenxml-9.1 (eclipse 3.3.1.1 plugin) External FO Processor XFC configured as fo2rtf ${fo} ${out} Can't get XFC to work with oXygen: Started: /Users/Shared/Library/xfc-4.2/fo2rtf /Users/foo/workspace/foo/ appdev/genArticle/trunk/empoweringChange.xml_xslt /Users/foo/Sites/ empoweringChange.rtf java.lang.NullPointerException at com.xmlmind.fo.converter.b.c.a(Unknown Source) at com.xmlmind.fo.converter.r.characters(Unknown Source) at com.jclark.xml.sax.SAX2Driver.flushData(Unknown Source) at com.jclark.xml.sax.SAX2Driver.endElement(Unknown Source) at com.jclark.xml.parse.EntityParser.parseContent(Unknown Source) at com.jclark.xml.parse.EntityParser.parseDocumentEntity(Unknown Source) at com.jclark.xml.parse.DocumentParser.parse(Unknown Source) at com.jclark.xml.parse.base.ParserImpl.parseDocument(Unknown Source) at com.jclark.xml.sax.SAX2Driver.parse(Unknown Source) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:375) at com.xmlmind.fo.converter.r.if(Unknown Source) at com.xmlmind.fo.converter.Driver.M(Unknown Source) at com.xmlmind.fo.converter.Driver.main(Unknown Source) Process ended with exit code: 2 Previous experience with FO processor XEP (4.10 works fine with above referenced configuration) Ray

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Feature request: XQuery Outline
by David Sewell 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

In the XQuery outline, could there be added at the bottom a bullet point * Query Body to mark the point where the query proper begins? Currently, to find the start-of-query using the Outline, it is necessary to click on the last prologue declaration, for example the last function declaration, and then scroll down to the end of that declaration. David S. -- David Sewell, Editorial and Technical Manager ROTUNDA, The University of Virginia Press PO Box 801079, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4318 USA Courier: 310 Old Ivy Way, Suite 302, Charlottesville VA 22903 Email: dsewell(a)virginia.edu Tel: +1 434 924 9973 Web: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/

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Bug? Message Window Goes Away After Opening Transform Result
by Eliot Kimber 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Using 9.1, build 2007121915, I'm noticing that if I run an XSLT transform that generates output and have that automatically opened in the editor, then when I run the transform (from the XSLT document) I see a messages window but then after the result opens, the messages window goes away. On second runs, where the result is already open, if I say "no" to the "file changed" dialog, then the message window remains and I can see the messages. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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How To: Use Trang with Catalog-Based Resolution (DTD-to-Schema)
by Eliot Kimber 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

I'm trying to use Trang through Oxygen to create flat schemas from my local shells and specializations. I immediately ran into the problem that all my stuff depends on catalogs and it looks like Trang isn't using the catalogs configured in the main editor. Is there an easy way to hook in the catalogs? Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Re: Drag to oXygen Dock icon (OS X) doesn't work
by John Kelly 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

You can always "force" the Dock to open a document in a particular application by holding command and option while dragging the file over the application icon. You can press these keys at any point while dragging the document. . John

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Re: [oXygen-user] Feature Request: button/keystroke to Untag An Element
by Wendell Piez 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Hey Eliot, Have you started keeping your eye on the element hierarchy list at the top of the document in the Author view? I'm finding it very useful. Not only does it indicate where in the hierarchy the cursor is located, but I can select whole elements from the ancestry of the current cursor position by clicking on its name in the list. To do what (I believe) you're asking about below is as simple as getting the cursor in the right place (in between the wrapper and its first or last child), and using backspace, delete or the equivalent to remove a layer of containment. Other functionalities you're used to from other products can probably be usefully addressed this way too. Of course, when tags are invisible this does require you have a good mental model of your element hierarchy -- but then you have that. Cheers, Wendell At 02:22 PM 12/19/2007, you wrote: >I often want to remove a containing element from around one or more >child elements. I'm not seeing a direct way to do that in Author. >I'd like it to be bound to a keystroke by default and, if possible, >on a toolbar button. ====================================================================== 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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bug report 9.1
by Holly Hendricks 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Hi Soren and colleagues, The site bug reporting interface kept trashing my attempt to report this. 9.0: XML and XSLT run fine 9.1: same transform on same files generates Saxon 9B -999 error Can I zip up the xslt and just enough of the XML to recreate this for you? The xml is large. Thanks, Holly Hendricks Mass. Historical Society

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Latest 9.1 build 2007122116
by George Cristian Bina 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Hi, As I mentioned a couple of months ago we will make available multiple oXygen builds as some issues are discovered and fixed in oXygen. In general most of the people do not need to upgrade. They need to upgrade only if the issues fixed by the builds will affect their work. Here there are the fixes added since the 9.1 initial build 2007121417: Build 2007121915 * Fix a problems with the remote HTTP resources encoding. The encoding for remote HTTP resources was taken from the HTTP headers, defaulting to ISO8859-1 if nothing was specified, thus bypassing the automatic encoding detection and leading to wrong usage of the ISO8859-1 encoding. * Fixed a problem related with loading of the plugins for the <oXygen/> standalone edition. If a plugin specified a jar with its classes then no plugins were loaded. Build 2007122116 * Fixed the problem of dragging XML elements from the XQuery input view to the XQuery editor. This functionality did not work. * Fixed the UDDI browser connection through the HTTP proxy. The UDDI browser did not use the proxy settings specified in oXygen options. * Fixed the problem of using the XML schema: http://www.w3.org/2001/03/xml.xsd for referring the default xml attributes. The above URL was resolved though the default oXygen catalog to a local copy. The local copy of the schema contained a reference to a DTD that was not available locally. We removed that DTD reference. * Set a Saxon 9 option specifying that all nodes are untyped when using Saxon 9 Basic. This allows Saxon to perform better optimizations and prevents a problem with an exception thrown by Saxon B on a match pattern of the form a[x='value']//b. Happy holidays, George --------------------------------------------------------------------- George Cristian Bina - http://aboutxml.blogspot.com/ <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com

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XSL:minimum positive value
by chandra shaker 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Hi, i am using the following XML, i wanted to print small positive value <a> <value>34</value> </a> <a> <value>23</value> </a> <a> <value>56</value> </a> <a> <value> -10 </value> </a> </a> i am using the followng XPath Expression for printing small value but it returns " -10 " <xsl:value-of select="//value[not(. > //value)]"/> Plz reply ASAP. Thanks chandra.

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validate XML files in eXist collection
by Graaumans, Joris 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi, I've setup a connection with eXist in oXygen 9.0. I can open files, edit them, run xqueries, etc. However, I was wondering: it is possible to validate all XML documents in a collection? Preferably against an external XML Schema. Thanks in advance, Joris

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Feature Request: button/keystroke to Untag An Element
by Eliot Kimber 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

I often want to remove a containing element from around one or more child elements. I'm not seeing a direct way to do that in Author. I'd like it to be bound to a keystroke by default and, if possible, on a toolbar button. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Feature Request: Keystroke to Select Element Content
by Eliot Kimber 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

In the Arbortext Editor some keystroke would select the content (but not tags) of the element containing the cursor. Subsequent presses would extend the selection up the ancestry by selecting the containing element, its parent, etc. I used this a lot and I don't see a way to do it in Author mode. Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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