Dear Oxygen users, We are pleased to announce the release of <oXygen/> XML Editor version 13.1. This message contains important information about * critical incompatibility fix for Mac OS X Java 1.6.0_27 * <oXygen/> 13.1 download location and installation notes * what's new in <oXygen/> 13.1 * upcoming events * support channels Critical incompatibility fix ============================ Mac OS X: Resolved a critical issue that prevented the application from starting with Java SE 6 1.6.0_27. Read more here: http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic6394.html Download ======== The new installation kits can be downloaded from: http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html Please note that the new version 13.1 can upgrade a previous <oXygen/> installation or can be installed side-by-side. New in <oXygen/> 13.1 ===================== Version 13.1 adds support for XHTML 5, improved content completion in XML modules, a new TEI ODD framework, support for publishing DITA maps directly from a CMS or other remote resources and a metrics report for DITA maps. Being a maintenance release it has a focus also on fixing many small issues. XHTML 5: * Support for XHTML 5 XML Content Completion: * Improved Content Completion in XML Modules * Use All xsi:schema-location Location Hints TEI: * TEI ODD Support DITA: * DITA OT Transformations on Remote DITA Maps * DITA Map Metrics Report Databases: * Create Files in XML Databases * Notice: Support for Tamino and Tiger Logic was deprecated WebHelp: * WebHelp Search Improvement XSLT Development: * Initializer Class Option for Saxon * Consolidated View for Batch Transformation xsl:message Messages Author: * More Values Supported for the CSS list-style-type Property Extended Author API: * Attribute Filtering Capabilities for the DITA Map Editor * Make the DITA Map Editor Read-Only * Extended the Set of Customizable Toolbars * Controllable Default Button in Confirmation Dialogs * Access to the File Filters Used by the Input URL Chooser Other: * Safe Save * Open File At Caret Action Can Open Folders * Improved Automatic Indent Detection * Specify the File Types for Automatic Spell Checking Updated Components: * Updated Calabash XProc Connector * Updated TEI Stylesheets Details... XHTML 5 --------------------------- * Support for XHTML 5 You can edit now in <oXygen/> XHTML 5 (HTML 5 in XML syntax) documents. The support includes document validation and content completion. If it finds the <!DOCTYPE html> doctype declaration inside the document, <oXygen/> enables the XHTML 5 support. XML Content Completion ------------------------------------------ * Improved Content Completion in XML Modules There are situations in which you edit an XML document that is a module of a main document (as an external entity or referred using xi:include). If a module has an associated validation scenario (that specifies the main file), <oXygen/> will use the schema of the main file to provide content completion when you edit the module. * Use All xsi:schema-location Location Hints <oXygen/> takes into account the xsi:schema-location attributes from all the elements of the document, not only the one from the root element. All these detected schemas are then used to provide content completion and model information. TEI ----------------------- * TEI ODD Support A new framework for TEI ODD is available. You can create and edit ODD files in the Text or in the Author (visual editing) mode, then transform them to various schema languages: RelaxNG, DTD or XML Schema. To quickly obtain a documentation for your ODD file you can choose one of the built-in transformations from ODD to XHTML, PDF, EPUB, DOCX, or ODT. DITA ------------------------ * DITA OT Transformations on Remote DITA Maps You can open a remote DITA Map - from a CMS, a WebDAV or FTP server, or even from a local ZIP archive - in <oXygen/> and then publish it to any supported DITA Open Toolkit output format. There is no need to do a manual checkout of the entire map hierarchy: <oXygen/> does this checkout for you, in a transparent way. * DITA Map Metrics Report You can use the "DITA Map Metrics Report" predefined transformation scenario to see a comprehensive report about the content reuse, the use of DITA elements, change tracking, and more other useful statistics extracted from your DITA Map. Databases ----------------------------- * Create Files in XML Databases You can create a file (resource) in your XML Database, directly from the Database Explorer. * Notice: Support for Tamino and Tiger Logic was deprecated These databases will no longer be maintained in the next major release. WebHelp --------------------------- * WebHelp Search Improvement You can use the WebHelp searching capabilities to find compound words (words joined together with colon (":"), minus ("-"), underline ("_"), or dot (".") characters). Both the composing words and the resulting word are added to the search index. XSLT Development ------------------------------------ * Initializer Class Option for Saxon You can specify what class Saxon should use as initializer, in your transformation scenario (the "-init" Saxon option). * Consolidated View for Batch Transformation xsl:message Messages All the xsl:messages emitted by the transformations run in batch mode are now presented in the results area. Author -------------------------- * More Values Supported for the CSS list-style-type Property The CSS3 'box', 'diamond', 'check' si 'hyphen' values are also supported for the "list-style-type" property. Extended Author API --------------------------------------- * Attribute Filtering Capabilities for the DITA Map Editor In order to filter (hide) some of the attributes, you can add an AuthorAttributesDisplayFilter to the WSDITAMapEditorPage. This is of interest for the CMS integrations, where some of the topic attributes contain metadata which is not normally edited by the content author. * Make the DITA Map Editor Read-Only You can control whether the DITA Map editor is read-only by using the method: WSDITAMapEditorPage.setEditable. * Extended the Set of Customizable Toolbars Using the already existing ToolbarComponentsCustomizer you can now customize the DITA Maps manager view existing toolbars, or add a new one. Also, the ToolbarComponentsCustomizer now receives callbacks for the toolbars that are created as Author Extensions (from the Document Type associated to the current XML file). * Controllable Default Button in Confirmation Dialogs You can choose which is the default button in the confirmation dialogs displayed by your Author Extension. See the set of methods: Workspace.showConfirmDialog. * Access to the File Filters Used by the Input URL Chooser This new method is useful for CMS integrations: InputURLChooser.getResourceFilters is useful to decide the type of files the chooser dialog browses. For example, if the dialog is used to select an image to be added to the Author page, then the resource filters contain image extensions. Other ------------------------- * Safe Save <oXygen/> saves now by default in a temporary file and when the save completes it copies the content from the temporary file to the target file. This ensures that in event of a crash you will still have the original file unaltered. <oXygen/> also preserves the Alternate Data Streams intact. The Safe Save option can be found in the Preferences Dialog, Open/Save options page. * Open File At Caret Action Can Open Folders You can directly open folders in Windows explorer (or Finder on Mac) if you place the caret in the editor on a reference representing the folder path and invoke the Open File At Caret action. * Improved Automatic Indent Detection The automated detection of the indent in the current file was improved. A statistical approach is now used to filter out "unreasonable" indent sizes. * Specify the File Types for Automatic Spell Checking Now you can decide the content types for which the Automatic Spell Check is active. For instance, you can exclude XSL files. File types in which automatic spell check is usually not useful like CSS and DTD are excluded by default. Updated Components -------------------------------------- * Updated Calabash XProc Connector Calabash XProc connector was updated to include Calabash version 0.9.37. * Updated TEI Stylesheets The TEI XSLT stylesheets were updated to version 5.56. Upcoming Events =============== November 7-8, 2011, DITA Europe 2011, Prague, Czech Republic Syncro Soft / <oXygen> XML is one of the event sponsors. You will be able to meet a part of our team and see a live presentation of <oXygen/>. Support Channels ================ Just a reminder, we have an online discussion forum and a mailing list for <oXygen/> 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/forum/ http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user/ As always, your comments and suggestions are appreciated. Best regards, <oXygen/> Development Team -- syncRO soft ltd http://www.oxygenxml.com