Hi, We are happy to announce the availability of a beta version of Oxygen XML v12. We welcome any suggestions you might have after testing the application. Disclaimer ========== Note that this is a beta version that hasn't been fully tested yet. Please report any issues that you encounter during its use. Download ======== http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor_beta.html http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_author_beta.html Please note that the new version 12 can be installed side-by-side with a previous version of Oxygen. Test License ============ ------START-LICENSE-KEY------ Registration_Name=oXygen 12 Beta User Company=- Category=Enterprise Component=XML-Editor, XSLT-Debugger, Saxon-SA Version=12 Number_of_Licenses=1 Date=08-27-2010 Trial=15 SGN=MCwCFGhSkJ1QJZVKPfeQ2K2xDOQmK3r5AhRK40a3gn9fqXNJ/8Le5zdPjrjaJg\=\= -------END-LICENSE-KEY------- What's New in Oxygen 12 ============================ Version 12 of Oxygen XML improves the existing functionality, adds new features and, most importantly, enhances the user experience. A lot of effort was invested in minimizing memory usage and improving general performance. User Interface ============== * Redesigned Project view The new Project view features a simplified toolbar, an intuitive contextual menu and a mechanism that synchronizes the selection with the current edited document. In addition to this, project modifications are automatically saved. * Redesigned Outline view The Outline view includes filtering support and configuration options grouped in a drop down list, thus simplifying the user interaction. * The New document dialog The New document dialog combines templates and file types in a single presentation layout for increased usability. * Error markers in the Attributes and Outline views Invalid elements and attributes are highlighted with a red underline marker in the Attributes and Outline views. * Open/Find resource Quickly locate and open files from the entire project or from the current DITA Map. Author ====== * Conditional processing Conditional processing attributes can be easily managed to filter content in the published output. You can toggle between different profile sets to see how the edited content looks like before publishing. * Code templates The code templates are available through content completion also in the Author mode. * Paste or drop files in Author Images or other files can be easily referenced by dragging them into your document. You can also paste files in the document to create references. * Comment highlights (review) You can highlight parts of the documents and add them comments. DITA ==== * WebHelp output Oxygen adds a new DITA transformation scenario that converts a DITA Map to WebHelp, providing a website-friendly presentation of the DITA content, featuring a table of contents, index navigation and search capabilities. * DITA Map validation Oxygen provides validation and completeness checking of an entire DITA Map's hierarchy. * Synchronize current topic in the DITA Maps Manager The selection in the DITA Maps Manager is synchronized with the current edited topic. * DITA 1.2 specific features New File templates for General Task and Subject Scheme map. Content completion on keyrefs. Author API ========== * Enhanced Author API Now the Author API provides support for adding custom persistent highlights to the document. Set a listener in the API to be notified when files are dropped or pasted in the Author. Use the API to open an URL in the system preferred application. A complete API allows other Eclipse plugins to access pages from opened Oxygen Eclipse XML editors. XSLT Debugger ============== * Output to templates mapping Navigate through the Debugger Output view to see the template stack which generated each output fragment. * Unified breakpoints Manage both breakpoints and break conditions in a single consolidated view. * Better rendering of node sequences Sequence/node set atomic values are previewed directly in the XWatch or Variables views. Relax NG ======== * Better error location for Relax NG Several error types are more precisely mapped in the editor. * Support for a:defaultValue in content completion The default value specified with an annotation attribute a:defaultValue is contributed to the content completion proposals list. Development =========== * Mark occurrences The occurrences of the current component are highlighted. Available for XML Schema and XSL Stylesheet documents. * XProc scenarios support editor variables Editor variables can be used to specify the parameter values in XProc scenarios. SVN Client ========== Oxygen version 12 comes with the latest Syncro SVN Client improvements: http://www.syncrosvnclient.com/index.html#new-version Others ====== * Folding when line wrap is enabled You can fold XML elements even when the line wrap is activated in the Text editor page. * CSS Support for the "text-transform" property. Component updates ================= * Updated Saxon Saxon was updated to version 9.2.1.2. * Updated DITA OT DITA Open Toolkit was updated to version 1.5.1. * Updated Apache FOP processor The Apache FOP processor was updated to version 1.0. * Updated Calabash XProc connector Calabash XProc connector was updated to version 0.9.23. Regards, Stefan Vasile Stefan Vasile oXygen XML Editor and Author support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 Fax: +40-251-461482 support@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com