Hi John, See some answers below: John Fitzpatrick wrote:
I’ve created a two-pane XHTML publishing output using DITA-OT 1.4.3. This XHTML Knowledgebase has a search facility and JavaScript collapsible TOC, both of which were implemented using custom plugins to the vanilla DITA-OT v1.4.3. I’d like to be able to use this output format alongside our other outputs from Oxygen.
To publish my output I have to run the following within a DOS shell
ant -f my_build_file.xml
Oxygen runs transformations as follows
"c:\program files\oxygen xml editor 10.3\jre/bin/java" -Xmx256m -classpath "C:\Program Files\Oxygen XML Editor 10.3/tools/ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar" etc ... ... ...
1) Can I my ‘ant’ scripts directly with oXygen‘s version of DITA-OT?
You can edit an Oxygen transformation scenario and in the "Advanced" tab you can set your own "Custom build file" path.
2) Do I need to change my build file to be run using Java at command line?
Executing the "ant.bat" from the command line is almost identical to the path Oxygen is using to run ANT for DITA OT transformations.
3) How do I integrate custom build files with oXygen?
See number 1.
4) Can I integrate plugins into the DITA-OT version that’s shipped with oXygen?
Oxygen comes with DITA OT 1.4.3 bundled in the "OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR\frameworks\dita" directory. Besides the standard bundle we also have some patches in the build files for various features. You should be able to integrate plugins in the version shipped with Oxygen in the same way you would with the toolkit downloaded from the web site.
Thanks
John
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