Feature Request: Create Multiple Conrefs With One Selection
In my training development mentioned earlier, I'm making all my prerequisites and objectives reusable and then constructing all such lists in modules via conref. This requires a separate conref for each individual list item or lcObjective. The conkeyref creation dialog is easy enough to use, but it only lets me create one reference at a time (I'm not doing range references). It would be much more convenient if there was some way that I could select multiple targets and have it create an individual conref to each one. Not sure how you'd do that and make a clear distinction between creating a range reference and multiple single references, but it would be very convenient if it was possible. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect, RSI Content Solutions "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.rsicms.com www.rsuitecms.com Book: DITA For Practitioners, from XML Press, http://xmlpress.net/publications/dita/practitioners-1/
Hi Eliot, I will add this as an improvement request and if we get more user feedback we might approach it in a future version. I do not yet see a way in which the dialogs would give the user a clear indication what he will insert when he chooses multiple elements. Regards, Radu Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com On 1/27/2013 6:01 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
In my training development mentioned earlier, I'm making all my prerequisites and objectives reusable and then constructing all such lists in modules via conref. This requires a separate conref for each individual list item or lcObjective.
The conkeyref creation dialog is easy enough to use, but it only lets me create one reference at a time (I'm not doing range references).
It would be much more convenient if there was some way that I could select multiple targets and have it create an individual conref to each one. Not sure how you'd do that and make a clear distinction between creating a range reference and multiple single references, but it would be very convenient if it was possible.
Cheers,
E.
Hi Eliot, I had a new idea about how this multiple insertion of conkeyrefs could be implemented. When you right click inside a DITA topic opened in the Author mode you have two actions called "Paste as Link" and "Paste as Content Reference". Basically you can copy an entire element from a topic and use these actions to insert a conref or an xref to that target topic. Right now these special paste actions work only if you have copied a single element but they could be extended to work if multiple elements have been copied. Also right now only conrefs are added but if Oxygen detects that a key is defined in the DITA Map for the targeted topic it could insert conkeyref (for "Paste as Content Reference") or xref keyref (for "Paste as Link"). Regards, Radu Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com On 1/28/2013 10:12 AM, Oxygen XML Editor Support wrote:
Hi Eliot,
I will add this as an improvement request and if we get more user feedback we might approach it in a future version. I do not yet see a way in which the dialogs would give the user a clear indication what he will insert when he chooses multiple elements.
Regards, Radu
Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 1/27/2013 6:01 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
In my training development mentioned earlier, I'm making all my prerequisites and objectives reusable and then constructing all such lists in modules via conref. This requires a separate conref for each individual list item or lcObjective.
The conkeyref creation dialog is easy enough to use, but it only lets me create one reference at a time (I'm not doing range references).
It would be much more convenient if there was some way that I could select multiple targets and have it create an individual conref to each one. Not sure how you'd do that and make a clear distinction between creating a range reference and multiple single references, but it would be very convenient if it was possible.
Cheers,
E.
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I think that makes sense--I wasn't aware of this feature--would definitely make creating conrefs easier. I am creating conkeyrefs, so detecting keys would be idea/required. Cheers, E. On 1/28/13 4:29 AM, "Oxygen XML Editor Support" <support@oxygenxml.com> wrote:
Hi Eliot,
I had a new idea about how this multiple insertion of conkeyrefs could be implemented. When you right click inside a DITA topic opened in the Author mode you have two actions called "Paste as Link" and "Paste as Content Reference".
Basically you can copy an entire element from a topic and use these actions to insert a conref or an xref to that target topic.
Right now these special paste actions work only if you have copied a single element but they could be extended to work if multiple elements have been copied. Also right now only conrefs are added but if Oxygen detects that a key is defined in the DITA Map for the targeted topic it could insert conkeyref (for "Paste as Content Reference") or xref keyref (for "Paste as Link").
Regards, Radu
Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 1/28/2013 10:12 AM, Oxygen XML Editor Support wrote:
Hi Eliot,
I will add this as an improvement request and if we get more user feedback we might approach it in a future version. I do not yet see a way in which the dialogs would give the user a clear indication what he will insert when he chooses multiple elements.
Regards, Radu
Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 1/27/2013 6:01 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
In my training development mentioned earlier, I'm making all my prerequisites and objectives reusable and then constructing all such lists in modules via conref. This requires a separate conref for each individual list item or lcObjective.
The conkeyref creation dialog is easy enough to use, but it only lets me create one reference at a time (I'm not doing range references).
It would be much more convenient if there was some way that I could select multiple targets and have it create an individual conref to each one. Not sure how you'd do that and make a clear distinction between creating a range reference and multiple single references, but it would be very convenient if it was possible.
Cheers,
E.
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-- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect, RSI Content Solutions "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.rsicms.com www.rsuitecms.com Book: DITA For Practitioners, from XML Press, http://xmlpress.net/publications/dita/practitioners-1/
Eliot, You can also assign keyboard shortcuts to both of these. It's under: Options -> Preferences -> Document Type Association -> Author Tab -> Actions paste.reference and paste.content.reference. I've got them set to Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V and Ctrl+Alt+V Radu, I was actually trying to reference multiple items last week so that would be great if it were added in the future. Matt -----Original Message----- From: oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com [mailto:oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com] On Behalf Of Eliot Kimber Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:38 AM To: Oxygen XML Editor Support; Oxygen User Subject: Re: [oXygen-user] Feature Request: Create Multiple Conrefs With One Selection I think that makes sense--I wasn't aware of this feature--would definitely make creating conrefs easier. I am creating conkeyrefs, so detecting keys would be idea/required. Cheers, E. On 1/28/13 4:29 AM, "Oxygen XML Editor Support" <support@oxygenxml.com> wrote:
Hi Eliot,
I had a new idea about how this multiple insertion of conkeyrefs could be implemented. When you right click inside a DITA topic opened in the Author mode you have two actions called "Paste as Link" and "Paste as Content Reference".
Basically you can copy an entire element from a topic and use these actions to insert a conref or an xref to that target topic.
Right now these special paste actions work only if you have copied a single element but they could be extended to work if multiple elements have been copied. Also right now only conrefs are added but if Oxygen detects that a key is defined in the DITA Map for the targeted topic it could insert conkeyref (for "Paste as Content Reference") or xref keyref (for "Paste as Link").
Regards, Radu
Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 1/28/2013 10:12 AM, Oxygen XML Editor Support wrote:
Hi Eliot,
I will add this as an improvement request and if we get more user feedback we might approach it in a future version. I do not yet see a way in which the dialogs would give the user a clear indication what he will insert when he chooses multiple elements.
Regards, Radu
Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 1/27/2013 6:01 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
In my training development mentioned earlier, I'm making all my prerequisites and objectives reusable and then constructing all such lists in modules via conref. This requires a separate conref for each individual list item or lcObjective.
The conkeyref creation dialog is easy enough to use, but it only lets me create one reference at a time (I'm not doing range references).
It would be much more convenient if there was some way that I could select multiple targets and have it create an individual conref to each one. Not sure how you'd do that and make a clear distinction between creating a range reference and multiple single references, but it would be very convenient if it was possible.
Cheers,
E.
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-- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect, RSI Content Solutions "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.rsicms.com www.rsuitecms.com Book: DITA For Practitioners, from XML Press, http://xmlpress.net/publications/dita/practitioners-1/ _______________________________________________ oXygen-user mailing list oXygen-user@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user AVIS : Ce courrier et ses pieces jointes sont destines a leur seul destinataire et peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles appartenant a bioMerieux. Si vous n'etes pas destinataire, vous etes informe que toute lecture, divulgation, ou reproduction de ce message et des pieces jointes est strictement interdite. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur merci d'en prevenir l'expediteur et de le detruire, ainsi que ses pieces jointes. NOTICE: This message and attachments are intended only for the use of their addressee and may contain confidential information belonging to bioMerieux. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message, or any attachment, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the original sender immediately and delete this message, along with any attachments.
Hi Matt, I added your vote for this. Regards, Radu Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com On 1/28/2013 4:55 PM, KAATMAN Matthew wrote:
Eliot,
You can also assign keyboard shortcuts to both of these.
It's under: Options -> Preferences -> Document Type Association -> Author Tab -> Actions paste.reference and paste.content.reference. I've got them set to Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V and Ctrl+Alt+V
Radu, I was actually trying to reference multiple items last week so that would be great if it were added in the future.
Matt
-----Original Message----- From: oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com [mailto:oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com] On Behalf Of Eliot Kimber Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:38 AM To: Oxygen XML Editor Support; Oxygen User Subject: Re: [oXygen-user] Feature Request: Create Multiple Conrefs With One Selection
I think that makes sense--I wasn't aware of this feature--would definitely make creating conrefs easier.
I am creating conkeyrefs, so detecting keys would be idea/required.
Cheers,
E.
On 1/28/13 4:29 AM, "Oxygen XML Editor Support" <support@oxygenxml.com> wrote:
Hi Eliot,
I had a new idea about how this multiple insertion of conkeyrefs could be implemented. When you right click inside a DITA topic opened in the Author mode you have two actions called "Paste as Link" and "Paste as Content Reference".
Basically you can copy an entire element from a topic and use these actions to insert a conref or an xref to that target topic.
Right now these special paste actions work only if you have copied a single element but they could be extended to work if multiple elements have been copied. Also right now only conrefs are added but if Oxygen detects that a key is defined in the DITA Map for the targeted topic it could insert conkeyref (for "Paste as Content Reference") or xref keyref (for "Paste as Link").
Regards, Radu
Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 1/28/2013 10:12 AM, Oxygen XML Editor Support wrote:
Hi Eliot,
I will add this as an improvement request and if we get more user feedback we might approach it in a future version. I do not yet see a way in which the dialogs would give the user a clear indication what he will insert when he chooses multiple elements.
Regards, Radu
Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 1/27/2013 6:01 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
In my training development mentioned earlier, I'm making all my prerequisites and objectives reusable and then constructing all such lists in modules via conref. This requires a separate conref for each individual list item or lcObjective.
The conkeyref creation dialog is easy enough to use, but it only lets me create one reference at a time (I'm not doing range references).
It would be much more convenient if there was some way that I could select multiple targets and have it create an individual conref to each one. Not sure how you'd do that and make a clear distinction between creating a range reference and multiple single references, but it would be very convenient if it was possible.
Cheers,
E.
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