Map Editor Should Remember Last Directory Used for Topicrefs
I noticed that if I use the map editor to create a topic ref, then go to a different file (in my case, a DTD declaration module) then create another topicref, the remembered directory is the directory containing the file I just edited, not the last directory I used to create a topic ref. I think it's the likely case that authors will be linking to topics in the last directory they linked from. Would be convenient if the map editor remembered this directory. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com
Hello, Thank you for the suggestion. We will consider remembering the last location where a DITA topic was created or opened until the next operation on a DITA topic file. Please note that there is a related setting already available in Options -> Preferences -> Global: file chooser dialog open in last visited folder / folder of the edited file. Regards, Sorin Eliot Kimber wrote:
I noticed that if I use the map editor to create a topic ref, then go to a different file (in my case, a DTD declaration module) then create another topicref, the remembered directory is the directory containing the file I just edited, not the last directory I used to create a topic ref.
I think it's the likely case that authors will be linking to topics in the last directory they linked from. Would be convenient if the map editor remembered this directory.
Cheers,
Eliot
It would also be nice if the dialog box for inserting topicrefs would stay open after inserting each ref. That way you can keep inserting refs till you're done, rather than needing to open the dialog box every single time you add a new ref. Serna has this behavior and it's much easier to work with, in my opinion. Thanks! Seraphim On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Sorin Ristache <sorin@oxygenxml.com> wrote:
Hello,
Thank you for the suggestion. We will consider remembering the last location where a DITA topic was created or opened until the next operation on a DITA topic file.
Please note that there is a related setting already available in Options -> Preferences -> Global: file chooser dialog open in last visited folder / folder of the edited file.
Regards, Sorin
Eliot Kimber wrote:
I noticed that if I use the map editor to create a topic ref, then go to a different file (in my case, a DTD declaration module) then create another topicref, the remembered directory is the directory containing the file I just edited, not the last directory I used to create a topic ref.
I think it's the likely case that authors will be linking to topics in the last directory they linked from. Would be convenient if the map editor remembered this directory.
Cheers,
Eliot
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On 6/2/08 3:23 PM, "Seraphim Larsen" <seraphim37@gmail.com> wrote:
It would also be nice if the dialog box for inserting topicrefs would stay open after inserting each ref. That way you can keep inserting refs till you're done, rather than needing to open the dialog box every single time you add a new ref. Serna has this behavior and it's much easier to work with, in my opinion.
I agree--it's quite nice for organizing a set of existing topics into a new navigation hierarchy. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com
It would also be nice to be able to drag topic files from a Project window into the Map Editor, in order to place the topics within an open DITA map. Currently, if you try this, it will just open the DITA file as another file in the Map Editor. I could then find all the topics I want, and gather them up into a Project, and then easily drag-and-drop, group, re-arrange, etc., in the Map Editor. Seraphim On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Eliot Kimber <ekimber@reallysi.com> wrote:
On 6/2/08 3:23 PM, "Seraphim Larsen" <seraphim37@gmail.com> wrote:
It would also be nice if the dialog box for inserting topicrefs would stay open after inserting each ref. That way you can keep inserting refs till you're done, rather than needing to open the dialog box every single time you add a new ref. Serna has this behavior and it's much easier to work with, in my opinion.
I agree--it's quite nice for organizing a set of existing topics into a new navigation hierarchy.
Cheers,
Eliot
-- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com
Dear Seraphim, Thank you for the feedback. We will study this for a future version. We already implemented for the upcoming 9.3 (couple of weeks) a feature which allows you to add a topic reference to the current edited file. So all you will have to do is open a topic in Oxygen and then use the contextual menu "Append/Insert After" -> "Topic reference to the current edited file". Regards, Radu -- Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com Seraphim Larsen wrote:
It would also be nice to be able to drag topic files from a Project window into the Map Editor, in order to place the topics within an open DITA map. Currently, if you try this, it will just open the DITA file as another file in the Map Editor.
I could then find all the topics I want, and gather them up into a Project, and then easily drag-and-drop, group, re-arrange, etc., in the Map Editor.
Seraphim
Hi, We will study implementing this request for a future version. Regards, Radu -- Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com Eliot Kimber wrote:
On 6/2/08 3:23 PM, "Seraphim Larsen" <seraphim37@gmail.com> wrote:
It would also be nice if the dialog box for inserting topicrefs would stay open after inserting each ref. That way you can keep inserting refs till you're done, rather than needing to open the dialog box every single time you add a new ref. Serna has this behavior and it's much easier to work with, in my opinion.
I agree--it's quite nice for organizing a set of existing topics into a new navigation hierarchy.
Cheers,
Eliot
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