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? 2) Do I need to change my build file to be run using Java at command line? 3) How do I integrate custom build files with oXygen? 4) Can I integrate plugins into the DITA-OT version that's shipped with oXygen? Thanks John
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
Regards, Radu -- Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com
On 8/5/09 2:09 AM, "Coravu Radu" <radu_coravu@sync.ro> wrote:
Besides the standard bundle we also have some patches in the build files for various features.
Are these changes documented somewhere or otherwise easy to determine? I've swapped out the delivered Toolkit for 1.5 but I now realize I'm probably missing functionality that would be good to restore. Or even better--could you guys provide the 1.5 Toolkit as an option ;-) Cheers, E. ---- Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc. email: ekimber@reallysi.com <mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com> office: 610.631.6770 | cell: 512.554.9368 2570 Boulevard of the Generals | Suite 213 | Audubon, PA 19403 www.reallysi.com <http://www.reallysi.com> | http://blog.reallysi.com <http://blog.reallysi.com> | www.rsuitecms.com <http://www.rsuitecms.com>
Hi Eliot, Just perform a "Find in Files" on the DITA OT bundled directory searching for "oxygen patch" with ignore case. Initially we would have preferred to integrate the final release of DITA OT 1.5 but after a discussion we decided to try and integrate the latest 1.5 milestone that will be available a couple of weeks before the release. What do you think about the DITA OT 1.5 milestones stability? Regards, Radu -- Radu Coravu <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com Eliot Kimber wrote:
On 8/5/09 2:09 AM, "Coravu Radu" <radu_coravu@sync.ro> wrote:
Besides the standard bundle we also have some patches in the build files for various features.
Are these changes documented somewhere or otherwise easy to determine?
I've swapped out the delivered Toolkit for 1.5 but I now realize I'm probably missing functionality that would be good to restore.
Or even better--could you guys provide the 1.5 Toolkit as an option ;-)
Cheers,
E.
---- Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc.
On 8/7/09 12:38 AM, "Coravu Radu" <radu_coravu@sync.ro> wrote:
Hi Eliot,
Just perform a "Find in Files" on the DITA OT bundled directory searching for "oxygen patch" with ignore case. Initially we would have preferred to integrate the final release of DITA OT 1.5 but after a discussion we decided to try and integrate the latest 1.5 milestone that will be available a couple of weeks before the release. What do you think about the DITA OT 1.5 milestones stability?
I've been using the m17 milestone and it seems to work fine. I've exercised keyref and chunk to-content and they seem to work well enough. I can't claim to have pushed it to its limits. Cheers, E. ---- Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc. email: ekimber@reallysi.com <mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com> office: 610.631.6770 | cell: 512.554.9368 2570 Boulevard of the Generals | Suite 213 | Audubon, PA 19403 www.reallysi.com <http://www.reallysi.com> | http://blog.reallysi.com <http://blog.reallysi.com> | www.rsuitecms.com <http://www.rsuitecms.com>
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